Do you prefer BnB mom friends or real-life mom friends?

[aliss]

I do actually prefer BnB mom friends. It's so easy to find friends on here whose babies are the same age, same issues, and don't compare!

 

[LogansMama]

I love both for different reasons. Its certainly much easier to make friends on here... but my real life mom friends are great too... there are just so few though!

 

[Seity]

I don't have any mom friends here, so I prefer BnB moms. I don't really know any other moms.

 

[angel2010]

I just moved back into the area I am in, so I would have to say that I prefer friends here. And right now it is still such an ordeal getting all LO's stuff together so I'd rather stay in and get on here than try and go out and make new friends just yet.

 

[TereMD]

I have only two mommy friends where I live, and they're all not that close friends to begin with. I'm new here and having fun in this journey of parenthood and trying to make friends along this way, too

 

[RainbowDrop_x]

BnB mums.. Because you can block them when you've had enough

Just kidding.. I like the balance of both worlds.. I would never tell real life mummy friends about BnB though..This is my world ..God I'm sad!!!

 

[Dragonfly]

There are more likeminded mums here that dont make me feel like a weirdo for how I raise my son than around me.

 

[smokey]

All my RL friends seemed to have vanished into a worm hole the second I went on maternity leave.
I tend to avoid other people and friends with kids as I find most are either very competative or just couldnt care less about their kids and always dirty and being little sh*ts and I dont realy want him learning things from them, im not snobby, I just dont want him hanging around kids that spit and swear and are violant and the mother just sits there diong nothing exept chatting and having a fag.

My best friend is coming back from NZ at christmas to visit though after 5 years away and im so excited she has a little boy about 9 months older then Brian and I cant wait to meet him

 

[staycutee]

BnB friends as I don't have any mummy friends IRL

 

[Sam9kids]

I have a couple of close real life friends but i rarely see them, they join my internet life!! Id be lost without my laptop!!!!

 

[hayley x]

Definately here, other than one friend who also has a LO who Daisy can play with x

 

[bluebaby]

Def my real-life friends because we have been friends since primary school (so well over 20 years) and know everything about each other. Your friends are not true friends if they judge.

That doesn't mean i don't like the ladies on here too cause i do

 

[Lara310809]

None of my good friends IRL are married or mothers, so I don't really have anyone other than here. I did meet a fellow B&Ber though (IRL) and we love to talk baby

 

[OmarsMum]

BnB for me. My friends with kids think I'm a weird mom as they all follow what their moms did, but I always seek advise online. There is no jealousy here, but with real friends, they keep comparing.

 

[better2gether]

Here. I feel less judging, comparing, etc. Most women my age are graduating college, etc. I've already done that and just had a baby, so we're not really going through the same stuff right now. I think some of my "friends" think that since I have a baby I can't really go out, so they don't bother asking anyway...

 

[Jchihuahua]

I love my real life friends so much, I have the best friends ever and they mean the world to me . But none of them have babies Daisy's age so I really value the advice from my BnB friends too and think about them a lot (like if someone has to go back to work or their LO is poorly) and look forward to logging in to catch up.

 

[Seity]

A few of my friends are mom's but their 'kids' are 21 or older One even has grandkids already. I'm old

 

[lynnikins]

ummm i love my RL mummy friends but i love my BnB friends too esp the march2010 mummys they are a fab group.

 

[Lottie86]

I only know a couple of Mums irl and I don't know any Mums with preemies so I prefer my BnB mums.

Those of us in the preemie section (and I would assume the NND/stillbirth section is the same) have been to hell and back but we've been through/are going through it together and we know that whether we are feeling up, down or feel like we are either going nowhere or everything is too much we support each other.

A lot of the preemie Mummies all live about 3 hrs from me so I really should make an effort to go down and meet them at some point!

Oh dear I've made myself cry now about how fab the preemie section of BnB is

 

[cleckner04]

Well my friends back home I prefer more than anything but I've moved to CA and I actually met a BnB girl here and love her to bits. So I guess that puts me in the middle because she's both. BnB definitely has more likeminded people and I feel like I can share anything here without too much judgement. It's a good feeling.