As everyone knows, I am single.. and have been for sometime. I have a great group of friends consisting of 6 couples & their kids, myself and my son. Yes, I am the only one that is a single parent. Most of our gatherings include our children, but often I find myself being the only single one in the bunch... not what I call an ideal situation. Now, don't get me wrong, none of them have ever knowingly or purposely done anything that would make me feel uncomfortable.. but naturally that is something that occurs from time to time.

Today, was my best friends birthday, thus I threw her a suprise BBQ at her house and invited everyone in our "group". It was great as always to be around all of them, but I couldn't help but falling into the "envy" thing for a moment or two... thankfully those were fleeting..

So.. my question to all of you is this:

In the friendships that you have, do you ever find yourself envying them for what they have (relationship wise) versus the place you are in your life? If so, how do you deal with it? Do you think that your friends envy you? If so, why, and how do you deal with it?




Sorry... been a long day... and my mind hasn't shut down enough for the sandman to take over... thought that maybe posting this here might get me to relax some...

HUGS