I'll be blunt: if you're middle aged with kids, you're expected (in today's American culture) to devote all your social energies to your kids. Making friends outside your kids activities is not valued or supported almost anywhere, especially in Midwestern suburbs (unless it is church).
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Science News
Middle-aged Americans are lonelier than their older peers — and yet, they’ve largely been left out of loneliness-related policies and attention.
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