I live this every day because of my situation. I'm raising my daughter alone. Single people don't want to hang out with us because, well, they like being sans-child. The freedom, no schedule, etc. I completely understand that. But then married couples don't want to hang out with us because, I guess the women all think I'm going to steal their husbands. It's really been an eye opener for me.

Here is an example. I've been friends with this one married guy for approx 6 years now. We usually hung out when he was out with his friends and sans-wife. They live in my neighborhood and have two daughters. So this year, I made a huge effort to be friends with his wife too so that we could do more "family" things together. I just found out last week and they are going camping with this other couple/family that they have met TWICE because they want to make other "couple" friends. I was kind of insulted. Our girls get along and all know each other yet they would prefer go camping with strangers.

I've made a conscious effort to make new friends over the past year and it's been ridiculously hard.

Whomever mentioned the "couples only" BBQ, I have friends who do that too. One of my single friends and I always joke about going as lesbians.