How much does a pack of diapers cost these days" We were playing ?The Price Is Right? at a baby shower and, just as I wondered what brand the host had in mind, the woman sitting next to me started talking about her upcoming spring break plans. ?My parents take the kids for a week during every school holiday,? she explained. ?That gives me and my husband time to just relax or go out or just have cheese and crackers with wine for dinner, you know"?
Sister, I only wish I did. When I admitted that my husband and I have never had a single overnight away without our kids in the eight years we?ve been parents, she almost fell out of her chair. ?Why not"? Like we?re choosing to parent alone. Like we?re not interested in relaxing or working on our relationship or, you know, just having cheese and crackers with wine for dinner. All I could tell her was the truth: ?I just don?t have people like that to help.”
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The excruciating loneliness of being a new motherWhere are my people"

We?re not outcasts or anything. Our neighbours are friendly, my in-laws live in town, and I do have friends?OK, one good friend and a bunch of moms I like to chat with at school drop-off, but still. We know some people.
And yet, somehow we?re missing tha...