Does anyone else get tired of being their only's social manager? My kid is 6 and is very social, where I am much more introverted. It seems like she needs other kids around constantly, and I absolutely despise having to text around to all her friends to see who is available. I love my kid completely and I want to honor her own personality, but honestly, if i knew I'd have to be her social manager, I'm not sure I would have had a kid at all. It is exhausting and I hate it.

We live on either side of two other onlys; on one side is a stay at home mom who has surrounded herself with other SAHMs, so has a community for social stuff. On the other side are two working parents, but their only is very introverted and seems pretty happy to stay at home and read most of the day. My kid plays with both of these kids, but it isn't enough.

And if I try to indulge my introversion and just make my kid stay home and chill, we end up fighting because she refuses. to. play. alone. If I had one wish I'd wish that she learned to enjoy playing alone because it would make my life 1000% easier.

I guess I am just looking for commiseration because there isn't really a question here. Just a long scream into the void from me.