nobody wanna see us together but it don't matter no cause i got you

You’ve negotiated your way through some of the trickiest stages of adult life without back up. Mariella replies First, congratulations are in order. Please help me before I’m too old to go out and make friends. I’m terrified of being ‘outed’ to my colleagues and relatives as friendless – and I don’t keep any social media accounts because of this fear.

My husband always comments on my lack of friendships, which makes me feel worse. I didn’t have good self-esteem and for the most part, still don’t. I had a lot of good friends in school, but I let them fall by the wayside as I felt I didn’t deserve them. I get tearful when I see groups of friends out and about. I want a group of girlfriends I can confide in and connect with – even a single friend would mean so much. My lack of friendships is making me feel inadequate. Spending time with my husband and children used to quell any feelings of loneliness, but that’s no longer enough. I have zero friends and few acquaintances. The dilemma I’m 40 and a full-time working mother of two teenagers.

Nobody wanna see us together but it don't matter no cause i got you