maintaining social life

I find that because I work at home and am always busy raising kids and tending to household chores and my husband...there is very little time left for myself, not to menchine a social life. When I worked outside the home my social life consisted of the time I spent talking with coworkers at lunchtime, etc.. Now that I am home all the time there is not even that. I have had "friends" call and I hate to admit that I avoid their calls. It is nothing against that person, I just do not have time in my life for them. I find that friends require maintence. They have problems and demands that I cannot deal with. It is all I can really do to keep up with my own. If there is any extra time, it goes to family memebers outside of my home. I know that eventuall I might suffer for this- My kids will be grown, etc.. and I will prpbably go throught he empty nest syndrom! However, today I just have to do what I do.

Hi there Boemo! I'm sorry to hear about what happened to you. I think that when you neglect your social life, you may lose touch with the behavior of other people and you'll be missing out on a lot of fun and educational awareness.