Middle age is a crowded time. It’s also a lonely one. Work and family demands leave little time for nurturing friendships, particularly for women.
The fact that she home-schools her kids—because her husband traveled frequently when they were young—has made it tougher for her to find friends with similar interests and stances, she said. She doesn’t feel she fits in with the other home-schooling mothers in her area, because she said she feels their views are more conservative than hers.
Ms. Reinhardt, who works as a photographer and home-schools her kids, says social media helps make her feel less isolated, yet more lonely. Social media can make it feel like everyone has a friend group, she added. “Some days I feel like I’m a teenager again, wondering, ‘Why can’t I find a group like that to fit into? Am I not funny enough? Am I too introverted?’ ”When I posted a question about middle-aged loneliness in a large Facebook parenting group, I immediately heard from more than 300 women, most of whom expressed similar feelings.
A computer cannot replace good old fashion, face-to-face conversation among friends
switch pronoun to macho
LOL. It’s called the wall. Cat ladies
“Social Media has made me feel less isolated, but more loney” ONE woman said. 🤦♀️
It's called being an adult. Work, kids and family. Social media posts are today's photo albums.
Just go on FB and tell everyone that your kid is LGBTQ and you will get thousands of fake left-wing bot friends.
Send a message to your friendzone
Probably no different for men.
Let's look back on our lives so far. I was deceived all the time. If I was lonely until now, I will be lonely in the future. It can't be less than that.
Millennial women just coping with the fact that their favorite social media platforms (primarily Facebook) are dead, and they aren’t getting the dopamine engagement they used too.
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How does this apply to moms only?
Get on tinder.
Is this a milf chat room ad?
This sounds so much like me
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Often overlooked, really? My experience on dating apps show that they're overlooking me more so than I'm overlooking them.
And look at what happens when they hone in on someone and gang up on one another:
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Single women in their 40s/50s/60s+ should look to younger men. It’s a breath of fresh air for both parties
Here's the survey
Opposite for me I can interact with others and keep my distance I love it
Do something on Men's struggles for once
I'm here.. for any of them
60 sucks
It seems obvious to me that this is fueling a lot of the derangement we're seeing among 'mom' groups. I mean the QAnon, 'save our children' (from what?), vaccines-are-microchipped nuttiness that's been growing among parents. Lonely people getting caught up in a disinfo community.
Time to go cop a MILF
We've got a solution for this... powerfulcommunityofwomen
Wsj really this passes for news? what's next teaching 10 year olds how to make friends?
Really. Is no one is reading the headline on this one ? Hahaha
Yes, this is definitely true, especially since a lot of us moved for jobs, and because many of us weren't all that connected in college, either. I don't live in my home town or in the city I went to college in, and have a lot of trouble making friends in new cities
This is true. Endershegoes is her psn id. I just met her 2 weeks ago on ghost of Tsushima. She’s not a milf but she’s lonely and wants to meet.
So the single moms in my area thing is real?
That explains the crazy amount of Facebook mom's xD
dear women, my DMs are open
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I call BS. Gen X was born alone and will die alone. We were raised by the TV and Nintendo. We don't know what alone even means.
im single hmu
Because they can't do shit! Always need baby sitters. They can't just pick up and go. Most of them single so don't even have men to watch them bad ass kids.
HMU
Instead of crying just delete social media apps. Boom problem solved
Making friends in your 40s or 50s is just exhausting. Keeping a family going and remotely stable is a full time job in itself. Add in trying to be emotionally available to other women...ha...who has the mental capacity for that nonsense at this point?
Yes I agree
Stop being online, that's a big problem right there. Go out and socalize, walk the wooded path, take time to yourself and stop giving your time & energy away free to others.
Funny because the moms I know that don't use it are not nearly as lonely.
Go check and follow my music!!
Middle aged moms need lust, too...
Duh
Sounds like hot single moms are in fact, in my area
Out of 1000 adults, that such a small sample size.
Got some horny Cougars put there 😂😂
I might also say that there are thousands of single grandmothers out there raising grandkids because parents succumbed to the opioid epidemic. We are even more lonely and isolated. Write about that one day.
I've seen way more middle aged men get sucked into this. They're also angrier, and men (bc we socialize them this way) are usually even lonelier and more isolated (many health studies confirm) Partner isolation has an effect on the other partner. Cults on fb are there to fill in
Yo Wtf?!?! So there actually IS hot single moms in my area?
Damn I knew I should have answered that message from the hot single mom in my area when it popped up
Imagine that... this so-called 'dream life' of growing up, having kids, and a happy family... ain't as sunshine and rainbows as it seems to be. Its almost like... responsibilities = lack of excitement.
Shiiiii send em my way 👀👀
boomers taking nonstop Ls i swear
What do women know about loneliness.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who read that article title as dirty... Stop Catfishing me WSJ.
Great story, I'm sure this will make everything and everyone better 🙄
Dad's to..
Welcome to the fucking club
Where the milfs at
hot lonely single gen x moms in your area
went into comments for milf jokes and was not disappointed.
Idea for next story,.. Moms of the Dark age. Kid hurts them self, Moms of the dark age be like 'tis but a scratch'
Thanks the Frankfurt School for this shit.
They're not the only ones struggling. The pandemic has made it hard for everyone. But honestly I love it, my true introverted homebody nature has fully kicked in.
👀 NutzSweat
Us middle aged dad’s watching our wives break down about having no more friends when we’ve been dealing with loneliness since we left HS/college. 😜
This tweet reads like a popup 😂
How do you know they’re lonely? Did you ask every middle aged moms? lol I’m not lonely. I’m just bored!
Find an older man because they’re looking for the same thing.
We'll be hearing about this again in about 25 years when the Gen Z women realize their ego can only get them so far 🤷♂️
It really is a true fact at this point Young Gals have free pickings while alot of men are lonely With age, the roles begin to swap
Only moms in middle age? Who told you that or did the research to reach that conclusion? Every person I see every day is glued to the phone hooked to some social media platform. It's a national addiction problem, like opioids; they can't quit. And FB knows that very well.
Any single moms? I'm here to help in any way...no wife, no kids and plenty to energy 😅
I’ll go keep those moms company for a while.
Who wants to touch an old woman with previous baggage?
Ya boy is single, Moms
Oh, so I'm basically a mom? Cool. Moms are awesome. This year I'm gunna make Mother's Day a full fledged party. 💪🥳
40m single dad in Honolulu. I'm just a piece of unused bacon it seems.
it's not just mom, hell, all of us are lonely in middle age. kids suck. damn whipper snappers!
Oh is that right? Ok …sooo what …are like? Middle age dads doing?
Join the Red Hat Society, that's my plan in a few years.
They turn into antivaxxers and qanon weirdos.
Yea I know, I get the ads all the time “Hot Local MILFS In Your Area Now!”
So it was true all along
Women are complicit in the division of labor/cultural norms that tie their value to appearance. That women lose relevance as they age is in large part the fault of those who had the power/influence to do otherwise but chose the comfort of English majors and a house in the suburbs
Wait KnitsRose are we ✨middle aged ✨
And then there's me, without ever having had a love life.
How is this news
This is one of those “no sh**, Sherlock” think pieces 😂
i will keep these milfs company!
We already know, Twitter is the only source needed, we got all the mothers (maybe single) jobless and talking. Always whining about every other thing.
Many people are in relationships and yet still feel lonely. I’d rather stay single.
Maybe we stop pushing wine, cat, and sitting on the couch culture on women. Stop making garage television like the Bachelor or who gives a fuck housewives of blah blah blah.
What I thought was loneliness during the pandemic has really just turned to be existential dread. 🤷♀️
In an increasingly digital, work from home world, metaverses will allow us to talk to friends live, dress up, attend events. Heres a live piano recital with a few friends - free! n’ got a copy of 👉SOSonSIDE RVN
Yes, totally relatable
Come to me middle aged mommas
So the website ads are true
MILFs are so easy …..
Ladies, please DM me
My only suggestion to the women everywhere is, plan outside activities if you can. I keep my sanity by walking the dog, reading and staying disconnected from social media as often and as I can. It helps keep my sanity.
yes, i’m on social media, but i also have real world friendships & i’m thankful that i get to telework now. i’m more productive at home without the constant interruptions. i am alone more, definitely not lonely.
Lonely middle-aged moms want to chat with you 😘
Once again, WSJ knocks it out of the park with revolutionary discoveries that are incomplete and irrelevant.
this
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Why does it feel like every post has some critical undertone and political ulterior motives? Oh right, Rupert Murdoch.
Whoever wrote this article is a tool. Thanks for telling us something we’ve known for 70 years!
You don't have to be lonely with
Who cares?
😷✌
My ex wife and I were married 15 years, we divorced in 2016. She has since remarried….. I still miss her, I still dream about her… and in my dreams im still trying to win her back!
I can relate!!
unless they are a widow, I have ZERO sympathy. i guess that boy toy didn’t work out after all, did he?
I can't read the story. Is this about moms with adult kids or actual kid kids? The former would make sense to me; the latter wouldn't.
I was in a friend group until I realized I was the friend they called when no one else was available, so I became unavailable.
Maybe because they let a random dude nut in them in their party days and now they can’t find someone to take care of his kids 💀💀
Oh I’m online…but I’m no where near lonely.
not twitter promoting milfs
Maybe it's because their families treat them like shit.
any lonely moms can hml
So those hookup ads are real?
Ha. Ha ha. Hee Hee Ha. Try being a man in your late 30’s with no friends
That feeling when you’ll never catch a cougar breaking the rules
So that’s why they fall into conspiracies
But ... you can also make new friends during chance encounters, closer to home! My Safeway delivery driver and I became fast friends after she dropped off groceries to my house
Just be bold and make friends Nothing happens without trying Hobbies reading 📚 😍 music 🎶 Be with nature it will lift you up
Online communities are Life, meeting new folks is crazy right now!
yo anymoms lonely hmu lmao
I’m down to love the moms.
So you're saying there's actually lonely hot milf's in my area?
Shii wassup moms, hit my snap juanitorphx68 👀 if you in AZ hmu lol
Gen X? I swear they are like Meg from Family Guy. This generation no one seems to remember. No one ever talks about them, and Millennials and Gen Z refer to them as Boomers. It is the saddest generation. Generation Meg. 😂😂😂😂
Where they at tho?
What else do 'journalists' want us to cry about? Let's create more victim classes! We don't have enough already!
FYI Everyone is feeling this way, not just GenX women...
So there really are hot MILFs in my area that want to meet up ?🤔😏
“Social media has made me feel less isolated, but more lonely.”
Can I have one! I am adoring queenagers!
Doesn't apply to just mom's! In fact, non mom's can be even more isolated and feel like an outcast cuz they are not part of 'mom life' stuff.
“Social media has made me feel less isolated, but more lonely,” ...soooo people make you feel lonely. I can relate!
Rubert Murdoch owns the Wall Street journal! They are mean and racist misogynistic doormat for their owner ! Here’s he’s giving a superbowl ring to Putin! Go Patriots
If your a solo pod it has been tough. There is silver linings though. Tons of reading walks and trails movies and diy home projects . I have a murder of crows and I squirrel I’m friends with . 🤣🤣
TALK TO YOUR MOM
Then limit your social media. Simple. I would hope that by middle age a person would learn the essential tool of self control. Get off your phone, and go run, paint, write or surf. Also, is the term MILF still a thing? 😉
Lonely moms want to meet new friends in MY area?!?
On the flip side, for those of us that love not having to put up with other people’s bullshit, I’ve rather enjoyed not having to go to the office and pretend to like people for 8-10 hours a day.
Where the f they at ? Helllo cougars 👋🏻
Get in ***king line. We're all lonely. Even when we're together. Staring at screens. Not going out to restaurants. Constantly hearing about recessions, price increases, future viruses, invasions, political erosion. While working remotely, trying not to get fat & hitting repeat.
That’s because of the media pushing constant fear. It is manufactured fear that has harmed everyone. This is SO NOT A STORY. Good grief. Is it slow in legacy media today? Maybe you can get some play and story ideas if you go on joerogan 😂
Bruh
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The least overlooked group would be middle aged mums who tend to have developed social circles and supporting networks way in advance of men of same age. If white times that by 1000
Empty souls need air, not the oxygen for the lungs, the breath of life from somewhere up there. Find that breath and breathe it in and loneliness will disappear instantly.
Being alone is SELF-CARE— not a bad thing at all💛🥂more people should try it.
Maybe if they didn't use some guy just to have a child and then treat him like trash, they would have someone to share their time with.
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