Musings: Making mum friends on Bumble BFF was not as easy as I thought
It wasn’t as simple as I thought it would be. Recently I discovered that dating app Bumble also had two other non-relationship related settings, one for networking with people working in your industry and a BFF one to make new friends. I always like getting to know new people, but it’s a little harder to […]
4 years ago
Musings: I don’t know how to ‘be a mum’ and maybe that’s not such a bad thing
I’m constantly coming across articles about women who don’t fit into ‘mum culture’ and I’m right there with them. I remember going out a few months after having my son and someone walked up to me and remarked ‘you’re wearing that? Don’t you have a child?’. It completely threw me. Firstly it was nothing extreme, […]
5 years ago
If mothers have a ‘Mammy Mot’ then I think fathers need a ‘Dad Bud’
I’ve found that women will always find each other when a crisis arises. Big or small, there’s always a friend or a mum or a sister that we can turn to for support. Particularly in motherhood having this sort of safety net is important and can help keep us sane. The way women look after […]
5 years ago
One thing that I’m really missing since lockdown began is ‘mammy dates’
Chatting over video call just isn’t the same. It’s been almost three months since lockdown first began and like most people I’m really starting to feel it. I’m not going to lie, at first I wasn’t too bothered about staying at home. I’m quite introverted so I do that voluntarily all the time. It’s the […]
6 years ago