What you are never told about being empty nesters

You are never told that everything you do now is so lonely; you realize you have no friends because your life was so busy before with your kids or in my case the last one, that you didn’t take the time to form strong bonds with the women around you. I wish I had friends that I could just talk to and know I am not alone in the way I feel. It’s really sad when they fly the coup. They start having their own lives and their lives now revolve around their own family. Yes, I do have my husband, who is always there for me; but again he is not a female friend that goes through the same things I do. He tries to understand but he is after all a man with man emotions. That’s ok. I just think so many of us women miss out on the opportunity to form close friendships with each other. I am alone at church now too, since I am in the primary I don’t really see anyone except the kids. This is just a weird time in my life and I need to be around adults until I get used to being without my daughter. I have never felt so alone in my entire life. I keep trying to shake this feeling and I don’t have anyone to talk to about it because I feel like I am complaining, so I just feel despair daily.