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I had my daughter pretty young so none of my friends have kids yet and honestly most of them slowly stopped including me in things once I became a mom. I get it, our lives are completely different now and I cant exactly go out on a random friday night anymore. But it still stings watching everyone else's group chats being active while mine just... died.

The moms at daycare are all older than me and nice enough but we dont really have anything in common besides having toddlers in the same room and the conversations never go past "oh he's getting so big!" before everyone rushes off.

I'm starting to feel really isolated and its getting to the point where it affects my mood most days. My daughter deserves a happy mom and I feel like the loneliness is making me a worse version of myself and that scares me. I dont need a hundred friends I just need like ONE person who gets it and who I can actually talk to regularly.

How are you guys finding your people?? Im open to online stuff too, honestly at this point I'm open to anything

Undereye concealer pilling has been a persistent issue for me and I've been blaming the concealer. It turns out it was my eye cream all along. The lightweight gel texture I was using wasn't setting properly before I applied concealer over it.

Switched to a balm texture, specifically the ogee brightening eye balm, and the pilling stopped completely. The richer formula actually sets instead of staying tacky, and it creates a smooth base rather than a slippery one.

The brightening part isn't overnight obvious but it's consistent. Less gray/blue cast when I'm tired, which is the main thing I care about. The coverage I get from concealer over it now looks more natural too because the area is genuinely more hydrated instead of just covered.

If you have concealer pilling issues, start by looking at your eye product texture before buying another concealer.

My mom keeps saying she doesn't need anything when I ask what she wants. She has t2 and her doctor mentioned at her last appointment that she should be wearing proper diabetic socks, which I had never thought about. I always assumed socks were socks. now I'm reading about seams and elastic tension and non-binding tops and apparently there's a whole world here. has anyone actually given socks as a gift and had it go over well?