A part of me feels like I shouldn't have to be stressed to talk to certain friends of mine because they want to hang out more and don't necessarily understand my 'extreme' caution around covid because of my children.

I want to be clear that I've been careful in who I've let in and these are all people who I appreciate greatly and have no interest in not having in my life, and I don't want to sound ungrateful, I'm just a bit tired of the anxiety I get from expressing my needs around it

I feel like most people have moved on because their circumstances are different and they don't necessarily understand why I haven't yet