Recently my mummy group clique has been more active than the past three years combined.

I try my best to attend play dates because I want my only child to play with other children his age.

From twice a year meetups, it has increased to bi-monthly. I’m getting a little scared and tired of the frequent social gatherings.

Now that the kids are older, every time someone suggest to meet, it will be Hai Di Lao, indoor playground or across the border in Johor Bahru.

It is fine if we go separately and meet at the destination but some take the initiative to plan transport for all families with no private transport.

Once or twice is fine but not every time. May I remind you all we don’t stay in the same area? I do remind and cook some excuse because my place to theirs is easily 45 minutes away and I have to depart from different causeway.

My idea of play date in Johor is Legoland, Danga Bay amusement park and indoor playgrounds as wet weather plan. Not walking around in malls. I really don’t understand some Singaporeans.

We went such trips to Johor twice in the past month and I felt so unproductive. No time for groceries run and it is always a waiting game. Add 20 minutes to the supposedly meeting time. Frustrating to the point that we returned with no other families the next week.

Maybe I need to chill and cut others some slack since I only have one child. Of all people, I should understand that nothing ever go according to plan when a child is involved.

Then, I mentioned I made plans to visit a beach resort during June school holidays and the rest wanted to follow after discussing for three months.

I heaved a sigh of relief seeing them discuss and finally reach a conclusion on which hotel to stay in after 12 hours.

However, I still don’t understand why they need so much time to book a room for five people to squeeze in and then get into arguments with the hotel for not allowing five people in a room paid for two.

I hate to think that this has something to do with being stay at home mums with all the time in the world but I realised most of them are not.

I like and miss these mummies when we don’t meet. I get tired of them when we meet so frequently. What is wrong with me?

Maybe I should enlarge my mummy circle and start looking for other mummies group to spread out my attention a little.