I think when you're used to clubbing or hanging out in bars it's probably hard. By the time my friends had kids (I was the last one in our group) we had long graduated to home visits and playing boardgames (i.e. gotten old) with little or no drinking involved. Certainly it reduced the number of times we saw each other, but overall the relationship didn't feel changed.

I feel that, I don't have kids and I'm not planning on ever having them. And most of my friends did. The dynamic obviously changed overnight and reaching out to them feels very one sided at the moment. I understand obviously, but it's never gonna be the same. The idea of having the parents get a sitter for an evening is nice, I should try it someday.