I am in the middle of writing up my thesis and its incredibly hard work as many of you know. I’ve given up time with my boyfriend and family and friends to try and get it finished. I have a close-knit group of friends and for the last few months I haven’t been able to go out on a Saturday night with them. I’ll still meet up and go for coffee or go visit them every 1-2 weeks, and chat on the phone. But they’ve started to get annoyed at me. They say if I don’t have time to go out for a night with them, I shouldn’t visit my boyfriend or babysit for my family. That it should be balanced. I was single for a long time and had a lot of free time before to go out and socialise, first year PhD was quite laid back. It’s just at the minute I don’t. I worked at my PhD for almost 4 years I don't want to give it up for a Saturday night out. I keep telling them it’s only for a few months then I’ll have lots of free time again.
Am I being unreasonable? Is it wrong to ask them to give me space to write or a few months? has anyone else had this problem?