How do you know if neighbors gossip ?
Grown adults sometimes act like high-school children...
Grown adults sometimes act like high-school children...
Neighbors - I Don't Understand
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Op seems like a great guy who tries to help the neighbors, If it were me i'd try to help you out a few times and if I don't see no appreciation or anything in return I try mind my business. Some people don't like to be bothered and that's ok, not everyone is nice, as long as they don't bother me I'm ok with that.
going as far as to call someone a piece of sh** without knowing them is a bit harsh, people have all kinds of problems in their life ( like having cancer in this instance ).
going as far as to call someone a piece of sh** without knowing them is a bit harsh, people have all kinds of problems in their life ( like having cancer in this instance ).
No doubt OP is a good neighbor. Some people don't appreciate or extend courtesy. Part of life.
I'm neighborly and most here reciprocate. We chat about whatever and exchange pleasantries.
Those who wish to keep to themselves I respect their privacy.
One lady asked me "are you from the mid-west?" "Because you're so friendly!" SoCal born and raised.
I've learned to make my own joy and help those less fortunate. I just do it for my own sense of well-being and self worth.
I don't need reciprocity or strokes from others. Never hurts, though.
I'm neighborly and most here reciprocate. We chat about whatever and exchange pleasantries.
Those who wish to keep to themselves I respect their privacy.
One lady asked me "are you from the mid-west?" "Because you're so friendly!" SoCal born and raised.
I've learned to make my own joy and help those less fortunate. I just do it for my own sense of well-being and self worth.
I don't need reciprocity or strokes from others. Never hurts, though.
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Originally Posted By: 2002 Maxima SE
When I was growing up, we all played with the kids on our street...even if we didn't really like them. We were kids! We played!
Yep,same here! The world is definitely a different place now unfortunately.
When I was growing up, we all played with the kids on our street...even if we didn't really like them. We were kids! We played!
Yep,same here! The world is definitely a different place now unfortunately.
Originally Posted By: Mr Nice
How do you know if neighbors gossip ?
Grown adults sometimes act like high-school children...
Neighborhood school bus stop.
How do you know if neighbors gossip ?
Grown adults sometimes act like high-school children...
Neighborhood school bus stop.
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My grandpa was a real nutter. Best buds with his neighbors in Ohio. They retired and got condos in Florida where they could be neighbors there, too.
Grandpa was an in-your-face sort of guy, nice, but bordering on abrasive. He'd see a compressed natural gas pipe with surface rust next to the highway, and look up the gas company, and give 'em an earful.
Grandpa was an in-your-face sort of guy, nice, but bordering on abrasive. He'd see a compressed natural gas pipe with surface rust next to the highway, and look up the gas company, and give 'em an earful.
Originally Posted By: ToadU
Finally.....this thread gets good. Tell me about your Wisteria Lane my friend. Please share.
Yes, let us know when your Dentist neighbor that drives a Malibu runs someone over with his car.
Finally.....this thread gets good. Tell me about your Wisteria Lane my friend. Please share.
Yes, let us know when your Dentist neighbor that drives a Malibu runs someone over with his car.
Originally Posted By: ToadU
Finally.....this thread gets good. Tell me about your Wisteria Lane my friend. Please share.
I just about spat my iced tea on my laptop after reading that...
I've got a pretty good mix of neighbors...some are friends, others need to go away...
Finally.....this thread gets good. Tell me about your Wisteria Lane my friend. Please share.
I just about spat my iced tea on my laptop after reading that...
I've got a pretty good mix of neighbors...some are friends, others need to go away...
I'm not social. I pretty much dont like people. When I moved into my house, most of my neighbors stopped by and said hi. One offered to take me on the boat fishing any time I wanted to go. Another said he could mow the lawn or look after the place if I go on vacation. I said thanks and that was the last time I ever spoke to them.
If the world collapses, I'll take the time to get to know my neighbors. In the meantime, I dont care to know them, hang out with them, watch football with them, Bar-B-Q with them, or go fishing with them.
My neighbors probably wonder what kind of jerk lives next door, and that's fine.
OP, just realize that some people have NO need, use, or want to get to know people.
If the world collapses, I'll take the time to get to know my neighbors. In the meantime, I dont care to know them, hang out with them, watch football with them, Bar-B-Q with them, or go fishing with them.
My neighbors probably wonder what kind of jerk lives next door, and that's fine.
OP, just realize that some people have NO need, use, or want to get to know people.
I think we suffer from information and communication overload. Sometimes, you just want to be left alone. Your home is one possible source of refuge. Then, you're busy with your significant other, your kids, your chores, etc; and all this after working for employers who feel that our productivity has no upper limits.
I would not take it personally and it does not mean that the neighbors are antisocial.
I would not take it personally and it does not mean that the neighbors are antisocial.
I'm pretty much a misanthrope, but have good neighbors. They will invite me over, and also they will leave me alone when it is obvious I want to be left alone, which is often.
I make it obvious and they know I mean no disrespect to them.
There is one loony wife who thinks everything is all about her, like my gruff moods have everything to do with her, but that's her problem, and her husband's, and her Kids'.
Not my job to keep her happy, but I remain polite, and brief.
I make it obvious and they know I mean no disrespect to them.
There is one loony wife who thinks everything is all about her, like my gruff moods have everything to do with her, but that's her problem, and her husband's, and her Kids'.
Not my job to keep her happy, but I remain polite, and brief.
"Polite and brief" - That's the ticket!
Originally Posted By: DBMaster
I think we suffer from information and communication overload. Sometimes, you just want to be left alone. Your home is one possible source of refuge. Then, you're busy with your significant other, your kids, your chores, etc; and all this after working for employers who feel that our productivity has no upper limits.
I would not take it personally and it does not mean that the neighbors are antisocial.
My wife and I have several good friends, and we often entertain- but my nearest neighbor lives over a mile away. I like the seclusion and the ability to do what I want when I want without someone getting their nose out of joint- target practice anytime between sunup and sunset, working on the car in the driveway with the radio cranking out The Hives, watching Mad Max or Furious 7 with my son at the reference SPL after 1:00 AM...
Neighbors? I don't miss them.
At all.
I think we suffer from information and communication overload. Sometimes, you just want to be left alone. Your home is one possible source of refuge. Then, you're busy with your significant other, your kids, your chores, etc; and all this after working for employers who feel that our productivity has no upper limits.
I would not take it personally and it does not mean that the neighbors are antisocial.
My wife and I have several good friends, and we often entertain- but my nearest neighbor lives over a mile away. I like the seclusion and the ability to do what I want when I want without someone getting their nose out of joint- target practice anytime between sunup and sunset, working on the car in the driveway with the radio cranking out The Hives, watching Mad Max or Furious 7 with my son at the reference SPL after 1:00 AM...
Neighbors? I don't miss them.
At all.
Originally Posted By: Lapham3
Technically we are advancing. Socially we are regressing.
I'm not sure about that one. I can't speak for those of you who may still live in neighborhoods of tenure. I have spent most of my life in the DFW Metroplex. The area is very transient and people generally come here purely for employment and cost of living reasons. That's one strike against having any sort of real attachment to the area. With employment being so precarious these days and people seeing houses as commodities they generally develop little to no hard ties to a neighborhood. In fact, the term "subdivision" is used far more than neighborhood. It's not exactly heart warming. On top of all that, large corporate chain and franchise businesses dominate the landscape which also discourage any sort of business ties.
It's not totally humans losing social graces is what I'm trying to say.
Technically we are advancing. Socially we are regressing.
I'm not sure about that one. I can't speak for those of you who may still live in neighborhoods of tenure. I have spent most of my life in the DFW Metroplex. The area is very transient and people generally come here purely for employment and cost of living reasons. That's one strike against having any sort of real attachment to the area. With employment being so precarious these days and people seeing houses as commodities they generally develop little to no hard ties to a neighborhood. In fact, the term "subdivision" is used far more than neighborhood. It's not exactly heart warming. On top of all that, large corporate chain and franchise businesses dominate the landscape which also discourage any sort of business ties.
It's not totally humans losing social graces is what I'm trying to say.
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Larry, people should be so lucky to have you as a neighbor!
I grew up in a 1950's built sea of Cape-Cod style homes in Cheektowaga NY (outside of Buffalo). It was pretty much like one huge family when we lived there from the 1960's to the 80s.
I know times have changed and people's social skills in regards to this are way different.
I live in kind of a rural-ish area now and only have interaction with some of the folks around me. Mostly older folks whom I help out when I can or when they call. I'm only 45, but I do miss the old days.
I grew up in a 1950's built sea of Cape-Cod style homes in Cheektowaga NY (outside of Buffalo). It was pretty much like one huge family when we lived there from the 1960's to the 80s.
I know times have changed and people's social skills in regards to this are way different.
I live in kind of a rural-ish area now and only have interaction with some of the folks around me. Mostly older folks whom I help out when I can or when they call. I'm only 45, but I do miss the old days.
I can see it all now..the bitog city...no addresses just usernames to identify who owns which house. Block parties..
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Originally Posted By: JTK
I grew up in a 1950's built sea of Cape-Cod style homes
I bet that was a beautiful house! Do you have any pics?
I grew up in a 1950's built sea of Cape-Cod style homes
I bet that was a beautiful house! Do you have any pics?
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