Curious.......how many neighbors do you consider like family??

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3. Friends do come and go

it's sad, but it happens.

We've lived in this neighborhood (a dead end street) for 16 years--except for the year we rented after the fire--and recently became the "senior" couple with
the most years in the neighborhood when an elderly couple who were original owners of their house moved to a retirement community.

We have invited neighbors to parties at our house three times since the fire (2007) and not once has any of them reciprocated. We chat when
I run into people while out walking the dog, and our next door neighbor will gather our newspapers when we're out of town, so we're "friendly"
but not "friends" with the neighbors. It seems to be others aren't interested in getting any closer than that.