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LWolf

(46,179 posts)
7. None.
Sun Jun 19, 2016, 11:13 AM
Jun 2016

I only have 3 neighbors. They are all some acres away from the house. The neighbors across the dead end of the dirt road are nice. We wave. We talk to each other every couple of years, and we occasionally help each other out. I often get his name wrong, and I don't know if I've ever even heard hers.

The neighbors next door are new; they've been there for about 3 years. We talked over the fence once, and on the phone once. They seem nice. I don't remember their names.

The one on the other side of those next door? We've talked. We moved here at the same time. I know her name. How could I not, when she presented me with a legal document kicking me off the shared well and forcing me to dip into retirement funds to dig another? I almost never see her, although I have to pass her place every day on my way in and out. We don't wave or chat.

None of them are like family, but I like 2/3 of them.

None of 'em. In_The_Wind Jun 2016 #1
Thanks..... a kennedy Jun 2016 #2
Friends do come and go mnhtnbb Jun 2016 #3
None. Not for a long time, anyhow. femmocrat Jun 2016 #4
Hell, I'm not sure I consider real family to be "family"... Wounded Bear Jun 2016 #5
*hugs* a kennedy Jun 2016 #6
None. LWolf Jun 2016 #7
She sounds like a gem.......NOT. Isn't that funny there always seems to be one a kennedy Jun 2016 #9
Three families. trof Jun 2016 #8
I'm jealous........eom a kennedy Jun 2016 #10
It's not quite family here... dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #11
Sounds like a perfect place........ a kennedy Jun 2016 #13
Small towns...find yourself a small town, preferably in the South dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #16
I am sorry about your ex friend... Phentex Jun 2016 #12
Thanks.......just miss her so much. a kennedy Jun 2016 #14
HAD 2, years ago @ home in DC, elleng Jun 2016 #15
been here since 77 onethatcares Jun 2016 #17
What's with the neighbors to the west? ailsagirl Jun 2016 #18
I did some work for them onethatcares Jun 2016 #20
I'm sorry to hear that ailsagirl Jun 2016 #21
Back when I was growing up, neighbors were the old-fashioned kind ailsagirl Jun 2016 #19
Sadly, none. OriginalGeek Jun 2016 #22
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