Both my husband and I have no friends

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Anonymous wrote:I find it so off putting when lonely people who randomly live near you think you’re supposed to be friends. It’s so presumptuous and creepy. There was a rich charismatic guy on a podcast today — Bill Simmons — and he said he wants absolutely nothing to do with his neighbors. I think most people feel that way. A wave of we drive by each other and that’s it.

This makes me sad. Being casual friends with your neighbors can bring some joy to life and make everyday living fun. First off, it’s easy and convenient. You can casually get together or grab drinks without having to drive somewhere. It’s fun for children and it’s good to build a sense of community.

Keeping your family isolated is teaching your kids that community doesn’t matter and you don’t care about other people. You don’t realize you’re teaching them this, but you are.

I have some neighbors who come and go and have not made a single friend in the neighborhood and I think it’s bizarre they will spend 15-20 years of their life here and one day drive away without having made a single connection.

A lifestyle where you work on your computer on Teams and only hang with your spouse and kids is self-limiting and not much fun.

Agreed. It strikes me as sad. Geographic community isn't the only kind, but it does matter.

Most of the time I wish I made more money and lived in a bigger house with a bigger yard, but sometimes I read stuff like this and think "ugh, rich people culture sucks, glad to miss out on that."

I live in a wealthy neighborhood and observe very little socializing. I rarely come across someone having a party, people over or really any social activity.

I live in a wealthy neighborhood and we socialize a lot. Our immediate neighbors are all retired so we don't do much with them but they are often having people over or organizing events. We spend time with our friends in common areas and see people there quite a bit as well. Our neighborhood also hosts large gatherings on a regular basis. Kids are always out and about (more so during summer, during the school year it gets trickier with sports after school but still at least a few days a week they do).

I live in a middle class neighborhood and some people socialize. And others don't. OMG. Who knew.

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[Anonymous]

I mean who needs friends, I love being alone, stress free. I might feel differently down the road. But I'm enjoying the playground all to myself 😁
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Anonymous wrote:I find it so off putting when lonely people who randomly live near you think you’re supposed to be friends. It’s so presumptuous and creepy. There was a rich charismatic guy on a podcast today — Bill Simmons — and he said he wants absolutely nothing to do with his neighbors. I think most people feel that way. A wave of we drive by each other and that’s it.

This makes me sad. Being casual friends with your neighbors can bring some joy to life and make everyday living fun. First off, it’s easy and convenient. You can casually get together or grab drinks without having to drive somewhere. It’s fun for children and it’s good to build a sense of community.

Keeping your family isolated is teaching your kids that community doesn’t matter and you don’t care about other people. You don’t realize you’re teaching them this, but you are.

I have some neighbors who come and go and have not made a single friend in the neighborhood and I think it’s bizarre they will spend 15-20 years of their life here and one day drive away without having made a single connection.

A lifestyle where you work on your computer on Teams and only hang with your spouse and kids is self-limiting and not much fun.

Agreed. It strikes me as sad. Geographic community isn't the only kind, but it does matter.

Most of the time I wish I made more money and lived in a bigger house with a bigger yard, but sometimes I read stuff like this and think "ugh, rich people culture sucks, glad to miss out on that."

I live in a wealthy neighborhood and observe very little socializing. I rarely come across someone having a party, people over or really any social activity.

I live in a wealthy neighborhood and we socialize a lot. Our immediate neighbors are all retired so we don't do much with them but they are often having people over or organizing events. We spend time with our friends in common areas and see people there quite a bit as well. Our neighborhood also hosts large gatherings on a regular basis. Kids are always out and about (more so during summer, during the school year it gets trickier with sports after school but still at least a few days a week they do).

I live in a middle class neighborhood and some people socialize. And others don't. OMG. Who knew.

Cool. The post was talking about wealthy neighborhoods.

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We don't either they all moved away

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You are middle aged and bought a house. Your home's purchase price didn't also include access to a new group of friends. Thinking such a thing is so social-climber-y and grubby. Being so thirsty and desperate to make friends when you're middle aged is in itself weird.