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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So there are frequently threads like the current one running about giving birth alone and how do people manage when there are no relatives nearby.  The standard DCUM answer is you have to build your village.  Yet right now there are also threads running about neighbors who don't want to have ANY interaction or people who refuse to chitchat at the bus stop. So how exactly are you supposed to build your network if neighbors don't want to engage and neither do parents of kids at your school or anyone else you frequently find yourself in proximity with?  Asking for a friend...[/quote]

There are a lot of situations designed to have people talking and getting to know each other: events a libraries and museums, cooking classes, cooperative extension courses, neighborhood block parties, church events, common interest groups, volunteering at animal shelters or Habit for Humanity, table game nights at local game store, local slow food restaurant tasting parties or, or, or …

Sure, not all of them are going to be available to everyone in all areas, and not all are free, but there is always something. It takes effort, though, even if not much. It's not fair to present yourself as lonely and needy to people who are not involved in a group event, and then just expect them to drop their own projects and fix you.[/quote]

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