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[quote=Anonymous]Does anyone live in a community that is too much socially? What are your thoughts on it? I know there’s always a choice to opt in or opt out of things and create your own separation for yourself and your family but I do think it can be hard and it’s all gradual right?

When I say too much, I just mean the extreme side of social with a million group texts and plans. For instance, end of year is approaching and we have 4 huge grade wide parties for my 9 year old. The community is active in sports so we often see people multiple times a weekend. There’s an  overnight trips for the whole grade/kid. There’s usually some sort of adults party on a weekly basis of couples plus various girls trips, husband trips, couples trips and family trips where groups go several at once. Things like the Kentucky Derby or a weekend in Napa. We do a few ourselves but also carve out solo family trips as well and do prioritize those. The biggest issue is for our public school is we all live within the same neighborhood or within a mile of each other so you see people everywhere and it’s right in your face, often people are upset because if you’re not invited to things you know it. There’s a lot of stress about including everyone too since everyone sees and finds out about it bc of how connected everyone is. A few friends have expressed how stressful it is lately and I’m feeling the same way sometimes. I sometimes dream of moving to a quiet community but I would miss our friendships and the community the kids have and sometimes worry we wouldn’t make any friends if we left. I know that’s irrational. Just wanted to see if others had this experience and how you felt about it. The kids are in elementary so I’m assuming by middle/high it calms down a little as kids go make their own friends and we don’t really know the parents. [/quote]

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