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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the OP from the other post asking what to do. I am from the Midwest. I know most everyone in our neighborhood. When covid hit, I went over to the houses that have really old people and told them to call me if they want me to grocery shop for them. I have stayed with the neighbor kids when the parents have had emergencies. I buy baby gifts for new babies in the neighborhood. I don’t know. Maybe my neighbors think I am weird, but this is how I grew up. [/quote]

I'm the OP of this thread.  I don't think it's weird at all - it's sweet and just ... foreign to me.  In 20 years of living OUT of NY, exactly ONE person has ever said "Oh, you live there? I live here - I just moved in. Hi, I'm Rochelle." And I had to say hi, introduce myself and shake hands. My DD was looking at me like "What the F*** just happened?!" because she'd never seen it before.  I don't think it's a class issue.

After I'd moved out of my parents home, I went back to visit one time, in my mid 20's.  My mother mentioned the old next door neighbors had moved out and new people had moved in and they had two young elementary school daughters.  REALLY?!  I ran up to my childhood bedroom, grabbed my sticker collection shoebox from the '80s, grabbed my old stationery that I'd outgrown, and ran back downstairs.  I told my mother I was going next door.  She tried to tell me I couldn't, forgetting I was now an adult.  I went, rang the bell, said "Hi, I'm Lauren, my parents live next door. My mom said you have two little girls - I thought they might like some stickers and stationery."  The mom was so appreciative and I felt so good about it.  When I went back home (after like, 3 minutes of being gone) my mother was really angry at me and thought I was ridiculous.  What, like I was going to sell my Strawberry Shortcake stickers? Like I was telling this new neighbor all our family secrets?  No. I was raised by parents who were introverted, and paranoid in my mother's case.  I was pushing to not be that way.[/quote]

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