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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope, but I am no longer as "good" as you are.

I  barely acknowledge one of our neighbors( If our eyes meet, I greet. Otherwise I don't look in their direction).

The house gets messy sometimes.  If the kitchen is clean and beds are made, we are usually OK. The rest of the house is not that tidy until weekend  comes around.

Breakfast has been every person for themselves since my youngest was 6. So I have just lunch and dinner to worry about. Lunch is pretty much the same thing all week( beans stewed over the previous weekend with some carb) except for weekends. So lunch is very convenient.

I think we have a great balance. It took us a while to get to this level of comfort. There was a time when I was being friendly with obnoxious neighbors because I wanted to set an example for the kids. There was a time when we vacuumed every night so that the house was spotless. There was a time when I made different things for breakfast,  lunch and dinner everyday. Those days are behind us, and life is less tiring.

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I've always been like this because I just. Cannot. When people post those question about not meeting other moms on the playground, I feel bad because I'm one of those moms that actively looks away, not because there is anything wrong with the other moms but because I just don't have it in me. I need to zone out. Same with neighbors. I'll say a polite hi and chat with actual friends in the neighborhood but I won't go out of my way to chit chat. I just cannot.[/quote]

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