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Reply to "It takes a village and I have no village"
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[quote=Anonymous]All it takes is one or two close friends. It may not be a person that you really click with, and there will be annoyances along the way, but if you muddle through them, that person will be there for you, and you'll find that it's rewarding to be there for them. (This is from personal experience.) However, it also helps not to expect people to reach out, because sometimes we will be disappointed. You know, my sister still lives in our home town, she has our extended family and the in-laws relatively near, and yet she still complains about how other people's parents help them with XYZ and her parents/ILs don't. I just smile and don't remind her that we don't have anyone here in DC, just the friends network we built. In this area, what we lack in "the village" we make up for by being able to pay for help. It's not ideal, but it can get you through rough days. [/quote]
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