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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]American culture is very individualistic and very cut throat. Look at the number of posts on here that say cut them out of your life, divorce him. The culture here is to cut anyone out of your life who doesn’t think the same as you and do what you want them to do when you want them to do it. People don’t help each other or even like most other people. People think it is better to be alone then to have someone around you who thinks or acts or feels differently than you. It’s a very me centered cultures where I I I and me me me are the main themes. [/quote]

Where do you live? In my corner of suburbia we have a nice balance of privacy and respect and yet I could call almost anyone in one of the 40 houses in my neighborhood for help if I needed it and it would appear and I would do the same for them. [/quote]

That's because you live in a nice neighborhood. Go to the bad ones and there are users and takers everywhere. People who stick you with your kids and don't return on time, don't feed them, don't even thank you and expect for you to keep doing it because you have a nicer life than they do. I was told by one mom that I should feed her kids and give them snacks because "I can afford it." There are so many people who think that others just owe them things, and they have no personal responsibility.

I run into people like this selling on FB marketplace too. I was giving away a nice dresser for free when I was accosted with how I should deliver it to her because she's a single mom and clearly I can afford it. I actually had multiple people say things like that to me on just one ad.

But yes, I too live in a nice neighborhood now. My pregnant neighbor started having seizures in the middle of the night and every house would have shown up to watch her other kids at 2am. [/quote]

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