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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Re: the neighbors thing I will say that when we had the derecho in July and our house lost power for 5 days, none of our neighbors who had generators (including our next door neighbors), acquaintances/co-workers who knew we were sweating it out for 5 days offered to let us stay with them, have a place to relax in the air-conditioning for a few hours, have us over to charge our phones or use the washing machine, etc. I thought that was incredibly cold-hearted.

Okay you need to change your style of thinking. How were they supposed to know you weren't fine? I have friends who are freaks of nature and LOVE 102 degree days. I am uncomfortable when it gets over 70! Maybe they thought you were one of those. Or maybe they were so busy they forgot to think of you. You could have gone over and knocked on their door and said, "Hi! I'm Jess and live next door. Just popped by to see how you guys are doing in this crazy heat!" and struck up a conversation. This is what I mean - you're waiting for everyone to come to you but not reaching out to others. "There was a man who felt sorry for himself because he had no shoes, until he saw a man who had no feet." You had no a/c, OP. Someone else had no A/C AND was stressing out over their newborn, or their ailing senior citizen mother. Buck up! There's always someone who's got it worse. [/quote]

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