Anonymous wrote:We are doing nothing for it.

I wish I were one of these social people, throwing or going to a barbecue, with lots of old friends. Barbecue chicken, potato salad, watermelon.

But I'm not. I don't have the energy. It'll just be a day off where we probably stay home. Try to get the lawn mowed.

Read a good book about people throwing a barbecue and all the rest--thats the only fun I have energy for,,, but on the plus side since my 40s I could care less if i got invited to a potluck, if anything dont have the energy nor health to go...I dont miss small talk..true friendships yes but dont see much of that around here

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Anonymous wrote:We bought the big costco fireworks box to do our own celebration.

The families in the neighborhood who have dogs do not appreciate this.

Enough about the dogs! How were the dogs over the past 100 years able to deal with it, and the spoiled ones of today are so triggered?

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Anonymous wrote:I invited fiends to a potluck. That will end long before fireworks, and I’m not sure we will go see fireworks anywhere.

Taking the train to the beach sounds dreamy. Have fun, OP!

What train goes to the beach? In real life from the dmv?

I'm not in the DMV. Where I live it'll be about an hour there and an hour back. So I can only stay at the beach about an hour, because bathroom!

Wear a swimsuit and pee in the ocean! Problem solved! Have a great Thursday, OP!!

Um, I'm not going into the water. Or wearing a swimsuit. (And I don't believe in peeing in the water.) I'm just going to sit on a bench a few steps up from the sand, and eat blueberries and read my book and hope dogs taking their owners for a walk will stop to say hi to me and occasionally look out at the water.

No wonder you don’t have any friends. You sound boring and rigid as hell.

Pretty sure you don't have any friends. You sound like you are lacking in social skills. DP

Anonymous wrote:We bought the big costco fireworks box to do our own celebration.

The families in the neighborhood who have dogs do not appreciate this.

We are doing nothing for it.

I wish I were one of these social people, throwing or going to a barbecue, with lots of old friends. Barbecue chicken, potato salad, watermelon.

But I'm not. I don't have the energy. It'll just be a day off where we probably stay home. Try to get the lawn mowed.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t YOU throw the event and do the inviting?

I’m not doing anything. Will probably take a late-night walk around the neighborhood with my kids, because people go nuts with fireworks and it’s always a fun walk. Craving a BLT pizza, so I think we will do that. That’s it.

I live in a VERY tiny one bedroom with no air conditioning, two sofa seats or otherwise people are sitting on my bed, and am poor. I do not throw events.

You can invite friends to meet in the park for a picnic potluck. Do you think poor people never have fun?

You just had to throw in the “poor people” bit, didn’t you?

OP said she was poor. As an excuse for not inviting friends anywhere…

No, it's why I never invite friends to my apartment. Partially because I can't afford to host and partially because I only have a two-person sofa and my bed for people to sit on.

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Anonymous wrote:Pool, bbq with DHs work friends, hangout with neighbors and watch fireworks from the street

Oh, that’s what I’m actually doing. What I’d like to do is lay in a freshly made bed alone all day, eat little snacks, read, watch tv, and look at fireworks out the window.

+1

I'm staying home and watching movies with DD. Sleeping in and hanging out. I hate cookouts and making small talk.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe full grown adults still get so down about an invite they didn’t get. I feel like the best part of marriage and family is not caring about that stuff anymore.

What a smug, unhelpful response. First off, not everyone is married and has kids. Second, even if you do, most people need some outside social interaction.

+1 Furthermore, at some point one of the spouses dies.

BBQ at home with a bunch of family then fireworks at the country club

Going to Long Island and very happy to be here! So far the weather is perfect.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t YOU throw the event and do the inviting?

I’m not doing anything. Will probably take a late-night walk around the neighborhood with my kids, because people go nuts with fireworks and it’s always a fun walk. Craving a BLT pizza, so I think we will do that. That’s it.

I live in a VERY tiny one bedroom with no air conditioning, two sofa seats or otherwise people are sitting on my bed, and am poor. I do not throw events.

You can invite friends to meet in the park for a picnic potluck. Do you think poor people never have fun?

You just had to throw in the “poor people” bit, didn’t you?

OP said she was poor. As an excuse for not inviting friends anywhere…

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t YOU throw the event and do the inviting?

I’m not doing anything. Will probably take a late-night walk around the neighborhood with my kids, because people go nuts with fireworks and it’s always a fun walk. Craving a BLT pizza, so I think we will do that. That’s it.

I live in a VERY tiny one bedroom with no air conditioning, two sofa seats or otherwise people are sitting on my bed, and am poor. I do not throw events.

You can invite friends to meet in the park for a picnic potluck. Do you think poor people never have fun?

You just had to throw in the “poor people” bit, didn’t you?

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t YOU throw the event and do the inviting?

I’m not doing anything. Will probably take a late-night walk around the neighborhood with my kids, because people go nuts with fireworks and it’s always a fun walk. Craving a BLT pizza, so I think we will do that. That’s it.

I live in a VERY tiny one bedroom with no air conditioning, two sofa seats or otherwise people are sitting on my bed, and am poor. I do not throw events.

You can invite friends to meet in the park for a picnic potluck. Do you think poor people never have fun?

Isn't there going to be a severe thunderstorm on the 4th? We already watched the fireworks on Saturday, so probably nothing.