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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 732434" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>I find these conversations fascinating.</p><p></p><p>I'm a person who always has wondered about other people; what it's like in their houses, what they do all day, what they feel, what they think...I've always wished I could crawl inside other people's heads and see thru their eyes for a few days.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think that's exactly correct. It's pretty clear that my life growing up was more like OH's than SWOT's. Not just because we're the same age and clearly we didn't live in the same neighborhoods - I was a farm kid. But, the warmth and love and safe feelings she talks about - those are my feelings when I think back on my childhood.</p><p></p><p>Every child should have those feelings. I'm sorry you didn't SWOT - but you know what? You made sure your kids do! That makes you an excellent person in my book!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think that's probably true too. I grew up 5 miles from the closest town and IT only had 300 people. I was 8 miles from the next closest and it had 3,500 or so. Now I live in the capitol - but it has only got 43,000 - so by most standards, still small town.</p><p></p><p>Old Hand - What size town did YOU grow up in?</p><p></p><p>We're worse about knowing our neighbors than we should be. Part is that Jabber and I are kind of homebodies. Most of the families around us have kids now and are younger than we are. They socialize more with each other. In fact, the one neighbor we do socialize with - they have a big firepit and every little bit invite a bunch of folks over and we eat and drink and their kids run and play. Those neighbors know the whole block!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, we had one too! I still remember our ring was two longs. LOL! We had to learn party line etiquette. If you pick up and someone's talking, you hang up quietly. If it's an emergency - like call the fire department emergency - then it was acceptable to interrupt and tell the people talking what was happening so they'd hang up and you could make the call.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>See, that's my neighborhood now. Sadly, it wasn't when my son was young. It could have been...but there weren't really any other kids his age! Now there have been a lot of young families move in and those girls (mostly) run all over! In fact, we have a little girls who have made our large honeysuckle tree into their "house" because it had branches that overhang and it forks near the ground so they can climb easily. It's pretty funny to look out and see all these kids in what's basically a large shrub. LOL!</p><p></p><p>I think there's hope for these kids yet. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 732434, member: 17309"] I find these conversations fascinating. I'm a person who always has wondered about other people; what it's like in their houses, what they do all day, what they feel, what they think...I've always wished I could crawl inside other people's heads and see thru their eyes for a few days. I think that's exactly correct. It's pretty clear that my life growing up was more like OH's than SWOT's. Not just because we're the same age and clearly we didn't live in the same neighborhoods - I was a farm kid. But, the warmth and love and safe feelings she talks about - those are my feelings when I think back on my childhood. Every child should have those feelings. I'm sorry you didn't SWOT - but you know what? You made sure your kids do! That makes you an excellent person in my book! I think that's probably true too. I grew up 5 miles from the closest town and IT only had 300 people. I was 8 miles from the next closest and it had 3,500 or so. Now I live in the capitol - but it has only got 43,000 - so by most standards, still small town. Old Hand - What size town did YOU grow up in? We're worse about knowing our neighbors than we should be. Part is that Jabber and I are kind of homebodies. Most of the families around us have kids now and are younger than we are. They socialize more with each other. In fact, the one neighbor we do socialize with - they have a big firepit and every little bit invite a bunch of folks over and we eat and drink and their kids run and play. Those neighbors know the whole block! Yes, we had one too! I still remember our ring was two longs. LOL! We had to learn party line etiquette. If you pick up and someone's talking, you hang up quietly. If it's an emergency - like call the fire department emergency - then it was acceptable to interrupt and tell the people talking what was happening so they'd hang up and you could make the call. See, that's my neighborhood now. Sadly, it wasn't when my son was young. It could have been...but there weren't really any other kids his age! Now there have been a lot of young families move in and those girls (mostly) run all over! In fact, we have a little girls who have made our large honeysuckle tree into their "house" because it had branches that overhang and it forks near the ground so they can climb easily. It's pretty funny to look out and see all these kids in what's basically a large shrub. LOL! I think there's hope for these kids yet. :) [/QUOTE]
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