#you WILL drift apart from your childhood and teen friends as an adult cos everyones busy but your community is right around you

[creatrixcymraes]

Read a very long scaremongering post about internet culture and the loss of community and it ended with "do you even know the names of your neighbours?" ...as if that was a big gotcha?

Like yeah I do, on one side is Stuart and Rena who are expecting their second grandchild very soon, and on the other side is Mark and his new missus Tracey and his son Ben (who is moving out soon). We send each other Christmas cards and compliment each other's Christmas and Halloween decorations. We bring each other's bins in.

If you want community with your neighbours you just have to accept that it's going to be a little awkward at first and push through the discomfort to make the barest of efforts.

I was definitely glad we already knew each other on the day I woke up at 7am to realise our gas hob had been leaking overnight and the house was full of gas. Mark next door saw the fire engine pull up, came out to see what was going on, and brought us into his house for a cuppa while we waited for the all clear.

Idk I'm just sick of people acting all doom and gloom about things that they absolutely have the ability to change 🤷🏻‍♀️

#didn't add this to the original post because i don't wanna shit on that person #and i know wales is a friendlier place than some other locales #but my dude if you wanna be friends with your neighbours #you gotta befriend your neighbours!! #take them some banana bread! pop a note in the letterbox when you move in with your name and number in case they have a noise complaint or #want to borrow a stepladder #you WILL drift apart from your childhood and teen friends as an adult cos everyones busy but your community is right around you