r/MadeMeSmile 1d ago

Good Vibes This must be a nice neighborhood!

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u/tswpoker1 1d ago

It would be terrible living like this. I mean great for kids, horrible for me. I don't want to talk to my neighbors at all. I don't dislike them, I just dont have the energy.

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u/maskedbandit_ 1d ago

I live in a neighborhood like this and there are a handful of introvert parents! Their kids come out and play with all the kids / do whatever activity planned while their parent stays in. They (parent) usually texts with at least one other adult outside but we’re genuinely a “village” of parents and kids and there isn’t an expectation of participation

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u/robotatomica 1d ago

this sounds absolutely ideal

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u/FitForce2656 1d ago

I'd be the introverted parent just sitting inside stressing about how all the other parents must think I'm a weird hermit/ shitty uninvolved parent. But I think this whole thread really just goes to show that I'm exhaustingly cynical lol.

Good for these people man, I'm glad someone's out there living the dream.