hi guys
I have a new downstairs neighbor, a thirtyish girl with a small child and a rather hillbilly smile... they seemed nice enough when she introduced herself, though I am not really a neighbors sort of person, I don't have enough time for the people I really really want to hang out with, I generally prefer to be on friendly but not really speaking terms with my neighbors.
Today when I wandered out onto the porch someone called me by name, and there she was with this cactus which had blown off the balcony, letting me know it had fallen and offering to bring it up. I went down to pick it up instead, and met her significant other, who turned out to be female, a rather plain and chubby lady, quite sweet. They were kinda shy about the whole significant other thing, and seemed very, well, sweet.
The thing is, I noticed that I felt much better about the girl having met her significant other, which caused me to wonder why exactly that was. Is it because I have a bias toward 'nontraditional' couples because I never fit the straight world well either and I see them as allies in refusal to be assimilated? Is it because a shy girlfriend is much more who I'd want as a neighbor than some mulletted nascar fan hillbilly boyfriend?
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I know, I know I never write, I never call. It's not just you, I'm just needing to do a lot of fairly solitary stuff just now. Part of it is my current 40 hours a week of phone conversation, which leaves me just wanting to not have to speak at all, part of it is having a lot of backlogged work of various sorts to do now that I have more time for my own life, with Adam out of the nest. It's time for some serious housecleaning, physical and mental, and when I've got things sorted out to a more liveable level I will start having a social life again. In the meantime, it's not that I don't love you, for whatever that's worth, I just ned to get stuff sorted out do I can concentrate on the things I want to do with my life, like hang out with you.
Today when I wandered out onto the porch someone called me by name, and there she was with this cactus which had blown off the balcony, letting me know it had fallen and offering to bring it up. I went down to pick it up instead, and met her significant other, who turned out to be female, a rather plain and chubby lady, quite sweet. They were kinda shy about the whole significant other thing, and seemed very, well, sweet.
The thing is, I noticed that I felt much better about the girl having met her significant other, which caused me to wonder why exactly that was. Is it because I have a bias toward 'nontraditional' couples because I never fit the straight world well either and I see them as allies in refusal to be assimilated? Is it because a shy girlfriend is much more who I'd want as a neighbor than some mulletted nascar fan hillbilly boyfriend?
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I know, I know I never write, I never call. It's not just you, I'm just needing to do a lot of fairly solitary stuff just now. Part of it is my current 40 hours a week of phone conversation, which leaves me just wanting to not have to speak at all, part of it is having a lot of backlogged work of various sorts to do now that I have more time for my own life, with Adam out of the nest. It's time for some serious housecleaning, physical and mental, and when I've got things sorted out to a more liveable level I will start having a social life again. In the meantime, it's not that I don't love you, for whatever that's worth, I just ned to get stuff sorted out do I can concentrate on the things I want to do with my life, like hang out with you.