Do people need a reason to SAH?
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Do people need a reason to SAH?
| Sun, 07-18-2010 - 9:28am |
This theme was touched upon in another thread and I wanted to discuss it further.
| Sun, 07-18-2010 - 9:28am |
This theme was touched upon in another thread and I wanted to discuss it further.
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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
– George Orwell
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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
– George Orwell
"LOL, interviewing? nah...i don't see what's so terribly uncomfortably about this: door bell rings, hi we're your neighbors across the street and mention of how long they've lived there, who they are, what they do. leading to who else lives on the block, that the couple in the cul de sac are engineers and have rented for more than ten years."
Ok, definitely cultural. I would consider that a strangely large amount of over-sharing on the part of the neighbor, especially during a first meeting, and feel very uncomfortable. I'd also be very disturbed if I knew that a neighbor was sharing personal information about me with another neighbor I've never met.
"..i don't know, i still have little kids so we're around, i consider that being friendly, i don't close my blinds. "
What does having little kids or keeping the blinds open have to do with learning about one's neighbors? How is it "friendly" to have kids? No one closes the blinds around here, but then most people are actually polite enough not to stare into other people's homes, so having the blinds open would not lead to learning more about one's neighbors...unless, of course, one were being extremely rude and staring into the windows in order to learn more about one's neighbors.
I can kind of imagine that, but surely salary/financial info is not typically casually shared? At least, I don't remember that ever happening, nor are my family in the habit of that level of sharing.
I agree. I have to admit that I'm still scratching my head over the idea that if one knows the occupation, woh/sah status, financial status, rent/own status etc. one can say that one knows one's neighbors. None of the above really tells me all that much about who they are.
John W. Gardner
Ten Rules for Being Human
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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
– George Orwell
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