OK, well not glass ones, but new ones. We just built a new house. Well we didn’t build it, we had it built. Now because of my man’s job, we have to live within the city limits. There are not all that many places that you can be in the city, but not in a bad school district and as parents we need decent schools. So we found what we thought would be utopia. A great new neighborhood, excellent schools, close enough to family. Little did we know…
While under construction, we had a port-a-potty on the grounds. We wanted to make sure the folks working on it had a place to go, because we are nice and in case you didn’t know, they will use your sump pump or anywhere and you won’t find out until it is too late and disgusting. One of the neighbors wanted us to move it. They didn’t like seeing it. WHOAT?!? It’s a neighborhood under construction, of course you will see things that are not pleasing: plumber’s cracks, a dirt yard, and port-a-potties. But it seems as if the builder that did most of these houses never had one. And wouldn’t go halfsies with us when the house next door was going up and of course the workers were using the restroom. Can’t fault a guy for that.
And it seems in the land of beige, a blue-gray is a no-no too. And a red door is seemingly a big FU to the world. And god forbid you want a privacy fence when you back up to a major road and have two kids and two dogs. There are literally grown men and women that are discussing our home at meetings. WHOAT!?! Oh and they live on the opposite side of the subdivision, so they are only seeing my house if they make a point to drive down my street.
Utopia it ain’t.
My main point here is do people care that much about what their neighbors are doing? I couldn’t care less . It isn’t my house. I don’t have to live in it. And I certainly wouldn’t get myself all worked up and have minutes taken at meetings and phone calls from committee members to try to rectify it.
I love my new house, we worked really hard getting it the way we wanted and REALLY hard to afford it. We thought it’d be the greatest place to live and that we would never move. We’ll see about that. It’s pretty sad.
And just in case, don’t upset yourself by driving by my house.
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