OK, I know I'll always have Joel- and hopefully we'll have our kids- but, if 5 out of 6 of my friends who answered my poll (I was the 7th person) want to live in the country where they have no neighbors- then who are MY friends going to be near where I live? Wanting to live in the country, to me, is about like wanting to live in the snow year round- HA! Not going to happen!
Anyway, I know we don't live near anyone right now anyway, but, it makes me feel quite well, lonely anyway. Humph. I wish I made friends more easily.
I guess it's a sign of growing up in a way that you don't have to like all the same things as your friends. Back in the day, like in high school, even uni to some extent, you were friends because you liked the same things- the same music, the same hobby, the same sport, the same something! I guess these days, if we can drink the same wine, and chat, it doesn't really matter, huh? Used to be we could all sit around and whine about our boyfriends, but now we've all found the perfect men, well... I guess someday when my life catches up (which, let me be honest, seems to be taking eons), we'll be able to sit around and talk about the kids...
Ah well, anyway... I wish sometimes, like for this particular poll, that I could see who answered which answer. :) (If you're not answering the poll, for fear that I DO know who is answering which answer, then know, that actually I don't know, and there is no way for me to know.) I could swear that I have some friends that are city girls who want to live in the city- why haven't you answered the poll?!?
And all I have to say about all you people who want to live in the country- I hope you have every intention of doing so in a green, green, sustainable way, because the world can no longer support everyone wanting their own piece of the earth- it's too small, there are too many of us, and not enough world to go around. So be gentle with it. :)
OK I'm done.
Actually, I would just like to add again that actually I hate wedding planning. Maybe I would not if I wasn't having a destination wedding that I have to plan from too far away- but, today, I hate wedding planning. Blah. I think paper work and documents and such are the devils work. That is what I think.
**UPDATE** Oh, oh! Just as I was posting this, someone voted that they would like to live on the edge of a big city in a funky little neighborhood with me!!!! WAAAAAHOOOOOO!!! Who was it???? ;)
5 comments:
FYI, I haven't voted cause i can't decide :P
I'm with you, mara. edge of the city, always. particularly if that city happens to be melbourne. :)
I think I voted country, but I don't remember. For me, it really depends on my mood when answering. I romanticize country living, but would probably go nuts quickly. But I love to envision myself growing all our own food and having friends stay for weeks to get away from it all. Other days I dream of living in Chicago, enjoying the energy of a thriving urban neighborhood, getting rid of my car...I would probably love the townhouse on the edge. I have the house in a regular old town now. I can live with it, but my dreams take me elsewhere.
I voted for the suburb, but was really torn for the funky neighborhood. My final choice was because of my kids... When they leave I will go for the funky neighborhood. I think it all depends where you are in life at the time...
I'm with you on the green thing and the countryside - unless I actually go totally green and live in the country, but somehow don't see it. :-)
I (PG3) am with you in the funky little neighborhood, Mara!
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