Hah! Never! lol. That'll never happen. But maybe I should be the cake baker? Good thoguht for the day huh?
I could be wrong but the neighborly way of life still exists in the areas we come from. It just doesn't exist in the south, at least where I've lived. After over 25 years of living in this area, I've come to the conclusion that "Southern Hospitality" is a myth. It exists only in the framework of empty "good mannerly phrases", which are abundant down here. The next time you hear, "Y'all come back, heah!", try going back and see what happens. (Smile)
Luckily I'm an introvert so it doesn't bother me at all.
Good neighbors exist only in the city where there are still ethnic groups and families that stay in one area. My family for an example used to get together once every couple of months and the holidays back in the 50s until one of my aunts moved to Florida and that sort of broke the chain.
Ravenhall, I live on a cul-de-sac and I have great neighbors. One used to back me cakes when she knew my nephew was visiting. And we always check in with each other. Let's see where my neighbors are from, the guy next door grew up in Brentwood, TN, the woman down the street is from the South, the next couple he's from Louisville, KY, and she grew up here. The next couple are from Minnesota, the young couple across the street, she grew up in Chicago and he grew up in Florida. .
The young couple on the corner she's from New Orleans and he's from Erie, PA we swapped vegetables with each other this summer, I had tomatoes, they had peppers.
The last time I had a friend over for dinner she asked to bring dessert and I told her yes. She came by with a sheet cake but it was strawberry shortcake. I took a large piece of cake to all my neighbors as I didn't want it here in my house. I'm an extrovert...so I keep up with all the neighbors, and I have all of their keys, so I can check on their houses or animals when they are gone.
I agree, it still exists to some degree. We were brownie'd to death when we moved to the Midwest and a few weeks ago we had neighbors to dinner and they brought homemade cookies.
But what I was talking about was the olden days when people got dressed up and visited each other for entertainment and sat around the table and talked over coffee and/or highballs. The biggest insult (for me anyway) is when we get invited somewhere and they pull out a deck of cards or the TV is playing sports in the background. In the 50s, my parents schlepped 5 kids by way of a bus and two train changes for an afternoon of sitting on on an aunt's overstuffed couch. Can't say I miss that experience but as Scorpio says, once families start moving away, it breaks the chain.
i have found since moving to florida, that we make our own circle of "family"...
i have a large group of neighbors and friends who get together on the holidays, and at other times just to socialize..everyone brings something..a bottle of wine, cookies, cake..and so forth..and we sit around and gab for a while..
everyone is from somewhere else...mass., long island, new jersey..so i don't really get that it is gone for some..i still have it here..life is what you make it..
