This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Health & Fitness

Quiet Neighbors

I am suspicious of quiet neighbors. You know the ones. You may even have one or two on your street. They keep their drapes and shades drawn down, never letting any sunlight into their homes. Free information: Sunshine, besides being necessary for plants to grow, also makes for happy people and prevents/treats depression (Light Therapy). Which brings us back to those neighbors that have an aversion to sunlight. Is it the light you want to keep out, or the possible curious eyes of a neighbor? Heck, I am not saying open the drapes and expose your lifestyle, just SLANT the verticals, so that people sense that you are alive! I am suspicious of quiet neighbors. You know the ones..they have kids, and yet, you never see the kids outside playing. For that matter, you also, never hear the kids crying or screaming. I have seven grandchildren. When they are over, no matter the season, my neighbors know they are here. The sounds of healthy and happy children: laughing, screaming, crying. How can the neighbor have children and you never hear or see them? I am suspicious of neighbors who come and go silently. They don't talk to each other in their driveway. They don't slam their car doors. They don't take their mail, inside, during the day (when it's delivered). Holy Moly! I WAIT for my mail, and as soon as I see my mail carrier, I go outside! I am suspicious of quiet neighbors who never yell..about something! You don't have to be a certain passionate ethnicity to raise your voice! But at some point, your child will do something stupid that you totally cannot believe, and you yell at them! Your teenage son yells at his younger brother for entering his room and taking his ipad. Your beautiful, loving pet accidentally rams into your small accesory table, and your Mingh vase, falls to the floor and shatters. Hey, you would YELL then, would you not?! I am suspicious of neighbors that don't make eye contact with you. Hmm...what's he/she hiding? What's with them? They say, eyes are the windows to a man's soul...if they are always downcast, that soul must be pretty dark if you ask me!! I don't expect all the people on my street to know my name, but if I am watering my flower bed for the past twenty years, you sure as hell better wave as you drive by..otherwise, you go on my list of "creepy quiet neighbors." I am suspicious of quiet neighbors who never open a window...you know...to let in some FRESH AIR! I get it..it's cold, or it's raining, or it's hot and humid; people, there is a pattern here, and I suspect it's not very good one! Quiet homes are creepy. Quiet homes should be in BelAir, on estates; with wrought iron, 7 foot gates. Long Island neighborhoods value the joy of children playing, and dogs barking and neighbors talking to each other!! All this, of course, is my opinion on my blog. PEACE. :)

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?