PROSE – DAILY PROMPT RESPONSE
I look at this question and laugh. I know it isn’t intended to be funny, but it is. I don’t have a clue how to answer this question. Perhaps if I approach it in reverse. I know what makes a bad neighbor. I’ve had a few of those over the years. The kind of people who complain about the length of your grass. The polite suggestion of adding a coat of paint to your house.
However, I have neighbors bring baked goods to welcome my family to the neighborhood. I never trusted the sentiment. Perhaps, it’s my inability to understand the merits of strangers knocking on my door with a casserole. If you want to win me over, let’s start with a chocolate cake, a minimum of two layers. My wife asked once, “What kind of cave were you brought up in?” I looked at her before speaking. This time, I actually considered my response.
“It was quite nice. Quiet, low light, and no neighbors bringing random casserole. Honey, you know I don’t do random casserole.”
She looked at me momentarily with a smile slowly creeping to the corners of her face. She did her best not to laugh. There was even a flash of annoyance, but it didn’t hold. She walked away, muttering something about, “How crazy I can I be?”
I replied, “Challenge accepted.”
As Always
Family brings casserole and I try it. I eat if it is good. If it is bad I will lie. If a stranger held out a casserole I would assume they are psychotic and it’s poisoned.
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Thank you for saying that. I was beginning to think I was a bad neighbor…oops..hehe
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No bad neighbor in the situation. Come to think of it, last time I saw one it was at a pot lock and no one was touching it. It was at church. Quick question: Did the neighbor offer it to you on a Monday?
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I have never accepted any of those “welcome dishes” Thanks for sharing.
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Truth, you gotta be careful. For real! Thank you.
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To me it’s not necessarily just be a good neighbor in action and time will tell.
Take care.
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