When I grew up we knew all our neighbours - that was just how life was. Today, particularly in bigger cities, people have no idea who lives next door to them. People are so busy. We got really lucky with our neighbours - they’re a lovely couple. We have a lot in common and we just clicked from day one. It has to happen naturally - you can’t force it. We have other neighbours we’ve known for years but I guess we just socialise differently. We’re kind of like their parents really, so grandparents to their little boys as we don’t have any grandchildren of our own. We actually had a similar relationship when our kids were small but then we were the younger ones.
COVID forced people to talk to their neighbours just because they desperately wanted to talk to somebody! Lots of people were checking on their neighbours, helping them with shopping, that sort of thing.
Peter & Susan
I liked seeing all the families people you’d never normally see walking. People were sitting at their letterbox with 2m distance drinking their glass of wine and talking. They still do it today. People are busy, life’s pace is frantic. When we locked down lots of people liked the fact that that franticness was taken away but we get on that merry-go-round again so quickly. Sometimes the small things really matter. I just want people to be kind and mindful and put themselves in each others’ shoes.
