Do you talk to your neighbours...'comfortably'?
By rekhum
@rekhum (2420)
India
May 9, 2007 8:07pm CST
Its been 6-7 months since i moved into my new home but we haven't 'Hi/Hello-ed' to each other yet though we share the same floor of the apartment.lol.Its actually the weird me, who takes pretty long time to open up.
Please suggest me people,how i should approach them to start up a conversation.I really want to make friends with them.And i think they do vice-versa.
Should i invite them for a meal or snacks. The guy really watch lot of DVDs.Should i invite him to watch a movie on my DVD and push him out as soon as the movie ends?lol.His g/f always stays confined in their room and when she's out their door we steal each other glances without a word.Should i asked how is the weather today?lol.
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7 responses
@coachflaps (683)
• United States
10 May 07
I don't really talk to any of my neighbors and i've lived here for over a year. I say hi now and again but there just doesn't seem to be any reason to talk to them. Although i did help my neighbor across the street get a refrigerator out of his car.
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@dianagnes (1088)
• Singapore
10 May 07
You should start off first to aproach your neighbour since you have the will to be friends with them.I think,you neighbour too are scared to open up firt.First,what you have to do is just to give them a SMILE,that is for a start.When you get back their Smile,meaning its a good start..then later,you can started to say Hi,How are you and so on..what are you doing now? and etc.. You may also invite them for meal or snacks but i think,its like to early since you dont know much about each other.Another way,is by giving the meals or snacks to them as a form of gifts!And later next time,after you get use to it,you may then invite them to join for meal in your house.
@rekhum (2420)
• India
11 May 07
Yep,you may be right.For i hardly smile at strangers.I figure the moment they want to talk to me they get spooked at my hard unwelcoming face of mine.Back in my home town,we have a custom of gifting cooked meals(especially curry)on some festive occasions.May be i should try that though the fest is not even closer from today.
Thanks much for the tips.
@Commerce (646)
• India
10 May 07
Dude you are indeed an excellence in collection new ideas and topics! well I suggestion would be,, yes.. you should take innitiative to start the converstation with your neighbours be it boys or girls. One good idea is.. Ask them/him/her if she/he has problems regarding the light, water, environtment, etc. I am sure they will have the same feeling like you do now.
@rekhum (2420)
• India
12 May 07
That would sound like i am their broker because our broker itself asks us(both) if we face any problems regarding utilities and stuffs.lol.But luckily,yesterday someone knocked at my door.When i opened it was none other than my DVD-freak neighbour wanting to borrow my guitar(i mean my friend's.lol).I know he is a sucker at it but i was glad someone actually knocked at my door finally.Things look brighter now,dude.lol.How do you take along with your neighbours yourself,by the way?
@natalie1981 (1995)
• Singapore
10 May 07
I've lived in my neighborhood for like, 20 years and I still don't know any of the neighbors. LOL.
Well, I do know my next-door neighbor, she and my mom are somewhat close and sometimes I smile at her when I see her on the street but that's it.
In my province though, I have next-door neighbors that were like my playmates. We still get in touch every now and then.
@sweetangie26 (263)
• Philippines
10 May 07
Nope, I don't.. I am not fond of talking with my neighbors. We are not on the same wavelength. I would rather spend my time watching tv, reading or even sleeping than talking to them. All they want is to gossip. Talk about other people's life and i don't like that.
@4cuteboys (4099)
• United States
10 May 07
When we first moved in we had neighbors attached to our home that I really liked. The wife stayed home with the 4 kids they had and the husband worked at the prison. They were cool so we hung out quite a bit and talked alot. Our kids all played together. Then they moved and I haven't really talked to anyone else. There is someone a house over and across that knows my dad and once they had my lawn mowed for me by their landscaper when my hubby was working 6 days a week 12 hours a day. I really appreciated it, and I wave to them sometimes but that's it. The rest of the neighbors and I don't talk at all.
