…they start grass shaming me 😮! Those who mow their lawns know what I am talking about, this unspoken war that happens every summer – the weekly race to cut the grass to make your neighbor’s look bad 😆. Of course, I’m joking 😉, but one day in June my neighbors on either side of me mowed on the SAME DAY, double grass shaming me 🤯🤯. So, of course I was forced to mow the next day (insert patented dramatic SIGH here 😜).
In all the years I’ve been mowing, I’ve never had neighbors so close to my yard that it shows when I’m a little lax on my yard work. And quite honestly, I find the not so serious rivalry funny because I’m soooooo over mowing and I have a riding mower for a small lawn 🤪. I mean I still do it, but I’m not so concerned about it like I would have been in the past (that may have something to do with having an OCD partner 🤔). It starts to get unwieldy – I mow. I don’t even edge it that often (or at all really), that’s how much I am over yardwork. Plus edging is a bitch 🤬🤬. But I do so enjoy when I actually beat them to mowing, the rare times it happens 😆😆😆.
Little friendly neighborhood rivalries are fun. And I got very, very lucky to have the next-door neighbors that I have. Each are quick to help when they can, and I return the favor whenever possible. Not everyone has such luck (have you seen the show “Fear Thy Neighbor”? 😳). And, actually, the whole neighborhood is pretty great place to live.
But I can’t lie – my next move will be into a condo, so that others can manage the grounds, because I’m not that interested in mowing until the end of my days 😁.
Tell me about your unspoken friendly neighborhood “rivalries”. Comments are open and appreciated!
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