Among Friends

[Nonametoday]

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@DREAMON wrote:

I would not have answered the door but I bet my husband would have and after hearing  the story I wouldn't be surprised if he invited them in.

I don't think he would ask them to spend the night.

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@DREAMON  Is your husband possibly a polygamist, because I think we might be married to the same man.

[Nonametoday]

This OP has provided us a great forum for speaking to different cultures, the change in our culture in the USA and how different people handle things, and what a neat community this is.  I have not yet seen a post with which I could disagree at some point in my life.

My grandparents (in whose community I was reared)  invited everyone into their home,  from the "old country" of my grandmother, or just strangers with a sad tale. 

My grandfather was British and was more reticent but she dragged him along and good thing she did, as it enriched his life more than had he been married to someone who was similar in nature to himself. 

I am not saying Brits are all stoic and aloof nor unapproachable, because some of the most congenial friends I have are transplants from England, who are very hospitable.  But my grandpop happened to be less amiable and less empathic than most.  He learned early on not to trust the bankers and perhaps he saw the world through that spectrum.

[Nonametoday]

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@Sage04 wrote:

Did the visitors ask to spend the night? Stop assuming. I spent my first 19 years in the

Caribbean and never knew a stranger. Every one was always welcomed.

Nothing has changed for us living here for years.

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 @SAGE

Murder rates off the charts in the Caribbean.  It would be scary to ask anyone to stay with you or for anyone to want to stay with a stranger.  Geez.  Although tourism has not been fallen, crime has been on the rise.  

[DREAMON]

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@Nonametoday wrote:

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@DREAMON wrote:

I would not have answered the door but I bet my husband would have and after hearing  the story I wouldn't be surprised if he invited them in.

I don't think he would ask them to spend the night.

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@DREAMON  Is your husband possibly a polygamist, because I think we might be married to the same man.

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@Isobel Archer

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@Isobel Archer wrote:

A true parable for our times - complete with locked gate and concern for safety from people who may not be what they claim.

And no, I don't think that is the least bit unreasonable.

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@Sad isn’t it.I find that as I age I feel more vulnerable too.I wonder if this is why some elderly people end up lonely and forgotten.I am trying to continue to feel safe enough in this world to enjoy my later years out and about living without fear.