Odd Behavior

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

I have a neighbor who sits on their front door threshold, morning, noon, and evening with the door fully open. They have a patio at the rear of their home so they have another option.

This is uncommon to me but is it common in other regions, other countries? I'm in the NE.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

There's what called "front porch sitting."

Very popular in decades past and probably still is. The door used to be open to let in fresh air and cool the house.

It was also a place to congregate, play cards, snap green beans, watch kids and neighbors.

You don't get to see all the action on the back patio.

I don't know if that is her reason but it made me think of this right away.

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

@on the bay

There isn't any porch nor steps like in city row houses.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

Oh ok. In the cities I've lived in there are. I don't know, maybe she's lonely or something?

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

9:30pm in PHX...still 98°...NOBODY is sitting OUTSIDE

♥Surface of the Sun♥

Venezia · ‎03-09-2010

Maybe she's just someone who likes to people watch. Maybe she's lonely and it's her way of being part of what's going on.

I take it you never talk to this neighbor? Or you could just ask her.

"" A little learning is a dangerous thing."-Alexander Pope

webbgarner1 · ‎06-13-2017

@occasionalrain Just a thought. Whe don't you walk over and ask her to come over to your stoop for a nice ice cold glass of tea, lemonade or on a chilly day a warm coffe or . Or bring her a little treat. Small gestures can lead to great conversations, and lasting friendships.

avid shopper · ‎04-18-2010

I have been a porch sitter for 65 years!

AngelPuppy1 · ‎03-13-2010

I don't know??? I would not be sitting on the threshold with the door open. Wouldn't you worry about letting in all kinds of insects? I would! Plus, usually you have the air running and why let in all the hot air??? If she has a large enouh area to put a lawn chair, I would think it would be better to do that. If she does this partially because this area fronts on an area where there is traffic and/or she can observe neighbors coming and going, maybe this is why she does this?

If she has a nice patio in the rear, I don't know why she would not use this area instead, unless it just looks out onto a yard and there is no traffic or people to see. To me, this is a bonus. I sit out on my back patio because it is generally more quiet. Not always, but at times!

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night." - Steve Martin

qualitygal · ‎10-04-2010

Just telling my husband how I got to thinking about my grandmother's front porch, the other day. Saw a woman setting in her screened-in porch and that's what brought the subject up.

Back when I was a kid, people would walk by, and both grandma and the person waved to each other. Easy, friendly days.

When I worked as a receptionist at one place, the maint. men would tell me how some of these (older/lonely) people would pull up a chair and talk with them, while they did repairs at the home of these seniors. Heard of one person once, who would call the time, when it use to be on the phone, to hear another person's voice.

I think we need each other.