Originally Posted by OHSue
He said everyone knew your business and gossiped about everyone else.
Your husband was right about this but on the upside if anything ever happens to you or yours , those same people are there. If they don't see you around in a day or two someone will usually phone or call on you to see if your alright. We live of 5 acres, while I was away having treatment this property grew grass and weeds like you wouldn't believe, badly needing slashing and cleaning up. Firebreaks needed redoing as well because summer was fast approaching. We were only new to the area and hardly knew anyone. As we drove into our street my DH was commenting how it would take him a week at least to clean up the over grown property and slash but when we turned into our drive it had already been done for us. People we didn't even know had been in during the week with their tractors and slashers etc and cleaned up the whole property so we wouldn't come home to a mess. With in a day or two of us arriving home people started turning up at the door with casseroles and sweet pies and such so I didn't have to worry about cooking while I recovered.
Living in small towns may have its moments but they are also the most caring of communities on the whole. Just recently i heard on the news that a woman was found dead in her lounge after 3 months. She lived alone and no one had noticed she wasn't around. Very sad. Think I'll put up with the gossip (mind you I am fairly boring in that I don't do anything interesting enough for people to gossip about anyway)
Maybe1day