Still, my wife and I have made it a priority in our lives to be committed to spending time with our neighbors. So what did we do? We went to the neighborhood party, left after a couple of hours, and then went over to the party with my college buddies. We stayed a while and ended up driving back to our neighbors’ party. That night we chose both. In essence, I “interrupted” my original plan to accommodate a new one, thus inviting the opportunity to forge neighborhood friendships, while still maintaining
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