We have been living the Suburbanites dream. Our little family of four has been living in a comfortable house in the Suburbs with a big back yard and plenty of trees. There’s a park around the corner and the kids can walk to school. The neighbours are nice enough, we know their names and the names of their dogs. That’s good enough for me. Or it was, until a big fat FOR SALE sign went up across the street.
I jokingly mentioned to my sister that she and her Hubby should go have a peek at that little brick house across the street with the big fat FOR SALE sign. So, they did?! (Um since when do little sisters listen to big sisters? I am powerful!)
Suddenly there were visions of spontaneous coffee visits, open door policies for nieces and nephews, Christmas where we could shuffle the old folks back and forth across the street. A warm glow of all that could be began to grow in my heart. The Suburbs are “nice”, but how comforting would it be to have someone you love right across the road? People we could count on, people who would look out for us and our kids. A best friend built right into the neighbourhood. The benefits of built in family without them being built right in. The Suburbs may be great even if they are a little stuck-up and snobby sometimes but with a new exciting injection of family…it could be so much more!
Could there, would there be a downside to this? My sister living across the street? Nah. It’s not like we would be sharing back yards.
Apparently Sis felt the same because she put on offer on that house!
We loosely discussed drop in rules. We giggled at all the possibilities that lay ahead. I was all kinds of excited.
Went away for the weekend. Came home to a SOLD sign….
but
it wasn’t THEIR sold sign. Sigh.
I am more disappointed then I care to admit.
Who is the sneaky bitch monkey who swooped in and bought my sisters house?
There goes my dream of a utopian neighbourhood.
At least until the next house goes up for sale!
Love you Sis.
Now PLEASE go ahead and tell me it was for the best! Someone must have some family “lives too close” horror stories to share!
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I love living near my family. I’m sure there’s a reason that it happened the way that it did. That house probably has problems that she wouldn’t want to take on (like carpenter ants, termites, or colonies of rats!). It’ll work out the way that it should (with your sister near you, in a maintenance-free, beautiful home!)
Awe sorry. I wish we lived in such a nice place. Maybe when our year of saving is up and living in “hell” (the bottom of our my in-laws house) is up we can find our our wonderful suburbs house.
It could fall through! Hold onto hope!
aw.. i’m really sad for you, i seriously would have been!
i have a sister whose ten yrs older that me, and i love her to death… it would be AWESOME if we lived across the street from one another..
but hey! you never know what the future might hold!!
It could still happen. Maybe you just have to more noisy and irritating and drive away another family close by. I wish I had family in the same city as me!
Oh, BOO. I hate when things like this happen! So close… getting so excited… and then, boom. It doesn’t happen. Yes, it would have been awesome. I’m sorry! I’d be sad too if it was my sister who almost-but-didn’t move in across the street.
If this were my mom living by me, I would kill myself. My brother and his family, I would feel the same way!
My Mother-In-Law keeps threatening to move by us–eeek! The hour drive that separates us now is to short. I am quite content my husbands siblings live in other states as well. Perhaps if I had my own I would feel differently…
Hope another house goes on the market for your sister soon.
We live a block away from my husband’s sister and her family. (Four boys in elementary school.)
It has been much better than I expected, but I expected THE END OF THE WORLD.
HOWEVER….
My own siblings are still required to live in a seperate zip code!!
Sorry to hear that.. I hope that another one comes her way..
It sounds like you have a great sister….so keep your eyes open for that next for sale sign!!!!
Darn! That would have been really cool for you guys. Sometimes those things happen for a reason, though–maybe a better house will come on the market soon.
LOL My husband and I can see my parents house from our back deck….I am not one to talk about family too close! Its a little strange sometimes to have them so close, BUT then something breaks that we dont know how to fix and my dad is literally across the street to help out, its kind of nice.
*luckily my parents are awesome w boundries and don’t do the drop in thing on us. If they weren’t so good about that type of stuff then this living situation would not work at all. I’m not living in a “everybody loves Raymond” world over here.
um, i am kinda glad my sister lives in another state…ok, you can think bad of me now.
I will tell you it was for the best and that there is a reason for it but I will also say I am like you and I think it would have been a great idea! How awesome to have your sis right across the street. My family lives 7 hours away and I hate it. What I wouldn’t give to have them closer let alone right next door!