When we were moving in and cleaning stuff up, our next door neighbor came over to say hi and chat a bit. He seemed pretty nice and mentioned they would be moving soon. I'm all for meeting new people and having a chat, but he may be a bit too chatty.

A couple of days later, my parents were helping me move the rest of our stuff into the new house, and what does he do, while we've all got our arms full? He decides to come over and say hi. Come on, pick the right time and place! We're hot, sweaty, tired, and have our arms full! And we've been moving stuff from a place that no longer has AC, can't you see?

But the kicker is this: today, I am mowing, and he stops me mid-mow to chat. Grr. He says they're trying to sell their home, just shooting the breeze with me. Then out of the blue he says, and not keeping his voice down at all, ""I ain't for selling to no black people though."



I was like, "Well, if they're nice, quiet, and clean, it doesn't matter what color they are." Like just because someone is white, they are automatically good, too. Wowza! I was really wanting to distance myself at this point because I sure don't want anyone in earshot assuming I'm racist.

He went on, "You really can't hardly keep 'em out nowadays though. We live in a different era." And kinda shook his head like it was a shame. Hell yes, we live in a different era, and thank God we do!

He continued, "Some black people used to live in that house (pointed down the street) some time ago but we never hardly saw 'em." I was just kinda standing there thinking of a way to leave without being horribly rude, because what do you say to shit like that? So I cut the conversation short and was like, "Well, I still have the whole backyard to do, so I better finish up before it gets much hotter," and I turned 3, THREE, times to walk away and he kept bringing up different shit that had nothing to do with anything. Lord have moicy!

So yeah, if an inappropriately chatty racist wants to leave the neighborhood, woohoo! I just don't know what people are thinking sometimes. Good gravy.

Oh yes, and I am very happy to report that we have a lovely lesbian couple living next door to us on the other side. They left a sweet card in our mailbox along with a gift certificate to a restuarant! The neighbors at large do seem very nice, at least!


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