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Category Archives: pets in cohousing
End of Dog Days of Summer
End of dog days of summer Summer is not for dogs at the beach. They are not allowed until after Labor Day and then banned again after Memorial Day. Okay, they can appear after 6pm. But, now is the time … Continue reading
Want community, get a dog!
Dogs always bring people together. Okay, in cohousing they can cause problems with barking and bites, but besides that, they are a great way to meet people. My dog jumped on someone once outside of a video store (Dating myself … Continue reading
Kindness at the End of Life at cohousing
One way I saw my neighbors act in a compassionate way was toward a woman at her last stage of life. Her family was taking care of her but everyone welcomed her to the cohousing community. One family let them … Continue reading
Watch where you step in cohousing
There are things I learned while living in cohousing. One is my fear of conflict. Like most people, I was a little conflict averse but I went in knowing we would have to deal with it to build a strong … Continue reading
The lies of Cohousing
Cohousing is marketed as a utopia. You won’t have to hire a babysitter because your neighbors will do it. Not true. I know a family who just moved out so they could get a bigger home for their mom to … Continue reading
Dog Days of Summer
Summer is here – not officially, but the life guards are back so that’s summer to me. Dogs always cause problems in cohousing. Okay, pets, not just dogs. But dogs have teeth. I heard on TV some celebrity say that … Continue reading
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Trailer Park Etiquette
I hate stereotypes about trailers and people who live in trailers. I’ve lived in one, twice. I have friends who live in trailers. I once heard a white male talk about “trailer trash” and I just wanted to scream – … Continue reading
I’m free, unlike others in sister wives (polygamous marriages) or cohousing intentional communities
I’m still going through my binge watching of Sister Wives. I totally see how I got my desire – I lived the same way they are (well except the sex with the same man which I still want to know … Continue reading
cohousing diary- my real diary for living in co-housing
Here is my real diary as I lived in cohousing. I changed some things to make it understandable. I wrote this for myself. I always wanted to blog but this was just for me – never thinking I’d move out … Continue reading
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A bad neighbor by any other name
I’ve been thinking about “bad” neighbors. I naively believed that wouldn’t happen at cohousing because we were intentional. But people are people and neighbors are neighbors. In my previous life I had a neighbor with a barking dog. They let … Continue reading
