Borrowing from the neighbors

[Cantw8]

Do you borrow stuff from your neighbors? I am fortunate in that my neighbor happens to be my best friend (she was before they moved next door to me). We borrow everything from each other. If she needs it and doesn't have it, it is likely that I do and vice versa. Favorite thing that I borrow is beer Favorite thing that she borrows is spices and condiments

 

[low-key]

nope, we just do the "man nod" at each other

 

[Nox54]

Do you borrow stuff from your neighbors? I am fortunate in that my neighbor happens to be my best friend (she was before they moved next door to me). We borrow everything from each other. If she needs it and doesn't have it, it is likely that I do and vice versa. Favorite thing that I borrow is beer Favorite thing that she borrows is spices and condiments

We don't. We bring in trash cans (whomever brings them all in first) and watch the house and whatnot but we haven't borrowed anything from neighbors, nor the other way around.
Not against it; haven't had the need, I guess

 

[amg35]

Apartment building here...

Once I borrowed Motrin from a neighbor, I was in dire need...

I did just give a neighbor my phone number on the 4th because our power went out on Monday for a few hours, it's over 100 here and I wanted her to text me if it went out again (would be gone all day). Worried about my old doggie...

 

[momof1princess]

yep. it's rare, but it happens every now and then. however, my in-laws are my neighbors, and we grocery shop and pay bills for them sometimes (they give us the money and the bill, we just run the errand while we're out), so it usually evens out.

 

[PrincessShanShan]

Yep, it's my sister! We live in a private family neighborhood--parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. It's great at times, but when the kids were all little sometimes their fussing got to be a but much, but they were all like brothers and sisters instead of cousins.

 

[JessicaR]

We have one neighbor that my husband and he share tools, that about it.

 

[SleepyMom]

We have one neighbor we have shared things with over the years (maybe 2 to 3 times per year, so not often). DH and neighbor sometimes use each others yard tools, he likes our edger and DH will borrow his trimmer. The wife has borrowed eggs and milk a few times and once used our washer to spin out a load of clothes when her washer stopped working mid-cycle.

We bring in their garbage cans if they are out of town and get their mail and paper and they do the same for us. DD has dog-sat for them and watered flowers when they are gone too.

 

[MichelleinMaine]

We met our neighbors not long after we moved in. We were doing yard work (and in some round about ways since we didnt' have alot of what we needed/first time home owners...)

Neighbor came over and asked if we would like to borrow his X Y and Z to make the job easier.

He's an older gentleman and even 16 years later, he has far more tools/etc than we have accumulated. DS went over other day to borrow tools for his Eagle project.

In return, DH, DS and I make "tech house calls" when they can't figure out their email/DVD/answering machine, etc.

 

[The Wise One]

I only sort of know one of our neighbors because we both have pet bunnies and I bunny-sit for her when they are out of town and I give her kids rides to practice and such. We don't borrow from each other though. I would lend something to her if she needed it though!

 

[FayeW]

We hit the jackpot with our neighbours. We are very close friends with our next door neighbours and the family directly across the street. We socialize with them, have impromptu BBQs and parties. One neighbour borrowed a muffin tin tonight, and we drive the other to work at least 2-3 times a week. He has a bus pass, but we'd rather have his company and don't see any reason for him to get on a bus when he can come with us.

Both families really stepped up and made sure our teenagers were okay, and checked in on them everyday, when we went on vacation to Cuba a couple of months ago. One family is moving next week, and it breaks our hearts. I look after the mortgage stuff for both families, and they refer me lots of business too.

We joke about buying a piece of land big enough for the half a dozen families in our group to build our own "compound". We love our neighbours!

 

[clm10308]

We used to have some neighbors that would occasionally borrow lawn equiptment or tools from us.

Just this week, the neighbor that I babysit for needed to borrow milk for the baby for the night and morning bottle. In our town, the one grocery store closes at 7 and does not open until 8am, and the gas station convience store does not carry milk.

 

[Katy Belle]

Not at our current location. When we lived overseas and in a compound, we borrowedfrom each other constantly. It was such a pain to go to the store, we all helped each other out. We would also buy stuff for each other. The guys shared tools, etc.

 

[shellybaxter]

Our neighbor has been our best friend since college. We basically just have two house - keys to each others - we even "share" a dog. What's ours is theirs and what's theirs is ours. We love it. Never been a problem.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

We do not borrow stuff and they don't borrow from us too much. My DH loaned one of them some jumper cables once. Our neighbors are all cool and stuff, so I am not complaining.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

I don't even know my neighbors.

 

[mombrontrent]

I made great friends with a neighbour about 8-9 years ago. We both have kids the same age and we always did stuff together and we always borrowed from each other. The kids all played together all the time and were best friends. It was wonderful. Two years ago we both moved (we lived in townhouses and we both moved to bigger houses). We still live very close (1 min drive or 10 min walk) but it's just not the same. Our DD's are still best friends but the boys have drifted apart. We used to walk to the park together and have coffee together, talk on a porch while the kids played outside ect. I really miss that but the kids are older now and do stuff on their own more. We still get together but not as often and it is planned as opposed to just impromptu. I miss her kids knocking at my door 50 times a day Good neighbours are to be treasured.

 

[mtemm]

I have 2 neighbors that we are particularly friendly with and we borrow from each other occasionally...eggs, milk, ketchup, spices, ladders, chainsaws, etc.

 

[emma'smom]

I've borrowed an occasionally cup of milk or sugar with my neighbors....probably some yard tools and shared a picnic table. The kids all "share" one another's play sets up and down the backyards....

.......mostly what we share are fun gossip and drinks! We actually would like to move to a bigger house...but we won't because we like our neighbors so much.

 

[shortbun]

My husband and his friend, who lives a few blocks away, trade and loan. Not me. The other day, friend came over with his chain saw and left with an air conditioner. Before that, other saws changed hands. A garden trailer is passed back and forth so much that ownership may actually be questionable. Friend leaves for vacation today. DH will be bugging me 'cause he's lonely. I have nothing to trade or loan. He'll be sad.