The twilight zone
Jul. 23rd, 2012 06:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smittenbyuIt's like we live in a twilight zone. Neither here nor there. Geographically we are in a great location! We are close to everything! We can get to the nation's capital and all its attractions within half hour (on good metro days)! We can get out to nature in less than that too...with so much greenery in the county. And yet it's so hard to meet other moms. We go to the park on weekdays, there are a lot of kids, most are accompanied with nannies. We go to DC or to Fairfax there are so many moms and their kids out and about. By chance there is a mom here at the park with the kid, it's so hard to break the ice sometimes. It's a very transitionary county, at least where we stay.
One is either a foreigner like us, and probably be here for another year or two. Or, they move to the suburbs within an year of having a kid, to get into a good school zone and a house. Or they are nervous about speaking in English, because it's not their first language.
D has helped in breaking the ice in many occasions. I have met moms from China, Turkey, Ukraine, Japan, Russia, Serbia, and a few other parts of the world. Funny, how we never run into Americans. Although they are the ones who form a group and have their own thing. And it's amazing how mothers in a group form such a click that they often are in their own world and won't even smile at you!
DC moms feel Arlington is a world away. The suburban moms think anything past us and the capital is too congested and they can never find parking. It's very amusing. At some point we will move to the suburbs as this apartment will get small for us. But I wil truly miss being here. But then again, why do we need to move? Do we really need to get into the mode of buying a place and it be a house? Do we really need to trade the no-commute for N, walking distance to school, public pools, library, car used rarely for just grocery runs or meeting friends in the suburbs, metro access for a house that will be so far away from things interest us? Am sure as D grows, our interests will change. Having space at home for her to explore will also be helpful! The longer we wait the harder that transition will get. And yet, I love it here.
One is either a foreigner like us, and probably be here for another year or two. Or, they move to the suburbs within an year of having a kid, to get into a good school zone and a house. Or they are nervous about speaking in English, because it's not their first language.
D has helped in breaking the ice in many occasions. I have met moms from China, Turkey, Ukraine, Japan, Russia, Serbia, and a few other parts of the world. Funny, how we never run into Americans. Although they are the ones who form a group and have their own thing. And it's amazing how mothers in a group form such a click that they often are in their own world and won't even smile at you!
DC moms feel Arlington is a world away. The suburban moms think anything past us and the capital is too congested and they can never find parking. It's very amusing. At some point we will move to the suburbs as this apartment will get small for us. But I wil truly miss being here. But then again, why do we need to move? Do we really need to get into the mode of buying a place and it be a house? Do we really need to trade the no-commute for N, walking distance to school, public pools, library, car used rarely for just grocery runs or meeting friends in the suburbs, metro access for a house that will be so far away from things interest us? Am sure as D grows, our interests will change. Having space at home for her to explore will also be helpful! The longer we wait the harder that transition will get. And yet, I love it here.
