Should You Be Friends With Your Neighbour?
WOMAN'S OWN|March 09, 2020
68% of Brits* describe their neighbours as ‘strangers’, yet some are happy to cross the garden fence…
Fiona Kinloch, Natalie Brown
Should You Be Friends With Your Neighbour?

NO: ‘I don’t have time to be friends with everyone’ Life is too busy, says mum Natalie

Should you be friends with your neighbour?

Natalie Brown, 39, lives in Hove with her husband, Rob, 41, and their three children, Bluebell, eight, Maximilian, five, and Marigold, three. As a working mum of three with baby number four on the way, it’s fair to say life is hectic. It’s a constant juggling act, there are never enough hours in the day and I don’t have the time to be friends with people who aren’t already in my circle – it’s not rudeness, it’s self-preservation!

This story is from the March 09, 2020 edition of WOMAN'S OWN.

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