I’ve always thought those stories about sex with neighbors were so porny and unrealistic – until tonight it happened to me.
I moved into a new apartment building in November, and the building is shaped like a ‘U’ so that my apartment, on the inside of the ‘U’, faces another apartment directly across from me. We are on the first floor, so we have porches. But during the whole winter, the other apartment’s blinds stayed closed and I didn’t think much of walking around my apartment naked, like I usually do.
Over the past few days, with everyone stuck at home and the weather warming up, I finally got to see my neighbors more, as I worked on my laptop by the window or on the porch (clothed!). The neighbor directly across from me, let’s call her Erica, would play lacrosse with her daughter and throw the ball for her dog. It was an incredibly wholesome scene, like something out of Sesame Street.
We all decided to have a “shelter-in-place” party this evening, everyone on their porches drinking wine. I had a blast getting to know everyone better, laughing and drinking. Erica hopped over her porch fence to offer me a bottle of Pinot, and we talked long into the night.