That’s the way things are in the holler. I just have to tell one person something and everyone else knows. I kind a like that after the anonymity of living in Bakersfield, where we didn’t even know the neighbors that were right next to us. I could look right in their windows from my living room but I didn’t know their names. Now, people a mile away know that I got an oil change for free or that hubby is on travel.
Now I’m going to use this to my advantage :-) I do have one liberal neighbor, right across the street. Go figure! She had a fit when I said we were going Galt and not paying into the system anymore. And then the Trump economy started so we jumped in. Now hubby wants to jump out, he is tired of the stress. So I’m going to make sure she knows about it :-) just being a bit obnoxious here. But it was really none of her business whether we work or not. She only works part time and her husband not at all. Talk about hypocrites!
As a teen I didn’t like my mom’s friends mentioning to her who they saw me with. However, the knowledge of that kept me on a fairly straight and narrow path. Now I hope people would tell me if they saw my teens in questionable company!
I don’t know many people here, but people know who we are! We are the weird, big homeschooling family who bought “that house” (a major fixer upper). As a kid I was so concerned about what people thought-needed approval in my small town. Somewhere along the line I found the courage to fear God and not man. Even in a small town where everyone knows your business!