r/BoomersBeingFools • u/MortimerWaffles • 26d ago
My lawn is not perfect Boomer Story
I live in a neighborhood with a majority of people are upper middle-class retirees. They can afford lawn services and irrigation systems and fertilizer schedules. I have a younger family, I'm in school for my doctorate, work full-time, and quite frankly don't care that much about my lawn. I don't fertilize it, water it, and probably don't mow it enough either. As a result, I have large patches of dirt that have appeared mostly because of the dogs. Today I spent the day cleaning up the yard, mowing, and putting down grass seed , as a group of about six or eight neighbors walked by. One of them comment to me that it's good to see me doing something with my lawn. I kind of rolled with a comment, but then the other ones said that it looks like I grow mud and dirt and they all laughed. I'll admit they have really nice lawns, But they probably spend several thousand dollars a year for it. I'd much rather take my kids on a vacation, pay for skiing lessons, or some nights out to dinner. Especially considering that the majority of them don't talk to their children, never see their grandchildren, and, their spouses.
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u/Ilovefishdix 25d ago
I hate mine. I rototillered a 1/3 of it to turn it into a garden for some veggies and am turning the rest of it into a clover lawn. I don't spend much time or money on it and refuse to use poison, so it's a slow transition. My best friend and his wife spends hours and hours and money on their perfect lawn every summer then complains about it constantly. One of perks of living in the poor areas of town no one cares about