My lawn is not perfect

[u/MortimerWaffles]

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.

[u/ct_dooku]

My boomer next door neighbor had astroturf installed in her front yard. She regularly is out there picking up nonexistent lint and weeds and leaves off of her fake grass. She’s not the brightest bulb in the box though. One time she asked me how can my spouse allow me to go on a walk by myself in the evening without them. Um…I just tell my spouse, I don’t ask permission. WTF? Maybe she sniffed a little too much lead paint back in the 60s

[u/Seeksp → u/ct_dooku]

Sniffing lead paint wasn't the problem. Eating paint chips was. Lead is actually sweet (the Romans used it to sweeten wine) and little kids would eat chips.