The "I know were I'm going" comment

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Originally Posted by MarkCO

Field #2? My son was playing there and I was the first base coach.

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field 5, small world

I find it a very fine line to tread. I have a feeling that we'll have a houseful, should the SHTF - but they're not the entitled yahoos that are normally out there. We have elderly neighbors across the street, two more behind our home, an elderly widowed woman that is a neighbor, our best friends in Castle Rock that understand about prepping, but have very little room for preps...and I may be forgetting some. We have newish neighbors and I suspect they also may be preppers, but I've not found a way to bring up the subject just yet. This means I have my work cut out for me, but as we value these people and understand they may contribute as a small community, I welcome them to our little Compound. :)

Oh, and those people that suggest that "they know where they're going" when the SHTF that are NOT in the pre-approved group? I tell them we're going to be long gone by that time, and we're taking all our stuff with us. Wyoming. The Black Hills. The mountains. Whatever comes to mind first.

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Originally Posted by rbeau30

Don't you like how offended they get too when you tell them the reality of what will happen when they show up? Or that YOU are not preparing for THEM? Yeah, the wife and I gave up on people in general. Every time we associate with people we always end up with the short end of the stick. Now we only worry about us.

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I think they see them choosing you as some kind of compliment. It's going to be some big party and they are choosing yours to go to because you are the cool ones. The best thing to do is probably go along with their reality and just blow it off. Although I want to tell them to make sure they bring their daughters and wife. Their reality is so short sighted that they probably have no clue what society could be like after a few days without food and water. These encounters just re-enforce my view of how down hill things could go.

A friend of mine made that comment and he was shocked when I said I wouldn't be there and I wouldn't tell him where I'd be,

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Originally Posted by TheGrey

I find it a very fine line to tread. I have a feeling that we'll have a houseful, should the SHTF - but they're not the entitled yahoos that are normally out there. We have elderly neighbors across the street, two more behind our home, an elderly widowed woman that is a neighbor, our best friends in Castle Rock that understand about prepping, but have very little room for preps...and I may be forgetting some. We have newish neighbors and I suspect they also may be preppers, but I've not found a way to bring up the subject just yet. This means I have my work cut out for me, but as we value these people and understand they may contribute as a small community, I welcome them to our little Compound. :)

Oh, and those people that suggest that "they know where they're going" when the SHTF that are NOT in the pre-approved group? I tell them we're going to be long gone by that time, and we're taking all our stuff with us. Wyoming. The Black Hills. The mountains. Whatever comes to mind first.

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People like you give me hope.

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Originally Posted by SuperiorDG

People like you give me hope.

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Nice try pal, her place sounds full. ;)

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Originally Posted by Irving

Nice try pal, her place sounds full. ;)

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Don't worry, I'll be fine.

The simplest way I have found to deal with this situation, opsec. No one knows, no one asks, no one thinks to head my way. The wife will occasionally talk about it with her bonehead family, but they all live across the country, so I don't worry much about them. Otherwise, we just don't talk to anyone about it. My boys grew up doing it, so to them it is just normal living, nothing to talk about.

When I get questioned about a big purchase, I just smile and tell my tale about have lots of kids and a wife who always loves more babies. Gotta make those dollars stretch when something is on sale. Or how much I enjoy frittering away a weekend canning with my wife cause I just enjoy spending time with her. Either one gets a big dopey "awwwe, dat's so sweet" and they chalk me up as a simpleton with misplaced ideals. Which works just fine for me.

Having a wife on board with prepping and having agreement on methods certainly makes life much easier. I cannot imagine having a wife who cares not about the future and lives only for the moment.

Then again, I would not have married such a woman to begin with.

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Originally Posted by SuperiorDG

I think they see them choosing you as some kind of compliment. It's going to be some big party and they are choosing yours to go to because you are the cool ones. The best thing to do is probably go along with their reality and just blow it off. Although I want to tell them to make sure they bring their daughters and wife. Their reality is so short sighted that they probably have no clue what society could be like after a few days without food and water. These encounters just re-enforce my view of how down hill things could go.

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That is probably not too far off from the truth. "Ohh everyone wants me around, why wouldn't you?", "You should be glad that someone like me would think to come to your place in a time of need." I really hate to be so isolationist, but unfortunately it is what it is. I am sure living 1000+ miles away from both sides of the family have made us this way. We have relied on ourselves for so long that we would probably live and die alone and together.

I also agree with clodhopper... OPSEC. But, there are a lot of things that people just key in on. People are really good at noticing that you are not the same as everyone else. OPSEC only goes so far.

"The "I know were I'm going" comment"

IDK why but I thought fire and brimstone when I saw this........