On a positive note: I’m an “out of towner” living in Flatbush. We recently had our 4th child. The 1st 2 kids were born in NY. We got no meals or offers for help after they were born. We lived in another state when we had the 3rd. We were spoiled with all the help. We moved back to NY a year ago, and when we had this baby, I didn’t expect any help. People from shul that my husband knows made us meals. Mind you, I’ve never met any of the wives. We even got a meal from someone in the shul that my husband met once. We didn’t even know their names! I was pleasantly surprised by this treatment, since we didn’t gave the same experience in the past. Also, in regards to people say “good Shabbos”, I find that more people say it, or at least answer me when I say it first. Less people stare at me trying to figure out if they know me.
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