I can't say that TJ or I would be classified as shy. We're those kind of people that other people feel the need to talk to in line at the grocery store. We've both always enjoyed talking to random people about really anything. However it wasn't until we got Bailey (actually my first dog ever) that I realized how easy it was to meet people.If I were a guy, Bailey would be the ultimate chick magnet. Sometimes I worry about TJ and Bailey hanging out in the park without me. TJ and I used to live in a 126 unit condo building. We got to know a lot of people just from being there but also because we sold a number of the units there. Once we got Bailey it got to the point where we couldn't walk out the door without seeing a new friend. Often times people didn't even know our names but knew us as Bailey's mom or Bailey's dad. Now that we have moved out we still have some of our former neighbors and their dogs over to our new house. I can pretty much guarantee that we would not be nearly as good friends if it weren't for our four legged friend Bailey.
Now that we live in Marshfield, we're starting all over again meeting people. We live right by the beach and many days take Bailey out there to run free and get all his energy out. I can't believe how many people we have met already. We honestly can't make it past a single person without them stopping to talk to us. Really it has been a wonderful thing and made us feel like we have lived here forever.
I highly recommend a dog. I hear babies are the next best thing to meet people. Since I am 6 months pregnant that will be coming soon. Now, I'm not telling everyone to go out and get pregnant. (I don't want to be blamed for a population increase.) I just want to help more people get out there and meet some new friends.
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