And then you think for a moment and realize these family gatherings are nothing more than "U have baby? u looking forward to baby? y no baby? no baby no life...". Look any of these 'achievers' in they dead eyes and ask "what good have you done for society? will your community remember you, if you died?". I doubt The Farms would notice any of us disappearing, but at least you've reached out and interacted with people beyond your proximity. Yet, I also yearn to have some local ties with people of equal age and interests. But then comes the whole 'gotta be okay with them being retards' and other such associations. As a kid I had a 'friend' constantly come over to play my PS2. It was fun until it wasn't and then it became a whole thing to cut those ties.