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Thanks, Strawberry.

I promise I'm not going to make a judgement call all on the basis of one or some. Ya'll are so nice to answer me and help me sort out my thoughts and feelings. Thanks. Maybe it is that we're all different people and take things in different ways(issues). You know, I seriously will ask the next time I see them if they want me to stop getting their dog and offering to help them and if they feel it's intrusive, or any other reason there may be. If I ever get a dog, it will be a lazy dog that doesn't run off :)

Thanks for answering. Well, I guess insular is what they might be. Maybe one day I'll just ask them if they're angry with me because I bring their dog back when it gets out. I guess it's a possibility they really don't like the dog and want it to go away. You never know.

Let me begin by stating that I'm not a member of the LDS church, but my neighbors are. I wondered if there's a rule or a doctrine that teaches LDS members to not be nice to, talk to, help, or say thank you to someone who is not a member of the LDS church. I've offered my neighbors a ride anywhere they needed to go since I saw their car was totaled in an accident. I used to bring them diaper coupons, toys my son outgrew and things of that nature. They just stared at me like I'm crazy. They watch their children push over my short garden fence and walk in my little strip of vegetable garden. When I ask the children to put the fence back up and stay out of my garden, they ignore me walk away. They treat me like I'm not even there and nothing happened, the parents included. Their dog gets out frequently, runs in the street and runs up to people barking and aggressive and when I see this, I call to the dog and put it on my fenced porch. I put a rope on her collar and take her home. They just take the dog from me and say nothing. I'm just puzzled why they never even say sorry or thanks and wondered if they're not allowed to see me as a human being or whatever since I'm not a member. They're very talkative and friendly to the young men who come around the neighborhood asking if you want to hear about the Book of Mormon and they invite them in for dinner along with another non-LDS neighbor who is really ummm harsh (cussing, drinking, smoking, naughty word tattoos) I guess you might call it, so that's why I wondered if it was because I'm not a member or they haven't asked me to discover LDS that they are so peculiar with me. They've never asked me if I was interested in the Book either. Do you think they are just unique or if this is part of what they might have been taught? Thanks for any help you can give me to help me understand.