Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: personalities within cohousing communities

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> It takes a lot of work to build a community, and if a person
> were blue and sad and negative all the time, I just don't know
> how they would do it.  You have to be optimistic, you have
> to be confident, you have to persevere.

I can't imagine a pessimist lasting more than a week in a cohousing group.
Either the pessimist would leave or the group would fold.

The closest to a pessimist we've had were some spouses who were noticeably
not involved in the planning stages -- the one spouse was very active. After
move-in, I was surprised at how involved the formerly uninvolved spouse was.

As for the person who is needy, they quickly learn that a cohousing group
can be supportive in emergencies and times of temporary stress but everyone
is expected to pull at least most of their weight.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org


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