Comments on: Social Capital http://www.vallentyne.com/blog/2009/04/21/social-capital/ about kids, dogs, news and technology. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nikki http://www.vallentyne.com/blog/2009/04/21/social-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-56459 nikki Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:37:00 +0000 http://www.vallentyne.com/blog/?p=1637#comment-56459 It is nice to be able to give something back, I totally see what you are saying in your social capital theory. I know we are more than willing to jump on an opportunity to help out so we don't feel like we are the ones always calling in the favours. It just makes it ok for everyone to not feel bad about asking for help. It's a perfect system so long as people ask for favours in return. When I think of our nice painted walls/ceiling in the family room, our ridiculously difficult play structure nightmare, our finished side of the basement and many sanity weekends we were able to have due to willing baby/dog sitters, it feels good to say, "Yep, we'll be there." It's a way to feel as though we can show our gratitude, rather than just say it. I guess in the old days, it was barn raising and quilting bee's. Won't see much of that these days. Moving and roofing it is then. It is nice to be able to give something back, I totally see what you are saying in your social capital theory. I know we are more than willing to jump on an opportunity to help out so we don’t feel like we are the ones always calling in the favours. It just makes it ok for everyone to not feel bad about asking for help. It’s a perfect system so long as people ask for favours in return.

When I think of our nice painted walls/ceiling in the family room, our ridiculously difficult play structure nightmare, our finished side of the basement and many sanity weekends we were able to have due to willing baby/dog sitters, it feels good to say, “Yep, we’ll be there.” It’s a way to feel as though we can show our gratitude, rather than just say it.

I guess in the old days, it was barn raising and quilting bee’s. Won’t see much of that these days. Moving and roofing it is then.

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