I finally saw the same dog walker for a whole year and it's a different world now
There's this guy, maybe in his 60s, who walks a little brown terrier mix past my cleaning route every morning at 8:15. For the first few months, he'd just give a tight nod and keep his head down. I started saying 'good morning' anyway. After about six months, he started saying it back. Now, a full year later, he stops for a full minute to let the dog sniff around and asks how my day is going. Last week he even told me the dog's name is Benny. It's wild how a tiny bit of daily, friendly consistency can turn a stranger into a neighborhood fixture. Anyone else have a small, regular interaction that slowly became something more?