@Pandora I think you explained it in your last sentence better than anything else. I was just baffled why the little girl would say something like that to me. The reason I asked is I wondered if they were thinking of calling CPS on our family for the nudity. And I wanted to make sure that if they did that, there was absolutely no reason CPS would have to say anything to us about making sure our daughter was clothed. I mostly fear this because I’ve heard horror stories about mothers getting arrested for breast feeding their toddlers and ridiculous things like that.
It didn’t occur to me that they may be trying to get their daughter to stop whining about wanting to take her two bathing suits off and run around naked or topless. I don’t think the neighbor is a perve—at least they don’t seem pervy.
They are strange though. They are so nice and generous. They have mowed our lawn and shoveled our driveway just for the heck of it. They have given us hand me down clothing for our daughter. They have frequently invited us over. They get a bit shunned by the other neighbors (possibly because they are more than a bit strange at times) and so I try to stay friendly. I was sad and worried as well as spooked by the girl talking about people taking my daughter away.
Aside from the freakishly modest dress code, they’ve been great neighbors. Now and then there are awkward hiccups in the family dinners we’ve had. Sometimes everything has gone great and suddenly the family has gone strangely silent and someone said something like//
“We don’t believe in dinosaurs.”
“Dr. Pepper is not a cola beverage.”
And a few others I can’t think of off the top of my head, usually having to do with products or companies. Or science.. .or something related to politics ..
And there is an awkward silence but then everything goes back to normal. Every now and then, I think I should research their religion so I can figure out what the heck happened back there, but since they quickly go back to being nice, I ignore it as much as I can.