You don’t have to be best friends with everyone.
Just as in the civilian world, there will be people that you like, and people that you don’t like. There’ll be people that you click with, and others that you don’t.
Your mama taught you it’s polite to be cordial, and so you should be. Just because you’re not close friends with every person on your street doesn’t mean you can’t be nice to them. “Drama” is a word that can just flutter out of every young person’s vocabulary right now; it’s so much easier to be pleasant, and gossip spreads like wildfire around military bases.
Oh, and there’s a reason why you typically stick a name tag on yourself when you go to organized social events; even seasoned military spouses forget names. You don’t have to have the memory of an elephant when you’re meeting dozens of new people on the daily. You’re not going to be socially penalized for forgetting the name of your spouse’s commanding officer’s wife’s best friend.
