The Morningstars are like many Stapleton residents, they moved here from a more hip Denver neighborhood, the Lower Highlands. After Jacqueline got pregnant, they moved to Stapleton with their dog. Four years later, they have two children. Life has changed a lot for the Morningstars, from trying out Denver’s hippest new restaurants, to hanging at Noodles. But all families go through a similar change. However, no one would have envisioned how low things would get.
“We knew we talked about our kids too much,” says Jacqueline. “We’d try to talk about other things, but nothing was natural.” Neighbor Keith Carman agrees. “When we first started hanging out when they moved here, Scott could still talk sports and old girlfriends. Then, it became work, driving, and then kids. It went downhill pretty fast, and we didn’t want any part of it.”
The lowest point came last Saturday at an impromptu St. Patrick’s Day block get together. After a few drinks, Jacqueline decided to talk about her big new purchase. A Kirby vacuum cleaner. Party-goers were stunned and at a loss for words, and no one was drunk enough to say a funny joke to ease the tension. One of the neighbor wives politely asked, “how is it working so far?” Luckily, at that point Jacqueline knew to make the conversation short. “So far, we like it.” Her husband Scott made the poor decision to back her play. “It really is a good vacuum, guys. I am shocked at how well it picks up dog hair.”
No one is for certain if the Morningstars will stay in the neighborhood, but everyone is pretty sure it can’t get any worse. Or can it? ]]>