Three separate dads have used the phrase "just being neighborly" in the past two months. One said it to his wife. One said it in a text that got screenshotted. One said it out loud in the pickup lane while visibly fixing his hair in the rearview mirror.

The kids have started noticing too. Her stepson reportedly asked why there are "so many uncles" at school. The teacher overheard it and sent home a newsletter about "community." Nobody was fooled.