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I was good friends with my next door neighbor, once. She was a dragon of a lady, and began to complain as soon as we moved in, saying that trees on our property line were hers, abandoned paving stones on our property line were hers, and on and on.
I understand why this type of person behaves as they do, so I baked a cake, and brought it over to her and introduced myself. She was surprised and delighted. I knew she was just cranky and lonely.
We became good friends, and because she was about my mother's age, I helped her with her gardening, steam cleaned her rugs...did a lot of things for her. She did a lot for me, also. When I was going through my 2nd separation and divorce, she would call me at my mother's house, (an hour away), and let me know whenever the 2nd ex was breaking into the house.
Unfortunately, she had some very old fashioned ideas about marriage, and she told me that she thought I ought to get back together with the cheating 2nd ex, before the divorce had begun.
For me, that was like hitting a stone wall. I couldn't get over the fact that she said that, after she KNEW he had his soon to be second wife over to our house when he knew I was working. If I hadn't become ill at work, I never would have known.
I understand why this type of person behaves as they do, so I baked a cake, and brought it over to her and introduced myself. She was surprised and delighted. I knew she was just cranky and lonely.
We became good friends, and because she was about my mother's age, I helped her with her gardening, steam cleaned her rugs...did a lot of things for her. She did a lot for me, also. When I was going through my 2nd separation and divorce, she would call me at my mother's house, (an hour away), and let me know whenever the 2nd ex was breaking into the house.
Unfortunately, she had some very old fashioned ideas about marriage, and she told me that she thought I ought to get back together with the cheating 2nd ex, before the divorce had begun.
For me, that was like hitting a stone wall. I couldn't get over the fact that she said that, after she KNEW he had his soon to be second wife over to our house when he knew I was working. If I hadn't become ill at work, I never would have known.
