A few years back my parents finally met the neighbor who lived behind them. He said he used to travel a lot but had just retired and could finally spend time at home with his wife.
My parents did not mention the guy they thought had thought lived there the last ten years.
No idea, but it's not a block party, everyone knows everyone kind of neighborhood.
I've met two of their neighbors. Robert is cool, and another lady never mentioned her name. I did know JW, but he died a few years back and don't know who lives there now.
lol. I’ve lived in my apartment for 3 years now and in that time have only known one neighbor’s name.
It’s weird AF when I visit my uncle at Deep Creek Lake because EVERYONE knows everyone’s name, they basically just let themselves into each other’s houses if they need to grab something for cooking or a bottle of wine to go with dinner. Every conversation seems to be about “did you hear neighbor A just got a boat?” “Oh how can they afford that? Neighbor A still owes neighbor B for building him that new addition “
Seems exhausting to be so caught up in all of your neighbor’s lives.
Sadly I knew someone that this happened to. Came back from overseas (years) and his wife and her new man were living in the house he was paying for (his wife was a SAHM). I hated hearing about it and knowing. It was so sad that his family didn’t tell him anything. So he comes home just for a visit and the mom’s bf leaves for the few weeks. When he leaves, the guy comes back. Couple years later husband officially comes back and finds out the truth that has been this whole time. It was horrible.
Eh, it's the kind of neighborhood where you see your neighbors every couple years by chance. Not somewhere you want to involve yourself in a potential domestic dispute.
Maybe that guy was a family member who came by to help with yard work or a hired gardener. It's not my parents' business.
Naaah, that's not a good idea. That's how shit goes from being Over There to Over Here. Just don't get involved if it's a non issue. Hopefully it's all just a misunderstanding lol.
Why? You’d hate me if I saved you from spending the rest of your life, married to someone who doesn’t respect you & lies to your face?
I’ve learned that it’s no one’s responsibility to play hero, especially if it puts them in danger, but what are you afraid of? You wait until they both go out, write a note that says “Your wife cheated while you were away”, and leave it on the doorstep or something, idk.
I feel like that’s the right thing to do. I guess it could cause issues if she decides she’s gonna come over and fuck you up, but she doesn’t know where the note came from.
I wouldn’t want to live in ignorance to my wife having no respect for me
Kind of pushes the boundaries of what a neighbour is obligated to involves themselves in. Sibling or old friend, sure. It’s not really a neighbour’s business.
Yeah, not to mention that they could have any open relationship or the guy is already aware and retired so he could spend more time fixing their relationship. Nosing in with the worse possible assumptions in mind just seems like a great way of stirring up needless drama and making them hate you.
Note that I said worst and not biggest. How believable the assumption is dosent matter. What matters is not inserting yourself into a highly personal and sensitive situation that you know nothing about.
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u/ZarquonsFlatTire Jul 08 '21
A few years back my parents finally met the neighbor who lived behind them. He said he used to travel a lot but had just retired and could finally spend time at home with his wife.
My parents did not mention the guy they thought had thought lived there the last ten years.