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She's a nice woman who is trying to be a friend and great neighbor. I suspect this type of behavior was common in her household when she was young but do not know it for a fact. Just a guess.
You've a very nice woman living next door and until she proves otherwise enjoy her company and generosity.
This is pretty common in TN if someone moves into a tight-knit neighborhood and more of a custom among older people. My grandparents were born in the 1930s, and they and their older neighbors (a lot of 1910s-1920s people when I was growing up) used to this often or when someone died. If you don't want the stuff, just politely decline.
If you don't want her I'll take her. We have a nice neighborhood here except for one. I'll give you my icky neighbors across the street for yours any day.
We're that way. If I have something I'm not using and the neighbor looks like they can use it, I give it to them. Recently I saw the neighbor out weedeating his yard and noticed he had to sweep the driveway with a broom. I happened to have the blower attachment that fit his weedeater perfectly so I gave it to him.
When they go out of town we feed/water his dog and vice versa. When I blew my knee out and was confined to a couch for a few months he came over once per week and mowed my lawn so that my wife didn't have to try and do it.
Most of our neighbors are like this. It's not uncommon. I like to barbecue and usually have my smoker running so if we catch something on sale I'll grab an extra and take it by when I'm done cooking. They also give us all of their older son's clothes for our two boys as he outgrows them instead of donating them.
We never hang out together, but we just do this to be neighborly. If we ever need something we know any of the neighbors would pitch in without question.
She sounds like a great neighbor. Unless you feel uncomfortable or things get weird I would just enjoy it. Like another person said, she could even watch the house for you when you're gone. Unless she starts asking for things you don't want to give or crossing any other boundaries it sounds like a pretty sweet situation you're in.
maybe your color/font/whatever changes will scare her.
I'm an old(er) woman and I find it disturbing.
Its like getting a letter made from words cut out of a magazine.
my apologies if you are having trouble with your machine.
XD ahh you're hilarious.
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Originally Posted by animalcrazy
If you don't want her I'll take her. We have a nice neighborhood here except for one. I'll give you my icky neighbors across the street for yours any day.
Yikes! Had my fair share of bad neighbors, I'll take my good one and hold on while I still have her!
You are free to not accept any gifts that you do not wish to receive,,,
and for any reason, with no explanation, and with no strings attached… and to be able to decline, and you may or may never know her reasons.
but it would be interesting to have a friendly chat with your neighbor to see why she is so generous or otherwise
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