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#1 ·
On Wednesday elderly neighbor asked to help her with lifting a heavy grate, no issues with this what so ever. We live in a ccul-de-sac where only the five houses can park their cars there. I noticed a old modeled muscle car the last few nights, doesnt belong to any of the neighbors, at least not of my knowledge. I mentioned this to my neighbor, nothing more or nothing less than a casual " hey you know who is parking their car in our location".
Less than 24 hrs later my nextdoor neighbor wife, who i never knew her name, calls and leaves a message on my cellphone stating she hasnt lived there in 6 months and they are going through a nasty divorce, that she wants me to call her back and tell her what kind of car it was and if there is another women living in the house.
Here's what i have done so far.....nothing. I get along well with my next door neighbor. In the winter he shovels some of the front of the area i am responsible for, the spring we talk sports, very casual friendship if you can call it that. He is also a cop and has let me know if anything in the area has gone on with crime i should be concerned about.
I do not want to call him and tell him about the call i received cause i do not want to be involved at all. Plus if she gets the house in the divorce i dont want to deal with her stink eye. Who i am really annoyed with is my elderly yenta who call this woman, told her about a car that wasnt even close to the house she once lived in and gave her my cell number. Would you just ignore the whole thing? Call the wife back? Call the nextdoor neighbor cop? Call the elderly yenta and give her the what for speech?
 
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well since you haven't seen your neighbor with a woman, it isn't dishonest to tell her that. Just because a classic muscle car has been spotted in your vicinity doesn't mean it belongs to an affair partner, either.

i agree to keep your distance in this. she might view you being in collusion with your neighbor if you ignore her. just offer that you haven't seen any other women at the home, you have seen a classic car, but probably others as well. most women don't drive classic muscle cars, thats a guy thing.

i would then tell her that you are sorry to hear about her divorce, and leave it be at that and keep out.
 
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I saw my neighbor yesterday as we were going to our cars, he waved hello and that was all there was. I am going to mind my business and watch what i say to my nosey neighbor, if anything at all.
 
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