Poshminx & brb I am so glad that you are enjoying some of my misery ! - and thanks for all your sympathy ( & rep ) !! brb - I think you must be getting to know me too well - I did actually tell her that a charitable donation to the starving people in the third world would be a better use of money - because they didn't have the basics of human needs, let alone the benefit of central heating that can be turned up when it gets colder........... I actually hated myself for stooping a little to this retort - but what she said earlier ( when she got nasty ) was quite distressful .... and deserved a lot worse than I gave in return. She called me pompous ( probably true) & said that charity began at home ( but not in MY (her) home ! ) brb - FYI...... I'm not into wrinkly sex.
Alwaysright (please note I am using a capital letter because it is at the start of a sentence) only you seem to get into these sorts of predicaments, have you considered that you are a magnet for loonies?
You do realise that brb has referred to me as 'a good friend ' - what are you saying about him ? brb - get your ban hammer out.
I'm very tempted to print this off & give it to my neighbour Don't bother reading it - the title says it all - especially the 'tag' at the top of the page - note the word 'fiction' <alwaysright is going mad> http://www.jiggered.co.za/2011/uncategorized/the-wind-walks-through-walls.html
Seriously alwaysright How old is your neighbour? & has she always been like this or is her attitude deteriorating?
I suppose the questions I would raise is was this a one off conversation on this specific topic. Does she still remember exact detail of your exchange. Not regarding her specific complaint but your specific responses, without any trigger words reminding her. I understand she has been irrational before but that was a different topic. Play devils advocate for sake of testing the situation.
Poshminx She is about 75 years old. I will concede that she is ( I thought ) an intelligent woman. Things went dramatically downhill after waking her about 4am on one of my away games. brb - what are you trying to do to me with your questions - I have very little sanity left - don't try to destroy what little is left. FYI she has previously hinted on the subject of my open windows in the past - but since the 'awakening' incident, she has been at best very cool,( not because of any wind from my windows ), and at worst very vindictive towards me - when all the time I have just wanted a quiet life - and I have bent over backwards to avoid contact with her. She has now resorted to nastiness ( on which I will not elaborate here ) - which I can only suspect that she feels qualified to introduce without repercussion - just because of her age - when all the time she is being very hypocritical. I don't think that things will improve. I am adamant that I will not let her provoke me into being discourteous let alone nasty. I have told her that I welcome any examination by a structural engineer - so that she can be given the physics lesson from an independent party. I have also told her that despite our strained relationship she can still call upon me if she finds herself in an 'emergency' situation ( I'm trying to remain a nice guy )
I will make temporary assumptions for the situation. Maybe she lives on her own, maybe she has become lonely, maybe her ageing body clock wakes her at 4am, hence why she hears you car doors. You had not awoken her but maybe something else is going on. Sad but often ageing affects on the mind. Maybe the onset of any one of the many dementia's or even a stroke causing behavourial changes. Hence why I said be careful when probing the situation, not to use trigger words. Just because someone looks normal does not mean they are. Or maybe just quite simply she is...contancorus - lol
Things have 'progressed' today. She has posted a note through my door. She addresses me as Mr. Nuts. She said I am supercillious. She now denies an earlier claim that she suffers heat loss because of my open windows - apparently it's a matter of draughts ! ( I assumed that we're not playing the board game .) She says that I'm not normal because my fanlight windows are open..... remind me - it is summer isn't it ? there were only rare occasions last winter when the windows were only partly opened - for a short period in the day ! I sent a note back - I congratulated her in being able to read my mind....... supercillious ( for those who are unsure ) means thinking that you are superior - therefore she can now read my thoughts..... she can't because then she would know that there is no doubt in my mind that I am superior. I refrained from calling her pedantic ( BSG would not have hesitated ) - there wasn't any difference between draughts and heat lose in relation to her complaint. I have implored her to get a structural engineer to tell her what she refuses to accept from me. I have continued to say that I have no desire for hostilities - that I would continue to try to be as courteous as possible. I have told her to call on me if any emergency befalls her, and that she will be in my prayers. I suspect that my efforts to be as ultra polite as possible is winding her up - but I genuinely have no desire to be horrible to her. I am quite thick skinned and, what with being pompous, supercillious and sanctimonious, all I can do is pity the poor woman. edit - when I'm again in the mood for laughing, I've got a couple of more gems that will make you smile ( as usual at my expense ) further edit - at least my neighbour has inspired me to make an addition to my signature.
I have now discovered that pedestrians are just as bad wherever you are in the country, why when crossing a road can't they walk in a straight line, the shortest distance between two points (leave one kerb, straight line, mount opposite kerb) but no! they have to walk in a diagonal. ************************
