"My neighbor is 80. She's known me since I was 13. Her husband died 10 or so years ago. She's my political opposite. All she does all day is stay inside her house (even when it's sunny) and watch TV news. I try to be nice to her because she's alone and probably depressed, but sometimes I want to curse her to high heaven. I borrowed $40 from her and told her I'd give it back the next day."
"I'll give you a clue about what gives with your neighbor. You asked to borrow $40 from a retired senior, promising to return the money in 24 hours. When the money wasn't forthcoming, she became annoyed and concerned. Stop blaming all seniors for the way one of them reacted when you didn't keep your word, and you will have fewer problems with them."
An 80-year-old neighbor isolates at home, watches TV news, and reacts angrily when a borrowed $40 is not returned on the promised day, prompting resentment from the borrower. The borrower acknowledges efforts to be kind but feels exasperated by the neighbor's crankiness. The lender's anger is framed as a reasonable response to a broken promise. A separate correspondent describes distancing from two women after finding one toxic, then being pressured into a three-person lunch while grieving a recent loss and seeking a way to sever ties with socially unaware, persistent acquaintances.
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