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[qvcaddition]

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@willowbark wrote:

There is also a problem with reading comprehension.  

At times, I feel like I need to write as if I'm speaking to someone with a blown out mind from being a habitual user of mind altering substances. 

I'm not used to that; having to explain a simple sentence over and over again. 

Granted, some do it on purpose just to get your goat.  

This just happen to me.  I am giving a dinner and the neighbor across the street in her 70's lives alone.  I texted if my sauce comes out good, I will bring you a dish.

She is not very friendly, but I have known her for years, not close, she 

is not someone who converses, but her Father was a good friend of mine, and when he passed, she move in. We just wave.  I just thought, she knew i was giving a dinner and wanted to offer her some.

Spaghetti and sauce with Italian pork sausage and hamburger.

She declined, OKs Has to watch what she eats.

Here's where I got into trouble. 

I said, so sorry, I guess at my age of almost 90.. I can still eat anything, but you know your body.

I didn't realize I offender her, and she text back.

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The kindest response I can make to your last text, will be no respose  all.

I responded with I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. Please accept my apology.I'm sorry if I was out of line.  

I didn't think I was out of line, was I?

I am not a person that goes out of her way to hurt people.  I am sorry. She is not friendly to anyone in neighborhood, like the other nice neighbors who .help one another and have helped me alot.

I just thought she would like a dish of spaghetti.

Twenty + years ago, after her Father died, a great man, I made Lasagn and had her and her brother for dinner, so I offer the dish I'm making for tomorrow's dinner. 

I did apologize, but I will ignore her from now on or she will ignore me.  

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[KKJ]

@qvcaddition  No, you were not out of line IMO.  I think it was very nice of you to offer her the meal.

[shoekitty]

@qvcaddition  I can't think of anything offensive you said myself. Kind of you offer!!  We have a neighbor of 40 yrs, who is always making the best NYT recipes! .  Some real interesting ones as well. She drops off samples often, yum!  Last week  she brought a cassarole with meat, we don't eat meat.  I told her I was so sorry ,we don't eat meat at, but it looks so good I could, lol. She was not  offended at all.  I literally did not want her to waste this small gorgeous Bell Pepper Cassarole.  She made for herself and others, and ours was a portion. I told her I'd give to grandson if ok.  She said ,"wonderful!"   She wasn't offended at all.  Some people though, I guess you never can tell. 

[Icegoddess]

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@Etoile308 wrote:

@Icegoddess, I'm interested if there were any follow-up post on Nextdoor. 

Any new incidents? Any advice offered? 

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@Etoile308 From what I gathered, the spirits were there when she moved in.  She had been informed that the former owners had died in the house of natural causes.  So did my mother and we didn't disclose that when we sold the house.  It's quite common these days with people wanting to die at home and having hospice available. It was just that they had become more active recently.  She saw them as non-aggressive.  

She got a lot of tips about local paranormal investigators I had no idea about who might help them move on, but she didn't seem interested in that.  A couple of people told her to move.  Someone told her to burn sage all over the house.  None of these ideas seemed to interest her. 

In the end (of what I read) she indicated she had figured out what had caused the uptick.  I think she said something about doing some spirituality stuff.  I don't know if she decided on something to appease the spirits or decided to just ignore them. 

[Etoile308]

Thanks for the update. Interesting stuff.

To me the only spiritual stuff I'm comfortable with is having a house blessed by a priest.

I know if I ever felt things were to the point where I felt the need to sage or salt...I'm out of there.

[icezeus]

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@mare54 wrote:

Sometimes when our local news is on and they have those banners at the bottom of the screen - which is another pet peeve - occasionally there will be a typo. I think really! Doesn't someone proof them before they go on TV? 

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@mare54 

This bothers me more than a misspelling on the QVC boards.

[lgfan]

[mare54]

@icezeus When I post on here, I type so fast I always leave out a word or misspell something. I should take my own advice. 😉😂

[San Antonio Gal]

@lgfan  -  That is too funny!  Love it...lol....

[San Antonio Gal]

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@qvcaddition wrote:

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This just happen to me.  I am giving a dinner and the neighbor across the street in her 70's lives alone.  I texted if my sauce comes out good, I will bring you a dish.

She is not very friendly, but I have known her for years, not close, she 

is not someone who converses, but her Father was a good friend of mine, and when he passed, she move in. We just wave.  I just thought, she knew i was giving a dinner and wanted to offer her some.

Spaghetti and sauce with Italian pork sausage and hamburger.

She declined, OKs Has to watch what she eats.

Here's where I got into trouble. 

I said, so sorry, I guess at my age of almost 90.. I can still eat anything, but you know your body.

I didn't realize I offender her, and she text back.

,

The kindest response I can make to your last text, will be no respose  all.

I responded with I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. Please accept my apology.I'm sorry if I was out of line.  

I didn't think I was out of line, was I?

I am not a person that goes out of her way to hurt people.  I am sorry. She is not friendly to anyone in neighborhood, like the other nice neighbors who .help one another and have helped me alot.

I just thought she would like a dish of spaghetti.

Twenty + years ago, after her Father died, a great man, I made Lasagn and had her and her brother for dinner, so I offer the dish I'm making for tomorrow's dinner. 

I did apologize, but I will ignore her from now on or she will ignore me.  

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@qvcaddition  -  I don't think your text was out of line.  You were very kind to offer her a dish.  I agree that it's best just to ignore her. 

I wish you were my neighbor!