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To think neighbours either paranoid or has low opinion of me

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MamaMaiasaura · 06/07/2012 20:20

A little while ago (Half term) my neighbours went away for a week and left us with keys and bought plants around for us to water and bag of food that needed using. All normal neighbour stuff. Also said my boys could use trampoline if wanted too.

When they were away my 4 year old used trampoline for less than 5 min and then had enough. I knew they were coming back Saturday or Sunday and planned to get some basics in for them, but they arrived with their own shopping before I got chance to.

Actually we didn't have plants this time as just remembered they'd been planted out and I was to water them and garden if got hot (it didn't, just rained).

Anyway, on Monday she popped around to ask if I had gone in her house that morning (while she was upstairs) and taken her ds1 medicine out of the cupboard and leave it on table. I said no and hadn't been in her house at all, not even to sort post. She said she thought her 2 (almost 3) year old ds2 had come around to mine by himself and got me to take medicine out?! I assured her I hadnt and she was all smiles and said no worries and I gave her keys back. Not thought about it since, although her dh has pretty much blanked me since.

Today she popped around a bag of veg and to say she was away again for week and she's left keys with someone else.

I've got 3 dc aged 12,4 and now 8 months. Penny just dropped that she really thought I'd do such a thing. I'm quite offended and upset.

AIBU?

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MamaMaiasaura · 06/07/2012 20:22

The bit about not been in even to sort post, I meant while they were away. As in pick it up from flour and put on table.

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AdventuresWithVoles · 06/07/2012 20:25

it's not worth worrying about.

HeathRobinson · 06/07/2012 20:29

Why couldn't the 2/3 yr old have got the medicine out of the cupboard himself? Occam's razor and all that.

MamaMaiasaura · 06/07/2012 20:54

Just a bit Confused that she'd think I would let myself in her house, and go and take medicine out her cupboard. She's an intelligent woman ffs and her husband a gp.

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DunkyWhorey · 06/07/2012 21:04

They sound bonkers. What are the odds! I'd be embarrased to even ask such a thing if I had young kids. Young kids move FECKING EVERYTHING

AgentZigzag · 06/07/2012 22:36

It is a bit odd for her to think you'd go and get her 2 YOs medicine out of a cupboard and leave it on the side and not wonder why a 2 YO was wandering about on their own, and not thinking 2 YOs shouldn't be having medicine on their own.

I can only think she was casting about for a reason why the medicine was out and couldn't remember leaving it out herself.

But not only to think of such a far fetched explanation of you coming round and doing it, but to actually ask you, is a little worrying - isn't it?

It's not a logical thought process to me because it's not plausible.

Is she OK do you think? Being intelligent and having a GP for a husband doesn't mean she not going through something.

HokeyCokeyPigInAPokey · 06/07/2012 22:46

She sounds bonkers to even think that is a plausible explanation.

MamaMaiasaura · 06/07/2012 23:17

agent it's her ds1's med's (he's 6). She seemed happy when she popped over today but I don't get the thought process either. Hope they have a lovely break away. I might just ask her if she'd worked out what had happened and say I was surprised shed have considered that I'd let myself in, or I might leave it and "smile and wave" Grin

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monsterchild · 06/07/2012 23:22

I think you're lucky to not be house sitting again! To me it seems they could be looking for trouble, and you don't want any of that!

Nice of her to give you veggies though!

MamaMaiasaura · 06/07/2012 23:24

Ok, just off to bed and checked doors locked. Envelope with note saying sorry change of plan and can we look after spare keys, no need to go in and see you next week. I don't want to go in and wouldn't feel that I needed to unless they asked me too. Oh well, as PP said not worth worrying about.

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MamaMaiasaura · 06/07/2012 23:27

To be fair, I think they are slightly anxious and very security conscious. They also don't have family here, but lots of friends. They are from SA. I guess we are just different

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carabos · 06/07/2012 23:32

Reminds me of my MiL. That's exactly the sort of thing she would do. She once hid put her purse away in the kitchen drawer (nope me neither) and then when she couldn't find it said she had been burgled.

When we did find it, she still maintained she had been burgled ( or technically "reverse burgled") and that someone had broken in and hidden it. There was no way she could have done that herself so a reverse burglary was the only possible explanation.

The same thing happened when she put the mobile phone in a handbag, inside a suitcase, on top of a wardrobe...Hmm.

Let it go OP.

Breezeinthetrees · 06/07/2012 23:33

If theyre from SA that explains it all really! dont take it personally its just cos security in SA homes is all out, barb wire and all! They are prob just paranoid!

AgentZigzag · 06/07/2012 23:36

If she's got a problem with you and doesn't say anything, you don't need to worry IMO.

The fact she's being OK with you I would take as a reason not to read too much into what happened.

Just keep this in the back of your mind and leave it for her to say something's definitely bothering her, she'll probably never say anything and you'll have saved yourself worrying needlessly about it.

I'd be interested to know what she says if you do get to ask her WTF went on Grin

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