Hi all, wondering if you can give me some advice on a dilemma I am having,
A friend of mine, lets call her Jane for this, recently told me she is planning to work for a scheme abroad, lets say just for this, its Melbourne, as part of her scheme she would be living in work accommodation provided. I said "oh its lovely there, my Uncle lives there!". She then told me that the company requires her to put down an Australian address, as a second address for administrative purposes and that they will not accept her otherwise, and she asked me if she could put down my Uncle's address.
I was a bit taken a back to be honest as my Uncle is a 70-odd year old gentleman who doesn't know Jane at all, and I think it would be a bit silly to phone him and ask him, as it doesn't sit well with me - I just think its weird. I do trust her, and she is a good friend, but I just think so much could go wrong, i.e. would my Uncle have the authorities knocking on his door for her, or get her mail posted to him? would he have to provide proof or give a reference? She assured me that none of this would happen and it is required purely for administration, as her main address would be registered as the place she would be staying.
I just don't know if I want to bother my Uncle with all this to be honest But DH thinks I could at least phone him and ask him, or give Jane his email address so she can ask him herself.
What do you think? AIBU to think she should sort out a second address herself? Or shall I contact my Uncle?