AIBU?
To think neighbour's behaviour is a bit odd?
Riversidewriter28 · 04/05/2021 18:50
... Or I'm probably just nosy and bored. My neighbours are a couple in their 30s (I'd guess.) I recently found out he's a successful former Intelligence Officer.
They are nice, friendly and helpful, though I can't help but sometimes feel there's something slightly off. They're quite private about their work, which is understandable. They frequently disappear for long periods of time (often weeks or months.) Whenever I speak to them, they often appear like they don't know what the other one is going on about, almost like they don't communicate about anything despite living in the same house (I know this is perfectly possible, though they seem a happy couple, so I don't see any reason why they wouldn't communicate much.)
Anyway, yesterday evening, an old housemate of mine appeared, using her old key to let herself in. Me and my boyfriend had some drinks with her. She's always been fond of the old herb so she was doing that and we were chatting and drinking for a few hours. When we went to bed I'd got five messages from my neighbour that had been deleted. I thought maybe she was complaining about noise but she messaged me back again today asking if we had weed up there and can I hook her up with a dealer 
I said I don't smoke, but can send her the details of my old housemate. She kept being really eager asking if the girl would be coming back and when.
I'm confused by a couple of things
- I'm friendly with my neighbours, but not especially close. Is it a bit weird that she has asked me to put her in touch with a dealer.
- Is weed that hard to source in a big city?
- She told me that my housemate knows her under a different name. My housemate told me when she first moved in that she has a different name to the one I know her as. Her post etc. all comes under the name I know her as. I was curious about her job, but she doesn't have a LinkedIn profile. They barely ever go out as far as I can tell.
AIBU to think this is all quite odd?
Freecuthbert · 04/05/2021 19:03
Oh wow... I have so many questions! Yes your neighbour's behaviour is odd but so is your former housemate's, don't understand why she still has a key and lets herself in, also what is her connection with your neighbours, and why are you privy to the information about one of them being a former intelligence officer? Also, your neighbour seems overly keen to find this dealer, are they a narc? 
Riversidewriter28 · 04/05/2021 19:17
To clarify, this was on WhatsApp. Without being too outing, I know about him being an Intelligence Officer because it's info in the public domain. He does something slightly different now, though connected to his former work.
I didn't know my housemate still had a key. She's quite unpredictable. Someone was ringing on the door bell for ages and I decided to go and see if it was my neighbour as he'd recently been locked out. She'd let herself in and was standing in the hallway.
My old flatmate told me that my neighbour - let's say I call her Elsie, is actually named Julie. I thought this must be a mistake as my housemate was taking a lot of drugs at the time. However, today when asking for the contact details of my former flatmate, she knows me as Julie downstairs.
Just writing this down, I appreciate how confusing this sounds
SatsumasOrClementines · 04/05/2021 19:28
I didn't know my housemate still had a key. She's quite unpredictable. Someone was ringing on the door bell for ages and I decided to go and see if it was my neighbour as he'd recently been locked out. She'd let herself in and was standing in the hallway.
And you invited her to stay instead of going “why the fuck have you let yourself into my house?!”
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