WWYD if your neighbour said this?

[breakingupslowly]

New neighbour - man in his 50s/60s, lives alone. I’ve seen him a few times but he’s never acknowledged my presence despite me smiling and saying hello. Fair enough, I don’t mind him keeping himself to himself.

BUT he eventually found his voice and the first thing he asked was “how old is your daughter?”

I was instantly like 😐 I asked him why he asked? Then he said he’d got teenage daughters and asked if I’d like some of their old bags for her to use for playing dressing up. I politely declined but he handed them over the fence anyway. Really ugly, old fashioned clutch bags that you’d expect to see in the 90s.

Aibu to feel really creeped out by this? I’m a single parent so it’s just me and dd at home. I feel really uneasy.

Surely if he had ulterior motives, ignoring you before and after giving you the bags wouldn't be what he was doing - he'd continue trying to befriend you.

@breakingupslowly

I think it’s unusual to hold onto women’s clutch bags from 1993 when you’re a single man living alone yes 😬

He's just moved right? So maybe they were in the loft of his old home. He could be going through his old belongings now whilst unpacking and thought it would be nice to pass them on

He could be going through his old belongings now whilst unpacking and thought it would be nice to pass them on

Or he wanted to offload his old shite....it’s not nice to ignore someone who has said they don’t want them and push them onto her anyway.

On paper it doesn't seem particularly off. But you obviously have a bad feeling about this man. I've never found it a bad idea to take note of those feelings.

I would hate to inhabit the world some of you seem to, being suspicious of anyone and everything.

None of that is neighborly to me. I'd certainly not be visiting him or inviting him in or giving him any information about your family.

But before the bags, he barely acknowledged the OP. After the bags, they seem to have reverted to the same position. Why would she suddenly start inviting him in or sharing information?