Looking after neighbours suitcase

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Neighbour of ours, friendly known her for about 7 years is off on holiday next week.
We were talking about it over the wall yesterday and informed me she will be taking 3 cases and would it be ok if I keep the suitcases (packed) in my living room until the morning she gets picked up. I said yes of course and didn't ask why. My husband doesn't understand why we need to keep them here. I said don't be silly we are neighbours and it's the right thing to do. That's not unreasonable is it?

Full moon alert - it’s tomorrow 🌖

Now this is what a decent Friday night thread should be 🤗. No arguments, no rage bait, just good old fashion bat shittery where no one died.

Crazy. Why wouldnt you ask her why? Why would you agree to have your house cluttered up for someone else's luggage when assuming you don't live in a house much much bigger than hers. Find it hard to believe anyone would agree to having 3 suitcases in their lounge without any reason given.

If it is genuine my 1st thoughts was to do with drug smuggling, lessen the risk for them beforehand, but given she is 70 it seems less likely. 3 suitcases for 1 person on a holiday sounds a lot, so 2nd thought would be towards this is an escape plan. The 3rd would be she sont want the clutter, but given 3 cases and that would be extremely selfish this seems the less likely option.

Saying yes to any requests without question doesn't make you a better person. You need to learn that. If saying yes with no question is scenario 3, then that just makes you a mug. If it is scenario 2 then you could have helped much more by learning the circumstances and could help assist an escape further by meeting somewhere with the cases. If scenario 1 and she is somehow caught up in drug smuggling then you have put your whole family at risk. They are your priority

So OP's house gets burgled instead. 👌

Obviously having an affair with your husband and told him she’d tell you. He knows she’s left clues in the cases for you to find & that’s why he’s gone mental.

Or you know, something along those lines.

Do you really want the cases in your living room? I certainly wouldn’t. Sometimes you can be too helpful. If she was infirm she wouldn’t be taking 3 cases. Unless of course she is a smuggler!

Yeah, I don't really think that plan would work too well, it'd put the neighbours right in the frame.

Is it at all possible that the neighbour has taken an axe to her husband and put him in the cases? In this unusually warm September OP I think you’ll be able to tell within a
day or so 😂

It's a bit unreasonable, yes. You're going to have a bunch of suitcases in your lounge over the weekend so your neighbour doesn't have to have them in hers?

I can see why your DH is a bit annoyed though I think a blazing row is OTT unless you do this sort of thing a fair bit.

WTF? Hell no. This have weird and wrong vibes all over. I can’t think of any sensible explanation for that request- unless
she’s actually packed
so she can run away from him?

Don't do this. Because dont they ask at customs did you pack it yourself and has anyone had access to your case. Suppose she was smuggling drugs then she could say you put them in the suitcase. Sounds very very dodgy.

This is a bizarre take. Anyone caught with drugs could say OP held their suitcase and could have put stuff in it, including the neighbour whether OP had the suitcases or not!

Why on earth didn’t you say, ‘why?!’

I shouldn't be shocked at mumsnet jumping to weird conclusions and having no idea about how drug dealing/investigations into drug dwlainf work but here we are...apparently this is definitely drug related.....

It’s weird. Like others I’d be thinking there’s something going on. At best she just doesn’t want suitcases cluttering up her house, but is happy to clutter up your house with them.

Exactly, do people think that they will examine the suitcase and find the op's carpet fibres on it?

I would assume she's a secret drug dealer xx

Please update !

Think about it logically. Why on earth would she need you to look after her cases. Unless you’ve left out a massive bit of detail that she lives on the 10th floor, you on the ground with no lift so she couldn’t get them down the stairs quick enough.

How is she going to manage three suitcases on her own? I'm assuming she has the normal number of hands ie two.

Drugs?
Body parts?

Right 🤣

Who takes three cases on holiday? Let alone stores them next door.

I ask this every day on mumsnet posts. So much could be found out with this one simple word!

I wondered this too!