Hi,
I have changed my name, but I am wondering if I may have "hurt" my neighbour.
He is an old man, and twice in about two weeks he knocked on our door asking for food. I would not say we are "friends", I did not know him before. DH "knows" him - when we pass in the street they would both say hello to each other.
He has been sick, and a couple of weeks ago he knocked on our door, looking like death warmed up, and he asked me to ring his brother to tell him that his brother was sick.
I did that, and also asked him if he would like some food (like a casserole or something). He said he would like some bread, biscuits, and a cold pastie.
He said that his brother would pay me when he came round to see him.
I did not care about the money (would have refused it), but the brother did not come round to offer it which made me think that maybe he never made it to see his brother.
Today we got a letter from the local housing association. We are not council tenants, and I was a bit annoyed by the letter, so I rang them to have a go about sending it to an owner, but we got talking about them providing social support. We don't need it for ourselves, but I immediately thought of my neighbour, and told them about him. They told me that they would ring up someone locally so that he could have someone looking out for him.
I now feel like I did the wrong thing. It is not really my business, but I feel like someone should be aware he needed some help, but I don't like the thought that I've somehow dobbed him in.
Have I don't the wrong thing?