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My 'best' friend from a couple of years ago gave me the cold shoulder this summer, and I moved on.

Once in awhile I'll get an email from her, some joke thing she sent to a bunch of other 'friends' and one time it was some animated cartoon and the message was: "For Little Anthony with Love from Grandma." Her daughter and I have the same first name, so I'm sure she didn't mean to send it to me, and I always wonder how many other emails from her are mistakes.

Mutual friends and I have been wondering if this lady has Alzheimer's because she has been acting a little out of it all year. Friends come and go, so I'm not devastated, but I don't think any of us likes the idea of losing touch with a friend.

But tonight after dark the doorbell rang, and it was flowers from this woman, who lives in Colorado. The card refers to me cooking a ham for Christmas, no idea where that came from - we're having turkey, and I haven't shared any Christmas plans with this woman.





Good thing our names are on the card, because cynical me, otherwise I'd suspect the flowers were really meant for Little Anthony (he's 9) with Love from Grandma.

posted on Dec 20, 2010 7:57 PM ()

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I'd be wondering if perhaps there was a tumor. That can make people act very strange and very forgetful and it usually starts off gradually...long before there is any pain involved.

Still...flowers!
comment by juliansmom on Dec 23, 2010 10:27 AM ()
It's possible. She's had some physical problems this past year, for example emergency heart stents that she refuses to acknowledge.
reply by troutbend on Dec 23, 2010 11:40 AM ()
Hmm... hard to figure out. Enjoy the flowers! I read about your neighbor. Now, that is intriguing too! Mysteries at Christmas!
comment by dragonflyby on Dec 22, 2010 8:08 AM ()
I just love these little urban stories. Our neighbor Tony probably has the low-down on what's up with Frank. I hope whoever ends up with his house doesn't turn it into a rental.
reply by troutbend on Dec 22, 2010 8:53 AM ()
A little mystery is right up your alley, eh Sherlock?
comment by solitaire on Dec 22, 2010 6:11 AM ()
Isn't that the truth? I've been puzzling about Frank across the street. He is selling all his worldly possessions at a garage sale to be held every weekend until January, when he's going to 'sell' his house. I'm thinking it's getting foreclosed on in January, because no houses are selling except foreclosures as short sales. But what's fueling the intrigue is he won't sell anything when the garage sale isn't running. Once he's put it all back into the garage, you can't stroll over there and impulse buy, you have to wait for the weekend. Here's the story I've come up with: Frank's wife, who was a roly-poly lady, is no longer around, so either she died, or they got a divorce. But there is a skinny little Asian lady whom he consults on pricing, and when you go into the house to see if there is any furniture you want to buy, there are several more skinny little Asian ladies sitting at the kitchen table eating and staring at you like you're there to steal them blind. All weekend during the garage sale their cars are lined up along the block, at least 4 or 5 cars. So I think the wife is gone and these are her sibling/heirs who are overseeing the liquidation of the family assets and making sure they get their share.
reply by troutbend on Dec 22, 2010 7:02 AM ()
Does sound like her memory isn't reliable. I too wonder about a change in friends I thought I knew. But if they can't be open and frank with me, I don't consider their silence much of a loss.
comment by tealstar on Dec 21, 2010 4:48 PM ()
The other friend who got dumped along with me is saying pretty much what you are, about sincerity. We think some of the problem is that she's five years older than her husband so she's ashamed of any physical or mental slippages that slow her down from keeping up with him.
reply by troutbend on Dec 21, 2010 8:06 PM ()
That is really intriguing. Let us know if you figure out the mystery. The flowers are lovely, by the way.
comment by redimpala on Dec 21, 2010 2:29 PM ()
After my mother died my dad dated a woman who owned a flower shop. We used to get the nicest arrangements with really unusual flowers for a few years, and then they broke up because he didn't want to get married.
reply by troutbend on Dec 21, 2010 8:04 PM ()
I will pass on the ham.Keep the flowers.They are lovely.
comment by fredo on Dec 21, 2010 10:45 AM ()
Big surprise, that's for sure. My turkey roast is thawing out in the refrigerator. Maybe that's more to your liking.
reply by troutbend on Dec 21, 2010 8:03 PM ()
Odd tidings. It does make me wonder, too....
comment by marta on Dec 21, 2010 10:41 AM ()
I guess I shouldn't look a gift bouquet in the mouth. I told my other friends Don't send me flowers, a friendly, coherent email will do just fine.
reply by troutbend on Dec 21, 2010 8:02 PM ()
Maybe you had a ham dinner years ago and she remembered it.
comment by crazylife on Dec 21, 2010 10:15 AM ()
I'd be hoping she gets confused enough to believe she owed me money...
reply by kjstone on Dec 21, 2010 8:12 PM ()
I think she's got me confused with another friend who lives in Nevada.
reply by troutbend on Dec 21, 2010 8:01 PM ()
I always wonder about things like that but the flowers are lovely.
comment by elderjane on Dec 21, 2010 5:19 AM ()
Ragged things, they are not going to last until Christmas day dinner.
reply by troutbend on Dec 21, 2010 8:01 PM ()
Well that's interesting... I hope u can figure out the mystery....
comment by kristilyn3 on Dec 20, 2010 9:02 PM ()
They are going to the Florida keys from January to April, so when they get back, if she's got some progressive impairment, I'm sure it'll have progressed to where we'll know.
reply by troutbend on Dec 21, 2010 8:00 PM ()
comment by jondude on Dec 20, 2010 8:01 PM ()
To be continued, I'm sure.
reply by troutbend on Dec 21, 2010 7:59 PM ()

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