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Aug 3, 2019 11:21 AM CST Sad, but true
myssmyss
myssmyssmyssmyssMalmö, Skane Sweden12 Threads 94 Posts
A few days ago, my daughter and I noticed a bitter sweet smell, coming from the apartment next door. Usually, it would have been the stale smell of cigarette smoke, as I think my neighbour was a heavy smoker. We called the police, as from my experience, this smell usually means that someone has died.

Sad to say, it's true, my neighbour has died (1 1/2 years the samething happened here). I remember about a week ago, hearing a noise late at night like something/someone had fallen (I don't know if this happened to my neighbour), but about a month ago, another elderly neighbour one floor down asked if I hear the noises from her new neighbour late at night, so I thought it was that which I had heard.

Gone are the days when we took the time to knock on an (elderly) neighbours door, ask how they're doing or if we could help with their shopping. Somehow the thought of this happening to me scares me a bit, even though I'm not afraid of dying. I have now decided that no matter what, atleast once a week, I'll call or send a message to one of my children as a way of letting them know that I'm still here. I know that I don't have to "worry" about the other elderly neighbours, as they have a very good network amongst themselves.

I've been living in this building for about 3 years (his door is besides mine), but have met my neighbour less than 10 times, due to the fact that I go to work early and come home late. In the past, I have thought of ringing his doorbell and saying "hi", but as I get asthma from cigarette smoke, I never did it. The few times he and I met, we always had a very good neighbourly chat. There are lots of other elderly people living in my building, and they all seem to have a very good contact, whenever we meet, we always stand and have a small chat (there are younger ones too, but we mostly say "hi", nothing more).

The reason why I write this is because I sometimes wonder about myself, wondering if this could happen to me as well as I'm a diabetic. My children, other family members and the few friends that I have, all live far away, and we don't talk on a daily/weekly basis. What if this should happen to me? I hope that none of you on CS have to go through such an experience. May my neighbour RIP.
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Aug 3, 2019 1:29 PM CST Sad, but true
Sorry to hear about your neighbor..R.I.P
Yes you should keep in touched with your family
I thought about that also, when I was staying
in another area and not by my daughter cause
my son has autism, and I’m sure he would be lost
and not knowing what to do, I don’t worry about that no more, I’ve move right across where my daughter
stay now and he’s happy to
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