I almost invited him in my home...

Oh my god aseretdd..I am really glad you are safe and did not do anything foolish like invitng your next door neighbour inside your apartment ,especially with your hubby away.You may be doing it out of sympathy,but the world is very bad,and we should trust no one.It appears your neighbour was an unsrupulous person,and went of with the belongings of his friends.....What if he had harmed you or your daughter...Any way take this as a lesson........And learn NOT TO LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR,especially if they are not living as a family.......in which case its safer.......Good luck and thank god you are ok......

it's a good thing that you haven't invited your neighbor, a lot of people nowadays would try their best to look good and decent so that people will trust them, but at their mind, they were just thinking of how to steal and do bad things... i also have this neighbor whom i cant trust, coz she and her bf stole my hubby's sister's bag...

It is a terrible lesson to you. you should not trust on a person unless and untill you do not know some one well. This is common. people want to steel every thing from every one. last time I lost my mobile with balance in it. I think that it was stolen by my friend. ah I could not blame him.

We never know who your neighbors are do we? I am glad you did not invite him into your home. Chances are he would not have done anything to you or your daughter. Keep your doors locked at all times.

Hello aseretdd, Oh, this is quite a terrible story! It is lucky that you didn't have a chance to invite me. You never seen the man before? I think he acted cool too for not letting you feel weird about him. Honestly, if only my son and I at home, I won't open the door for any strangers. Few days ago I heard this story - A woman called her husband's cell phone asking whether he asked any electrician or plumber to their house to repair something. A guy was standing right out side the house telling her that her husband called him to come. The truth is, he didn't do that and asked the wife not to let that person into their house!

Wow that must have been scary to find that out... Was he just there for the day then...? Stealing their stuff i mean-

[i]Hi aseretdd, That is very scary! It's really hard to trust anyone this time....and glad that you didn't invite him! Hopefully, they will find this man and will be able to recover all those valuable things! [/i]

yikes..that's scary. it's a good thing you didn't let him in

I am not surprised, some people are really god in manipulate and horn other people around. It sounds scary though to feel sad for someone you think are OK and then notice he/she is not. I can not imagine your feelings when noticed that he was´t who your thought he was. It must have been horrible. I know It would have been for me. Hope you are OK.

OMG! This is so scary! Horror! It is just sad that a lot of people whom you thought you can trust with will end up taking advantage of your goodness/niceness. It's nice that you did not invite him. Just better be careful I guess. I might, he might have surveyed or place or whatever. Thank God your safe.

Hi Aseretdd: I am very pleased that you and your daughter are safe. I am very sorry that your neighbors lived with this person for 3 months and did not realize that he was a thief. I'm sure in retrospect it was very frightening to you, but I think you are discounting your instincts about danger just a bit. I think they were in full force when you did not invite this man into your apartment. Undoubtedly this experience will reinforce those instincts and help you hone them. However at the risk of upsetting everyone, I'd like to commend you for sharing the soup with this man because he seemed sad and lonely and hope that you would do so again in a similar circumstance. The next such person may not be a con artists or thief and may just need a warm bowl of soup and a kind word. We live in large communities and hardly know our neighbors let alone the people 4 doors down or on the floor above or in the next street. I agree that we should be prudent and alert at all times, and by all means do not be foolish, but a kind word, a bowl of soup, this is not much to make the world a brighter place. Crime happens and unfortunately crime is always going to happen and as we enter into this economic downturn and an uncertain future there is tends to be an increased belief among the population that crime increases and people begin getting very afraid about raising crime rates. One of the things that most people fail to realize is that in times of economic downturn, recessions and depressions, crimes rates actually go down. Well, almost all crimes go down, that are a couple of unsettling upswings, that is domestic violence tends to spike and white collar crimes, such as embellishment and short changing the till, are on an upswing. Keep Safe Keep Smiling Stay Alert

Talk about listening to your gutt! Good job girl. It was also very nice of you to share - not embarrassed about the mistake you ALMOST made. Well I learned something good here, I really shouldn't talk to strangers. Sometimes I think that my gut feeling is wrong and out of sync, but I guess I should really trust it more, like how you did. Thanks for the comment on my discussion btw.

hi, aseretdd this really shows that sometimes procrastination saves us. i think it was your instinct which made you hesitate to invite him. we really have to be patient with ourselves sometimes, huh? have a great day!

Don't be scared or upset or unhappy at all. Just be happy it wasn't you, and offer any help you can to the ones who got things stolen. And be happy. =]

Oh that is awful! Thank the lord you never invited him in & you are safe! Smart thinker! You have a kind heart though... I would just be alert of scammers like this from now on.. Be safe!

Oh My God! Anything could have happened to you. its well said that never trust the stranger.so it is better never invite anyone without knowing them. its still good he just got a bowl of soup from you.

looks can be very deceiving my friend i am just mighty glad that you did not invite him over to your home...that would have been so dangerous...it could have been worser than you thought...but maybe you are still blessed that you are fine...its very difficult to trust strangers nowadays...especially if you live in a city because there are so many kinds of people who you will meet...so be always on the look out for new faces and be safe.

sadly it is people like that which make you think twice about being a kind and neighbourly person. it is hard to know who to trust these days isnt it? lucky for you you had second thoughts before you did something for him.

OMG, that would be a disaster if you invited him to your apartment, im glad that it never happen to you. Now a days we cannot trust anyone for many are in need of money in this hard times, even if they dont want to do it but they have to for instant result. Thats why we need to be very careful even inside our home, for their are instances that even a family member is the one who steal money or things in us. Keep all the valuable things to avoid such thing.

OMG ! That was scary . I am glad you didnt have the chance to invite him. He would have done it to you. He is such a bad guy. I feel sorry for the rest of the guys.