His wife and family have since been away for the week. Every day, he finds an excuse for ringing at the door. He likes to give me a cucumber or a zucchini - you should have seen the children's disgust! No need to have studied Freud to understand what he means, or do we have dirty minds when we wonder why a cucumber or a zucchini, or even an unripe plum!!!.
He has a bad breath, strange toes, is half bald and wears glasses, he is 70 after all. One day, he rang three times. “If you want to have a drink, I’m there, I’m waiting…” I did it once, at the beginning, he took every opportunity to touch my bare skin. Since then, I’m always elusive or tell him we won’t be around. Doesn’t he get my message? Is it only hospitality, or is he a dirty old man?
Lately, we had an invasion of ants in the kitchen, he came by to check. He touched my arm and said he would take care of it, spray a little here and there… I cringed in horror and disengaged myself from his grip.
He has invited himself twice, cooking fish and bringing this very strong alcohol made with either rose petals, or orange rinds, mint leaves or carob seeds, or plumbs (slivoviz). The children made faces in his back, did silly comments when he was not listening, I had to make efforts not to laugh while listening to him. He has told us the same story three times already, so I think he is a little senile, but he always manages to touch me, my arm, my shoulder, my back. I mentioned my husband, he quivered. “Are you married? Yes, I am!” Ten minutes later, he was gone. The children asked with a grin “what would you have done if he tried to kiss you with his bad breath?” Well, I would never have let it go so far, and I prefer to believe it was just pure hospitality *ahem!*. After that, I went for a strong cocktail!
On a more positive note, the view from our balcony.
9 comments:
Ugh. So sorry to hear this. But it sounds like you handled it as well as you could.
The thought of the kids making faces behind his back makes me laugh. I can picture it. :-)
Great pictures!
nice blog, xx, just wanted to say hello, xx
You handled it well!
You could always adopt the old fashioned custom of only being "in" for social calls at certain times.
Oh so sorry, I'm not in for social calls except for Sunday afternoon between 1 and 3 p.m., with prior notice when my husband is here with the children and my mother!
Is it me or does that last photo look like a pair of...nevermind.
-H
...Cuz I dated a man that like to tie up his
Max - Yes it was quite funny, especially when he found out I was married! You should have seen his face!
Whinecoff - Well, hello! Thank you for stopping by.
Charlene - Thank God, it was only for 2 weeks, I would have handled it quite differently if it was a definite move. Something like what you are suggesting.
Hedone - I thought of it too, but then I thought nobody would notice, but you have me cracking up now, Ha Ha Ha To tie them up? Really strange! Hee Hee Hee, still laughing!
Ah, such grace under lecherous pressure, my lovely! Thank you for the giggle.
The view from your balcony looks gorgeous - I hope you had a fabulous time. xx
Ugh, definitely a dirty old man is in your midst. Give him a hard little pinch and tell him, "NO"...although he might like it! LOL
Cheeky - You should have seen me when he gave me that plum, Eeww! Apart from that it was great.
Black Pearl - LOL!
Waynecoff - sorry for misspelling your name :)
On the other hand, the pictures you posted look beautiful!
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