very early in the am, as i was working in my front yard, i was approached by a young man. he was about late 20's early 30's, about 5'4". medium build, light hair balding?, clean and was wearing a tan spanish wedding shirt with black short and black slip on shoes. he was very interested in my house if i owned it, how long i owned it, and if i had a man in my life.
he kept compliementing me even though i am elderly and not in good shape my brain didn't set off alarms then. he suggested that he stop back another time with cool drinks so we could talk on the front steps. as i am slow to see the problems with being nice and was surely influenced by my brain baking in our hot sun i agreed to his stopping back...but i was only looking forward to talking to him (he seemed like a nice guy). he said he was in physical education and visiting the U of A and would only be here for a few weeks. said he was from Ohio
it was only later as i thought about what had happened and discussed it with one of my neighbors that i realized how dangerous this encounter had been...who knows what this young guy was up to; he was too interested in the house
so i caution anyone of older years to be very carefull about strangers in our neighborhood...
.i am prepared if and when this young man appears at my door..i will tell him that i am not interested and unless he leaves immediately i will contact the police
the good news is that i do have several good neighbors who look after me and my property..along with a son who lives not to far away
believe me i know how stupid my first response was to this guy so some of you will have a problem with how i intiallly handled everything..what can i say..learning is slow for some of us
