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You meet a new neighbor a few months ago and they are very nice. When they see you outside they always wave or sometimes stop and talk to you and vice-versa. You see them a few times a week. You went out for coffee a few times. You learn some things about them, like where they grew up. What they do for a living, etc.. They ask if you want to go to the shore this summer. You say maybe. You are not at all romantically interested, you just think they are a nice neighbor and new friend.



Then one day you see them driving by, wave and notice that their new car license plate has you first name on it! Your name is relatively short and very common. You ask the neighbor if the name on the plate has to do with you or someone else. They say it was just the plate they received; they did not apply for a personalized plate. It was just a coincidence.



What do you think of this situation? What would you do or say to the neighbor?

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This has nothing at all to do with caregiving. Why would you post this scenario to a caregiver support forum?
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lealonnie1 May 2022
Good point.
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Lisa Trevor, Real name or fictional makes no difference. Get a life, asking a question about a license plate on a caregiver forum is strange.
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Of course the License plate is common and popular.
It's not even your real name.
BarbBrooklyn wrote:
Mar 23, 2022
"Lisa Trevor" is the name of a character in Resident Evil.

"Lisa Trevor is a character from the Resident Evil series of survival horror games. She is featured in the Resident Evil remake and Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. Lisa was a human test subject forced to undergo a plethora of biological experiments conducted by the nefarious Umbrella Corporation."
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lisatrevor May 2022
That's fiction. Trevor is a real Welsh last name. Lisa is also a real, and common, first name but I don't know where it comes from, probably the Mediterranean region.
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Lisa,
You DO run into odd situations at every turn, it would seem.
This one may be a good one for your facebook group. If you don't have one I suggest you open one. This is a caregiver forum.
That said, I would consider leaving your neighbor alone. A nice wave hello and goodbye as you come and go and run into him or her might be nice. I would say the same to your neighbor. Were he or she to ask.
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MargaretMcKen May 2022
Alva dear, please don’t suggest what she says when she ‘runs into him’. She might take it literally.
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Lisa, the running theme through all your threads from the beginning of your post history is that you feel disrespected, or slighted, or suspicious about what people are saying. The family’s neighbors are gossiping about you. The dad put you down in front of his agent. Now your own neighbor is naming his car after you, before you’ve had a date. You think someone is changing your post content.

I do think you need someone to talk to. Someone professional. That’s meant with no slight, but there’s a reason your perception constantly goes toward themes of slights or sneakiness or suspicion.
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lisatrevor May 2022
First of all, someone did change the title to my post! I never said "I would love your thoughts, etc.". It is a better worded title in my opinion but it's not in my words!

Secondly, most posts on this entire forum are about conflicts with others. This is a main reason the forum exists!

Thirdly, many people are abusive in all kinds of ways from slight to major. It's true. You know this for sure. It's not just me. There's also lots of people who would never for example belittle someone. There's lots of people who do. This is a fact.
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I have to agree with everyone else. We are a Caregiver forum. I think you need help we cannot give. I really feel we are dealing with a young person. Maybe caring for Dad all these years has stunted your social maturity. I would think about getting a therapist that can help you learn how to deal with people.
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Nothing. It is a common name why do you think it is about you?
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In the words of Rodney King. Can't we all just get along?
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I would think the neigbor was telling you the truth. That his license plate was a random coincidence and has nothing to do with you or that he's obsessed with you. I'd let it go and say nothing further about the license plate to this neighbor at all.
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The only brand new car I have ever owned arrived with the name of BLL. It never occurred to me that half a dozen men living on my road might think I was stalking them.

Lisa, I suggest you play a new game of spotting cars that have a common personal name as part of their licence plate. Once you get to twenty perhaps you'll feel a little less anxious about this.
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