I spent 4 hours tonight with Richard [my 78 yr old ex-next door neighbor]. He is getting way worse and I spent the first hour being stern and telling him that he needs medical attention and that I didn't care if he thought he was going through a personal spiritual crisis. By the end of the night I realized that I have to just let him be comfortable and comfort to him is being in his apartment dealing with his situation alone.
I'm scared of the day he doesn't answer his phone and I'll be the one to find him in his apartment. Is it wrong of me to accept his decision?
Actually I don't want anyone to answer that because I would answer it differently if I had not been spending all this time with him. Right now I think it's the right thing to do. As I told him, I have to try and not worry and just continue to just be the girl who comes and does his laundry and has the occasional dinner with him.
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are you really telling him you don't care about his spiritual crisis?
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does he have any family? or has he told you what to do when he dies?
this is sweet and a little creepy at the same time. hopefully he'll be alive when i come to visit.