TP as Consolation

[Anonymous]

I was away on travel and unavailable. Came home last Sunday and did HH with next door neighbor today. She told me my husband brought a 60 pack of TP to our 78 yo neighbor whose husband passed two days earlier. With a nice note.

Just leave it alone?

[Anonymous]

You can’t ask your husband WTf were you thinking?

[Anonymous]

Surely it was contextual? Like she was lamenting not having someone to take her to Costco or something?

It’s something my DH would do. Sort of considerate but mostly off-key and weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was away on travel and unavailable. Came home last Sunday and did HH with next door neighbor today. She told me my husband brought a 60 pack of TP to our 78 yo neighbor whose husband passed two days earlier. With a nice note.

Just leave it alone?

Just leave what alone? I don’t understand the issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surely it was contextual? Like she was lamenting not having someone to take her to Costco or something?

It’s something my DH would do. Sort of considerate but mostly off-key and weird.

+1 It’s not even 5 am, and I’m trying not to giggle so hard I wake the rest of the house up.

[Anonymous]

Weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was away on travel and unavailable. Came home last Sunday and did HH with next door neighbor today. She told me my husband brought a 60 pack of TP to our 78 yo neighbor whose husband passed two days earlier. With a nice note.

Just leave it alone?

What is HH?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was away on travel and unavailable. Came home last Sunday and did HH with next door neighbor today. She told me my husband brought a 60 pack of TP to our 78 yo neighbor whose husband passed two days earlier. With a nice note.

Just leave it alone?

What is HH?

Happy hour.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like he was there doing something and you weren't so I wouldn't judge.

[Anonymous]

Our loss was during the pandemic, so TP was higher value then, but I was really touched when people brought it over. When someone dies you want to do something tangible, but the flowers die and remind you of death, and the food can be so tricky when you don't know what someone eats, or what they already have. TP avoids all those issues. It's always needed. You're guaranteed to get the right size.

You have a good husband with good instincts.

[Anonymous]

Kleenex I could understand, for the tears of loss.

Toilet paper for ...??

Not sure what his message to the woman was!

Did you ask your DH what exactly he said when he handed over the GIANT pack of TP? That would provide more context as to his mindset.

[Anonymous]

Meh, he got her something he thought she would use. No one likes to run to the store for TP. Better than another bouquet of flowers.

[Anonymous]

Your husband is a weirdo but practical. Leave it alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your husband is a weirdo but practical. Leave it alone.

This. And to be fair, my mom had a ton of food and flowers after my dad died and the last thing she wanted to do was to have to go out to the store to buy any essentials like TP or paper towels.

[Anonymous]

You should be glad you married a considerate man.