Etiquette when retired friend texts every day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My elderly neighbor (in her 90s) texts me every night “good night” or “god bless and have good dreams”. I don’t know how I became her nightly ritual, but I know from my own grandmother that your world shrinks dramatically as you age in the last decades. It is absolutely worth allowing this relatively benign intrusion in your day for the sake of giving someone lonely a connection. If it went beyond a text, I would say something, but it’s very minor compared to a visit or even a phone call.

That is kind. As our worlds shrink we wonder if anyone still notices if we are here.

OP if you have no interest block her texts so they go-to spam.

[Anonymous]

She will figure out you lost interest in being what ever "friend" you used to present as. Maybe a work acquaintance? Or just somebody you don't care to know now. Own it.

[Anonymous]

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