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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last week I had a slightly odd interaction and I can’t stop thinking about it.

I was outside in the driveway chatting with my DD’s friend’s mom, who was picking her up after they’d hung out. While we were talking, a car pulled up to the curb and a woman got out and came straight up to me. She introduced herself, and I realized she was the previous owner of our house. (It had been her parents’ home and she grew up here.)

When we bought the house, we had mentioned we planned to renovate, and she seemed to understand that at the time. Now she asked if she could see the work we’ve done.

The timing was kind of chaotic; the other mom had arrived early, her daughter was still inside gathering her things, and I was trying to be polite and juggle both conversations. I ran inside quickly to check on the girls and get things moving, and when I came back out, the woman had left. She never came back.

Our house was a mess at the time, so part of me was honestly relieved. But ever since, I keep wondering about it, where she went, if she’ll come back, and what I’d do if she does.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like I don’t actually want to invite her in if she shows up again, but I can’t quite articulate why. It just feels… off?

WWYD? Would you let a former owner come in to see the house?
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We did- the son of the former owner who grew up in the house, and we had done a massive rennovation/gut job.  He was kind, and said his mom would have loved to see the house being lived in and loved again.  It wasn't really a big deal, we had young kids (3 and 5?) the house was a mess, but who cared, he was just walking down memory lane, and if he grew up there, he'd seen it messy before.

I went with my mom when she was in her 70s to the hone she grew up in, and the current owners allowed us to walk through.

Maybe people move more frequently now, but my mom lived in the house she grew up in until she married, and I grew up in one home (that's since been knocked down and a McMansion put up there), and my family has been in our home for 27 years now.[/quote]

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