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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not let my little kids go off with ANYONE I have only know for a few months.[/quote]

This is the correct answer. It’s just not smart at all. He could be Mr Rodgers or he could be a predator- it’s way too soon to know.  Heck, women MARRY men who, years later, they find out were after them just for access to the kids.  [/quote]

Agree, it could be harmless or it could be predatory. In any case, an elderly man taking such a close interest in a single mom w very young kids that he comes over DAILY is not normal, so it deserves some scrutiny. We have a sweet elderly neighbor and she gives our kids gifts like sidewalk chalk and invites them to help her toss birdseed on her driveway when we happen to be outside at the same time. She doesn’t come over every day or take my kids into her house.

If OP had posted, “I am a single SAHM and my 80 year old male neighbor has been coming over every day to have coffee and donuts with me, and I let my 3/4 year olds go on their own with him to his farm”, I don’t there there would be so many of you saying, “Go for it! Sounds wonderful, nothing to worry about”. [/quote]

The friend is a SAHM. I didn't see anything about her being single. And it sounds like they live in an an area where there's not much to do. I'm not saying to blindly trust everyone. But at the same time there is nothing nefarious about neighbors enjoying each others' company. Good grief people. [/quote]

Right, I assumed the friend was single because of the mention that they appreciated a "father figure". In either case, a neighbor you have known for six months coming over  every day is not normal in this day and age. Does anyone here have a neighbor who comes over daily to have coffee and hang out? Who then takes your preschoolers to their property on their own? I haven't heard of such a thing. This is not a typical "neighbors enjoying each others' company" situation. No one, especially on this anonymous forum, can say with certainty that there's nothing nefarious going on.

I'll change my statement  - if OP had posted, "I live in the middle of nowhere and I am a SAHM. My elderly male neighbor, whom I have known for 6 or 7 months, comes over every day to have coffee and donuts with me, and then he puts my preschoolers on his golf cart and goes back to his farm", this website would have blown up with advice to be cautious.[/quote]

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