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FalloutShelter

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4. Given the situation...

Reply to Tickle (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 06:04 PM

Dec 2021

I would have done the same. She will maybe get over being pissed, but no one gets over being dead.
I had a simile situation with a very elderly friend who was not returning calls. She lived several states away and had no family. I had the local police check on her and she was mad as a wet when, but she lived five more years.

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what would you do [View all] Tickle Dec 2021 OP

If her daughters lived closer, I might have called them. peacefreak2.0 Dec 2021 #1

same as you... the only choice you had. lapfog_1 Dec 2021 #2

You did the right thing! vishnura Dec 2021 #3

Given the situation... FalloutShelter Dec 2021 #4

You had the best of intentions... you did the right thing. secondwind Dec 2021 #5

What you did to a tee. You did the right thing. marble falls Dec 2021 #6

Your friend made the decision for you by calling you. aeromanKC Dec 2021 #7

Thank you Tickle Dec 2021 #16

Dropped everything and gone over. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #8

I would have Tickle Dec 2021 #17

Friends lookout for friends. You did good and I hope she sees it that way. nt chowder66 Dec 2021 #9

I know of a very similar situation that occured.it was a sister CentralMass Dec 2021 #10

I would've done the same thing MustLoveBeagles Dec 2021 #11

I suppose there are a lot ForgedCrank Dec 2021 #12

Same as you, but also keep a list of her personal contacts' phone numbers (i.e. daughters)... Hekate Dec 2021 #13

A month ago, I did the same as you canetoad Dec 2021 #14

You did the right thing. madamesilverspurs Dec 2021 #15

I agree that you did exactly the right thing. You may well have saved her life. Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #18

If you had done nothing, and she had hurt herself, you'd be miserable (n/t) MissMillie Dec 2021 #19