(12-26-2021, 08:29 PM)Jags Wrote: I’m sure we all get mail addressed to the previous owners.  From what I’m told, the previous owners divorced and sold.  Here we are!  Well, after 13 years in this house, we get a Christmas card for the wife and the child.  It’s double stamped.  You know that [BLEEP] has a gift card or money in it. 

We got it “late”.  By “late” I mean not enough time to return to sender and the true recipient get it by Christmas. 

Won’t lie.  I’m curious about what’s inside.  I will feel bad if I keep what’s inside.  But I can’t.  It’s not right and goes against everything Christmas.  I truly don’t need it.  Plus the sadness on whatever persons face thinking that mr and Mrs moss didn’t think about them this holiday season. 

Well, curiosity got the best of me.  I already googled the return address and found out the sender didn’t really achieve much in life.  So whatever the gift inside is means even more.  So, let’s just take the letter opener and see what it is before I tape over and put in mailbox “wrong address”. 

It’s a nice card with a lengthy hand written note inside.  It’s talking about helping each other through hard times and such and how proud of them they are. 

I’ve got new for you mr/Mrs moss.  You’re not exactly up on current events. Despite whatever correspondence you may have had, “Beth” and “Maggie” haven’t thought much about you to tell you they moved 13 years ago.  Seems like we’ve got deeper rooted family issues than you thought.

Not even a gift card inside or cash.  So know I’m even debating resealing and putting in the mailbox with “wrong address”. The “human” in me says to do so.  The realist in me says these guys don’t even know each other that much.

And yes, I’m a smart [BLEEP] and [BLEEP]. I realize I should have sent it back front the get-go. But I’m not your normal person. I love gathering intel

We had this problem for a few years, sellers had young twins and some distant relatives sent a box to [our] house every year. The sellers were still in town and was able to google their new address and dropped it off the day before xmas the first year. By the third year, she texted me to let me know that packages were on the way before we even got them!

This was the first year that we haven't gotten something for them, it will be our fifth xmas here.

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