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Originally Posted by Mendingmysoul
The pumpkin guy was a member of my extended family,who lived in our town and visited us.His wife was a very nice and compassionate woman.I liked her. In the beginning I never doubted this guy.When ever I corrected him casually in a normal conversation,things would happen.When he told me it's a peony,I corrected him that it was Camellia shrub and peonies are underground tubers.He said wow squash.......I told him.....no,that's Jacko lantern pumpkin.He said look daylily......I corrected him...no,that's Asiatic lily.Things like that.I never meant to contradict or put him down.I was just giving him the correct info.And he never showed anger ,so I took some time to figure out and put two and two together after many incidents like this.The plants were found dead the next day.You know the pumpkin story already.Phew....I know it is exhausting to deal these people.
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Yeah, it is exhausting. I'm so angry today because I have to take care of things she buys and refuses to help clean or maintain. When I ask her to help, she gives me the cold shoulder for days or weeks as if I am a bad person for asking her to help out as she should.
Thanks for explaining about the pumpkin guy. I was curious about what happened. He seems like an insecure know-it-all. I hope he's out of your life now. The guy I mentioned who kept telling me what to do; there were some serious accidents and incidents after I ignored him and he said I was making a huge mistake rejecting his advice. I did wonder briefly if he could have sabotaged my property but it seemed to extreme and coincidental and the guy was really old he was inlikely to habe trespassed without me knowing. The timing was just odd. In your case it does seem like he takes revenge for slights to his ego and as a relative he had access to your garden. So sorry about your plants. It's awful losing your work like that.
Maybe next time grow something really poisonous to touch and correct him when he talks about it? Just kidding. :P