Kallian
United States
Today, while moving into my new place, I saw my new, elderly neighbor sitting on her porch. I cheerfully greeted her with, "Hello, how are you?" She simply rocked slowly in her chair and replied, "Just waiting to die." She was the most cheerful person I met all day. FML
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kurodansei 16
Well there is a certain euphoria that comes woth acceptance
Lbeck 7
Go back tomorrow and talk to her, cheer her up and ask her about her life. It's always interesting to listen to elderly people talk about how the world used to be.
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akiahara 14
It's all fun and games until you find yourself in an argument with yourself on the internet...
akiahara 14
Your neighbor is a realist. How refreshing.
qirde_15 5
that's better than she wanting to commit suicide
elkkuliina 5
There should be an LOL button here.. Not just for this, but some of these are not YDI's or YLS's, but more like LOL's :P
Mkymouse 2
Well at least you made FML before she died.. She can now take that off your bucket list.
Andr913 13
Looking at the OP's profile, she's actually gotten a story up before this too.
karlee333 11
Betty White's 'Off Their Rockers' , perhaps?
lowshadows 21
I admire an elderly who doesn't fear death.
U_GotitDude 18
My kinda gal lol
someguy314159265 15
I don't admire overly cheerful people who act like there's nothing wrong with the world apart from people who are not as overly cheerful as them.
BigSexy123 11
There's nothing wrong with trying to be at least a bit cheerful when interacting with other people. If you don't feel it, you don't feel it, but OP was trying to be nice, at least.
DanielleinDC 34
Is the name of your apartment complex Sunny Acres or something?