It might be because I'm much closer in age to the neighbor now, and can't remember how I was at 30 enough to know how I would've felt in OPs situation, but I think the response of "I didn't think it was strange - just wanted to avoid a potential fire, thank you though" is weird as hell from someone who just asked for help checking on their house.
She's allowed to think it was a strange request, and you're allowed to answer "yeah, it's a weird favor to ask, but I just can't stop thinking about it - when you can, would you mind just looking in the kitchen window real quick to see if it looks like any of the knobs are turned differently?" [or if there's a number other than the time on the screen, or if there's a light coming from the stove, or whatever else is on your oven]
Most people will just go and do a check, and then it'll be a funny story, regardless of if she ultimately needed to call the fire department or not.
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u/cynicalicoffee 9h ago
It might be because I'm much closer in age to the neighbor now, and can't remember how I was at 30 enough to know how I would've felt in OPs situation, but I think the response of "I didn't think it was strange - just wanted to avoid a potential fire, thank you though" is weird as hell from someone who just asked for help checking on their house.
She's allowed to think it was a strange request, and you're allowed to answer "yeah, it's a weird favor to ask, but I just can't stop thinking about it - when you can, would you mind just looking in the kitchen window real quick to see if it looks like any of the knobs are turned differently?" [or if there's a number other than the time on the screen, or if there's a light coming from the stove, or whatever else is on your oven]
Most people will just go and do a check, and then it'll be a funny story, regardless of if she ultimately needed to call the fire department or not.