Dear Befuddled,


1. Perhaps Bill is confused and disturbed about what is going on. Perhaps he needed someone to listen for 5 minutes.
That sickness in the neighbor is infecting all the neighbors. You can see why he is upset.

2. You don't need to be upset with him.
He's might be having a hard time dealing with this. He's probably hearing all kinds of rumors and gossip about what is going on.

3. Also but in a different vein:
Make darned sure that you do not tell him anything. What you tell him could very well end up getting passed around until it gets changed a hundred times and then gets back to the crazy neighbor.

4. I had a wise friend tell me that a sane person can never win against a crazy person. I took that advice.


M.
(Sorry for using the word crazy -- could not think of anything more applicable.)