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My Next-Door Neighbor Told Me She Had Plastic Surgery
But I still can’t figure out why she did it —
It was a breezy morning when I noticed my next-door neighbor signaling to me from her doorstep. She wore a pink robe and a sheepish smile as I approached her.
‘Hi, what’s up?’ I said.
She clasped the front of her robe with a tense delight and whispered to me, ‘I got a tummy tuck! I’m recovering right now.’
I was taken aback. I looked at my neighbor, who, by all accounts, was a total knockout. The kicker was that she had given birth to four kids — and still looked trim and gorgeous. Her husband was still madly in love with her, that was obvious to anyone on any given day.
I honestly did not know what to say to her. Although we are both in our forties, I am five years older than my neighbor. It seemed kind of soon for her to be considering plastic surgery.
As I stood at my neighbor’s door, she could barely contain her excitement to tell me about this event, as if it were a precious secret she was spilling.
‘I mean, I got some sculpting done.’ She explained to me in a low voice — I’m assuming in case any of the other neighbors were to hear. ‘After four kids, I had so many rolls and…
