She asked him if he could help her move some patio furniture from her deck to the storage shed as the weather was predicted to turn from fairly comfortable mid-Autumn to fairly uncomfortable early-Winter within the next week.
So he did. It took all of a half hour, and most of that half hour was spent rearranging what had been put into the storage shed during the previous Spring and Summer to accommodate the storing of the pieces of patio furniture.
When all was said and done she politely asked if she could at least buy him lunch for the help, and he just as politely declined, stating that it was no bother and besides, he had to get going to an appointment he had across town.
She replied with, "You are so nice I could marry you" as he walked back to his house.
He was floored by that comment. All he had done was altruistically donate a half hour of his time and energy to help a neighbor with a small chore and she returns the favor by threatening to destroy his entire life.
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