I recently moved to Adelaide and I’m a stay-at-home mum in my early 30s. I haven’t really socialised much for the past couple of years since having my baby, so I’ve been feeling a bit isolated.
A few days ago, I was at the library and an older lady (maybe around 70) approached me and started chatting. She seemed very kind and friendly. We ended up having a nice conversation, and I mentioned I’m new to Adelaide (still new to Australia) and don’t really know anyone here.
She shared that she had lived in different countries when she was younger and said she understood how I feel. She told some lovely stories about how people helped her when she was new somewhere.
Then things moved a bit quickly. She
invited me to her house, showed me where she lives on Google Maps, gave me her phone number and asked me to call so she could save mine, asked for my address (I only gave my street name, not the full address), also asked if my husband works from home or outside.
At the time, I didn’t think too much about it because she seemed like a kind, possibly lonely older woman, and honestly I think I was just craving some social interaction.
But when I told my husband, he got quite concerned and said it’s not safe to share personal info like that with a stranger (even to old people), especially someone asking those kinds of questions right away.
Now I feel a bit unsure and slightly worried. I don’t know if I’m overthinking it or if this is actually not normal.
She wants to call and possibly meet next week, but I’m not sure what to do.
Is this just a friendly older person trying to connect, or are these red flags?
I’d really appreciate honest opinions