She followed the smell of potato pancakes upstairs

One neighbor asked for a pancake. By evening, a basket of fruit had come back.

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Before I got married, I lived alone. I was making potato pancakes when my pregnant downstairs neighbor came up to ask for just one...나 결혼 전에 혼자 살 때 감자전 먹고 싶어서 부치는데 아랫집 임산부가 한장만 줄 수 있냐고 와서...

I invited her in and kept frying more for her. I had chives, so I made chive pancakes too. She ate those right up.들어오라고 해서 내가 계속 부쳐주고 먹임. 부추도 있어서 부추전도 해줬더니 잘 먹음.

She said she’d really been craving savory pancakes. Morning sickness had kept her from eating, but when she smelled these, she thought she could manage them... haha.갑자기 전 종류가 엄청 먹고 싶었다면서 입덧 때문에 못 먹었는데 냄새 맡고 이건 먹을 수 있겠다 싶었다고...ㅎㅎㅎ

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I asked how she’d smelled them. We both had our windows open, and the smell had drifted all through her place. She’d hesitated for ages before coming up.냄새 어떻게 맡은거지? 했더니 나도 그 집도 창문 열어놨는데 냄새가 집 안으로 다 들어왔다면서 한참 망설이다 온거라고~

She must have told her husband, because that evening a whole basket of fruit arrived... lmao.자기 신랑한테 말했는지 저녁에 과일을 한바구니 사옴...ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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💡 “Just one” does a lot of work
“Just one” makes an awkward request small enough to risk. The guest puts a limit on her own need; the host removes it. That reversal is why the invitation feels generous.Klore note

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    Anon· on the original thread

    Heartwarming... These days, reading about neighbors getting along like this makes me happy.

    훈훈.. 요즘 세상에 사이좋게 지낸다는 이웃 이야기 읽으면 기분이 좋아짐

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    Anon· on the original thread

    So sweet. The neighbor who nervously asked, and the person who let her in without hesitation... Ahh.

    낭만있네 쭈뼛하며 말했을 이웃도 꺼리낌없이 들여보내준 이분도 크~~

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    Anon· on the original thread

    Both such warmhearted neighbors.

    서로 따땃한 이웃이네

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    Anon· on the original thread

    So heartwarming! lol

    따수워~! ㅋㅋㅋ

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