Strangeness...
I've always had strong hunches about people and situations but was more than prepared to put it down to female intuition or just try to quash what I feel because I didn't like the probably outcome - if I ignore it it'll go away....It doesn't work like that though....Does it?

Anyway, it started with my boyfriend who I've not been seeing very long only about 5-6 months, but he has a very strong energy about him and is a very happy person, so much so that it's infectious. It's lovely.

So a few weeks ago his Grandmother died, I only met her a handful of times before we found out that she was diagnosed with lung cancer on the and given 6 months to live. I got a feeling in my head that she wasn't going to be around that long at all....The last few weekends have been beautiful in the UK. Sunny and and summery and beautiful and on waking up a few days after her diagnosis, I thought of his Grandmother, I was thinking: it's such a beautiful day, it's a shame she's in hospital and not out enjoying the day....I think she's going to go today.

So my boyfriend and I set about our business mowing the lawn and hanging the washing and all the time, I had this clenching sensation in my stomach which I tried to ignore. At around lunchtime, the phone rang. It was my boyfriends stepfather telling him to come to the hospital. I immedietly felt like I was going to throw up, told my boyfriend I didn't want him to go on his own, but he insisted and left me at his house where I waited for him to call back with news. Yup, she passed away at lunch time in her hospital bed....

Later on that evening we had plans to go out which he wanted to keep to, so we went out for dinner. While in the restaurant I experienced a sensation which I can only describe as the same feeling I get when someone is standing behind me, sort of blocking my hearing. I looked slightly to the left, saw a shadow and moved my chair in and turned round to apologise to the person who was trying to get past my chair, only to find myself apologising to thin air. My boyfriend joked that it was his grandmother and nothing more was said about it.

I stayed at his that night and we chatted for a while about his grandmother and grandfather and eventually fell asleep. I was woken very early in the morning by a smell (!!) A very strong, but not artificial smell of flowers. There was no one in the house apart from me and my sleeping boyfriend and he is not one for room scenters. Anyway, as quick as this smell appeared, it went! I will admit to just coming round from sleep but I've never experienced anything like it before in my life.

Now, after his grandmothers death, we have been round to her house a few times and I will say that I get a very uncomfortable vibe from it and often feel quite sick while there, and I fully admit it could be a case of me giving myself the heebie-jeebies!! Yesterday, we had to spend the whole day there waiting for someone to come and do a probate valuation and to sort what we are throwing out, and what is being kept etc. As soon as we walked in I felt nauseous and even more bizzarely I suddenly got a ver sore throat, now this lady was a fairly heavy smoker so the feeling could be explained away as the place reeking of stale fags. But there was this underlying smell of decay, like rotting teeth and bad breath but concentrated, I just couldn't shift it even with all the doors and windows open and the feeling of the place just left me feeling so drained. I feel so so sad whenever I go in there, on edge and extremely lonely.

On a stranger note, when I am doing something on my own, like watching the telly, I often feel like there is someone there with me. Not watching me ot anything weird like that, just a sort of companionable pressence, so much so that I forget I;m on my own and turn round to say to thin air "Did you see that?!" or something along those lines...
(GirlOfTheWorld, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 15:26, Reply)