| Dear Prudence Southern Exposure In a live chat, Prudie offers advice on an elderly neighbor who likes to go nude in the yard. By Emily Yoffe
Posted Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 06:51 PM ET  Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of the chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at prudence@slate.com.) Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon. I look forward to your questions. Q. Naked Neighbor: My neighbor has taken to taking off his clothes outside on his deck in full view of my kitchen window. It's a bit alarming to see a 70-year-old man in the altogether. I'd like him to stop, but don't know how to broach the subject since he probably thinks no one sees him (and believe me I wish I didn't). I'm also wondering if it signals some impairment—dementia, maybe—and might indicate larger problems. His wife died recently. Any suggestions besides buying new curtains? A: It may be dementia, or it may be, "I miss you, Mabel, but now I can finally hang out on the deck in the all together without being nagged." If his deck is in the back, then he's probably assuming that while his backside is getting aired, his privates are private. Consider your alternatives. You could slip an anonymous note under his door, but if other neighbors don't have access to an eyeful, he'll know it's you. He could be violating some kind of decency code, but you probably don't want ... To continue reading, click here.
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