Freaked out

[beletseri]

Well, this guy pulled up in his Mustang in my Driveway today. He came to the door and knocked on it. He knocked and knocked and knocked.

Some of you may think this is weird, but I never answer the door when I'm home alone. If I don't know who's on the other side, then I figure that they don't need to be there, and I don't need to find out why

Comments

[ancientgirl]

I don't think you're being paranoid at all! You just never know these days! I hope you wrote down all the information you could on what they looked like and the car. Next time see if you can see a license plate number.

And call the police. Yes, maybe there is an innocent reason, but you don't know that, and to be honest, someone just knocking and knocking, then going around your house and trying to open the front door is odd. Maybe not if they are a friend or relative, but when its a stranger, its just odd.

I'd stop unlocking the door though when you know your hubby is coming home. Let him just unlock it.

[beletseri]

That's how I feel. This woman in the very small town right next to ours, I mean not even 10 minutes away, opened her door one day and was greeted with being raped with a knife held to her throat. These things don't happen very often around here, it's really a pretty safe place to live, but as you said, you never know

[ancientgirl]

Yeah, don't ever feel guilty about calling the police. As you said, that's what they're for. I remember when I was younger, we lived in Michigan, and we used to always leave our door open too. Hell, we'd be in the basement and the door would be wide open. When we moved to Miami, same thing. But those days are long gone! Even at my apartment, I always keep the door locked, and many times when I'm home and someone knocks I don't answer. I look through the peephole and if I don't feel comfortable, I don't open it.

It's your safety you need to be concerned with, not anybody's feelings you might bruise.

[beletseri]

I just hate feeling scared about something like that. I think it's gonna take me a few days to get over it. I'm feeling kinda violated right now, since this person tried to invade my sanctuary.

The front door has windows in it, and I have always hated that people can look in the house from outside, and after yesterday it really started bothering me, so I decided to convert a table cloth into a makeshift curtain until I can get something else, and hung it up there. It actually looks pretty good, and it makes me feel a lot less vulnerable.

[gdmorgan60]

Hope these people never come back. I was scared for you when you were telling me about this. Keep your doors locked. Since i work at home i have just about anyone coming up the drive way. But if they don't have an appointment and i can't tell who it is i don't answer my door either. I usually lock the shop door if no one is coming for about 30 mins.

Re: Heya

[beletseri]

Hey!!! I'm so glad to see you here!

Yeah it really freaked me out, and it took me several days to get to where I wasn't a little bit scared being home alone, but they haven't come back yet, so I figure they aren't going to.