Strangers in your home

shuga_23 · October 2011

Dish Network is here doing some work today. Last week we had three electricians in the house.

Do you ever get kind of freaked out about having strangers see the inside of your home? I think I'm hypersensitive since having a baby.

And I don't mean having them see the inside because it is a mess...I mean see the inside and see that you have a baby, some nice things, etc.

Glitzyklm · October 2011

Yes, even when the ups or oil person comes it freaks me out.

saullen54 · October 2011

I thought I was the only one! I definitely get freaked out and it's only gotten worse since the baby came along!

MrsHahn11062010 · October 2011

It depends for me, I am not so concerned when it is a contractor that I have hired like our electrician or Glitzy's H.

I am always a little more freaked when it is from a larger company because you are dealing with someone different every time. They seem to be less respectful of your space in general.

maeghan21 · October 2011

Yup! Before we moved in IL's would give tours of our house to show to clients, get ideas etc. and I told everyone once we moved in that was over. They agreed. I already didn't like everyone knowing the layout, which room was the nursery etc., but afterwards with our stuff and DD, nope! These past 3 weeks I had DH have people who needed to come do their stuff while he was there. Let them see a big guy lives here!

SBTibbs · October 2011

Me too, especially since having a baby. If possible I try to have another person there, if not DH then maybe one of my parents since they live down the road, when people come to do work inside. Just gives me the creeps sometimes!

Interrobang · October 2011

It does make me uneasy. I don't have much to steal, or a baby, but I'm a small-ish woman who lives alone. Sprout the 7 lb Maltese isn't much help! Having children will make me more concerned about this stuff, I'm sure.

jgreg29 · October 2011

Before living in my current place, yes. I did not like being a woman with a stranger in my house. In my current place, I've felt fine. There are two reasons behind this. First, a number of my neighbors telework or work flex schedules and you can hear loud noises throughout the building, so I know neighbors are around and could hear me if I needed them. Second, we've been lucky in finding good services companies with very professional and pleasant employees. It sets me more at ease.

MainelyFoolish · October 2011

No, it doesn't bother me (except for the part where they see how much of a mess my house is). I mean, I don't let random people off the street inside, but electricians and satellite installers? It don't give it a second thought.

ETA: Maybe it's because I was a single female homeowner before DH and I met, or because I lived alone for several years. I don't know. It's simply not practical or productive for me to not allow people into my home during the day when I'm here with DD.

mjellison81 · October 2011

I was never really bothered by it when I was single living alone, but funny enough it started to bother me when we moved to Newport. With DH out to sea so much, I took a lot of solace in our little apartment, and knowing that I was gone all day made me nervous sometimes, since we had a fair amount of people in & out of our building. I haven't really run into it much here (we had all of our cable/gas/electric hookups taken care of before we moved our stuff in), but I was definitely more wary after we moved in, since it was obvious we were new to the neighborhood, have out of state plates, etc. Luckily DH is home most of the time so that makes me feel a little better about it.

jl&jl · October 2011

I don't get as weirded out as I get annoyed. We had the construction team for the garage and then a roofer. They showed up randomly and sporatically at all hours. Then they need power, so they need to hook into our indoor outlets. I always had to stop whatever I was doing when they arrived to help with that whole process. Which is annoying with a baby who needs breakfast/nap/potty time, etc.The roofer was a guy from our church would would walk INTO our house and be on our roof without us knowing. He wouldn't be there before I showered, but then he'd be on my roof as I needed to get clothes(we have dormers). It was 3:30 pm and I was complaining to DH about that, upstairs and all of a sudden I heard the compressor start. Which the plug in was in the basement. With the BABY MONITOR ON! Adrian was crying and I ran upstairs the night before and was too lazy to shut it off after going upstairs the night before. Must have heard our conversation, as he was way more respectful after that.

MA&CB · October 2011

MH always seems to be home when people come in, so that's fine. But it would definitely make me uncomfortable if I was alone with Marcus. Once this lady with a petition came knocking at 7pm when I was still on maternity leave, in my nightgown, and nursing my newborn Marcus. I was talking to her through the the screen door, and she just opened the door and pushed in to get me to sign something. It really freaked me out, but Henry put up his hackles and was growling at her which is unusual for him. Made me feel better that my silly dog was here to protect us, but I also decided I wouldn't be answering the door to strangers like that anymore now that I had Marcusw.

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