My brother and sister-in-law and two kids were getting here at two in the morning. A big debate ensued: Would we leave the door unlocked so that they could come in and make themselves at home, or would we lock the door, hide the key, and tell them where it was? Actually, getting up on purpose at that hour wasn’t even an option. We went back and forth for days and right up until the last minutes before going to bed that night.
My husband thought it would make him nervous to leave the door unlocked. He was sure he wouldn’t be able to go to sleep, even though it would just be unlocked for a couple of hours. Okay, okay, he finally decided to leave it unlocked. He got out of bed to unlock the door just before falling asleep. When he came back in the room, I asked, “So you did unlock the door, right?”
“Yes,” he answered and was fast asleep in two minutes flat.
At about two fifteen in the morning I woke up to the phone ringing. “Jason, Jason,” I pounded on him. “The phone is ringing!”
He jumped out of bed and ran to get the phone. Then I heard the door opening and people coming in. Several minutes later he came back to bed. “What happened? Wasn’t the door unlocked?” I asked.
“No. You think someone came in the house and locked it behind them?” he asked, beginning to get a little worried.
“No. I doubt that!” I laughed
“Well,” he said, “I must have gone back and locked it after I unlocked it.” I had a laughing fit! That was so like my husband. He is compulsive about keeping the doors locked, checking them several times each night. I laughed so hard I couldn’t go back to sleep. We couldn’t even leave the door unlocked when we tried!
Oh my gosh that is really funny.
So all of that contemplating had been for nothing. Never a dull moment in your house
You two just crack me up!
That is very funny!
My husband’s family never locks their house or cars (at home). My family *always* does! After we got married and had kids, I put my foot down on locking the doors at night.
I bet he sleep-walked 🙂 Too funny.
So very funny! Thanks for shareing. I needed a good laugh this morning. 😀
My husband is a little obsessive about it too. I grew up never locking the doors, and he grew up with locked doors even if someone was IN the house. Funny how something so random can shape you for life!
I’m like that…..rechecking the doors before I head to bed (even to the point of peeking into the garage to make sure the doors are down)!!!
No locking of doors here. 🙂
Sounds like my husband! He is a worrier, but he could literally fall asleep saying “I not that tired, don’t think I’ll be able to slee…..”
Sounds like something we’d do!
It’s the routine! I do the same with all the lights in my house. I once had a friend over who is a little scared of the dark. I promised to leave the living room’s light on so she could safely reach the kitchen. According to her, it took me all of 15 minutes after going to bed before I sleepwalked to the living room and turned it off.
@ Hattie: I thought i was the ONLY one who checks the garage, too! lol. I have to make sure the door is down, and that the garage-into-house door is locked, as well. although i guess if they were gonna go to the trouble of prying up the garage door, they’d get the house door opened too… heehee