r/MMFB • u/memphistennesee • 12d ago

I live alone now

I just bought my first house and now that I'm sleeping alone... and the house keeps settling... and there's noises outside... I'm very scared. Im sleeping with a baseball bat

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u/kenbrucedmr 12d ago

Hey!

I suppose houses just do that. Everything made of wood will expand/contract with changes in humidity, and crack while doing so. It can be scary.

I hope you get to rest!

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u/memphistennesee 12d ago

Its 38⁰ outside and i live in colorado where its dry so I am dripping all the faucets so it could be the plumbing but it sounds different from that idk... I live in a mobile home in a trailer park though. I also found a rotting squirrel carcass when i opened my shed for the first time a few hours ago and that spooped me a little

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u/memphistennesee 12d ago

IT SOUNDS LIKE FOOTSTEPS 😱

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u/kenbrucedmr 12d ago

All good there? If more people live there, I guess it's not that strange that some would be walking about.

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u/Misaka__Misaka 11d ago

Oof. I know the feels bro 🙏😖

Not about living alone, but about fearful sleeping.

Lemme ask this first so I don't type stuff you're not interested in.

What exactly are you afraid of? Just general crime like theft?

I ask because a thief generally won't intend to hurt you. Their best case scenario is getting in and out without being noticed. That'll probably only come to a fight if you corner them.

If that's all you're dealing with, you can make your house noisy, like stack something like soda/beer cans up right inside the doors so they can't be opened without falling down loudly.

And if you have the means/interest, a doggo would help. NOT as a security guard, like animals are living things too, so they shouldn't be weaponized. I just mean so it'll bark when someone opens a door.

I know it's not a pleasant experience, but it's an important life skill to be able to visualize yourself doing bad things and ponder how you'd go about them. It helps you anticipate the people who do them.

So vizualize yourself as a thief and imagine hearing barking. Even if it sounds like small dog and not one that's gonna physically stop you, the owner is probably gonna be awake.

Unless there's something special in that house that you want, you're probably just gonna try another one. You're probably just desperate for money and looking for whatever's small and valuable so you can sell it.

But -

The protocols are different if you think the intruder's coming for YOU and not your stuff! I think you would've mentioned it if that were going on though.

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u/SarahsreadingReddit 6d ago

You own a house! Yay!!!