To get pissed off that DH leaves the keys in the door?

[whatishistory]

When I'm not in the house and DH is, he locks the front door (ie from the inside) and leaves the keys in the lock. This means that when I get home I can't unlock the door and have to ring the door bell for him to come unlock it for me. Some times I have to wait a while as he's having a snooze and doesn't hear the bell. I know it's a small thing but it drives me mad! How hard it is to pull the keys out of the lock so I can get in? No matter how many times I complain, he still does it.

[Dilligufdarling]

How strange!

What's the reason he gives for doing it?
If it's so he knows where the keys are then maybe a hook nearish (but out of reach of) the door might do the same job.

[ChuckGravestones]

Mine used to do that. Until I did it to him a few times.

[Note3]

I'm same as chuck...DH doesn't do it anymore

[Fluffsnuts]

My DH does it too. Fucking hacks me off. Particularly when I need the loo or it's raining. How hard is it to take the keys out the door!

[NicknameUsed]

OH has memory problems and does this. I don't get mad at him though.

[corythatwas]

Dh does the same. Which means dd has to stand outside ringing her brother when she comes home in the small hours of the morning after a party.

[Creampastry]

So why doesn't he want you to see what he is doing.....??

[FeedMeAndTellMeImPretty]

Oh FGS it doesn't mean he is trying to hide something!

I do this all the time, as it's just force of habit to lock the door. I leave the key in because taking it out means a higher chance of losing it and not being able to open it at all!

When DS gets home and can't get his key in the door it is just as annoying for me, as I have to stop what I'm doing to answer it, so obviously it's in my own interests to remember to take it out, but I still forget.

Doesn't mean I'm up to no good!

[JellyBelli]

Its a bad habit to leave keys in a mortice lock. all a burglar needs is a stick and some superglue, and they can get in.
Put a note on the door, and have aplace to leave keys. not where they can be seen or reached through the letterbox with a fishing rod either.

[ImperialBlether]

How on earth would a stick and superglue help if keys are left in a mortice lock? Are you counting on the fact there'd be enough space under the door to slide a key through it, a la Enid Blyton books?

[JoJoSM2]

How annoying... My Dh suggest leaving a sticky note next to the lock to remind him ;)

[Itrynotto]

Does he do this when you are home or just when you are out?

[StarryIllusion]

I leave them in at night because it could buy me those crucial few seconds in case of fire but not in the day.

[P1nkP0ppy]

DH used to do this until one night when I accidentally did the same and he spent a night in the car because I'd gone to bed and didn't hear him ☹️
Oddly he never did it again!

[ShatterResistant]

A stick and some superglue? Can you elaborate?

[ThumbWitchesAbroad]

My Dad used to do this but then there wasn't anyone coming in late at night - he'd only do it once we were all in/had left home.

But now he's older and there's a risk he might need help, he takes the keys out of the lock so my sister can get in should she need to (I'm too far away to be of use in an emergency).

It's not hard to remember - Dad's in his 80s and has broken the habit of a lifetime to remember - so your DH is being a thoughtless dick.

[previously1474907171]

Stick and superglue - glue on stick, stick through letterbox, attach to keys, wait until glue sets, remove keys, open door, burgle house.

Or bendy fishing rod with a hook to remove any keys in sight.

[whatishistory]

Glad I'm not alone He does it when I'm in the house, too. He just seems to forget. If I'm in and see the keys in the lock, I take them out. We have a 'designated key location', so there's no good reason for leaving them in the door.

[Tarla]

DH used to do this then one afternoon our 2yo managed to unlock the door and escape while DH was in the loo.

Keys go up a height now.

[BillSykesDog]

I do this. I'm in and out putting out washing etc so it's just easier than getting them from somewhere else every time. DH has started texting me when he leaves work to tell me to take them out. Which does work but is probably a pain in the arse for him.

[harderandharder2breathe]

Only time I ever did this was when I lived alone in a tiny flat as no one else needed to get in and it meant I knew where they were (door was flimsy so a burglar could've just broken it down) it was to my flat, not the building!

[acquiescence]

Has anyone ever heard of the burglar/superglue thing actually happening?

Me and DH have an ongoing disagreement. He says we are more likely to get burgled if we leave key in door, I say we are more likely to die in a fire if we have to scramble around getting keys in thick smoke (a bit morbid I know, pfb born last year)