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To hate that he locks the door when we're home

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LotteryFights · 24/11/2024 11:34

Our front door is always locked as it goes straight onto the road & we never use it. Instead we use the backdoor was goes out to the garden and then through the garden gate onto a side road where the car is parked.

H is highly anxious. For example every single morning without fail he messages me saying 'drop off ok?' (I drop the kids off before I go to work) and i have to write 'yes' or he'll call me and i'll be in meetings and he calls and calls.

When he leaves the house at the weekend and me and DC (primary school) are home, we are in the back room/snug thing which is where the back door is and he will leave by this door and then use his key to lock the back door from the outside. Of course I'm not locked in as I can just unlock it but it's so weird to me. We are home, watching telly or playing and he is outside locking us in. If I wanted to lock the back door while we were at home - i could do it.

And then when he comes back and it's unlocked as i've popped into garden - he will ask why it's unlocked. He's not angry but he's geniunely expecting a response - and I find myself explaining myself to him like a kid!

He think I'm the weird one and he's keeping us safe. I makes me uncomfortable - which he says is my issue.

AIBU to feel hate it?

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LlynTegid · 24/11/2024 11:42

On this I am with your husband, and very glad my elderly mother does this. Not in agreement with the other things you mention.

LotteryFights · 24/11/2024 11:42

Mmm...Maybe @AnonKat if we both did it/felt that it wouldn't feel so weird to me.

In the summer - the back door is open to the garden & the kids run in and out the garden/house and he's always closing it and locking it. It makes me feel stifled. He says i'm dramatic but i hate it!

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Funnywonder · 24/11/2024 11:42

Does he have a history of anxiety? It reminds me a little bit of OCD. I have had OCD and my youngest currently has it to the point where he is unable to attend school. But what you're describing reminds me of the reassurance element of my son's anxiety, where he seeks constant confirmation that things are ok. The problem is, they're not.

Marblesbackagain · 24/11/2024 11:41

Why wouldn't you lock the door? It creates an automatic behaviour ensuring you lock up every time you leave?

AnonKat · 24/11/2024 11:39

My husband always locks the door when leaving and I do too. I find it weird that people keep their doors unlocked when at home.

When we first moved in a woman randomly just let herself into our house. She got the wrong house! Its always locked now.

Interlaken · 24/11/2024 11:36

I would hate that, and would definitely be raising it as an issue.

Trying to rope me into his anxiety would also fray the relationship very quickly, for me.

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