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I think someone’s been in my flat when I’m out

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Jenasaurus · 27/08/2019 22:01

I went to a BBQ in Saturday night and received a strange text from my DD who was home in her bedroom. She told me to stop stomping around as she was tired. I replied that I was miles away at a BBQ and she must have heard the neighbours

I thought no more of it and then I noticed someone today has come in and put a package on my bed and turned my fan on. Nothings been taken. Again my DD said she heard the door go and someone walking around and assumed it was me. But I have only just back from London

My DD is quite worried as she said it was so obviously someone in the flat she assumes it was me. She said I should get the locks changed as she thinks the former owners who lived here in 2016 could still have a key or even given it to someone else. It hasn’t even occurred to me to change the locks when I bought the flat. I guess that’s what I will have to do but how very odd. Nothing has been taken and they weren’t quiet about it.

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NoSauce · 28/08/2019 05:34

ridiculous. The trolls are surely the ones commenting 'fake

No, that’s not what a troll is. A troll is someone pretending to be someone they’re not, making up all kinds of stories for attention. Not someone assuming that something or someone is fake.

sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 05:36

@NoSauce 'In Internet slang, a troll is a person who starts quarrels or upsets people on the Internet to distract and sow discord by posting inflammatory and digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers'

NoSauce · 28/08/2019 05:38

Thanks for that. I’m talking about the term troll specifically here on MN.

sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 05:38

@TheoriginalLEM no it's a very distinctive noise and you can tell the difference. The stair cases are on the other side of each flat, if that makes sense? So the steps are much louder than they should be. The landing was creaking as well and I heard the front door slam shut. This probably sounds odd but I know the sound of my own front door. It could be my brothers but they usually pop in to say hello but I guess if they thought I was sleeping they might not? It's just a bit weird

TheoriginalLEM · 28/08/2019 05:40

It seems like case closed though.

The BF put the package in your bedroom - that's very familiar but hey ho.

Your son let himself in to feed the drugs downstairs in your flat. Which is what your dd heard.

sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 05:40

@NoSauce ok, they're just trolls in its original (and intended) definition then

TheoriginalLEM · 28/08/2019 05:41

Degus!!! Ffs

sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 05:42

@TheoriginalLEM I am the DD. My brother fed the degus at 1pm on the Saturday. I heard the noise at around 8pm in the evening. Today, my brother fed them at 3pm (I am starting uni next week, hence why I was home before anyone asks) and I heard the noise around 7:30 - an hour after my boyfriend left to play football.

NoSauce · 28/08/2019 05:43

Of course they’re not. Not believing something on the internet doesn’t make someone a troll

sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 05:43

@TheoriginalLEM don't worry, I didn't think my brother was feeding drugs... although I'm not quite sure what they would eat if he was

sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 05:45

@NoSauce but antagonising someone on a post in which someone is clearly frightened and posting 'fake' 'really' 'hard to believe' is both inflammatory and off topic isn't it? If someone thought it was made up why not just ignore and report.

NoSauce · 28/08/2019 05:51

Tbf I don’t think your mum has done too badly in the way of people accusing this as being made up. One person, maybe two? Maybe they have reported also?

And you’ll know being a regular reader just how many trolls ( the true MN type ) we have on here every single day and how tiresome it can be, that sometimes posters get weary and will say they don’t believe what they’re reading. You must have read threads on here and thought hang on this doesn’t seem right?

sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 05:57

@NoSauce I have done in the past but I haven't commented 'fake' I've reported and moved on. I know this might seem like I'm taking it to heart and to be honest, I am. Because although it is discrediting this very true post. It is also discrediting the abuse I went through as a child, and as it was an abuse in the family and my fathers side of the family are not the nicest of people they all took his side either claiming that family should 'forgive and forget' or just straight up saying that it didn't happen. I'm not going to get into what happened to me because I'm sure someone will say it is fake or I'm attention seeking but it was nothing a young child should face throughout their entire childhood until they're finally and adult at 18 with the ability and knowledge to do something. I'm sorry if this seems dramatic (it probably is) but it's how I feel when people decide what I'm telling them isn't true. Transports me to a time where I had told adults and people and asked for advice and my problem was ignored, not believed or trivialised. So that's why I'm getting upset about it. If I was a troll, I would of ignored and moved on but I'm fighting my corner.

sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 05:58

Also, apologies for spelling and grammar issues. I haven't slept at all tonight as I have been feeling nervous and worrying about the door situation, every bump or boiler noise I hear is keeping me alert

RedCowboyBoots · 28/08/2019 06:08

You're were probably just hearing things, OP's daughter. I was sat in my living room and head my front door go twice a few days ago, only to find it locked when I checked it. And in flats, someone stomping around outside or in a different flat could be misinterpreted as being in your flat. Your mum or boyfriend probably moved the stuff in her room. It's the most likely explanation.

sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 06:10

@RedCowboyBoots I hope so! But it's just such a distinctive noise and my hearing isn't that great so it's odd. I think my DM will be replacing the locks anyway and that'll just give us a piece of mind!

flumpybear · 28/08/2019 06:10

Very odd - could the DD boyfriend have taken the box out of the wardrobe? I think it's odd he put it in your room tbh- why not just leave it by the door or in the kitchen/lounge etc?

prampushingdownthehighst · 28/08/2019 06:10

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sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 06:11

@flumpybear It was my Christmas present and he was trying to put it in a place I wouldn't find it . He had to rush straight off to football straight after so wouldn't of been going through her room. He's not that kind of boy at all, very sweet, polite and gentle.

sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 06:12

@prampushingdownthehighst describing your breakfast? (Sorry couldn't resist)

sunshinegirl13 · 28/08/2019 06:20

I've decided I'm not going to look at this thread anymore. Too many troll hunters and It's exhausting. If anyone wants to know the outcome of this scenario: we are changing the locks and recharging our ring. If anything happens after that I will remind my mum not to post it on Mumsnet because this is draining.

GertrudeCB · 28/08/2019 06:26

I believe the op.
We had a few incidents of late night bell ringing, men standing in the front garden etc.
Scary but solved when a colleague of mine who is a massive pothead rang my doorbell one night, recognizing him I opened it, much to his surprise
Turned out that a house in the same road with my house number transposed, ie No21 instead of No12, was selling drugs.

TheoriginalLEM · 28/08/2019 06:40

@sunshinegirl13 were you not scared though? Once you realised it wasn't your mum?

You have stairs in your flat? Are you on the ground floor? Could it have been an upstairs/downstairs neighbour?

Were you actually fully awake? Could you have been in a semi dream state? Seems a bit OTT to text your mum to tell her to stop crashing around? Hence me thinking you woke up mid dream, your brain filled in gaps that werent there and then you were irritable? I am also assuming that the person was being quite loud if it woke you?

What does your BF make of this scenario?

What do you make of your BF going in your mum's bedroom? It all depends on your relationship? Long term probably fine, couple months? Deffo inappropriate

I may be overthinking this

Good premise for a novel though - might be a ghost, obsessed ex, obsessed ex or either your mum's or your partner's. Maybe a paralell universe thing where your space is inhabited by your otherworldly counterparts, could be you in a different dimension or totally random.

Most likely just a neighbour though

Skyejuly · 28/08/2019 06:43

So many times I'd cone home and amazon have been in the door to deliver something.

Miracleon34thstreet · 28/08/2019 06:51

People who question authenticity are not trolls.

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