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AIBU for thinking my friend shouldn’t peer through my window

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Brontebythesea · 11/04/2021 11:52

I realise this may sound ridiculous but I want to find out if this is normal behaviour and if I should explain to my friend that I don’t like it?
I have a lovely friend who I’ve known for years. The problem is that everytime she comes to my house instead of knocking the window or ringing the bell she peers through my bedroom window and knocks with a big smiley face. When I’m not in that room I’m assuming she peers through and then decides to use the front door to make her presence known. Obviously since covid she has only been round to leave stuff off but before covid this was a real bugbear of mine.
My bedroom is on the ground floor at the front of our house (and was also in the same situation in our last one). Obviously if I’m getting changed etc I have the curtains closed but I like natural light so if it’s bright they’re usually open. My room is usually tidy but I’m not overly bothered about it being perfect so sometimes there is stuff on the floor etc. I know that I should probably just always either have a tidy bedroom or close the curtains but I don’t want to. Last week she left off a lovely bottle of red and some flowers to thank me for helping out with her son when her husband wasn’t well - very sweet of her but DS and I were lying in my bed watching a movie and suddenly this knock and then her hands up a against the glass her face against my window and a big smile. I felt so startled and just really didn’t like it - one else coming to visit ever seems to peer in my windows - they walk past my window to the front door. Should I ask my friend to stop or just accept that she’s a peeper. I think she would be so upset. By the way this isn’t a wind up.

OP posts:
SpnBaby1967 · 11/04/2021 16:26

It's odd but I'd just talk to her.

Tbf all my friends are allowed to just walk in the front door. If I know they're coming I leave it unlocked and they just walk in. No window peering necessary.

shouldistop · 11/04/2021 16:31

My mum does this, comes round to the back of my house and knocks on the kitchen window or peers through the living room window. I've got a perfectly serviceable front doorbell.
I don't mind if I'm expecting someone and I tell them to come in the back door but I hate people turning up unexpectedly at the back of the house. I've told her and she just ignores me.
When ds1 was a baby we'd just got back from our first holiday abroad so knackered and sorting washing etc. MIL turned up at the back door with her 2 sisters and their husbands to see ds.
I usually get on well with MIL but I was so pissed off about that and I think dh must have had a word because she never did it again.

So no help op but I needed a rant too Grin

DaphneDuBois · 11/04/2021 16:53

I would hate this. I wish I was one of the posters that said they couldn’t get worked up about it but I really would. It’s very intrusive.

Brindisi32 · 11/04/2021 17:04

I wouldn't like it either. I've had neighbours who've done this by standing on their step and looking in through the side window and it's really intrusive and rude. You can buy cut to size stick on UV film which obscures the view. Or you could try broaching the subject - you could say something like it makes you really jumpy.

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