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Husband has started locking doors while i'm at work & we NEVER lock the doors

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Needanswers1 · 29/09/2022 17:14

My husband has been off work for 3 months due to an injury. We live in the country and never lock our doors. For the first time in over 5 years I came home early from work to find the front door locked! It also took a while for my husband to answer the door. When I questioned him he first said he was worried about safety (he never has when I'm home alone and never told me to lock the door) then he yelled at me to shut up and got very defensive. Am I being unreasonable or is he up to something?

OP posts:
Bookworm20 · 30/09/2022 11:31

"IT came and seized his computer because someone was accessing porn on it. .... But the computer access for the porn sites was under his username and password???"
You say he says this happened in the two days after he left?

Yeah, IT will totally know what times he was logged in and when this was accessed. It will be clear as day if it was accesses under his login when he wasn't there. But I doubt thats the case. I expect it was accessed when he was there. And seizing a computer from him is pretty extreme OP, rather than a call telling him to stop accessing it initially. I expect there is more to this.

And i'd not be cool with my DP watching porn. Its grim. I'd get shot of mine for that alone.

Add in the gps and the suddenly locking doors. he is up to something, and it does not sounds like an innocent something to me. Sounds like its far more than watching a bit of porn on his PC.

Onlyhuman123 · 30/09/2022 11:55

Originally I thought that he's dressing up in your clothes or he's possibly having an affair (due to locking the door and taking ages to come and unlock it followed by aggressive behaviour i.e. having to get our of your clothes or remove 3rd party from the property out the back) but your updates are giving it a far more sinister feel.

As another PP suggested, has there been an inmate released recently that he's worried about?

He is definitely controlling...tracking your car, mind games referring to your 'boyfriend', shouting defensively over locking the door... doesn't sound good OP.

Do you think he still has a job? If they took his computer away are they doing an internal investigation and he's been suspended until it's concluded? Do you think, if he's much recovered now from his injury, it's odd that he's not gone back to work? Is he received sick pay? Can you check bank accounts?

uncomfortablydumb53 · 30/09/2022 12:08

I was just going to say Are you sure he hasn't been suspended whilst an investigation is ongoing?
If they've seized his computer it sounds serious
Putting his controlling behaviour and the gps tracking into context now
Do you feel safe?

ItsaMetalBand · 30/09/2022 12:28

Normally IT will just tell you to turn in your unused laptop whenever you are next near the office won't they, or arrange a courier to collect it? I've worked in a place were a worker accessed porn on the night shift. All IT did was put more safe filters on the network. It was only when the determined fucker hacked and bypassed important firewalls to carry on viewing porn that he was finally fired. The actual porn issue was treated like an embarrassing personal problem by HR, but it was the hacking that got them all sitting up straight and spluttering. Hmm

I mean if you live so rurally it seems odd that they came out all that way one day and took it unannounced. That, suggests that what he was looking at might be more worrisome than mainstream pornography. Any chance his workplace houses sex offenders?

Coupled with the timing of his injury and this new development of him locking a door (perhaps something like online call with a solicitor or union rep he didn't want you walking in on?) and his reluctance to go back to work, it sounds weird and he's keeping something from you.

It all just sounds off. I hope for your sake that it is only a wank.

Bubblebubblebah · 30/09/2022 12:30

Lol at the drip feed

mamabear715 · 30/09/2022 12:37

Red flags waving here too, @Needanswers1
I hope you're ok..

Cantthinkofanewnameatm · 30/09/2022 12:39

Needanswers1 · 29/09/2022 19:14

Ugh... this is a reality check. He is a gun collector, does keep them locked up to my knowledge but IDK how many or where other than the gun cabinet in the living room. Truth, he lied about the gps twice...even after I found it in my car and confronted him... he told me it was to track my car and would notify him of any engine or service warnings. He frequently refers to "my boyfriend" if I'm later than usual from work. He has also opened and read my mail... even confronted me once because I had applied for a loan. I chalked it up to being my fault because I didn't tell him. He has not apologized for yelling at me. I keep telling myself that he is doing this to protect me....

I think the locked door is the least of your worries.
He tracks you. 🚩
He refers to your boyfriend. 🚩
He opens your mail. 🚩
Search the house for cameras. Search your bag, coat, car for itags.

Pedallleur · 30/09/2022 13:08

if you have or have access to an iphone that will pick up the itags if there are any. Stalkers tool of choice apparently. £20 and easy to hide

PortalooSunset · 30/09/2022 19:01

I've seen the updates now and I've changed my view. Very many red flags.
Is he really just not keen on getting back to work, or is it that he doesn't actually have a job to go back to?

Schnooze · 30/09/2022 19:36

I think he’s been suspended.

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