I turn the doorbell off every midday while DS naps as we live in a bungalow and the bell is very loud & the front door right near his bedroom and it closes very very loudly. It is stiff double glazing.
I have had the same postman for ages and he knows to just leave any packages outside the front door and I will get them later. I am the last house on a very quiet cul-de-sac.
Just now I was putting DS to bed and my heart sort of stopped because I heard someone open my front door. To add relevance there is the front door, then a double glazed porch thing and then an inner door which doesnt lock it just opens to the hallway.
I got up to see what it was and across the road I see a new postman. And in my porch, leaning up against the inner door to the hallway are 2 packages.
Now I am pretty upset about it. Firstly, on a practical level, I have the doorbell off in part so it doesnt ring but also because the door is so loud, you have to slam it to get it to close, that it always wakes DS up. DS is SN btw and his rare naps are the only breaks I get so they are sacred. So had DS already been asleep when this happened it would have woken him up.
But secondly I am just really upset the new postman let himself into my house!!! I mean I understand certain country ways that are less formal but I dont know him from adam and I have a long gravel drive on a very quiet road so it isnt like any packages left out are high theft risk. And dont you think its just wrong to walk into someone's house like that?!?! I feel really upset and I know it might be an irrational overreaction but I really did not like it. And I am not an overly precious person I am very laid back but I do draw the line and a total stranger letting himself in! AIBU?