Don't feel safe anymore .....

[Ghosty]

I had a nightmare this week. On monday I took DS out in the morning for a nice jolly morning and picnic lunch with a friend and her little boy. When we got home we found that we had been burgled. Our front door had been bashed in and our telly, video, computer and my DH v. expensive and good camera had gone.
I was devastated and hysterical ... DS was upset as 'his' telly had gone ... We are totally insured and all of the stuff is replaceable (nothing precious had been taken) but I am just gutted that someone came into our home, our space uninvited and saw fit to take our things that we worked hard to pay for and have.
The police have taken a report ... have said that we must be vigilant when we replace our things as 50% of houses are burgled again less than a month after the first one when the burglars reckon you have new stuff.
So, I am now terrified and hate being on my own ... DH is out tonight so I am clinging to the laptop and my mumsnet friends .... I am scared when I come home in the daytime and our house looks awful as the front door is now boarded up. Not to mention the fact that I have a toddler to entertain all day with no telly
Nothing more to be said really ...... just wanted to share .... Oh and I came on today so there is not baby this month .... not feeling the greatest all in all .......

Ghosty, sorry to read about this, how dreadful for you all. I hope you will feel more at ease with a burglar alarm.

I'm fuming today as I've just found out an elderly lady who we know very well was hoodwinked yesterday into letting 2 guys into her home on the pretence that water was leaking into her property from the flats opposite. As soon as she let them in the truth dawned, but she couldn't do anything as one of the men kept her in the kitchen while the other ransacked upstairs. Thankfully she wasn't harmed but I'm really angry that people can do such a thing to an old lady.

jodee ... that is shocking .... what is happening to the world? Poor lady ... thank goodness she is not hurt ... did she ask for ID? Probably not ... and elderly people are notorious for keeping all their valuables hoarded aren't they? One of the security firm blokes told me this week that he was doing a quote for an old lady and she told him that her jewellery was safe in a drawer that couldn't be opened ... in her bedroom right by the window. He demonstrated to her that a strong bloke could open it and he was shocked to see that the reason she couldn't open it was because it was absolutely chock full of jewellery ... too heavy for her to open. He told her to take it to a bank ...