Tape on the bedroom door

[jesspaws]

WTF? I've just found sellotape at the bottom of the bedroom door, I saw it out of the corner of my eye as I'm sat on the bed.

It was stuck on the door itself but long enough to reach the door frame if it was taped from the outside. Wtf?

DH and I together 18yrs no red flags, not really. He has recently started sleeping in the spare room since he caught Covid and decided to stay there. He's been enjoying late nights watching box sets while I sleep.

Why would anyone put tape over the bottom of the bedroom door?

@musicviking1

Perhaps communicate with your husband?

I didn't think of that, thanks for the insight.

Well we've got the mention of you being married a while 🤔

We've had mention of no red flags ( with a 'really' tagged on) 🤔

We've had the mention of Covid and sleeping in separate rooms 🤔

Are we to try and fill in the gaps?
Are you planning on asking your husband if he's been sticking sellotape in strange places?

Or.... Are we going to have to ponder this, and have posters imaginations drum it up into a frenzy.

We might get more sense questioning the sellotape 😮

What a strange thread.

I once had a girl on the train tap me on the shoulder to alert me to the fact I had one of those hygiene stickers you get in new knickers stuck to the coat I was wearing. Slightly mortifying but figured it must have been dropped in the house at some point and later ended up attached to the coat. Surely that’s what’s happened here? I’m not quite understanding why it’s so sinister unless there’s a backstory.

@jesspaws

Why would anyone set a trap to check if I'd been in to the bedroom? I've been in and out about 10 times today, so it can't be a new thing. I will ask him, but just wanted other opinions first.

I think the question isn't so much as why would someone do it so much as why would this be your first thought?

@jesspaws

Why would anyone set a trap to check if I'd been in to the bedroom? I've been in and out about 10 times today, so it can't be a new thing. I will ask him, but just wanted other opinions first.

What did he say???

Having been working on craft projects recently, I find bits of tape, paper, glittery rhinestones and the like in the oddest places. I'll bet the tape migrated to the door in a similar fashion.

I now have rhinestone studded bottoms on my socks.

1. Your husband thinks you have mice. He didn't want to worry you and thinks conventional mousetrap are inhumane. He is trying to catch the mice with sellotape at mouse height. Its actually all along your skirting boards too, if you look.

1. It's a deviant Danish sexual practice, which you can Google. Has he recently been complaining of lower back pain. There you have PROOF.

In either case...take photos so he can't deny it.

Keeping spiders from crawling under the door maybe?

1. He's been trying to measure his height and stuck the tape measure to the bottom of the door to help

1. He is 8

1. He thought it might stop a draught

1. He likes the way it looks

1. He was wrapping presents there and was using the door to hold his sellotape bits

1. You did it and forgot

1. Something about microchips

1. He's fucking with you

1. He thinks you are fucking someone

10. He thinks you spend too much time on mumsnet and is waiting to see how long it takes you to post about the random sellotape on the door.

It’s usually to check if the door has been opened (I do this with the Xmas prezzy cupboard) I think the RSPCA do it too.

However because you say you’ve been in and out then I don’t think it’s anything suspicious.

It’s a bit odd… surely this would be used to see if someone had been into a room that they shouldn’t be in rather than their own room. Presumably you’re in and out the room a few times when you’re at home?

One of the kids trying out a trap they intend setting for Father Christmas ?

Diagram?

The RSPCA put sellotape on doors???????

He's been having sellotape sex

Have you painted around the door ?

I doubt this helps but I stuck sellotape on my bedroom door because I thought that my live in landlord was coming in my bedroom while I was out.

Which turned out to be exactly the case.

But he was my pervy landlord and this is your husband, what's going on OP?

@WonderfulYou

It’s usually to check if the door has been opened (I do this with the Xmas prezzy cupboard) I think the RSPCA do it too.

However because you say you’ve been in and out then I don’t think it’s anything suspicious.

You’ve lost me with the RSPCA, why would they do this?

I think if you want to check if the door has opened you use a hair and stick it on with saliva. I’m sure James Bond did that once. Tape is too obvious.

Has he got threadworms? Sellotape is a way to catch them at night.

Is it your birthday soon? He is wrapping your presents?
Or maybe a present for the OW?
LTB

Key & Peele

My first thought based on what you’ve said = is it something to do with separate bedrooms/bedtime? Like if the door was opened by you would he then know you are coming out of the room? I am not sure how he could be alerted/hear that re the sellotape though. I think it’s the separate room box set comment that makes me think something like that

@Nesbo

I think if you want to check if the door has opened you use a hair and stick it on with saliva. I’m sure James Bond did that once. Tape is too obvious.

Tape just above the floor wouldn’t be too obvious. And the hair might just fall off anyway.

(Also I think that if I’m discussing the relative merits of sellotape vs hair for telling if a door has been opened, it’s probably time for bed)

My DP's theory is:
OP had tradespeople round. Husband was concerned about them going into room. Set up sellotape spy trap. Forgot about it.