people that just walk into your house unannounced- why?????

[deerman]

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Yes we don't knock on Family doors, well those real close. my sons, grandkids, brothers Sister, never did at Mom and Dads.

Now stranger better not stop in the yard without callig first

 

[chillmiller]

all i can say is welcome to the 21st century, i have had a few try to do this with me , I come unglued , forget my dogs im yellin at them/ them opening my door and lookin down a 12 gauge

 

[jrsqlc]

I DO NOT take kindly to anyone showing up without calling or letting me know they are stopping by!!

Now if I know they are stopping, its ok!! But dont just show up and walk in....the dogs WILL have your butt for lunch...within a few seconds of that door opening!! I dont care if it is my dad, make a call or knock....DO NOT JUST WALK IN TO ANYONES HOUSE!!!

 

[calicokat]

My mom gently let me know after I moved out that now it wasn't "my house" anymore and I needed to knock. Gosh! Hurt my feelings at the time, but now that I'm the homemaker - I soooo get it!!

My MIL once walked in, and when she couldn't find me at first, kept looking . . . . . . . . .found me! IN THE BATHTUB! And she walked in and had her conversation with me YIKES!!!! Man that washcloth was tiny that day

It was 17 years and one house ago, and I"ll never forget it

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

I have the opposite problem. Most of the people I visit always tell me to just come in the house and that I don't have to knock. I ALWAYS feel funny doing this. I also feel funny walking in a house to babysit kids and the kids open the door and invite me in. When I was little, I was always taught never to open the door for anyone. I was always supposed to get my mom and dad.

 

[Dunkopf]

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I gently let my kids know by taking their keys away. Of course they know the garage code if they really need to get in. I was more concerned about them losing their keys.

If someone just walked in my front door it would really freak me out. Of course we are usually in our chairs or outside. The chairs have a view of the full driveway. So we would already be at the door by the time they got out of their car.

The MIL and the bathtub was kind of funny. Trying to visualize my mother doing that to my DW. My DW is to polite to tell her to get out, of course my Mom would never do that, at least not for a few more years.

 

[Rozzie]

My son will probably always have a key to my place, and permission to come in if no one answers the door. However, it would be appropriate for him to always knock before entering. Otherwise, he might walk in on something he wouldn't wish seared into his memory...

Actually, at this house, he'll always have the garage code, too.

I prefer someone else being to enter, just in case.

I wouldn't expect him to give me similar entry access to his place, though.

Hm. I wonder if my key is still the current one to my grandparent's place. I would walk in there if I was worried about them and couldn't reach them. Otherwise, though, I would always knock. They have dogs. While their dogs do know me, they are rather protective. I'd prefer not to surprise the dogs & get chewed up.

 

[desertdarlene]

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I don;t think that originaly comes from England!!!!! English History is one of small industrial communities with back to back houses and families would have lived in the same area, street even for generations. There was no need to knock and most folk would have left their back door open " incase someone ran out of sugar or T and needed to borrow some and you were out!" Of course now a days its far different and you certainly wouldn;t do that kind of thing now especially in those areas of England which have mainly been taken over by imagrants anyway.

Oesdog - I am with the shot gun!!!!!!!

Yeah, I think it's just a family/personal preference in our case, that's why I started out with saying that I didn't know if it was a cultural thing. Our family came mostly from the Somerset area, too, which was kinda in the country. They lived there until around the Jane Austen times.

 

[Boyd]

even my kids that have grown up and moved on call ahead and knock...

30 years ago it was nothing for folks to leave the front door open and the screen door closed. That used to be an open invitation to hollar knock knock..

My grandpa was the hardest to teach to knock first after we had our problems with natural parents trying to kidnap their kids back from us... He didn't understand the dog with the hair standing straight up and the handgun was something that became a necessity.

 

[sunflowerenvy]

i have medical help for my mom they call first and then knock and they open the door and say there name and walk into my home and they have a welcome party that come to the door [hehe their tail are waggie and wine ] but if a nieghbor, maillady, ups stop by they go wild lol. btw if my daughter comes in at night they start hello barking so i know when she is home when we are in bed

laura