What can I do to feel safer at night?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do not get an animal for this, that's the worst advice.

I sleep with ear plugs or white noise when my DH is out of town and I am feeling jumpy. I will also take a melatonin the first night he's gone, because that's usually when I find myself listening to weird noises.

It might also make you feel better to have a weapon under your bed, like a bat/taser/pepper spray. But a gun is a TERRIBLE idea (even worse if you have kids). You're much more likely to shoot your DH coming home early than an intruder. Whereas a bat, someone has to be very close to you.

Are you trying to say Kamala Harris has terrible ideas?!?

Ok, MAGA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m always amazed how many otherwise intelligent people earnestly think any random pet dog (regardless of breed) is going to defend them from an attacker. It’s pathetically hilarious.

A dog IS a great early-warning system, yes. They’re fantastic for that. But that’s all.

But your pet dog is absolutely no deterrent at all to a person intent on doing you harm. Either the dog will bark and be confused, will flee and hide behind you, or it might attempt
to bite an intruder, at which point it will be quickly dispatched with a weapon the intruder has likely brought with them in anticipation of neutralizing the dog.


Your dog’s greatest contribution to your safety is alerting you to the presence of a stranger. It’s up to you to deal with them. Because an actual criminal isn’t the least little bit scared of your labradoodle or pit bull or german shepherd.

Inaccurate statement--just ask a police officer.

I was a Ventura County Sheriff Deputy before I became a paralegal. I was on our department ERT (swat). When we would serve a drug warrant, virtually every property we raided had aggressive dogs either on the property or in the home. The very first thing we would do after the door breach was shoot any dog over 10-15 lbs we saw, before it could think about biting someone. That was unit SOP. Usually it was a pitbull mix of some kind, but also rotties or shepherds or dobermans. A dog is NOT a deterrent to someone intent on coming in. If they were, no narcotics warrant would ever been successfully served in this country, because dopers ALWAYS have dogs around. So the first thing you do after breaching the door is shoot the dog(s). Dogs are not protection.

[Anonymous]

Do not get a gun. Given your level of anxiety you are more likely to accidentally kill someone you know rather than an intruder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do not get a gun. Given your level of anxiety you are more likely to accidentally kill someone you know rather than an intruder.

Vice President Kamala Harris disagrees with you. She has a gun. She stated on the Oprah show last week: anyone breaking into her house is getting shot.

I believe VP Harris is a whole lot smarter than you, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not get a gun. Given your level of anxiety you are more likely to accidentally kill someone you know rather than an intruder.

Vice President Kamala Harris disagrees with you. She has a gun. She stated on the Oprah show last week: anyone breaking into her house is getting shot.

I believe VP Harris is a whole lot smarter than you, PP.

That’s true. It’s exactly what she said:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1228897.page

[Anonymous]

Noise machine

Dog





Gun

[Anonymous]

Noise canceling headphones and ASMR on YouTube.

[Anonymous]

I use earplugs for this. If the sound is loud enough, like an alarm or a broken window then I can hear through the ear plugs just fine. It filters out the little noises.

[Anonymous]

Why would the thief come in while you are home? If he wanted your stuff, he'd come when no one is there. Stop watching horror movies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would the thief come in while you are home? If he wanted your stuff, he'd come when no one is there. Stop watching horror movies.

Read the news instead.

https://wjla.com/news/local/15-year-old-charged-in-home-invasion-rape-of-woman-living-in-same-neighborhood-police-say

[Anonymous]

Anxiety meds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not get an animal for this, that's the worst advice.

I sleep with ear plugs or white noise when my DH is out of town and I am feeling jumpy. I will also take a melatonin the first night he's gone, because that's usually when I find myself listening to weird noises.

It might also make you feel better to have a weapon under your bed, like a bat/taser/pepper spray. But a gun is a TERRIBLE idea (even worse if you have kids). You're much more likely to shoot your DH coming home early than an intruder. Whereas a bat, someone has to be very close to you.

Are you trying to say Kamala Harris has terrible ideas?!?

Ok, MAGA.

Does a ventriloquist puppet have "ideas" too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use earplugs for this. If the sound is loud enough, like an alarm or a broken window then I can hear through the ear plugs just fine. It filters out the little noises.

I use a similar approach when my car’s engine makes weird noises; I just turn up the radio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would the thief come in while you are home? If he wanted your stuff, he'd come when no one is there. Stop watching horror movies.

Read the news instead.

https://wjla.com/news/local/15-year-old-charged-in-home-invasion-rape-of-woman-living-in-same-neighborhood-police-say

It's not "news" if it's from 2021. You have more of a chance dying in a fiery car collision driving your kid to school than this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would the thief come in while you are home? If he wanted your stuff, he'd come when no one is there. Stop watching horror movies.

Read the news instead.

https://wjla.com/news/local/15-year-old-charged-in-home-invasion-rape-of-woman-living-in-same-neighborhood-police-say

It's not "news" if it's from 2021. You have more of a chance dying in a fiery car collision driving your kid to school than this.

Tell that to Kamala.