So, we know to always trust our gut, right? Ladies, we have women's intuition for a reason, right? This is your sign to never doubt those instincts again! โ
I have known for years that various people throughout this seniors' apartment building have been eavesdropping/spying on my family and I. Actually having the suspicions confirmed, however, is still an extremely unsettling experience.
First with the nurse, who was listening at our door and bolted down the hall the moment that I opened it. Now it has finally been confirmed with our crackhead neighbor.
It was about 9 o'clock this morning (which, already is way too early for any self-respecting senior to be awake). Everyone in the apartment was asleep while I was watching YouTube on the TV. But my peace was abruptly broken when out of nowhere the sound of dragging hit our door. After living here so long, you learn the difference between people dragging their goddamn feet in the hallway vs. dragging something outside the door; this was the latter. I didn't have any suspicions, any "intuition" this morning, so I simply tried to assume that a package was being dropped off for my mother-in-law.
Opened the door, looked down; nothing. But y'know what I did see? Our crackhead neighbor, walking away from our apartment, whipping his head back around to look at me and exclaim, "Oh shit! ๐ฎ"
Didn't even wait for an explanation -- I immediately closed the door to inform my husband of what I had just witnessed. My husband is a lot like me, in the sense that benefit of the doubt has to be given unless proven otherwise. However, he might be too lenient in this respect; he still chooses to believe that people are not obsessed with our family.
He can't be blamed. The alternative is accepting that strangers have been listening in to all of our private affairs for years, accepting that we've been "put on display" for these people without our consent, and that's extremely unsettling.
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Me? I am simply depressed that I am now 30-years-old and have still barely experienced an ounce of privacy my entire life. I am disgusted that people cannot find purpose and choose instead to live vicariously through my family -- again, we didn't consent to this lol. My Christ, if we're not being oogled out on the streets, then it's people listening to our conversations -- because that goes for my mother-in-law as well!! ๐ฅด Holy fuck, is being content with myself and my life really such an envious thing?
Ah sadly people have no sense of minding their own business! Thatโs one of the really annoying things about living in apartments.. hopefully you guys can get your dream RV going and get the hell away from that hell hole!
Thank you, your words of encouragement are really appreciated ๐ honestly praying to God we are not here any longer than April ๐๐
Sorry for the inactivity as well, I hope everything has been well on your end! ๐ Finally getting some warmer weather here, c'mon spring ๐ฑ