How Private Are You?

Is she married to the naked man now?

I've got no curtains at all. If I lived in a house where curtains were needed to keep people from looking in, I would be living somewhere else. A friend of mine said it best: "you should live far enough away from the road so that you can walk naked around inside your house without curtains". Makes sense to me.

There is a story my grandparents used to tell about driving a buggy at night by a house on my road. One night when they were going by the whole house was lighted, the curtains were all open and the man and wife were both naked chasing each other through the house having a really good time. I think my grandparents thought it was really good time, too, because they sat and watched for awhile. <VBG>

Jennifer

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We close ours at night, open during the day. When we first moved to this town we lived in an apartment building. Our assigned parking spot was just outside of one apartment bedroom window. The young woman that lived there was known to leave the curtains and blinds up even when in those 'compromising positions'. That was different. It's even more different when you see the same young fella, only this time he's in the room with the 30 something mother-----strange family dynamics to be sure.

At the farm, I have very few blinds, and it's basically wide open. If someone sees in, they're trespassing and it's their problem if they get an eye full. At an intown condo I use during the work week, I use to keep the blinds open most of the time too...but some folks started walking their dogs in the woods on my side of the unit. In an attempt to be a good neighbor, I now close the blinds most of the time.

most ot my windows don't have blinds, but i'm far enough from my fenceline (which has a screen of trees) that in order to see anything someone would need a pretty good telescope. i just never have worried about it.

pax
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I like 'em closed on dark nights because it's creepy looking out into blackness. A full moon, though, is beautiful on fresh snow and fuzzy horses from the warm side of the glass.

we are plunked down in the middle of 40 acres of forest. The people on the road cannot see us, nor can we see them (which is good especially when we decide to take outdoor, garden sprayer showers! Because of this privacy, we have no blinds, shades, curtains, or drapes on any of our windows. The closest neighbor is about 3/8 to 1/2 mile away as the crow flies.

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The reason we own acreage is to have privacy. We call ourselves "BANANA" builders. We "Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone."

Hubby and I cherish our privacy. We bought 96 acres and built our house a half mile off the road. One reason we love this place is that it is surrounded on three sides by flood plain and no one can build on it. We are considering buying the property on the other side so we will have more privacy (on the other side of this property is dense overgrowth owned by out-of-state folks). We are in the process of planting trees around the perimeter of our property for more privacy and have a chain gate with a no tresspassing sign on it across our driveway.

I have blinds across the West side of the house because of the heat and glare problems in the summer time. Most of my windows do not have curtains that can be closed. We like our view to much to cover it up!

When hubby retires next year we have every intention of becoming hermits.

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Get a life? Wait a minute here, you're the one driving around peeping into peoples' homes. LOL Which is exactly why here at our house, the curtains or blinds cover up the windows once it's dark. Maybe I've seen too many creepy movies as a teenager; I get to thinking that someone could be looking in and you'd never know it. Upstairs, we leave the curtains open, though. During the day, I need sunlight! All the windows are open.
That too! And since in our area, places get robbed, there's no sense in showing off what you have and making it easier for thieves to pick which house is more worth breaking into.

We live way back off the main road. The dirt road that leads to our house is partially owned by the township, the other half is legally our driveway. So although we don't get a lot of traffic, people do occasionally drive to the end of it, probably mistaking it for a through road or maybe teens thinking it's a dead end that they can drink and make out at. Once the dogs start barking and I assume they see the house and barns at the end, they realize their mistake and they drive away. So even out in boonieville, you never know when 'visitors' will come a'calling.
Boleyz, is that you, you aren't wearing any drawers in that picture! LOL

DD

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Your comments are very familiar. My Dh has the same sentiments!
BTW, cute new holiday avatar.



I think even if our place were located further in the woods, I would still
shut the blinds when the lights were on.
A recent headline about a home invader a few towns over had a significant impact on me. Not only was I lowering the blind last night, I found myself fussing with it to make sure there was not a "crack" along the side.
I guess it's a good indicator of how safe you feel in your home.

Patnewmex wrote:
Now, I don't give a hoot who looks in at me as I live my life. Why? because my life is an open book. I'm not doing anything illegal or immoral, so why be worried about other people's opinion of what I do?

Finally! I was dying to hear from one of the "fishbowl" people! I'm curious to know if folks who feel this way are more social that others. What do you think? ON the line from "hermit" to "social butterfly" where would you say you fall?

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I dont care who can see into my house. I just dont want people in my yard. I live in town and I have a no trespassing sign up. I keep pretty much to myself. I say hello and wave to neighbors sometimes.

I'm a little like that, too.

I have a few friends that have my permission to deer hunt, and every once in a while one of them will start to talk about maybe bringing a friend to my place to camp, or just walk around.

These people just don't get it. I mean, I spend most of time ouside. My land is my 'living room', so to speak. I don't really want anybody looking over my shoulder, trying to talk to me, offering help I don't want, or 'advise' I didn't ask for and don't intend to take!

People seem to think that if they're far enough away from you that they have to shout to be heard they're not inside your space. Not true. I don't want to see you, or even know that you're hanging around on my land.

I dont want anyone on my land without my permission, but I dont care what they see me doing in my house. The bathroom, and bedrooms are not visable from the road so that isnt an issue.

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Although we are not visible from the road, folks often drive up to the house, so unless I lock the gate, I keep the curtains pulled as we aren't too fond of clothes at our house. It would drive me nuts to be where neighbors could watch me everytime I walked out my front door. It also would really upset me to have peeping toms, so I pull the curtains on the first floor. I'd like to think if I stumbled across a neighborhood where someone forgot to close their drapes, that I would have enough integrity to avert my eyes. What kind of person would knowingly invade the privacy of others?

Intresting topic. We are very close to the city but have 14 acres ...all wooded. No one can see us really. Honestly though If we did , I guess I would be a bit surprised , but there is really nothing to see... me or my wife naked...wow.. who cares. We also don't lock our doors except long vacations and nights. Most my friends know my doors are always open and if the need to borrow something go right in. I also don't post my land b/c I like hiking on others land occasianly ( if not posted ) so to not be a hyprocrite. Also I don't quite like the way a million posted signs look , just my opinion.
Peace

I never close my blinds. If my neighbor wants to look let her.

About the only problem I've had was a misguided jealous husband who would drive in my driveway in the middle of the night looking for his wife's car. She later told me that he had been in my house looking for evidence. That was a little creepy to hear. My dog must have been outside that day.