Last night my husband didn't get to use the golf club
We keep by the side of our bed for the noble purpose of defence.

Having been up with the little one teething from 2am to 3.15am, when i lifted my head at 4.30am and saw a figure outside my bedroom door (a mere foot from my baby's room) using a phone for torchlight, I first felt behind me to see if my husband is still in bed or whether it was him getting up for our little one (fuck knows why he'd need to use his phone for light when he knows the place, but it was 4am and i was very much half asleep). Having felt my husband's warm body in bed next to mine i quickly raised the alarm by repeatedly shouting (in a panicky sort of way) "There's someone in the house, there's someone in the house". The figure was immediately gone - so quickly i actually wondered if i had a bad dream. My husband in the meantime had flown out of bed, grabbed the club we keep next to it for this express purpose, and given chase roaring loudly down the corridor. Getting to the front door he heard noises outside and, not being aware i had actually *seen* someone inside, merely thought they were still trying to enter. By the time he spotted the open lounge sliding door and realised they had actually been inside, they had made their escape down the road.

Turns out they'd rifled through the neighbour's cars, our Nissan (presumably easier to jimmy the lock than our Mazda), stolen some jewellery, my computer wireless mouse and our internet wifi dongle thing (seriously, this takes stealing someone's internet to a whole new level). My husband's wallet, tablet, phone, bottles of liquor on the counter from the night before, and my work laptop was sitting untouched - i reckon we had interrupted them not a moment too soon. If I hadn't opened my eyes at the exact moment he was silhouetted in the doorway (an image burnt into my mind) i probably would have rolled back over and gone to sleep.

So yeah, a woeful tale of good sporting equipment going unused. My husband is still pissed off he wasn't able to use his 2 iron.
Don't know how much sleep i'll be getting tonight - we're having a security company come by for a quote on an alarm system tomorrow.
( Tiffany Aching 's bowl of oatmeal tried to stare her down and won, Sun 22 Apr 2012, 10:32, 9 replies)

A truly horrible experience
Hopefully it won't affect you too deeply. At least it sounds like the burglar was in more danger than you though :-)
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Sun 22 Apr 2012, 10:39, closed)

Ugh
This sent shivers down my spine and not in a good way. Hope you're all ok and that your husband doesn't have another opportunity to use the golf club!
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Sun 22 Apr 2012, 12:20, closed)

i'm so glad i've got fuck all worth stealing

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 22 Apr 2012, 13:12, closed)

so you didn't get a good look at his face then?
*whistles nonchalantly*
( da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Sun 22 Apr 2012, 13:36, closed)

It's not what he stole you need to worry about,
It's how many of your possesions he wiped his cock on, and how much of your food added some additional ingredients.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Sun 22 Apr 2012, 13:36, closed)

Hitting the turps early this morning?

(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 22 Apr 2012, 21:23, closed)

And busy
playing around with a new wireless mouse and wifi dongle by the sounds of it ! ;)
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 10:00, closed)

golf club?
pah, i sleep with an ak 47 under my pillow!

No but seriously, thats gotta be a pretty frightening experience, hope the little scrote who did it gets behind bars.
(D.I.pshit solved another case on, Sun 22 Apr 2012, 22:37, closed)

get a dog :)
Was my first thought. Even though my german shepherd is soft and fairly wimpy, he will bark at things coming near (or into) the house. He also looks mean. Cheaper and more reliable than an alarm (though considerably more work).
(tyrellsOwl, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 12:17, closed)