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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 318145" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkorchid">Thank you Star. difficult child is all set with a car charger, cell, etc. I have reminded difficult child to always check her back seat and surroundings before going out to her car or getting in it. She drives a poopy-box, so she has to manually lock all the doors, etc., and I know she often doesn't bother, but I will remind her again to step up the precautions of doing so. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkorchid">About my house: We're under construction and there are probably multiple ways for someone to get inside without our knowledge - something I have nagged H about endlessly. For instance, I would love a couple of deadbolts on the front and back doors. I would also like to have our basement door have a lock as well (the one that leads upstairs from the garage). If someone crawls in through a garage window, they can just waltz right into our basement and up the stairs. There IS a lock on the door at the top of the stairs, but that can easily be kicked open *plus the key is hanging right there on the wall...laughable security at our little house in the mountains. Also, the garage door opener is a mere doorbell. It has no special code or anything - just push the button and voila! the door opens. So, yeah, we have some prep work ahead of us and I aim to get it all in place asap. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkorchid">Seriously, my gut is telling me that this guy is not going to come anywhere near us or difficult child, but we do have to be careful and feel safe. difficult child is home alone enough that it concerns me. And, like it's been said, he will likely be stupid enough to land himself in jail. However, he had been operating as a predator on line for 10 years before difficult child came along...the detective on her case said the creep was very good at keeping a low profile, so who knows how long he will be out before he screws it up again. And in the interim, I hope he stays away from us. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkorchid">I just hung up with a marital arts place nearby that offers women's self defense classes every once in a while and they are going to call me back with the next offering. I will sign all of us for that. It's only a $10 donation each; I can swing that. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkorchid">Thankfully, difficult child is rarely alone outside of the house. She's almost always with her guy friends or at her boyfriend's house. And the only other place she's somewhat secluded and alone is at work on Saturdays. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: darkorchid">I was thinking of calling the detective who worked on this case for us - he was the one who recently contacted me to sit in on a town meeting concerning our police station. I was thinking of asking him if the police offers any self defense classes or if there was anything in particular we should watch out for, etc. What do you think?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 318145, member: 2211"] [SIZE=4][COLOR=darkorchid]Thank you Star. difficult child is all set with a car charger, cell, etc. I have reminded difficult child to always check her back seat and surroundings before going out to her car or getting in it. She drives a poopy-box, so she has to manually lock all the doors, etc., and I know she often doesn't bother, but I will remind her again to step up the precautions of doing so. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=darkorchid]About my house: We're under construction and there are probably multiple ways for someone to get inside without our knowledge - something I have nagged H about endlessly. For instance, I would love a couple of deadbolts on the front and back doors. I would also like to have our basement door have a lock as well (the one that leads upstairs from the garage). If someone crawls in through a garage window, they can just waltz right into our basement and up the stairs. There IS a lock on the door at the top of the stairs, but that can easily be kicked open *plus the key is hanging right there on the wall...laughable security at our little house in the mountains. Also, the garage door opener is a mere doorbell. It has no special code or anything - just push the button and voila! the door opens. So, yeah, we have some prep work ahead of us and I aim to get it all in place asap. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=darkorchid]Seriously, my gut is telling me that this guy is not going to come anywhere near us or difficult child, but we do have to be careful and feel safe. difficult child is home alone enough that it concerns me. And, like it's been said, he will likely be stupid enough to land himself in jail. However, he had been operating as a predator on line for 10 years before difficult child came along...the detective on her case said the creep was very good at keeping a low profile, so who knows how long he will be out before he screws it up again. And in the interim, I hope he stays away from us. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=darkorchid]I just hung up with a marital arts place nearby that offers women's self defense classes every once in a while and they are going to call me back with the next offering. I will sign all of us for that. It's only a $10 donation each; I can swing that. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=darkorchid]Thankfully, difficult child is rarely alone outside of the house. She's almost always with her guy friends or at her boyfriend's house. And the only other place she's somewhat secluded and alone is at work on Saturdays. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=darkorchid]I was thinking of calling the detective who worked on this case for us - he was the one who recently contacted me to sit in on a town meeting concerning our police station. I was thinking of asking him if the police offers any self defense classes or if there was anything in particular we should watch out for, etc. What do you think?[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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