https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:54:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-280014 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:24:35 +0000 Rubies 280014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Getting locked out is one of my big fears :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-280013 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:24:20 +0000 Mrs. Pen 280013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hahaha oh no!!</p> <p>yes we did... multiple times. We were only given one set of house keys to our current place, and so we always had to think ahead to who would be coming home first. It happened many times we didn't think ahead or one of us thought we had the keys and didn't.</p> <p>Once I was babysitting like 10 blocks away, so hubs took the car to work and I was going to walk home... pregnant (probably 17 weeks I think??). As soon as I got home I realized that I didn't have the keys. I had to call DH at work... but he was busy so he couldn't come home for an hour... oops!! </p> <p>Another time, more recently, the battery on our garage door opener broke and so we were closing the door manually... as soon as I closed it DH says... "So, how are we going to get back in?"<br /> The keys were on the kitchen table.</p> <p>I had to call our property manager and thankfully he had a little extra time to swing by and unlock the place.</p> <p>We try to be more careful about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-280012 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:20:14 +0000 tequiero21 280012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes. twice. i went to the garage to play with my dog. i always leave the door to the house from the garage unlocked. well, my hubby kept locking it for some reason. twice i got locked out. grrrr. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279967 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:27:29 +0000 lollipop 279967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup..we left our only set of keys to the house at our friend's place. Upon landing, we texted her to say we got in ok and found out we left the keys there. Had to call a locksmith at 11:30pm on a sunday night and i was getting super nauseous from hunger pain (i was 8 wks pregnant at the time). We then installed a lock that can be open with keys or a combination number pad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279713 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:43:32 +0000 sorrycharlie 279713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>that's the worst. and possibly one of the benefits of living next door to my ILs..my MIL is always home and they have a key to our side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279679 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:32:41 +0000 chopsuey 279679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha not yet! I hope I never do..! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279663 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:20:45 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 279663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! But we have a keypad outside our garage door so we can open it from the outside in case that happens.... And it has saved me quite a few times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279659 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:13:21 +0000 spaniellove 279659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am the worst at remembering keys! It was fine when we lived in a high rise across the street from DH's office because there was always someone to let me in, but as soon as we moved to a house an hour away we got keypad locks! This has been such a lifesaver! I just have to punch in a code and never have to carry keys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279557 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 07:47:01 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 279557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing says Welcome Home quite like sitting outside your door for an hour! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279555 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 07:42:09 +0000 erwoo 279555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, did that once when I lived in a condo. Luckily I had security call a locksmith for me and $50 later I was back in my place. They stuck a long stick that opened the door from the outside. Hope you got back in real fast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279544 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:55:57 +0000 emcoco 279544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ah, I used to do that all the time! But I haven't in ages (searching for some wood to knock on.....)</p> <p>I used to always lock my keys in my car, too, when I was in high school. Never fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279542 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:44:27 +0000 Trailmix 279542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ Mrbee When I first moved to NYC from rural upstate, where we leave our car keys in ignition while going to the grocery store, I could NOT get used to having to remember my keys and locked myself out at least once a week! Once, I did it three times in ONE day!! Thank goodness our apt had a fire escape so I could buzz our neighbors and crawl up that way but yeeesh! I actually just walked out of the house on Fri without my keys and my husband had already left for work! Luckily our neighbors were home and hubby had left the apt door open for me for this exact reason! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279527 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 05:04:16 +0000 heffalump 279527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once I thought I locked myself out of my parents house so I went to all the neighbors who have keys, but my parents just changed the locks so they either didn't give the new key out yet or the neighbor wasn't home. So I sat outside very, very pregnant in the summer heat until my parents got back, which took a long time because nobody would answer their phone. Turned out I wasn't locked out, just wasn't turning my key far enough. I suck at opening doors.</p> <p>Glad you got back in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279521 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 03:35:30 +0000 mrbee 279521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@softcream: I feel your pain!</p> <p>Bee woke up after an hour luckily and read my plaintive emails! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279518 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:48:31 +0000 softcream 279518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep! did it for the very first time earlier this summer. i was about to bring our laundry down to the common laundry room, and went to grab my keys as our front door swung closed. no keys.</p> <p>i couldn't even do the laundry because i needed my keys to get into the laundry room too. instead, i left the laundry in the hallway and took a walk in the nearby park until my husband returned home. not a fun day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-locked-out-of-my-house#post-279517 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:14:03 +0000 mrbee 279517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charlie was jet lagged and awake, so I strollered him to sleep outside. Alas, I realized after I closes the door that my house keys are in the luggage, oops!</p> <p>Mrs Bee will let me in once Olive is asleep (I hope). Man I feel dumb.</p> <p>Ever lock yourself out of your own place? </p>