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Seems like it would have been super-easy for "Dad" to make copies of keys before installing the locks. 54 54points reply Zero Zero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago Yeah, that was my first thought. 2nd was that he needed a couple of hidden cameras in the common area in case the externals get knocked out & to let roomie know about them. 24 24points reply Load More Replies... Michal Mánert Michal Mánert Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago exactly .. i would replace those locks right away even if having the dad install them may have felt satysfying at the time 4 4points reply Mark Muirhead Mark Muirhead Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago Does anyone actually believe any of this happened? 23 23points reply Rens Rens Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago My ex-inlaws were like this, so I know people like this exist; it would not surprise me in the slightest if this was actually true. 18 18points reply Load More Replies... Thalia Lovering Thalia Lovering Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago I have an uncle who is worse than that. 5 5points reply Prestigous Cactus Prestigous Cactus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago Prepare for downvotes, but yeah this sounds incredibly fake 13 13points reply - - Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago I'm learning to be a bit skeptical, but play along and keep my comments general. I do it on the off chance that another reader finds themselves in a similar situation and wants validation or advice. 7 7points reply K. Anderson K. Anderson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 21 hours ago The police just waisting 2 hours for a civil matter is not real 0 0points reply Tamra Stiffler Tamra Stiffler Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago I do believe this kind of thing can happen, and maybe did, indeed, happen to OP, but I also got a sense of embellishment, as well. 0 0points reply K. Anderson K. Anderson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 21 hours ago The police part is what makes it sound unreal. Non of this sounds like how police would act- they have little patience & don’t see them sticking around for this entire show -1 -1point reply Tina Hugh Tina Hugh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago The dialog from the cops seemed unrealistic, but I’m clapping anyway 8 8points reply Grumble O'Pug Grumble O'Pug Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago Plus, cops sitting around while they do all this? Please. Cops barely care if you’ve been robbed and say “civil matter” if it looks like a dispute. 6 6points reply AndyR AndyR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago Which this clearly was. Even on a quiet day it'd be low priority. 4 4points reply Robert Thompson Robert Thompson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago I know how things are here in central California, but I don't know how things are in his home town. 2 2points reply Phil Vaive Phil Vaive Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago Yeah this whole thing seems entirely made up. The cops wouldn't just sit there watching after the OP decided not to press charges. 4 4points reply Naesil Naesil Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago I dont 100% trust any story written online, but I could see this happening in some small town if there is actually police force there, if they dont have anything to do anyway, at least this way they can say they were "working" :D 5 5points reply King Kashue King Kashue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Yup. Town gets small enough and everyone knows everyone, everyone is going to see each other at the grocery store and the bar and church, everyone's known everyone else their whole lives, etc. - dispute settlement gets very informal at times when that's the social dynamic, because the priority shifts to maintaining group function. 3 3points reply BorPand8 BorPand8 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago Seems like the cops would be really ticked off at OP for wasting their time 4 4points reply King Kashue King Kashue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago On the one hand, it sounds a bit out there. On the other hand, parents can be suuuuuuuuuuuper petty and weird about s**t, so I definitely think it's within the realm of possibility. I know people who I could see doing this sort of thing, and if it's a small town, the cops behavior isn't actually out there (a lot of s**t happens 'informally' when everyone's gonna see each other at the bar on Friday or at church on Sunday). 2 2points reply AndyR AndyR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago Are you kidding? The police always let random people tell them how to cases. I'm sure he does his own surgery too... 2 2points reply Jennifer Germain Jennifer Germain Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago Yes parents like this exist, parents who show up for dinner at a restaurant uninvited and expect a lavish dinner be paid for them. 1 1point reply Renegade Renegade Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 hours ago My ex-BIL cleaned out my nephew's bank account and ended up in jail when he got out. My nephew runs his own landscaping business and when BIL got out, nephew gave him a job and a couple of weeks later stole all his equipment and went back to jail. BIL is now out of jail again and is, again, working for nephew. 0 0points reply Kevin Kevin Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago I was buying it right up until the police let you question the parents and then hung around all day watching the ac reinstall/locks and mom clean up. 23 23points reply Jennifer Millner Jennifer Millner Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago Where I live, private citizens don't "press charges". If a crime has been committed, an arrest is made. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... Jeroen de Wijn Jeroen de Wijn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Yes, but you live in reality, not in the creative writing exercise power fantasy of the OP. -1 -1point reply Load More Comments POST Seanette Blaylock Seanette Blaylock Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago I wouldn't trust locks supplied by the parents. Seems like it would have been super-easy for "Dad" to make copies of keys before installing the locks. 54 54points reply Zero Zero Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago Yeah, that was my first thought. 2nd was that he needed a couple of hidden cameras in the common area in case the externals get knocked out & to let roomie know about them. 24 24points reply Load More Replies... Michal Mánert Michal Mánert Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago exactly .. i would replace those locks right away even if having the dad install them may have felt satysfying at the time 4 4points reply Mark Muirhead Mark Muirhead Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago Does anyone actually believe any of this happened? 23 23points reply Rens Rens Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago My ex-inlaws were like this, so I know people like this exist; it would not surprise me in the slightest if this was actually true. 18 18points reply Load More Replies... Thalia Lovering Thalia Lovering Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago I have an uncle who is worse than that. 5 5points reply Prestigous Cactus Prestigous Cactus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago Prepare for downvotes, but yeah this sounds incredibly fake 13 13points reply - - Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago I'm learning to be a bit skeptical, but play along and keep my comments general. I do it on the off chance that another reader finds themselves in a similar situation and wants validation or advice. 7 7points reply K. Anderson K. Anderson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 21 hours ago The police just waisting 2 hours for a civil matter is not real 0 0points reply Tamra Stiffler Tamra Stiffler Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago I do believe this kind of thing can happen, and maybe did, indeed, happen to OP, but I also got a sense of embellishment, as well. 0 0points reply K. Anderson K. Anderson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 21 hours ago The police part is what makes it sound unreal. Non of this sounds like how police would act- they have little patience & don’t see them sticking around for this entire show -1 -1point reply Tina Hugh Tina Hugh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago The dialog from the cops seemed unrealistic, but I’m clapping anyway 8 8points reply Grumble O'Pug Grumble O'Pug Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago Plus, cops sitting around while they do all this? Please. Cops barely care if you’ve been robbed and say “civil matter” if it looks like a dispute. 6 6points reply AndyR AndyR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago Which this clearly was. Even on a quiet day it'd be low priority. 4 4points reply Robert Thompson Robert Thompson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago I know how things are here in central California, but I don't know how things are in his home town. 2 2points reply Phil Vaive Phil Vaive Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago Yeah this whole thing seems entirely made up. The cops wouldn't just sit there watching after the OP decided not to press charges. 4 4points reply Naesil Naesil Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago I dont 100% trust any story written online, but I could see this happening in some small town if there is actually police force there, if they dont have anything to do anyway, at least this way they can say they were "working" :D 5 5points reply King Kashue King Kashue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 day ago Yup. Town gets small enough and everyone knows everyone, everyone is going to see each other at the grocery store and the bar and church, everyone's known everyone else their whole lives, etc. - dispute settlement gets very informal at times when that's the social dynamic, because the priority shifts to maintaining group function. 3 3points reply BorPand8 BorPand8 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago Seems like the cops would be really ticked off at OP for wasting their time 4 4points reply King Kashue King Kashue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago On the one hand, it sounds a bit out there. On the other hand, parents can be suuuuuuuuuuuper petty and weird about s**t, so I definitely think it's within the realm of possibility. I know people who I could see doing this sort of thing, and if it's a small town, the cops behavior isn't actually out there (a lot of s**t happens 'informally' when everyone's gonna see each other at the bar on Friday or at church on Sunday). 2 2points reply AndyR AndyR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago Are you kidding? The police always let random people tell them how to cases. I'm sure he does his own surgery too... 2 2points reply Jennifer Germain Jennifer Germain Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago Yes parents like this exist, parents who show up for dinner at a restaurant uninvited and expect a lavish dinner be paid for them. 1 1point reply Renegade Renegade Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 hours ago My ex-BIL cleaned out my nephew's bank account and ended up in jail when he got out. My nephew runs his own landscaping business and when BIL got out, nephew gave him a job and a couple of weeks later stole all his equipment and went back to jail. BIL is now out of jail again and is, again, working for nephew. 0 0points reply Kevin Kevin Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 days ago I was buying it right up until the police let you question the parents and then hung around all day watching the ac reinstall/locks and mom clean up. 23 23points reply Jennifer Millner Jennifer Millner Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 days ago Where I live, private citizens don't "press charges". If a crime has been committed, an arrest is made. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... 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