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Last year me and my wife had a Halloween party. We invited our close friends and a few family members. As well as some co-workers from my wife's work (a very upscale dental office) all the employees there are awesome folks. Needless to say last minute we received a request from one of her coworkers if she could have a few friends stop by, being the nice people we are we gladly gave in. When they arrived it was an instant red flag. They did not belong there. Very shady, thugs what was her coworker thinking. All night they were scoping out the place asking question about my job and where I worked saying "I'm looking for a job, what hours do you work there" I'm not a moron I knew I had the following Tuesday off and worked Monday so I said Tuesday, Thursdays and Fridays.

Tuesday comes around and it's around 10 am I'm on the laptop no tv, no stereo and I hear a car pull up I look outside and see a car with flashy rims custom paint and two black males get out they're looking around and walk up to the door. I freaked out went upstairs and barricade my door and wait. I hear them knock and ring the doorbell I stay quiet with 911 ready to send on my cell phone. About 5 minutes later the car is still there and I don't see the guys. I hear a pop noise I call 911 and make a loud bang noise to interfere wi th them hoping to scare them off I give 911 the info and situation to the officer that I'm transfered too. "On the way" I yell get out of my house the police are on the way they bolt. I come down stairs my window is busted and opened with dirt on the carpet I stay inside and wait when the cops arrive they examine the window and outside. They find a magazine.. to a bb gun, a parent lyrics they had used it to break the window by shooting it out. I was unarmed and it woke me up now I have 3 guns and in the process of getting my chl. Never will I or my family be a victim.
I would have shot to stop the threat if I was armed. A bb gun looks real to me especially in pistol format.
I share this story because Halloween is coming up and ppl can wear costumes to hide their identity. Please know who you are inviting and who is there even under a mask. Be safe

Welcome to the forums. Glad that it was something relatively minor that served as your wake-up call.

This is why I don't do parties at the house. Very rarely will we ever have someone over we don't know very well.

Does your wife's coworker still work there? What did she have to say about the incident?

C-dub wrote:Does your wife's coworker still work there? What did she have to say about the incident?

She denied any involvement or knowing who the intruders were

jmra wrote:This is why I don't do parties at the house. Very rarely will we ever have someone over we don't know very well.

In fact, they don't get in the door.

Oldgringo wrote:

jmra wrote:This is why I don't do parties at the house. Very rarely will we ever have someone over we don't know very well.

In fact, they don't get in the door.

I apologize I haven't always been paranoid enough to not throw a Halloween party. Everyone has a breaking/learning point this was mine. That's why it's in the "never again" section entitled "lesson learned" I'm sure not all the people on this forum are afraid to throw a party this is just what happened to me and my .02 and if it helps just one person than it did it's intended purpose.

premedit8ed wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:

jmra wrote:This is why I don't do parties at the house. Very rarely will we ever have someone over we don't know very well.

In fact, they don't get in the door.

I apologize I haven't always been paranoid enough to not throw a Halloween party. Everyone has a breaking/learning point this was mine. That's why it's in the "never again" section entitled "lesson learned" I'm sure not all the people on this forum are afraid to throw a party this is just what happened to me and my .02 and if it helps just one person than it did it's intended purpose.

premedit8ed wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:

jmra wrote:This is why I don't do parties at the house. Very rarely will we ever have someone over we don't know very well.

In fact, they don't get in the door.

I apologize I haven't always been paranoid enough to not throw a Halloween party. Everyone has a breaking/learning point this was mine. That's why it's in the "never again" section entitled "lesson learned" I'm sure not all the people on this forum are afraid to throw a party this is just what happened to me and my .02 and if it helps just one person than it did it's intended purpose.

I wasn't being judgmental at all, I hope you didn't take it that way. I was simply stating that if I were to throw a party for people I didn't know intimately, the party would not be at my house. You're not the only one who has been burned. We all have learned lessons the hard way.

I see no problem in being judgmental. A persons judgment is based on their experiences, which are so often overlooked in the face of all the PC taking place in our current society.

Lets be sure we don't say or do anything that may be taken in the wrong way by someone looking for a reason to take offense at almost everything.

One of the valuable takeaways from your experience is your "spidey sense". You clearly knew they were dangerous and took steps to ensure that they wouldn't be robbing you. That "spidey sense" will serve you well in the future, should you ever be in the presence of danger again. You are to be commended for listening to it and not brushing it off as paranoia. Well done.

StewNTexas wrote:I see no problem in being judgmental. A persons judgment is based on their experiences, which are so often overlooked in the face of all the PC taking place in our current society.

Lets be sure we don't say or do anything that may be taken in the wrong way by someone looking for a reason to take offense at almost everything.

I completely agree with you, I take nothing as offensive I was just stating my pov. We're all here for the same reason our second ammendment and chl rights/privileges and to not be victims.
Cheers

One of the valuable takeaways from your experience is your "spidey sense". You clearly knew they were dangerous and took steps to ensure that they wouldn't be robbing you. That "spidey sense" will serve you well in the future, should you ever be in the presence of danger again. You are to be commended for listening to it and not brushing it off as paranoia. Well done.

premedit8ed wrote:

C-dub wrote:Does your wife's coworker still work there? What did she have to say about the incident?

She denied any involvement or knowing who the intruders were

Let me see if I understand this correctly:

She asked if she could invite some additional friends.

The friends she invited never showed up.

Some random thugs that neither of you invited just happened to be cruising in the neighborhood and decided to crash the party.

Uh - huh.

Take warning - she self identified as a woman with a social circle that includes thug burglars and is unworthy of your trust.

She may have set this up to be in line for a "commission" if the burglary had gone through.

Don't be surprised if she turns out to have substance abuse issues.

Excaliber wrote:

premedit8ed wrote:

C-dub wrote:Does your wife's coworker still work there? What did she have to say about the incident?

She denied any involvement or knowing who the intruders were

Let me see if I understand this correctly:

She asked if she could invite some additional friends.

The friends she invited never showed up.

Some random thugs that neither of you invited just happened to be cruising in the neighborhood and decided to crash the party.

Uh - huh.

Take warning - she self identified as a woman with a social circle that includes thug burglars and is unworthy of your trust.

She may have set this up to be in line for a "commission" if the burglary had gone through.

Don't be surprised if she turns out to have substance abuse issues.

No they showed up, I'm just certain the people that attempted to rob us were "associated" with the friends she invited