Do you lock your doors?

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Sundae

The first house I lived in, I regularly climbed in the large, deliberately unlocked front window rather than search out my keys.

In the house I grew up in, the small window over the kitchen sink had a broken lock that my parents never bothered to have repaired. It would have required a fair amount of gymnastics for an adult to climb through, but was no problem for a small child. I used it at least a dozen times when I'd forgotten my key. The hardest part was getting the screen back on after I'd come through the house, so my parents wouldn't know I'd done it.

[Nirvana]

It would have to be a hearty fellow that would walk thru 3-4 feet of snow 1/2 mile back to get in my house. Then they would have to not pee their pants when they heard the Belgians bark joined by the cattle dog and the Chihuahuas.

[Gravdigr]

Our doors are locked whenever we're asleep or gone. Always. Car/Jeep doors locked all the time, even in the driveway.

I wouldn't have a lock that required a key from inside. That's a good way to burn to death.

And besides, how embarrassing would it be to call the locksmith/cops/family member and have to say "Can you help me? I seem to have locked myself inside my house."