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By: rhiannon

rhiannon — Wed, 04 May 2011 02:24:25 +0000

oh god. that’s so awful, but in the funniest way possible.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 03 May 2011 22:43:33 +0000

your story is hilarious!
A few weeks after we moved into our new house, I went to the movies with some girlfriends. My husband called several times during the movie but I didn’t know…turns out- he had locked himself out of the house and it was POURING rain. He also works from home so he had to get back to his computer….so he proceeded to break the small back window, step on our outdoor table, and climb through it back into the house. His explanation was that we wanted to replace that window anyways….

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:52:10 +0000

Love it – and yes, I do read the words on your blog

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 03 May 2011 20:03:38 +0000

This is hilarious. I literally copied the entire comment so I wouldn’t forget to read it to Jeremy!
xo – kb

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:51:07 +0000

My husband and I got locked out of our new house on our wedding night. He apparently had so much fun at the wedding that he forgot that he had left his keys in his brother’s car. His sister, who had given us a ride home, let us crash at her house since we wouldn’t be able to meet up with their brother until the next morning. We spent our fist night as husband & wife with him sleeping on his niece’s Hannah Montana themed bed and me on the couch. Most romantic wedding night ever.

Hubby didn’t learn his lesson though. He managed to misplace the house key again the day we got back from our honeymoon. I started unpacking our huge suitcases from our 21 day trip on the front lawn while he attempted to break in through one of the back sliding glass doors. I managed to find the key in a tiny random pocket of his suitcase before the locksmith got there.

I am forevermore in charge of the house key now.

P.S. You look great in that picture. I’m 35 weeks pregnant with my first (a boy!) and I wish I still looked that cute. I can’t imagine what a pregasaurus I’m going to be by the time this kid decides to make his debut.

By: valerie J.

valerie J. — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:59:40 +0000

I locked myself and the 2 small children I was babysitting out of the house for 2 1/2 hours in July when I was 13. Luckily our house was right next door so we spent some of that time at my house with my mom. I sat and worried that they would never have me babysit ever again. They were nice about it and had me back to babysit countless times after that, but wow, was I paranoid about having a key on me when we went outside to play.

You look alot like I did the day I went into labor (5 days past my due date). I did 38hrs of labor then a C-section along with a number of other horrors. Anyhoo, you may already know this, but the support/education group ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network) has been a really great resource for me. Look up a group in your area if you’re interested in a VBAC for your next munchkin.

By: Cait @ Hernando House

Cait @ Hernando House — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:19:24 +0000

OMG KB, I had almost forgotten your lock-out story! Hopefully now looking back you can laugh about it!

And also: I love door hardware! That probably makes me weird, like my love for plumbing fixtures.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:44:58 +0000

My neighbor went outside to show her MIL something while her 3 month old baby slept inside. Her MIL somehow locked the garge door and they were locked out. We had a key to her house but we were out of town. When she got ahold of us, she had to go to another neighbors house to get the key to our house and then rummage through our junk drawer to find the key to her house. She was hysterical the entire time. When she finally got back in – the baby had never even woke.

By: linds

linds — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:40:11 +0000

LOL! I was going to leave a comment yesterday recommending kwikset’s keyless entry http://www.kwikset.com/smartsecurity/electronic-locks/electronic-deadbolt.aspx

We got one of these bc the hubby loves hi-tech stuff and so my 14 year old step-son couldn’t lose a key. Its really convenient!

And when the batteries are running low, it alerts you with these weird beeps

By: Katy

Katy — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:20:31 +0000

We have a sliding glass door to the back patio, and my husband was working outside (I was at work, 20 miles away).

One of our evil cats stepped on the lock that’s in the floor tray of the door, and locked him out. Then sat at the glass and watched my husband try and get back in.

Of course, I had to drive home and help him back in (we didn’t have a spare key hidden at the time) but not before I took some blackmail pictures of him for my blog.

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:52:00 +0000

I love it! So funny!
I have one where i was letting my dogs out in the backyard. Went outside with them for a few minutes and shut the slidding door behind me, not a big deal since you can’t “prelock” a sliding door, right? Wrong… the bar that you put between the sliding part to double lock the door slid down and locked us out.
It was cold AND started to rain. OH AND I didn’t have on any shoes. So I went to my neighbors (at 6 in the morning), used her phone to call the hubs, who called my mother-in-law, since she has a key to leave work and come and save me!
Luckily at the time I was terrible at locking my car doors so they it was open, so I carried my mutt and lab (b/c they would run if i didn’t carry them) around to the front to shiver in the car together until we were saved.

Not as good as your “birth” story… but still not fun!

By: Lori and Ethne at wom-mom.com

Lori and Ethne at wom-mom.com — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:32:41 +0000

OMG! I can about imagine what the neighbors and the police department were thinking.

Everything must have worked out though!

Lori
http://www.wom-mom.com

By: Sarah @ The Ugly Duckling House

Sarah @ The Ugly Duckling House — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:09:23 +0000

Small world – I told a lock-out story this week too. I hate that dreaded did-I-seriously-just-lock-myself-out feeling! At least you can look back on it and laugh, even when it is SO not funny when it all goes down. Glad to know I’m not the only one.

http://www.uglyducklinghouse.com/2011/05/locked-out-aka-why-front-door-is-now.html

By: Kristen @ Popcorn on the Stove

Kristen @ Popcorn on the Stove — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:55:48 +0000

This is such a funny story! Luckily, everything ended well.

My family has always given a spare key in a sealed envelope to one of our neighbors (and they would give us one as well). This way, if anyone got locked out, we could go grab a spare key. It’s a little safer than hiding it under a rock or planter!

By: sarah

sarah — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:53:10 +0000

Pretty sure you just beat every other lockout story out there with the Mother of All Lockout Stories. Yes, pun intentional, sorry, can’t help it.