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By HELP - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, I moved into a new house. The landlord insists it's OK for her to come up whenever she wants because she owns the house. We aren't allowed to lock the doors and she has two 8-year-olds. They come into the bathroom every time they hear the shower running. We have a clear shower curtain. FML
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No. No it's not okay. If I'm not mistaken that's illegal for her to do.

luckyd880 12

Put a chair in front of the door. That will keep them out. It's not a lock...

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That's illegal. Period. And no, you shouldn't have to change your shower curtain. It's called privacy! If you're paying rent then you have a right to lock the door(s) in order to feel safe in your home. Tell this control freak that if she wants her rent money you must establish a few boundaries beginning with her brats.

Not allowed to lock the door? Have you a contract? It's not legal that situation

Start calling the police to report "unknown intruders" in the house when your landlord walks in unannounced for no reason. Be sure to tell the 911 operator how scared you are, and how you are hiding in your bedroom. Cops will show up guns drawn. As for brats walking in on your showers - pepper spray will solve that. Tell the cops you were in the shower, and the unknown intruders (you could not see - you were in the shower) scared you. Fearing for your safety, you pulled back the curtains and sprayed whoever was there. Practice your story a few times so you can tell it without laughing. The landlord will get the idea. Then look for a new place to live, once your lease is up rent will increase.

No matter WHAT's in the contract, the LAW's still the law, and you CANNOT put something ILLEGAL in a "contract" to "make" it "legal": it STILL and nevertheless IS illegal! It's her property, right, but she LEASED it to you: the right to USE this property - and YOU have the right to PRIVACY in your leased house/flat!

Wear a bathing suit in the shower! That'll show em.

Witch_E_Poo 14

All of you making comments about getting a new shower curtain are IDIOTS!!! The frigging shower curtain is NOT the problem here. The kids seeing her naked, and walking into her home is, it can get her into trouble as well as the landlord. This unstable woman has opened a whole can of trouble with these kids putting this person in this situation. Where talking molestation charges, for or against her! HOW CAN YOU IDIOTS NOT SEE THIS???

aleeshttylXD 9
201019tony89 0

I thank I would be moveing out ASAP

wanderingshopper 13