By Anonymous - 16/11/2009 20:10 - United States

Today, my husband and I put our 9 month old twins to bed and went outside to enjoy a very rare few minutes with each other, a couple of beers, with a baby monitor. He shut the sliding glass door, and I watched the bar that locks it accidentally slide into locked position. All the other doors were locked. FML
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pollychrome 0

The rest of the story: I had my cellphone on me (I always do). I called a friend who lived close by who keeps a set of keys for us. She drove over while we sat in the garage (the car trunk was unlocked and I crawled through to get to the inside of the car, and I could get access to the garage door opener, but my husband had locked the inner door to the house - which is why I tried the garage door in the first place) waiting and listening to the monitor. I had grabbed a beer for solidarity, but wasn't really drinking it. I honestly don't like to drink very much since having the kids (obviously didn't drink while pregnant, either), but my husband is awesome and deserved some time off. So I grabbed beers for both of us so he would have one. Usually he just finishes my beer or it ends up getting poured out. The friend got there rather quickly (about 15 minutes) while my husband sat, drank his beer and wondered aloud which of his power tools he would use to cut through the garage wall into the house if the kids started crying (they never woke up). We got in, we laughed. I carry my keys in my pocket at all times now, and my husband doesn't think I'm weird for always having my cellphone on me anymore. It wasn't a crisis, but it sure did freak us out. We're pretty attentive parents, and these are the only kids we're ever going to have (I got my tubes tied after delivery - we figured that two kids would be one for each of us, 0 growth population and really all the kids we could ever take care of anyway), so sometimes the whole first parent thing can make one kind of dumb. Sleep is in short supply, but the kids are worth it.

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alwaysalady 0

My son thought he'd be cute and lock the car doors from the inside while I was pumping gas. Which would have been OK but I had set the keys on the dash. I was hysterical, I mean, it was July, and hot as hell. By the time the cops got there and let him out I was sure he was going to die from heat exposure. (He didn't, but I know how you feel.)

fieldhockyluva24 4

just cause it's happened or will happen to someone else doesn't mean it's not an FML

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TedFreakingBundy 0
comingupnext 1

Too all those who are saying things along the lines of 'how can you write this if you're trapped outside?!?!?!', maybe you should re-read the post and notice the past tense, which tells you this is something that has happened; i.e. not something that's happening right this second. Personally, I imagine this would have sucked if only for the instant of terror when it happened. To OP; glad to hear your friend was able to get there with the spare keys so quickly! :)

DllnBro 0

ur full of shit. sliding doors don't lock by themsleves when they close. not even accidentily. it just doesn't happen.

Selsa_Squirrel 0

They do if it's a burglar bar. A long extendable pole that stops the door form sliding open. they likely had it slanted against the door, and when it shut, it fell and locked in place. No certain, but possible.

i didnt know it was called a burglar bar, but we have one! Our youngest cat can somehow open the sliding glass door by hooking her paws in it so we always have the bar set against the door, if close it the bar slides down and automatically wedges the door shut, so you cant open it even if the lock isn't engaged.

u assholes what kinda people leave there kids in the house alone to go drinking! u should be ashamed.

courtzzz23 17

omg people without kids will always place judgement. ignore these people op. accidents happen, I've been there too. doesn't mean you aren't an awesome parent

MomofTwins 19

As a mom of 9 month old twins, I completely empathize! They're my first - and only - pregnancy too.. And I hate to admit all the stupid things I've done to them because I didn't know any better 😅... That's how you learn I guess!