BrokenRomantic

Did you read the initial post? They were camping. The car they were packing the day before was gone. The house was dark, the driveway was dark... I wasn't peeking in the windows or trying the doors. I'm done here... this has gotten out of hand. I was trying to share my lesson, but instead I'm getting attacked by a bunch of internet strangers.

I know. I knew they weren't home, and I honestly wasn't thinking clearly. It was stupid, 90 second mistake. Thank you. I have done that and it's helped immensely - it's funny how getting back into playing in instrument completely blocks out every other thought!

Thank you. This is helpful, I appreciate it.

Do you think I'm not aware of that? And clearly you've never made a mistake before in your life - other than to say someone admitting they're human as a "lame excuse." It's not - an excuse is someone trying to absolve themselves of their actions by making something up or passing the blame onto something/someone else. I didn't do that. I regret my error and take responsibility for it.

"Hopefully they get a restraining order against you"? That's a cruel thing to say to someone. I literally haven't talked to him in 2 years. It was a stupid, silly mistake and I owned up to it - because I'm human. You telling me I should be arrested is unnecessarily harsh and uncalled for.

I hate for this to be my first topic, but I feel like SUCH an idiot right now... Long story short, I dated a guy a couple of years ago. Even though we connected really well, we clearly weren't meant to be, because he broke it off after a short while. Unfortunately, he seems to be the one I can't quite get out of my head. (Yes, I'm in therapy and have worked on this!) I've dated other guys and been in other relationships, but he sticks out. He moved to another city earlier this year, and I was somewhat relieved... until I saw his new GF's instagram. (That app is the devil.) They got serious really fast, which hurt like hell as I felt like he never gave me a chance in the first place. I'm in his city for a week for work, and I knew his address - don't ask - so the other day I drove by because I was curious if the GF was living with him after 3 months of them dating. I casually walked by (his house is up on a hill so it's hard to see people on the street - I figured my cover was safe) and saw they were packing up for a camping trip. [Side note: her voice is so shrill and off-putting/annoying that I thought, "He LIKES this? Yikes."] Last night, I was driving back to my hotel and the route took me right past his house again. I thought, "I need more ammo to dislike this girl. I hope her car is a mess and she's a bad driver!" (Rationale is not one of my strong suits. 🙄) I parked on the street, walked up the dark driveway and went over to her car in the carport. I didn't touch it, didn't do anything, just literally walked around the car, marvelled at the huge scrape on the back bumper, and out of the carport. I stopped by the front gate for 2 seconds and process what I'd just seen, and heard a voice: "Stop snooping around my house!" Oh my god. He clearly has a Nest or other security cam set up. I'm an idiot. I froze in place, turned and saw the speaker mounted by the floodlight, then ducked into the bushes and scrambled down the driveway. I then drove home in a panic. Did he see my face? It's 2 years, did he recognize me? Not to worry - the Instagram-obsessed girlfriend POSTED THE VIDEO on her stories. 😲 The security cam footage she showed was from inside the carport, so the night vision distorted it a bit, but it showed exactly what I had done - walked around and then looked at the rear bumper. Caption was something along the lines of, "This random person just tried to break in. They were looking for a key on my tires! #crimestoppers." I'm just PRAYING that any other cameras made it hard to see my face, or that he doesn't recognize my face in the video she posted. I am SUCH a crazy psycho ex-gf: I trespassed on my ex's property, got accused by her of trying to break in on social media, and now I'm sitting here banging my head against the desk for doing something so dumb. All because I just wanted one more piece of ammo to use against her to make me not like her, only to have it backfire and put me in danger of being doxxed. 🙄 Please, let this be a warning. Trying to find ways to hate on the new GF by judging her by the state of her car - not recommended.