Dropping by your parents house

[tennisgal]

If you just dropped by your parents house, unannounced, would you ring the doorbell or just walk in/use your key?

[teamhayes]

Walk in my moms ring at my dads
But this is all moot since they would always know in coming since I'm an hour away

[sacattack]

Walk in without a doubt. Most of my family I would just walk in.

[sandj82110]

I would just walk right in, if the door was locked I'd enter the code to unlock it. Of course the probability of me just stopping by unannounced from here is pretty much zero.

[kkfeb04]

We don't live near our parents but we always knock. We can't bitch to them about not knocking at our house if we just waltz in theirs.

I just find it common courtesy to knock on places you don't live.

[Deleted]

Knock/ring doorbell. I'm be umm not happy if they stopped by when I didn't know they were coming and just came right in.

[kkfeb04]

Aug 30, 2017 14:22:32 GMT -5 @lindy said:

Knock/ring doorbell. I'm be umm not happy if they stopped by when I didn't know they were coming and just came right in.

My mom just comes right in unannounced. I may have yelled at her that she knows she's coming here since it takes 1.5 hours. Now we just constantly have locked doors. Especially if we know she's coming.

[ktstorm]

I ring or knock as I'm opening the door. I don't wait for an answer, but I do try to do something. Unless we're there for the weekend, then I walk in.

[racheliz]

Walk in/use key.

[fusion]

Ring/knock. It's always locked? I do have a key but wouldn't think to just walk in.

[sandj82110]

Hmm, does it make a difference that the only time I'd ever be at their house is when I'm staying there? Though I grew up with family coming and going all the time, you'd knock the same time you're opening the door and call out hello at the same time so not knocking for close family is normal to me.

[The Foozzler]

Well, my parents would have no problem if I used the code to open the garage and just walk in.

But I would always call first, even if it is just to say that I am in the area and stopping by, which happens sometimes. My parents are about 25 min away and I still have friends, doctors, and other reasons to be near them. Recently I was passing very close and I had to pee really badly. I called my mom and gave her a heads up that I was around the corner and I would be running in to use the bathroom.

[imimahoney]

Hm... dh would call first probably. If no one was home and we needed to get in, wr have a key.

[blane12]

I always call first, but I have a key. Most of the time, if I know they're there, I make the boys ring the doorbell because they get a kick out of it. If the boys aren't with me, and I've already called, I just walk in. I also feed their horses and dog whenever they travel. They are the only ones I do that with though. I wouldn't imagine walking into my in laws without knocking.

[midnightmare81]

We live like 6 hours away so we cant really just drop by. But if they didn't know I was coming I would definitely give them a heads up before hand via call or text. With my ILs and my mom I would just walk in when I actually got there. My dads house is always locked so I have to ring the bell.

I would be pissed if someone just waltzed in unannounced to my home no matter who they are. So I give the same respect back. If nothing else, I'm afraid to walk in on "something" I really won't wanna know about!

[laurack]

well they live in a different country so we can't just drop by, but if I lived there we'd have a key and just come in without knocking that's what everyone in my family does.

for MILs I mean we never drop by unexpectedly or she doesn't drop by us without a plan, we generally know she's coming/or she knows we are so we don't knock but it's not unexpected or anything.

[lauranicole91]

I have an amazing relationship with my parents. I see them weekly, talk multiple times a week, etc. That being said, I don't show up unannounced EVER. So I just can't even imagine the scenario.
I walk in on planned visits though. And unlock with the key if it's locked.