There are Two Types of People...

Freeze and listen.... hear nothing, get curious, then go check it out.

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Freeze, try to pretend like I am dead, I get really hot under the blanket and I am trying not to breath and then I finally get up and see what it is

Roll on the other side and keep sleeping. I live in an apartment building located on a major street. If I got bothered by every strange noise I hear, I wouldn't be getting any sleep at all.

I usually just think "the hell with it" and go back to sleep.

Freeze and listen. If it's not normal noise I make hubs check it out. If hubs is not home, grab the gun and go into the nursery where my 2 sons sleep, barricade the door, then call the police. If intruder is in the hall, announce that I am armed and if need be, shoot.

I'm not Rambo and I have 2 kids whose safety has to be priority #1.

I freeze, try to wake my husband, sit up, try to wake my husband, listen, try to wake my husband, actually get him up, he goes to check, comes back and lays down, I ask are you sure ten times, get up and go check again, check my knives, make sure my kids are fine, go to the bathroom and head back into bed!

I'll freeze for a minute and pray I didn't really hear anything- If I hear it again I get up. I have a kid and I'm always terrified an intruder would come in the house and take her. I know- I have anxiety issues... so sue me! Ha! I've never taken karate before, but you could bet I would kick someone's @ss if they were to break in and I'm there. I work off of adrenaline.

I usually freeze, listen, and if I hear it again...... THEN i'm going for the gun and going to check it out.... :noway:

Which one are you?

When you hear a noise outside late at night, do you:

Freeze and be quiet. Maybe pull the covers over your head, and hold your breath?

Get up and check it out?

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Which one are you?

When you hear a noise outside late at night, do you:

Freeze and be quiet. Maybe pull the covers over your head, and hold your breath?

Get up and check it out?

I grab my big-*kitten* knife and go check it out - I have a 7yo to protect.

Depends on the noise.

If it's the sound of a bottle opening, I will investigate.

If it's the sound of a knife stabbing into flesh amidst a cacophony of pain-addled shrieks, I'll probably stay put.

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I get up grab my mini Drako AK47 with the 30 round clip and go looking for something to shoot. If it is somewhere else, I grab my Remmington shotgun with 00 buckshot, with a round already racked in for good measure and go looking for something to shoot. BTW the sound of a shotgun getting racked is a sound that will instill fear into most men and women, however, I would rather not give my position away. I would rather them if they are there to just see the flash and hear the boom before they go to meet their maker. Just saying.

Translation = I have a small penis.

Depends on the noise.

If it's the sound of a bottle opening, I will investigate.

If it's the sound of a knife stabbing into flesh amidst a cacophony of pain-addled shrieks, I'll probably stay put.

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Wrong choice - if they're distracted by stabbing someone else, you can get the drop on them. If you wait, they'll get around to you eventually.

Let Apollo (my 110 pound german shepherd) out to check it out while I hide

My 1yo german shepard Azula is only 90 pounds, but she makes up for it in spirit! I'd take the lead, but I know she'd have my back.

My dogs know when there are rabbits in the back yard, so I know they'd hear an intruder. Whether they barked or not, if I heard something, I'd definitely sneak around the house and try to figure it out myself. One of my fosters was barking her head off at 2 am. I got up to see what she was barking at and heard something run across the cellar door that's at the back of the house. I never saw anything, and everything was locked, so I didn't call the police. Found out weeks later it was a friend of my 13 yr old trying to see if she could come out! 2 am? REALLY?!