Why do some people look in other peoples windows?
By jugsjugs
@jugsjugs (12967)
August 5, 2010 7:21am CST
Why is it that when people walk past other peoples houses they seem to look in other peoples windows as they are going past.I have a man that is forever looking in my windows as he drives and walks past the house,this makes me feel so uncomfortable.I now keep my downstairs blinds closed as that way perhaps he will get out of the habit of looking.
16 people like this
73 responses
@parrot2010 (812)
•
5 Aug 10
Sometimes I may look out of curiosity but once I've had my peep that's about it, I won't constantly peep every time I go past as I've already seen what I have to see. I guess I'm curious to see how other people's homes look and how they've designed it.
The man you're talking about seems like a real creep though, if I were you I would use some curtains, also you are showing off to burglars/robbers so be careful if you have anything expensive in your house, use curtains.
1 person likes this
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
I am getting soo fed up with all the people that look in my window,but this one man is a bit worrying as he looks up at my childrens bedrooms aswell as watch all the young teenages.I think even though he has his own children,house and wife he is very creepy.He has also been known to text people asking them to meet up with him.
@parrot2010 (812)
•
5 Aug 10
Well then he is just a freak and you'll have to take some measurements to prevent him or even anyone looking into your house. What a creep lol!
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
5 Aug 10
I think it is just a sense of curiosity. A car pulls up beside you. You just can't help but look to see who it is. It is just human nature.1 person likes this
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
I do not bother looking at cars that pull up, aswell as never have looked into peoples windows or look at peoples friends and watch them.If this man has already seen inside my house a few times aswell as looking at my children in their rooms,why is it that he keeps on looking.
1 person likes this
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
5 Aug 10
HAvent noticed anyone doing that for they can see in any how I have those kind of screens that dont let the person outside look in and we close blinds after dark any how we set outside alot too So if they look guess they are looking at us lolololol
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
I know that there are alot of people that do take a quick glance aswell as thyere are people that kep trying to look.There is one man that seems to constantly looks into my house even when he is driving past,he seems to have his eyes on my house rather than the road.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
13 Aug 10
I love to look at houses and gardens and sure if it's night time and the lights are on and the house is wide open then that to me is an invitation to look.
I don't stare and if there are people there I don't look but I'm just being curious. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
In my own home, I close my curtains at night because I don't like people looking in...that's my privacy. If I didn't care about my privacy I would leave everything open.
@moondancer (7433)
• United States
5 Aug 10
wow, that seems to me to be a bit scary. He seems to be the only one that does that. I would be a bit worried about that. I hope you shutting the shades does make him stop.
He must like what he sees, you. I hope he don't start bothering you.
Good luck with that and call the police if you have to. He is not suppose to be doing that. It is against the law to be looking in peoples windows.
@moondancer (7433)
• United States
5 Aug 10
Oh hun, that is really not cool. This man is a pervert. I'd get his tag number and name or anything you can find out about him. Do you have a video camera that you can sit in your window or in the childrens window? I hope you do and then set it up and keep it there. Let your blinds be as you normally keep them or almost shut all the way but not quite. Then let him do this and be caught on tape.
The video cameras are so cheap these days and also you might be able to just borrow one from someone you know for a couple of weeks.
Get him watching your windows like that and then press charges against him.
Call the police out and tell them the problem you have been having and for how long it's been going on. That you got it on tape recently because you wanted proof.
He can not disprove it when he is on tape. It won't be his word against yours.
You will have proof.
I would find a way to do this and get him for it before he does something that he should not that goes further than just looking.
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
This man has also sent texts to a friend of mine,that helps at a club that his children use to go to.The texts that she received were very sick ones,like he has been watching her and he wants to see her,spend time with her it gets worse than thst.She is now paranoid that he is watching her when she is at mine all the time,he is married also he has children.
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
There are people that take a quick glance and then there is this one man that seems to look,look and then keep looking.I know that he is a married man aswell as that he has children,so why is he soo interested about what i am doing,or what my children are doing as he also looks in their bedroom windows.
@quita88 (3715)
• United States
6 Aug 10
On a serious note, report him to the police. He could be a rapist, a child molester or a murderer.
I wouldn't let this go unnoticed by the authorities. He's got nothing but bad on his mind and if he's in jail he won't ever bother you or any one else again.
Go call the police and get him stopped from window peeking.
@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
5 Aug 10
I do not know why honestly, because I do the same sometimes when the place is new to me. I do not typically look at my neighbors window as I hate them and I do not care on them. However i believe that is really uncomfortable if someone keeps on peeping at your window and you have no idea why they are doing it. You do not know that maybe these people is observing you everyday or your house. Maybe some people who looks at other's windows are curious.
@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
6 Aug 10
That's becoming dangerous jugs, why is he doing that? can you talk to him once you see him looking at your window? this has to stop as it is bothering inside you now.
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
There is nothing for this man to be looking at,as i am sure all he will see is my tv on aswell as walls.It just makes me feel so uncomfortable.He do not just glance he actually stands there for ages and looks at all my windows in my house.He also drives slowly past looking at my house rather than the road that he is driving on.
@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
5 Aug 10
I understand your concern regarding this man, especially since you say that he is staring at the bedroom windows of your children. He seems to have "questionable intentions" at best, and I can definitely see why this would bother you.
However, I am one of those people that looks at houses frequently.
I do not necessarily look into the windows, although I might if they are open and something inside catches my attention. Mostly, though, I like looking at the architecture of the houses, especially if they are large and not "common looking". I really enjoy it when people have gardens and such on their property, too, and I will enjoy the beauty of the garden and landscaping. There are some blocks that I just adore walking along, because all the houses are SO gorgeous, and the lawns are absolutely beautiful, too. I think that people with these types of houses and lawns do not mind the attention, though, because they have such beautiful things that it makes you want to look and admire them.
I do not necessarily look into the windows, although I might if they are open and something inside catches my attention. Mostly, though, I like looking at the architecture of the houses, especially if they are large and not "common looking". I really enjoy it when people have gardens and such on their property, too, and I will enjoy the beauty of the garden and landscaping. There are some blocks that I just adore walking along, because all the houses are SO gorgeous, and the lawns are absolutely beautiful, too. I think that people with these types of houses and lawns do not mind the attention, though, because they have such beautiful things that it makes you want to look and admire them.@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
I know what you are saying as there are lots of nice houses and gardens about,but a person like the man that i have looking is not just a glance at the house.Even my friends feel uncomfortable as he looks at them like he is undressing them with his eyes.
1 person likes this
@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
5 Aug 10
Yes, this man definitely sounds creepy, and I do not think that I would want him staring at my house or looking in my windows, either.
There is a difference between looking at a house and landscaping with admiration and staring into someone's windows with questionable intentions, and this man sure doesn't sound like he is there for the architecture and landscaping.
There is a difference between looking at a house and landscaping with admiration and staring into someone's windows with questionable intentions, and this man sure doesn't sound like he is there for the architecture and landscaping.
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
My daughters are now getting fed up with him as they feel like they are being looked at like he is undressing them with his eyes.Also friends feel the same like they are being watched.This man has also been texting a friend of mine not pleasant things like he has been watching her and that he has always liked her,this has scared her.
@dencher315 (155)
• Philippines
6 Aug 10
Hi jugsjugs,
I presumed you are beautiful,so as your house, the reason why that man always look at your windows every time he passes by. You know, a lot of people do that including myself but not all the time. You see, I love to see anything beautiful. Every time I travel and I am in the passenger's seat, I busied myself looking at beautiful billboards, buildings, houses,beautiful scenery and beautiful people with no malice.
People are not the same,other just ignore that kind of gestures. In your case, it's a good idea that you closed your windows blinds so he couldn't see the inner portion of your house.
@mrqwagmire (6)
• United States
6 Aug 10
wow finally someone who actually enjoys naturall beauty and not the tv.
@jesenia_209 (287)
• United States
5 Aug 10
I find that really weird when peopple do that. Maybe they do it from habit...instead of looking foward they look through the side.
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
This man i think has got a problem either with me or a problem like a peeping tom even though he is on the other side of the road when he is looking/staring.My children also see him looking up at their windows.He even creeps my friends out as he just keeps looking at them when they are walking up my path.When he drives past my house he is looking at my windows aswell and not the road.
@richardjx (50)
• China
5 Aug 10
People look in other peoples windows for many reasons, they may be curious or intending to observe your house's condition for bad plans. But most of the time I think they are just have nothing to do when they walking, their looking around is just an action. For instance, I walked along the road and feel like do something to spare the time, I may look other people, stores, or houses, but what attracting me is just my action, i don't really care what i have seen.....
@smallsaozhou (827)
• China
5 Aug 10
Yeah,maybe it is true that those who observe others just have nothing else to do.But I think they still should pay attention to not to disturb others' life.I mean,I know perpaps they are not intentional,but they can examine themselves and ask a question:If I were my neighbours,would I be willing to be observed by others? Definitely the answer is Of course not.
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
The man that keeps looking in my window tends to constantly looks, as in looks all day aswell as of an evening he will go outside and looks up at my childrens bedroom windows,so i am forever telling my children to pull their blinds down so that he can not see them playing in their rooms.
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
I would not mind if he was to only have just glanced a few times,but he is forever looking up at the childrens windows aswell as my living room windows.He also watches people that come to my house,my daughters going in and out my house aswell as keep watching my friends walk up the road.He freaks all of my friends out all of the time.
@ElicBxn (63568)
• United States
5 Aug 10
people look for various reasons
some look because there might've been a movement or something inside that caught their eye
some look because they are bored
some are curious as to how other people live
some are looking to see if there's anything "interesting" inside
and some just look because its something to look at
if you don't have the windows actually OPEN, you might consider a reflective glass film so it can't be seen in during the day - surely you don't leave your curtains open at night...
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
We have blinds that are vertical blinds so we can angle the slats.I tend to have my blinds shut during the day,aswell as at night,all because of this one man that constantly looks in all the time.When the man went away on holiday i opened them as i knew he would not be looking in.
1 person likes this
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
5 Aug 10
hijugsjugs second try, first one flew off into the ionosphere someplace. I was saying this also creeps me o ut specially if the man is looking into bedroom windows.When I was in one apartment complex I was followed home by a young man who then stood downstairs and just stared up at my apartment windows. others told me the man was harmless. but how was I to know that. Most men do not follow you home then stand downstairs and stare up at your windows. it grossed me out as I had no way of knowing what the heck he was thinking.
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
This man has livede up here now for i would say 4 years.He has been known to watch people walk past his house aswell as people popping into to see me at my house.I also have a friend that comes to see me and he use to text her aswell as leave her voice message on her mobile phone and he said on a text to her that he always sees her aswell as watches her and he really likes her.The way he got her number was when my friend use to help out at a school club where his children went.She is now paranoid that when she comes to mine he is watching her.There are alot of funny people about nowadays.
@tess_quinain (1149)
• Philippines
5 Aug 10
I don't look at other people's windows. I think this is weird. If someone would look at my window, he might have plan to rob me.^^ whatever. For me, it's suspicious.
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
When i am in a car i do not look in peoples windows,in the past when i use to take the dog for a walk i never would have dreamed of looking in a persons windows.I think that it is very rude to look in peoples windows,as it is their house and their private space.
@hjr1983abc (154)
• China
5 Aug 10
Are there your windows too low?The windows of My house are higher than a man ,so the walker can not see anything in the windows.
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
I live in a house that has down aswell as upstairs windows.The man looks at both the upstairs aswell as the downstaairs windows constantly.The man also looks at my friends that come to my house like he is undressing them with his eyes.He is a bit of a creep i think.
@jugsjugs (12967)
•
5 Aug 10
This man is not taking the odd glance he is constantly looking at all of my windows upstairs aswell as looking at my children in their bedrooms.He has also made a few of my friends feel uncomfortable when they come to my house.He was sending texts to one of my friends aswell as leaving her worrying voice messages on her mobile phone(she runs a club and thats how he got her number).
