Invasion of privacy

I would be FURIOUS!!! I can't stand it when people get into my things, even when it's something silly. It's MY stuff and unless you ask....don't touch!! I'm the most giving person and it really makes me angry when people read or take my things without asking. So, I can definitely understand your frustrations!

Ofcourse i would feel bad and it depends who the person is. With my hubby we have no secrets and at the moment it's like ican even read his mind and he jokes with me that the fbi should recruit me lol, he even gets me to check his email addies!! Sofor us there are no secrets. But i totally understand how you feel and a levelof trust must abide between people and boundaries set. Those boundaries, whatever they are must be respected by all parties. Your rights to privacy must be respected..it is up to you to open your doors when you want to open them, never by force.

Oh no hopeful how awful, who did this to you? I don't even like people in my home if I can help it so I'd be really hurt and angry, luckily I don't keep a diary.

I had a former significant other go through my chat logs and bring something he didn't like to my attention. I never trusted him again, tried my best to keep him away from my computer and questioned in my mind whether he'd gone through all of my conversations with my mother, some which were about very private things or what. I'm still wary about keeping online diaries, chat logs and stuff like that. The first thing I do when I play a game or something with chat involved is check whether or not it has logging and I check my computer for keystroke loggers frequently. Of course I'm the kind of person that is wary of even letting someone look in my purse for something already. I think that him doing that permanently ruined my ability to trust to a degree... especially since he humiliated me for what I said in the log... while drinking. I can only imagine what someone reading through something written explicitly for your eyes only would make you feel like and I'm sorry you had to go thru that.

i agree with you totally; having your personal diary read is as good as having caught you in the full monty- a total invasion of privacy, and if ever i were to get hold of the guy who did this i would definitely give him a piece of my mind. its happened to me so i know, but then what can be done other than be careful about it next time-keeping the diary in such a place that would not be easily accessible to all and sundry.

I would definitely feel the same way. I definitely would not have anything to do with the person again because they disrespected you and your privacy. People who snoop and invade other's privacy apparently have nothing going on in their own life, or they are obsessed with the person which they are preying upon.

awfully sad. a diary is for instance that i would feel invaded, humiliated. i keep journals myself and i surely keep it with a lock and cannot be seen by whoever. one time someone opened my organizer and i have some few stuff there that i wrote furtively on purpose. i say 'No..' spontaneously with a serious look.

Depends , There are something i like everyone to know too but too shy to share it out yea ... of course everyone has something don't wish to let people know when that happends we will get angry yea

I am a male and i used to write in my journel. My journel is private for me only unless i want to share what is in it. If i were you i would certainly feel violated and angry! If this has happened to you, i hope you can overcome this betrayal and learn to trust again? Take care Hopeful28.

I really hate to see anyone going through my things.. and my notes. i dont like anyone ANYONE to even touch my things. Nor do i touch others things or notes because i respect their privacy as much as i love mine.

You know what? I have first hand experience with this. I've had a family member invade my privacy since I first lived with them. This person would always end up taking my clothes when I was not here. It used to drive me completely nuts when I'd come back from where me and my other half used to live just to see this person with one of my shirts on. This person also had a tendency to stretch out or shrink the shirt they took out of my closet and then put it back before I even noticed. It wouldn't be until I went into my closet to wear that specific shirt and put it on that I would figure out that someone had shrunk it in the wash. We moved in here when the other place was no longer working out and ended up putting a key lock on this room. I did not want anyone coming in here anymore while I was away somewhere. I had quickly put a stop to the problem that was a big burden on me in the house me & my other half live in for a long time. I don't think I could take someone invading my privacy without yelling or getting upset with them. I don't do that to people in my life because I expect the same in return. I'd like to believe someone can breakaway from the desire to invade other people's space and rummage around in their belongings. I'd like to think that society has not groomed everyone to believe this is a good way to act, like a snoop. I sometimes think that one day I'll never be able to give up the resentment I hold towards the family member who kept taking my clothes. I think to myself if they took my clothes, what else could they have taken out of here without my knowledge? They could have found something of great value and gone and sold it for a large sum of money. Then they could have upped and run away with the money and left me behind. Or they could have blown it all on meaningless stuff but they didn't. There was nothing of great value taken from here upon me looking around my room after they had invaded it. I would feel pretty much the same as you if I had my space invaded by someone. I'd go ahead and do whatever was necessary to keep the person out of my belongings. There is no excuse for people to go snooping in someone else's personal property. I was really fed up with it at the time that had it continued, I probably would have gotten into a face to face confrontation with the person who was taking my clothes and possibly other personal items. I could not believe that someone would have just taken whatever they wanted without asking me for permission. It really disturbed me that they had no respect for me. I feel like I could have just screamed every time that I was missing a piece of clothing or that I would find one stretched out or shrunk. It seems like my wardrobe kept getting smaller and smaller and it wasn't until my other half started buying me more clothes that I began having my wardrobe expand all over again. In conclusion, I really don't like people who invade other's privacy for whatever reason. I think it's actually terrible that people act like that or like this. It's not proper behavior in my opinion and it shows me a complete lack of respect if someone does that to me. It's not a great feeling when you find out certain items you hold dear are missing due to others taking your belongings from your own room or even household. Thank god for door locks & locked doors! . . Thanks for allowing me to share! xx

this is not only an invasion of privacy, it is a betrayal of trust. so unfortunately you now know who not to trust. and I would advise them of that fact. they do not care about your feelings so you shouldn't worry about theirs. Also once some thing is said and or written down it is no longer truly private, just because there are those that just have to snoop.

I would not like it one bit if someone did this to me - they are my private thoughts and posessions. Resentment is not a good think though and I would have to talk to the person and let them know I did not like what they did. If they did it again I would have to rethink the situation - if it was a friend I may have to find a new friend, a family member is more difficult but they would have to stop this. I must add however that I have and do from time to time go through my children's things - I am their mother and as long as they live in my house I believe they have a right to privacy but also should not keep secrets from me. I have only read a diary one time and that was when my daughter ran away from her father's house and I read her diary to see if I could learn where she might be.

My mother read my diary when I was a teen and I was very upset by it. Nothing is worse than an invasion of privavcy like that. Nowaday, kids post their "diaries" on blogs and sites like Myspace-- I feel that that is diffrent, since it's posted for the world to see. So kids, even if you don't want your parents to read your online blog, remember that it can happen and it's not quite the same as snooping through your room.

I would be so mad. I dont think anyone has the right to go through someones elses things without permission. I would have to confront this person and tell them you dont do that.

Whoever has tried to mess up with your privacy has really done something very wrong. We all are educated and matured and at least this common sense should be realised by everyone before looking into other people's private matters. If you know who did it , you can give him a good lecture on some mannerisum to make him feel sorry for what he/she did. All that I can say now is that hide your things now that you know some people just cannot do without interfering into other people's privacy. I feel sorry for you.

If this is a sibling, I'd tell my parents and ask for a lock on my room. If this is your parents - good luck! If this is a roommate, again, I'd get a lock on my room and move out as soon as possible. If this is a spouse, you shouldn't have anything to hide, but should have a long talk with them about privacy. If this is your child - they need to understand about privacy, and again, get a lock on your room.

OMG.. My fury would be beyond words!!! A diary to me is where I put my innermost thoughts, sentiments and feelings that I would NEVER EVER share with anyone. It is words and thoughts that are NOT meant for anyone to share..it is where i curse people, where i praise people and where I simply put stuff that are not meant for public knowledge.. I keep a diary as well and my husband know that it is not for him to read.. I told him that if he were to read it and feel offended because of it.. i am not going to apologize to him for what I wrote and I would never forgive him for it and I think and hope he understands. I really don't know what I would do in your position.. maybe the best and safest place for our secret thoughts are always in our mind..hmm

Even though there are no secrets between my husband and I and neither of us have anything to hide, I believe we are all entitled to privacy. I would not be one bit happy. My privacy is something I cherish, just ask my neighbors who knock on my door and don't understand when I don't answer. I caught one of my neighbors going through things in my house, it was the teenage daughter of my neighbor actually. I had hired her to watch my animals while I was gone and when I got back early, I surprised her. She lost a good paying job that day. She had also rented a bunch of pay per view movies after she was told not to.

Every person has his own circumference which he never wants to let enter anyone in.everybody in this universe has his secrets or something that one doesn't want everyone to know that.so if anyone breaks in one's privacy either it be a celeb or an ordinary person,it gives birth to anger and fury.in my opinion unless and untill something that doesn't affect your interest significantly you should never interfere if the concerned person doesn't want so