Would you invite a stranger into your house?

I think it is risky to invite a stranger into the house today especially if you are living alone like some of the people who invited us in. I think that they were lonely and needed someone to talk to, but I still don't understand why they weren't afraid to take that chance. There has been several cases in my area when people used an excuse to get into the house and robbed the owners of the house. I heard about one women who let some strangers into her house, they threatened her and robbed her and she got psychological problems afterwards because it was such a scary experience.

Wow. People can be so cruel. That's why I'm afraid to even open the door for a stranger, let alone let them into my house! Sometimes I wish society wasn't like that and people weren't like that. That everyone had pure intentions. But that's not the case.

I also find it surpricing, because we often hear about scammers who use an exercuse to get into the house. A wellknown scam in my area is people who knock the door and ask to use the toilet in order to steal from the house. One of the people who invited us into the house was a disabled woman who lived alone, and I think she is taking a big risk that way. If we had had bad intentions she would have been totally defenseless.

I just realized that I posted this discussion in the wrong category. I thought that I had posted it in "People" but I happy that you found the discussion anyway. I think that a well trained dog makes it less risky to invite people in. We also have a dog, he is not exactly well trained, but when he barks he is really loud and that might scare some people away. Being good at reading people is also important, because some people don't have good intentions.

You are very right that it is risky to invite strangers. I am surprised that how some of the people invite you without even knowing about you. May be there are too gentle and courteous or may be they need someone to talk to.

I understand that. I also think that it is risky to invite strangers into our home. They could be honest people who don't have any bad intentions, but it is hard to know when we have just met them. Unfortuneately there are many scammers who abuse the kindness and hospitality of the people who invite them in. That is reason why I find it hard to understand why people just invite us in. We don't have any bad intentions, we would never steal or harm people who invite us in, but we are still strangers.

I don't feel comfortable letting strangers into the house either. Personally we haven't any bad experiences, but there are many scammers who tage advantage of people's kindness and hospitality and that it why I prefer to talk to strangers outside the house instead of inviting them in. I hope that the people who invite us in don't become victims of robbery or scams. We would never harm them in any way, but if they trust everyone they could become victims of people with bad intentions.

Hiya porcoespino, I never open the Door to anyone here either and the People that live in the Village here neither. Before they used to be able to have their Doors open wide all Day but that has long since gone out of the Window so to speak. A lot of strange things go on everywhere even round here.xxx

I agree with that. I think it is important to be careful today so that we don't become a victim of crime or scams. The people who we invite in could be honest people who wouldn't dream of hurting us, but it is hard to tell when we don't know them. Sometimes the newspaper write about the new scams in my area and warn people about trusting strangers, and that is one of the reasons why I find it hard to understand that someone people just invite us in. They could get into trouble if they trust strangers too much.

Here we should think twice when we make a decission. First of all we should talk to the stranger,should feel that he is genuine and able to trust. If we suspect good people then they get hurt and unknowingly we make enemies out of good people. Some look good but are our enemies should not allow such people. When we give opportunity to enter the house they think that we are bad people and try to misbehave. So should think appropriate according ly and behave as per situations.

It sounds like your shed is a nice little place to talk when a stranger arrives. We have a shed a well, in the summertime we have a table and some chairs there, but in the winter months it is too cold to sit there, so we only use the shed as a kind of storage room. Do you often get visits from stranger who want to sell something? In my country it doesn't happen that often. There is law saying that "ordinary" salespeople (people who sell a product and keep the money that they make) aren't allowed to walk around from door to door. But it is legal to sell things and donate the money to charity like we do when we sell the magazines from the lung association.

I feel the same way about strangers as you do. I am sure that some of them are nice and honest who wouldn't harm me in any way, but it is hard to tell when I have just met them. They could be scammers who use an excuse to gain access to the house. Unfortuneately things like that are quite common in my area and that is the reason why I find it risky to invite strangers in. It surpriced me that so many people invite us in when we sell magazines from the lung association. We don't have bad intentions and we would never take advantage of people's kindness and hospitality, but they don't know us and I think that they are a taking a risk by inviting us in.

Yes, some people invite us in when they see that we are collecting money for charity like we do when we sell magazines from the lung association. People react in 3 different ways when we knock on the door. Most people open the door and let us wait outside while they go and get their money, some people invite us in and some people don't even open the door when they see a stranger. They open a window instead and ask what we want or they talk to us through a closed door, because they are afraid to open. Some people are much more afraid than others, and I think that you are right about the fact that we are very affected by the things that we hear thorough the media. The local newspapers in my area often send out warnings about scammers, and that is one of the reason why many people are afraid to even open the door when they don't recognie the person in front of the door.

I don't invite strangers in either. They could be honest people who would never harm us in any way, but is hard to know when we don't know them. That is the reason why I find it hard to understand that some people just invite us in when we walk around and sell magazines. We don't have any bad intentions and we would never steal or take advantage of people's hospitality in other ways, but they still don't know us. Maybe they trust us because we are selling things for charity, but there has been cases but some people pretend to collect money for charity and run away with the money, so unfortuneately that it is no guarantee that people can be trusted.