TIFU by thinking I was starring in Psycho

Submitted by Uchidachi t3_10n704e in tifu

So I’m taking a shower whilst home alone, when I suddenly become aware that Someone is in the bathroom with me.

I can’t see out of the shower because of my dark shower curtain and poor eyesight, so I freeze and try to use my other senses to save my skin from what is surely an evil intruder. I debate internally whether I heard the door open or not.

I also debate whether to confront the intruder. If there is no one there, (and there logically could not be, because my apartment’s door is locked), then I will feel foolish for checking. If I do not check, I get murdered in the shower like Janet Leigh in Psycho.

As I think of all this I slowly become more and more certain that there IS someone in the room with me, and I NEED to do something about it. I do not know what I thought I was going to do to them while wet, naked, and myopic, but I was in survival mode at that point.

I rip the shower curtain open and confront the presence.

A tiny black blob leaps a foot into the air before scrambling out the door, looney tunes style.

There was an intruder, but it was not a person. My poor little cat had pushed the door open so she could get into the bathroom (where her litter box also is) and I had jumpscared her in the middle of her toilette.

Now my cat is scared of me, and scared of going to her litter box, and I feel like a fool for forgetting I had a cat.

TL;DR: Thought my cat was Norman Bates and scared the shit out of her.

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whoamiforrealsie t1_j67mrb9 wrote

Oh my goodness! That’s hilarious! Your poor kitty! Put you! I can just imagine the fear and anxiety when you ripped that curtain open.

Your sweet baby will forgive you son, but maybe make a kitty door to her litter room 😂

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disembowledoranges t1_j68ns5v wrote

the real crime here is you didn't pay the cat tax.

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Uchidachi OP t1_j68of9l wrote

Apologies, cat tax!:

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NANIITSMrPaNda t1_j67iyre wrote

You traumatized that poor little kitty

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Colton_Omega t1_j68f57e wrote

Cats are the end of privacy and feed on your fears lmao. I used to be afraid of something grabbing my feet from under the bed, walking in on me in the shower, making a loud noise at night, attacking me in my sleep etc…. Cats have made me numb to all of it now. Honestly someone could break into my house and I would not be phased until I open the curtain because I’m conditioned that any strange presence is just the damn cat 💀

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PresumeDeath t1_j68umsj wrote

I have 2 cats. I HAVE TO keep the door open when I shower. And if I felt there was noone in the bathroom I would freak out!

"What could cause them to not come and stare at me butt naked? Are they OK? "

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PICONEdeJIM t1_j68m5lq wrote

How dare you scare that poor cat in its own house

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HezzeroftheWezzer t1_j69708t wrote

I am totally picturing this and laughing out loud. I can just see your kitty scaredy jumping a foot into the air ... poor thing.

Something similar happened to me a few weeks ago. I was rinsing the shampoo out of my hair when I had the creepiest feeling that someone was watching me. We have owned our house for 24 years and I have never experienced anything like that. My husband had already left for work (he is a night worker) and my son was sleeping.

I had the wildest thought that I would get the soap rinsed out of my hair, open my eyes, turn my head, and see someone standing there with the shower curtain pulled back. I went through a million scenarios in a few seconds as to what I would do.

But when I opened my eyes, I saw nothing. I whipped back the curtain, but there was nobody there. It was so odd. I think I have been reading too many mystery / thriller books lately.

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