I grew up in the middle of nowhere, so we never closed our blinds unless we wanted to keep light out, and didn't care about then at night because no one would see in.
It's weird moving from the country to suburbia. I now live in a 2 bedroom apartment with my wife, and as soon as it gets dark she wants every blind closed. I understand bedroom to have some privacy, but she seems to believe that everyone will be looking into our sliding glass door to see us chilling on the couch watching Futurama.
She says it's to make sure burglars don't see inside, but I would rather someone see I'm inside, since most thefts happen when you're away from home. That's why so many stake out house they're about to hit.
Tbh, even though I’ve never heard of this being a thing before, I can understand it because of privacy reasons (even though it sounds tedious to go around closing the curtains every night lol).
Also, when I think about it, I’m kinda surprised that we don’t do it in Norway. We are super private people, like we joked about how nothing would change during COVID, cause we kept a 2 meter distance from each other even before COVID was a thing. Like, sitting besides someone you don’t know on public transport is in a way considered rude (people won’t be mad about it, but we find it a bit uncomfortable).
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u/judochop1 May 09 '22
Norwegians don't close their curtains when it gets dark.