Last night, my husband and I were laying in bed and talking when the buzzer to our apartment went off. I immediately started panicking, and then it rang again. We both got out of bed and went to the door, and then someone knocked on our door! A police officer announced themselves and asked if we had called them. I was full-on freaking out by then, but said no through the door. The officer then said, “wrong apartment” and left.

We saw through the window that they were here for another half hour or so. I later looked it up in the local dispatch log, and it was for a domestic dispute. Not only was it a really disconcerting experience, but my mind has been racing with all sorts of irrational possibilities ever since. What if the call actually was meant for us and the officer was lying? (My husband and I are happily married and have never had anything even resembling a domestic incident, but what if a neighbor misconstrued or misheard something and called the police on us?) Are we on the police’s radar now? What if the neighbors saw them come to our door and now they think my husband and I did have a domestic dispute?

I’m really anxious and unsettled by this 😢