Generally after writing into your diary, you hide it in your special 'hiding spot', where no one can read it. After all, a diary is your private book, a place where you can express your innermost feelings, and no one but you is expected to read it. Sometimes you are in a hurry, jot something into the diary, the doorbell rings, and you rush out with a friend. You never give a second thought to the diary, that is sitting in the middle of your bed. When you return, something looks funny, the book looks like it has been moved. The hair trick just might tell you if the book has been not only moved, but read by someone other than you!
1Pluck a hair from your head. The longer the better; most people won't notice anyway.
2Position the hair over the opening edge of the diary. Drape it loosely.
4On returning, check whether the hair is still there, (if not blown off). Easy.
5If you suspect someone has read something in your diary already, and you cannot use the hair trick for whatever reason, try incorporating some things you wrote into conversation with that person. For example, if you wrote about your friend's dog, strike up a conversation about how you love dogs. Use a few quotes.
- If they act suspiciously or respond with a quote or main idea from your diary, you may want to confront them about it.
Why do people think that you are doing something wrong by keeping a diary?
- Many people presume that a diary is a doorway to your innermost thoughts and in many cases, it is. Unfortunately, some people think it's okay to invade this privacy and to deliberately search for some sort of wrongdoing to expose you for. This sort of person doesn't value privacy and often fails to comprehend nuance or context either, thus they may just presume bad things.
I think my crush stole my diary and took it home with him. What do I do?
- Calmly talk to him about it; call or text him before school. If he has read it, or has spread what is in it, admit whatever is in there and start afresh. It will blow over faster than you think and people will be fascinated by some other thing in no time. Admitting it can be the best option if the beans are spilled as denial will only feed speculation.
What should I do if my friends keep looking through my private stuff for my diary?
- You should talk to your friends. Tell them how you feel that they've been invading your privacy and how you don't like it. If they are true friends, they should understand and stop doing it. If they continue to snoop around your private things, consider hiding the diary someplace other than your room where your friends won't enter--such as your parents' room. Be sure to ask for permission first, however!
- If you don't feel like pulling out a hair, put your diary underneath other papers, but leave a scrap of the cover visible. Then take a photograph of your desk or wherever you left it. If, when you return the angles have changed (which is nearly impossible to avoid without a copy of the picture) someone has been reading your diary. For shame!
- When quoting, don't use too much. Say a sentence or two, but not the whole page.
- Don't make it obviously fixed into place. Sellotape is not a good idea.
- Sometimes the hair moves on its own, so make sure that you aren't too exact or paranoid.
- Don't show people that you know they have read your diary unless you have full proof. Otherwise, they may stop and you'll never be able to prove it.
- If you have a desk in your bedroom you could tape your diary to the bottom.
- Keep in mind that when hinting at someone, they may not have read it, but still share some opinions expressed in what you wrote. Make sure you are completely sure that they are guilty before accusing them of anything.
- A hidden camera could also tell the owner of the diary if it was messed with, without accusing incorrectly and making a public mistake by accident.
- Don't go around accusing people if there is no evidence of the diary being messed with.
- Wind may have blown the hair off too.
Things You'll Need
- A piece of hair
- A diary
- A Secret Place