I went out with a girl who’s ex was a ride share person.
First Date no problem.
Second date was at her house, and I broke out in a rash the next day. I’m blaming the cat.
Third date I see a bug on the couch and she squashes it.
Then I saw a bug on me and knocked into the sink and it went down the drain.
Then I saw a third bug on my hand and by that time I was googling bed bugs, so I put the bug on top of the picture of the bed bugs on the phone and it was identical.
I left.
I took some measures but didn’t think it was likely i had a problem. 2 months later I notice bites in a row. I put down diatomaceous earth across the threshold to every room. Slept in another room and sprayed the room where I was bitten good. Then I lifted up the mattress to put a cover on it. And I found two bedbugs on the bottom of the mattress.
I think that was it.
Haven’t had a problem in over a year. I was lucky I caught it early.
And I didn’t give up on the girl, but she quit responding.
“...sprayed the room where I was bitten.”
Wow. You did the right thing: full prevention mode. Sorry the girl didn’t work out. The ex who drove for ride share brought the bugs. People in home sharing probably deal with a lot of bus.
Her name “Bed-Bug Betty!?”
Do you mean in the communication sense? ;)