Woman offers husband’s struggling friend to stay in family home while they’re on vacation, returns home 2 weeks later to months’ worth of food eaten and broken kitchenware, tells husband he isn’t allowed back in home: ‘It’s insane how much was missing’

This kindness doesn’t seem to be taken for weakness, but rather seems to be taken for: Sleep in my house, Eat everything I own, Break my kitchenware, and then act surprised when I kick you out…This wife is on her last straw of patience after letting a mutual acquaintance of hers and her husband’s stay …
Seguir leyendo Woman offers husband’s struggling friend to stay in family home while they’re on vacation, returns home 2 weeks later to months’ worth of food eaten and broken kitchenware, tells husband he isn’t allowed back in home: ‘It’s insane how much was missing’

‘She can’t stay here’: Grandmother refuses to listen to parents’ house rules while she visits grandkids, leading mom to demand she won’t stay the night again

Who doesn’t love it when their grandparents come to visit? They always come bearing gifts, convince your parents to let you skip curfew, and bring a fun energy that you can’t ignore. Grandparents are the best. At least, that is the attitude towards grandparents from the kids’ point of view, the other one, from the …
Seguir leyendo ‘She can’t stay here’: Grandmother refuses to listen to parents’ house rules while she visits grandkids, leading mom to demand she won’t stay the night again

‘When the wedding ceremony started, I realized I did not recognize anyone walking down the aisle’: 20+ guests who realized they were attending the wrong event a little too late

We’ve all been to weddings where we barely know anyone there. Some of us have even been to a wedding where we barely knew the bride or groom, like when your mom forces you to attend the wedding of your 3rd cousin.  However, it is very rare to attend a wedding in which you know …
Seguir leyendo ‘When the wedding ceremony started, I realized I did not recognize anyone walking down the aisle’: 20+ guests who realized they were attending the wrong event a little too late

Entitled house guest spends the night at friend’s home office, fails to leave the room until fed-up host sends their toddler to wake them up at 3:30 pm: ‘Thinking of charging rent’

When we were kids, having sleepovers used to be the best thing, something you were always excited about and looking forward to. Who didn’t jump on the opportunity to stay up late with their best friends, eating junk food, and gossiping about other people in school? Even the next mornings were always fun, having breakfast …
Seguir leyendo Entitled house guest spends the night at friend’s home office, fails to leave the room until fed-up host sends their toddler to wake them up at 3:30 pm: ‘Thinking of charging rent’

‘I feel like I have no peace in my own home’: Host refuses to accommodate freeloading friend who arrives for a 13-day visit, demanding airport pickup, daily rides, free meals, and control of every shared space

Some houseguests arrive with flowers, others with a suitcase of demands. The childhood pal of a brand-new driver lands firmly in the second group. Twelve months of warning produced zero planning, so when the pal shows up the same week the homeowner’s mother faces risky surgery, chaos moves in. The friend insists on free airport …
Seguir leyendo ‘I feel like I have no peace in my own home’: Host refuses to accommodate freeloading friend who arrives for a 13-day visit, demanding airport pickup, daily rides, free meals, and control of every shared space

‘They keep our toddler up late and just sit at the table drinking beer’: Wife lets 5-person family crash at their new house for an extended stay, husband wants to kick them out

Having guests stay at your house can be a blessing and a curse. You probably feel good being useful to those who need a place to stay, and maybe you’ll cash in on that favor when you want to stay in their neck of the woods. Maybe you like the idea of getting a guestroom …
Seguir leyendo ‘They keep our toddler up late and just sit at the table drinking beer’: Wife lets 5-person family crash at their new house for an extended stay, husband wants to kick them out

‘Make sure the house is spotless by 5 pm’: Guests cancel their $2000/night Airbnb reservation after the hosts demand they clean up after the previous guest

Home-sharing apps have gotten out of control. People saw the opportunity to get rich quickly with a ramshackle house in a decent area, and realized that they could flip an insane profit off the backs of their guests. Naturally, riding the coattails of the hard work of the guests staying in their house. Because when …
Seguir leyendo ‘Make sure the house is spotless by 5 pm’: Guests cancel their $2000/night Airbnb reservation after the hosts demand they clean up after the previous guest

In-laws try to claim man’s parking spot, fridge, and spare room before he even moves in, so he sets them straight: ‘They only live about 15 minutes away’

There’s nothing quite like the excitement of moving into a new place. Especially when it’s your first time getting to set it up exactly how you want. You finally get to unpack your stuff, arrange everything just right, and make it feel like home. And with today’s housing prices, you’re probably paying an arm and …
Seguir leyendo In-laws try to claim man’s parking spot, fridge, and spare room before he even moves in, so he sets them straight: ‘They only live about 15 minutes away’

Brother-in-law camps out in bathroom for hours while staying at his sister-in-law’s 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house: ‘I told him I really had to go. It took him an hour to get out.’

When you live in a house with four people to one bathroom, you have to be hyper-aware of not hogging the space during incredibly inopportune times. You can’t blow-dry your hair for twenty minutes during high-traffic times, like weekday mornings. Other people’s showers and trips to the toilet are more important than standing in front …
Seguir leyendo Brother-in-law camps out in bathroom for hours while staying at his sister-in-law’s 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house: ‘I told him I really had to go. It took him an hour to get out.’

‘You’re not quirky. You’re just a bad guest with boundary issues’: Entitled 22-year-old houseguest uses her hosts toothbrush, calls her uptight and aggressive for having a problem with it

There’s an art to staying over at a friend’s house. You can’t just show up, eat all the food out of their fridge, spread your clothes all over the place, and expect to get an invite back. A host is doing you an absolute solid by letting you sleep on their couch while you’re visiting …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re not quirky. You’re just a bad guest with boundary issues’: Entitled 22-year-old houseguest uses her hosts toothbrush, calls her uptight and aggressive for having a problem with it