I'm sure just about everyone here has been in this situation... My brother and his family are coming to visit for a week this summer. Last summer we went to his place for around five days and after about the third day or so despite "phony politeness" you can feel that tensions were starting to mount. Has anyone ever had a similar experience? Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I kindly advise them in advance to "perhaps" lessen their stay by a few days? Thank you in advance...
OT AKB: Houseguests
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Start a home remodel project and tell them they need to stay at a hotel!
Invite @laKavosiey-st lion over on about day two with his bag of weed, case of Lite beer, and ***** Riot on the boom box. Problem solved.
Seriously, I feel for you if you are already feeling these pangs of anxiety in advance.
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I think it was Ben Franklin who said after three days both fish and houseguests begin to stink….
Life is too short. Try to enjoy each others company as much as possible. Understandable if you need to have some solo time… but live it up and have fun!
Living at the beach in south florida I am constantly flooded by family and guests. As my neighbor said to me one day over drinks at his house "I am going to give you a piece of advice living here, I learned early on that guests are like fish in your refrigerator. After about the 4th day they start to stink..." Never truer words spoken....
One of the guests saw Jane naked...then of course, shrinkage!
Well said.
No matter how much you love or get along with the people visiting, your routine is thrown off and it becomes difficult.
Take the small downside with the good and realize that some day in the future you will WISH you could spend one more day with them.
Visit the Rogue Shop or a "friendly" state and micro dose or maybe in this case macro dose.
I know the "feeling" you're talking about. Had a friend stay at my place recently for 3 weeks due to flooding and he had no other options. After 3-4 days, we both felt a certain degree of tension. I chalked it up to everyone having their own routines and having to make those work together, as well as feeling like we "had" to do everything together with our family. Eventually, he did his own thing around the house, largely stayed in the basement. We never talked about it, but we both felt it.
Honestly, I'll never stay with family or friends for more than a couple nights because of this.
Honestly, I'll never stay with family or friends for more than a couple nights because of this.
You stayed at their home and now you are looking for ways to avoid providing an equal favor? Suck it up buttercup and let them stay.
There’s 40 insulting names I’d rather be called than Buttercup.
What will be their living arrangement? Basement? Spare room? Will they have their own bathroom? We have a first floor guest suite (and an extra bedroom upstairs) which helps a lot with guests. It has a bathroom, closet, and TV so when my FIL wants to yell racist names at criminals on cop shows my kids don’t have to hear it…
His brother kept posting vague subject lines. #subjectlinesmatter
Look on the bright side - he's not Joyner.
If your house deosn't look like this, you don't have room for houseguests
Yep,
thought the same......
unfortunately, hate to say it, but I believe this is the impression I give to my relatives.