Our friend, his girlfriend and their kid(toddler) came to visit recently. I've known him years and he's a lovely bloke but generally clueless about how he/his behaviour affects others. (Others feel this way about him too. We laugh fondly about his ridiculousness ). We've hosted him numerous times and always spoil him with nice meals etc. When we've visited him we're lucky if we get fed and had to go out and buy ourselves sandwiches once. (Just a bit of back story )
I spent ages cleaning, sorting bedding and 10 min after their arrival the place was a shit hole. Our house is the opposite of a toddler haven so I was prepared for some upheaval, but the more I think about it the more pissed off I get about his/their total lack of respect for us and our home. Here is a list of points of rage inducing behaviour:
They left half eaten food (provided by us) about the place(half a satsuma. ..then another one...)
Allowed him to wander around with sick all over his bib then left it on the side for me to wash.
Stomped into the house with muddy boots after a walk through the woods
Changed his nappy on the sofa /on landing (no changing mat) probably dropping traces of shit on to carpet.
Allowed him to bash furniture with his toys.
Allowed him to bang cupboards /drawers at 7 am.
He NEVER brings his own towel as apparently we are a hotel.
And to top it off after they had gone we discovered the most disgusting mess of shit smear in the toilet. He always does this but it's never been this bad and to be honest it tipped me over the edge. I know I might be being precious over the nappy thing, but it drives me nuts how some people seem to think that snot/shit/sick is somehow less disgusting when it's a baby's. We're not parents and don't ever intend to be, so just wondering if our non parentness is causing unreasonable levels of impatience and lack of understanding. Many thanks if you managed to get this far.
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Fleab1te · 04/04/2016 22:53
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