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Help me word this for CF houseguests please!

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historicalweaving · 17/05/2024 08:13

Friends invited themselves from another country to stay for just over a month. I suggested they stay in hotels for some of it, which they sweetly have done. They are helpful but the constant chit chat, meals, lifts everywhere and general guest stuff is too much. I'm not good at having people to stay at the best of times but I'm finding it stressful and I feel resentful at being used even as a base for their travels.

They are away at moment but when they come back they have about 2 weeks. I'm thinking about asking them to stay out again on their return. How do I word it without sounding off? They could come back for a couple of nights as we have a family thing on their first full day back but I don't really want to host them for the rest of their stay. How would you word it?

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eileandubh · 17/05/2024 08:29

So how long have they actually been with you, if they've already gone away, but still have 2 weeks of a 4 week holiday left?

And how easy will it be for them to find (and pay for) 14 days' accommodation locally at short notice?

Offleyhoo · 17/05/2024 08:29

I'm not sure you can now as they won't have factored in the cost of hotels for another two weeks. I wouldn't like that either though, no matter how nice the guests were. I think all you can do is take it as a learn and just say "I'm so sorry but that won't work for me" if something similar crops up in future.

SwingTheMonkey · 17/05/2024 08:26

This is entirely your fault. If you don’t want to host them, don’t agree to it in the first place. Changing your mind half way through their stay, leaving them scrabbling round to find somewhere to go, makes you the CF.

Testina · 17/05/2024 08:24

“Hi friends - I don’t like hosting, which is really something I should have considered before agreeing to host you, so I’d like you to only have 2 days here for family thing “ should cover it.

Why on earth did you agree?!
They don’t sound “CF” at all 🤨