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TrickySituation22 · 18/02/2025 01:35

Me and my partner live with my adult daughter. We let our spare room to my partner's longstanding mate who is single, but always hoping for a girlfriend, he's late 30's now, let's call him Ray.
Ray is fine but sometimes give me the ick when he's overtly sexual and crude over his comments about women on TV etc.
He met a woman a few years ago who had been with her partner for 10+ years, and he struck up a friendship with her. However we have never met her as she refused all invitations to our home or to meet up elsewhere. She also used Ray for lifts to the airport when holidaying with friends, for work done to her car and for meals out etc, he paid for everything. He did all this in the hope of getting closer to her (basically he said he wanted to have sex with her) despite the fact that she was with a partner and kept Ray strictly in the friendzone.
Today my partner has announced that Ray has called him and this woman has now split up with her long-standing boyfriend and has nowhere to go and will be coming to live with us until she can find somewhere. Ray says she will be sleeping in his room, but as friends.
No discussion, just presented to me and my daughter as a fait accompli.
My daughter and I are not happy, she's a complete stranger and Ray works away during the week so we would be here alone with her. Apparently according to Ray she has a lot of 'issues' and is going to find it very difficult finding a place a living on her own as she's not a 'coper'.
We've told my partner we don't want it because she sounds like a user and hasn't wanted to meet us before. Plus there's no room for her car and I work from home.
My partner is now embarrassed as we've messaged on our home group chat to the effect that we are not happy about this decision and he is saying in that case no one can stay, not even my daughter's boyfriend, nor any of my friends, ever, not even for one night.
We've been happy to have other friends of Ray's stay the odd night before, guys we have known.
Am I being unreasonable thinking this is an unfair request? We did say one or two nights would be ok but then she'd need to have concrete plans.

OP posts:
Glamiss · 18/02/2025 01:45

The dynamic sounds strange here. Are you saying you messaged on a home group chat - you, your daughter, your partner and Ray - that you were unhappy with Ray's friend staying, and your partner has replied saying either Ray's friend stays or you and your daughter are never allowed to have any visitors stay over?

Surely you should sort this out face to face with your partner, and inform Ray of your joint decision.

Is the house in your partner's name and do you contribute rent or mortgage? In a well established mutually respectful partnership you'd think this shouldn't matter, and of course he would not insist on anyone staying who you are uncomfortable with... It's such a cliche this is a partner problem more than a Ray problem.

Ilovecakey · 18/02/2025 01:41

What he's telling you that you, your husband or daughter aren't allowed to have anyone to stay in your own home? What a cheek tell him to get lost! He doesn't get to make the rules. If he don't like it he can leave!

artfuldodgerjack · 18/02/2025 01:39

You tell him that if he is unable to respect the rules of your home that he can leave and find somewhere else to live! How dare he dictate to you, who you can have in YOUR home.

Anotherparkingthread · 18/02/2025 01:39

Your gut is right it will be a shit show and the house sounds cramped anyway. Ray is an adult man he needs to get his own place if he wants to decide who gets to live there with him. He is welcome to leave, you should tell him so.