what is the oddest thing someone has done when you have visited their house?

Went to a friend's house for lunch. Her toddler DD was potty training at the time and friend put the potty on the table and DD sat on it throughout the meal .

mnhubbie that is just a vile vile thought!

Marking my place :)

True but consider not finding it for a week and wondering where the smell was coming from...

consider you were in the toilet itself, so easy enough t forget. My friend was in my front room, and put it on a book shelf...

I would less embarrassed in your position than in my friends. Except I never told her, as I was so embarrassed on her behalf.

OMG, Pavlov, I did virtually that myself the other day when friend was staying. Feel mortified enough and now you mention it! Only it was in bathroom. Was removed and put down to take to bin in other room, only forgot it. She went in after me. When I went again in the morning I realised it was still there. Wasn't not arsed, just forgot.... aargh!

To make you forget that...
Once stayed with DH at his friend's house. The host couple showed us to our room... where we realised the bed was not "fresh", and when we straightened out the sheet, it had an Indian sub-continent shaped stain in the middle. Yuk! Worse though, although we took it off and slept on mattress... there was still the problem that they might think it was us that left it...

Once drove from Manchester to Exeter to stay with DH's DB and his then wife on a good friday so we said it'll take between six and ten hours, to get there (who knows with bank holiday traffic).

Anyway we got there about 1130am ish but we're told to go away because they weren't ready for us until 1pm! They spent the entire afternoon/evening telling us how they had to be up and out early the next morning so would need us to leave at about 6am and to make no noise that night as THEY HAD TO BE OUT EARLY! In the end we decided to not stay the night and went to a b&b instead! DBIL is not married to her anymore!

at least it was the following day...

Once had someone stay with me overnight with her boyfriend, and after they'd left the following day, found a used sanitary towel put on a bookshelf in the front room. The coupe had been staying on a sofa bed in that room overnight, so presume she could not be arsed to go to the loo...

Animal farm? Seriously.

ImperialBlether, we just didn't ask. Which I suppose was equally strange.

They recently came to visit, stayed for lunch then left. They came all that way (they live abroad) just for lunch. I don't think BIL can stand my other people's company for very long.

Not sure this counts as was in my own home, but DP got friendly with a guy at work, and as both he and his gf lived with their parents ended up inviting them over one night for takeaway, wine/beer and a film.

Friend offered to bring a DVD. Pleasant enough evening, few glasses of wine, conversation perfectly normal. New friend offered to put film on, and when I came back from refilling drinks the TV was lit up with a picture of a man shagging a chicken! [bushock].

WHO, just WHO, would think 'Animal Farm' would be a suitable dvd to watch with another couple they didn't know?

Awkward, especially as they were supposed to stay the night!

Garlicbunny, we never found out & assumed DSis & BIL had argued but the way they behaved was so strange I didn't like to ask [buconfused]

@ all of these stories! Mind you, I needed cheering up tonight and this thread has certainly achieved that.

Some of the sex ones reminded me of that episode of Alan Partridge where he and his long suffering PA Lynne visit a friend of Alans and get propositioned - 'Lynne, these are SEX PEOPLE' hisses Alan

Anyway, this collection of weird host stories has reminded me of one of my own.

Years ago now, me and the boyfriend at the time drove from Dorset to Huddersfield in an old Austin Metro. It took for absolutely ever to get there.

Finally arrived and his mate looks me up and down and says to boyf - 'I thought you said she was pretty' - the Bastard! I bloody was too considering I was all of 19 years of age back then and the rest of them were in their 30's.

Friends wife had cooked a roast dinner which was of course greeted with much enthusiasm by the boyf and I after such an epic journey.

Plates arrived in front of us and we spent ages trying to find the roast chicken. Eventually we unearthed a few strands hiding under a piece of Broccoli.

Cleared table after the meal to find the hostess in the kitchen stripping meat off of an almost intact chicken.

'Oooh, yes, the cat loves chicken so this is for him' she says.

We had much trouble suppressing our faces I can tell you.

I have two cats of my own and I love them to death but there is no way on this earth I would ever keep back a virtually intact roast chicken for them.

Weirdo's!

Not sure if this counts but here goes:

Was living in a shared house with the girl who owned it and another girl. We had a bedroom each, as you do, but shared rest of house. Most Friday nights I would stay over at my boyfriends house.

One Saturday morning popped 'home' early ish to fetch something only to find a stranger sleeping in my bed!

Just grabbed what I needed and left. Turned out to be a male friend of girl who owned the place.

Boyfriend was appalled (he was leading a very sheltered life and had only ever lived with parents in luxury) and persuaded me I should make a deduction from my rent to cover it. I found it all very awkward and embarrassing (I was young) and moved out very soon after. Gutted 'cos I liked it there but - yeeeew for my sheets if I hadn't found out and also - Yeeeew! - how many times had it hapened without me knowing?

We went to visit SIL and see her new house.It was a massive modern detached with a big kitchen and sitting room,but we weren't allowed to sit in those rooms.5 adults and 4 children under two had to squeeze into a tiny room about 6 x 9 ft,which was full of her dc's toys too.I could see her sitting room through the glass doors and it was decorated entirely in white with big ornate fake flower arrangements in it.She was perhaps worrried we'd mess it up.

Myself and a friend and our DC went to another friends house for her DS's birthday. It was a nice day so we had a small party for them in the garden.
Her DS started to get tired so she went in the house to ask DP to bath him.
She never returned!!
It took a while for it sink in that we had been abandoned in the garden. We went to go in to the house to check that DS was ok but they had locked the door
We asked her later what happened and she had 'forgot' about us!! Cheers.

Yep - I've been an evening guest at a wedding where no food was served. As everyone says - if you knew this in advance you could make your own arrangements.

But receiving an invite asking for dietary requirements (with a gift list ) makes you think you'd be fed, no?

I travelled 3 1/2 hours to a college friend's wedding. Knew he was marrying a posh girl from a wealthy family and everything was beautiful. Back to hotel afterwards, where canapes were served. Just canapes. Nothing else. Then everyone went home.

Hmm, we were once invited for new year in Northumberland, we live on the south coast. At the time we were renovating our house and were finding lots of very very expensive problems..
We were advised that we should stay in the village pub, she has guest rooms but we werent at that end of the pecking order, it was £125 per night plus breakfast.
We were then rung to check that we had dry cleaned all our clothes to make sure that they were clean with no pet hairs, that we would also be checked at the door and possibly we would not be able to take part in any of the planned dinners at her house but could come with everyone when they went out.

Being such filthy, dog loving pariahs we decided that we could save our £'s for our home and, with two weeks notice, say thanks but no thanks and stay at home.

We got a threat of an invoice for her wasted time planning the trip and for food that would go to waste......

allthefuss that's when you know you've got a keeper!

Only got to the end of page 1! Am shocked that people appear to just have sex whoevers around! i struggle worrying that the hard of hearing elderly man in the flat upstairs might hear or the family next door!

No, she didn't IB!

The other thing she did was ask me if I her son could come over and play with mine for a bit, on a different day. I said yes, no problem, and she then promptly went back to bed for about four hours and locked the front door to the house so her son could not get back in, and I was stuck with him the whole day, and she wouldn't answer the phone. I ended up having to take him out with me.

Like I said - crazy woman.

mine is the first time my now DH met my mum. My mum has problems with reality, she is also hard of hearing. i have to tell you that, and i had warned him. I had been dating him for a FORTNIGHT when i took him home to meet my parents.

He is from a very Lovely (much nicer than mine) but reserved family. Think the queen (DH) meeting Jim Royle (Mum).

He said to her 'how are you?'
she said 'well, i'm having a spot of bother with me knees' she stood up, and dropped her jogging bottoms to her knees, giving him a huge flash of her granny grabber knickers, in a fetching bubble gum white.

I was mortified. He didnt bat an eyelid, and carried on the conversation with her about her knees. he even felt them.

I was gutted. the first decent boyfriend i'd ever had and mother sees him off....
that was in 1991 and we have just celebrated our 15 wedding anniversary.

she is still as mad as a fish, but we live 300 miles away now. bless her!