In your home...

[willowpot]

Person coming to stay and or visit in your home. They walk in to the room and your sat there already - who should speak first? I think it's the person visiting as they're entering your home - thoughts? Note it's a different person to who has answered the door to them.

I think the resident should speak first. In fact I'd say they should stand up and speak

I think it would be the person already sitting there, who should get up and greet the visitor. Rude not to.

Yes owner gets up to greet visitor of course.

Yup, what they said 👆 🙂

In the culture I’m from (not British) it’s the visitor who must greet first. But I think here it’s the other way round.

The resident....

I mean most people are polite so either would speak up immediately.

I’ve been to houses where a resident has pretty much ignored me as a visitor and found it fucking rude.

Yes the host/owner immediately gets up to greet the visitor, offers them a drink/introduce them around what have you.

Resident should greet first.

If I walked in someone’s house my first instinct would be to say hi to whoever was sat there - if someone walked in my house my instinct would be to say hi. Maybe I’m strange

Why would you be sat there while someone lets themselves in? Owner should greet first

What the hell kind of awkward silence standoff happened here?

Don't you always naturally say hello regardless of whether you're the resident or the visitor or wandering down the street and bump into an acquaintance.

"Oh look it's Brian... hi, Brian"

Resident should greet first and stand up

The host. Always always the hosts responsibility to make their guest feel welcome.

Resident should greet, but assuming it's not a formal reception - and if the visitor isn't visiting that specific resident - I would have thought a vague smile can be greeting enough.

So, backstory please.

@VaggieMight I like your approach

It's beyond me that people care about this stuff