How to politely get these guests to leave?

[confusedttraveller]

We have guests today for lunch. Whilst it will be nice to see them, from past experience with these guests, they will not want to leave, and will sit around looong after the conversation has dried up and we will need to drop hints that it's getting late. We have a toddler who will need tea by 6 and bathing at 7pm, and we have our grocery delivery on Sunday nights, organise stuff for the week ahead, plus I like to get into my pyjamas by 7.30 In the past I've used toddlers tea as an excuse but they just say "oh we don't mind" and then offer to help!

Any ideas for how we can get rid of them without telling them to F off?!

I usually start a small fire and evacuate the whole house.

Warn them that you will turn into the Hulk at X o'clock - and then actually do it. Would that be something that'd be in your comfort zone? Wear old clothes so it won't matter so much when they get ripped.

My grandad had been known to put his pj’s on and take the milk bottles out if anyone stayed beyond 2100.

To be fair, if he'd already reached grandparent age, HE almost certainly wouldn't/won't still be staying for another 78 years from now

@confusedttraveller how did it go 🧐

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Are they still there?! Haha

So, have the guests left yet?

If they're still there by 10pm just turn all the power off in protest, that should do the trick

@Watapalava

What time did they arrive? Did they travel far and do you see them often?

For me lunch guests would stay til 7. Leaving straight after lunch is weird and antisocial and pure rude if they’ve travelled far so it’s al relevant

Good god, no!

If you're there for a meal, then you leave at the latest an hour before the next meal.

Oh, perhaps you're one of these people who eats late in the evening? Fair enough; but OP has a small child so at least their tea will be 5 or 6-ish.

All the best op

For me if you invite people for lunch normal routine goes out the window

Have they gone yet?

@NippyWoowoo

If they're still there by 10pm just turn all the power off in protest, that should do the trick

We did actually have the power turn off one time when we had people round for a housewarming. Turned out we needed more coins in the meter, but we didn’t realise until later that that was the problem, we thought there had just been a power cut. Everyone got up and left - it was the easiest party we’ve ever had.

So you could try flipping the breakers OP? See how long they sit there in the dark?

I had to ask a lunch guest to leave at 2am once. I'd suggested lunch instead of dinner because I wanted the evening to myself

If no one else has mentioned it
Sound of Music song that the children sing after a party
www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+sound+of+music+so+long+farewell&view=detail&mid=9709273ECCABA8D6B5A99709273ECCABA8D6B5A9&FORM=VIRE

If anybody watched the gameshow Winning Combination on ITV, Omid Djalili (hosting it - brilliantly) had a number of catchphrases, one of which was to (obviously jokingly) shout at the contestants who hadn't got through to the final "Now, take your numbers AND GET OUUUUTTTTTT!!!!!"

I so wish I could find a clip of it that I'd set as my ringtone, but on one occasion, as a variation, he sang that song - really sweetly and softly, right up until the end:

"So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, GET OUUUUTTTTTT!!!!!"

@Peaness

I had to ask a lunch guest to leave at 2am once. I'd suggested lunch instead of dinner because I wanted the evening to myself

I feel annoyed for you just reading that.

Why invite them in the first place if u feel this way...and on a Sunday! Surely it could have been dinner sat night possibly......also ensure that all is sorted for the week ahead prior to their arrival and ask them to help washing up etc after the meal and let them know you have other family coming over in the evening at x time...

This sadly doesn't include the Sound Of Music song episode, but here are 24 possible ideas for bringing their visit to a natural conclusion!

Thanks for all the tips!! I didn't check MN last night as I was busy getting organised for the week! and into my pyjamas

They left at 5.30pm - yay! We we're SAVED however from dropping any hints by one of the group suddenly announcing he had "a thing" to do at 7 and he needed to go home and get ready. Very mysterious. But also very helpful indeed. In the end his announcement meant they all had to rush off at once as he was the designated driver!

Maybe he got the vibe that it was time to go and he invited a "thing". 🌹

My in laws make it a day trip when visiting despite living 10 minutes away. They normally come at lunchtime at leave around 8-9pm. I don't mind too much as I'm used to it now and its not just me they do it too. When we visit there's we normally stay about 2hrs. When we say we're leaving now they'll always say 'you didn't stay long'. I don't know anyone else like them