What's the weirdest thing a guest in your house has done? (Lighthearted)

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DH had a close childhood friend. They were in their early 20s and friend had come over to hang out (just for the evening not to stay over).

DH was still living with his parents at the time and they were all in the living room chatting when friend randomly gets up and announces "right I'm going for a bath" and just goes off and has a bath in their house.

It's such a small thing but so bizarre. What odd habits have you seen from house guests?

He sounds like a psychopath.

So, ermm, I just wanted to say that some of the weird behaviours displayed by guests are innocent 😳😳😳😳😳.

I was at a friend’s house (a friend of the opposite sex!). I went to the toilet and had a wee. Flushed the toilet. I realised that my tummy wasn’t ok and I needed a poo and, whilst I don’t like to do that in other people’s toilets, I just had to (as tummy not ok 😉). When I finished, I realised the toilet reservoir was still filling up, so I decided to wait for it to fill up fully before flushing. I washed my hands, redid my makeup…and forgot to flush the toilet!!

MORTIFIED!

This sounds familiar. My mum is like this. I've asked a few times if I can leave stuff at her house for convenience. Things like my spare winter coat in their coat cupboard. She would nod and says that's fine but next time I went it would be missing and she would proudly tell me she threw it out or gave it away "to make room". This would make sense if she was a Marie Kondo fan but (a) I ask her and she agrees (b) her house is rammed with clutter and (c) my sisters childhood bedroom is untouched - clothes in drawers, books on shelves, school photos on the wall. I felt a bit like she was putting me in my place (scapegoat child). I no longer leave anything there, obviously.

I've just remembered some other pain in the arse guests. My friend from school and her boyfriend (later husband). He'd always drink too much and throw up. Usually in the toilet but one occasion on the bathroom floor. She came to tell me about it and seemed really shocked when I gave her a bucket and cleaning stuff so that they could clean up themselves.

They had a very host/guest mentality and literally did not expect to lift a finger. They came to our housewarming party and asked to stay over as too tired to drive home. I said OK and when the other party guests had gone I cleared up around them including moving chairs back to the right rooms while they lounged on the sofa. She opened a box of chocolates id been given for a gift without asking. I was 5 months pregnant and it didn't occur to them to help. I offered them a choice of breakfast in the morning, he turned his nose up and started opening cupboards and ripping open packets. They then parked themselves at the breakfast table (long thin room) so neither i nor husband could sit down, as if they just expected us to stand there serving them. We did ask them to move up!

This might be so the piece of paper hides any skid marks still left at the bottom of the pan after flushing. I think it shows courtesy to the next user.

Alternatively, if your toilet ‘spits’ water on the toilet seat when flushing, the piece of paper is used to mop the drops of water

Was he called Jimmy by any chance? 😂

Me too. I would love to go walking in the country at that time of night. I get so fed up with the light in London.

I've told them again and again! But they bring it all back like bloody golden retrievers.

Whenever they ask what I need for my room, I just repeat, "oh, nothing, just a small storage box for the spare clothing and toys for packing".

They're doing a massive clear out at the moment, so they might have conveniently forgotten... Except they insist that they want the house better for hosting, and... "What furniture would you like in your room?"

That's lovely😊

@amoreoamicizia thought you meant that's why you were googling things! 🤦‍♀️🤣

Had a friend stay over for a few days. When I was out at work, she texted me to ask if she could borrow a jumper as she’d spilled something on hers. I said sure, and told her where to find one. When I came back, she’d decided she didn’t like any of the half a dozen clean jumpers in my dresser, but rather fancied another one she’d seen me wear the day before. So she’d helped herself to it… by going through my washing basket.

I’m usually pretty laid back about house guests making themselves at home, borrowing things, rummaging about the fridge and helping themselves to meals/snacks/drinks etc but this one had me feeling a bit disturbed.

Another time, a distant relative used my bathroom, then came and theatrically whispered to me that I really shouldn’t be keeping ‘such things’ out where everyone can see them. Took me a while to figure out she meant period products. I always keep small basket filled up with these, in case anyone’s caught short - and they’re deliberately visible for the same reason. No idea why she found this so disturbing. She wasn’t that old, so it cannot have been a generation thing, either.

Your MIL was a ahead of her time.
Catflaps get absolutely filthy; I used to notice all the mud and nose marks in Facebook photos of friends' moggies coming in or out, but never thought to clean mine until we got a cleaner and found him polishing away and removing the tufts of fur stuck in the hinges, so I do it now if the cleaner is away. The cat is well impressed.

wtf - why?

Something odd that happened to a guest, not a guest acting odd.

School French exchange. My friend's penfriend got hold of my friend's knickers and embroided her first initial on them. As some days we were out until mid evening. WTF?

Coming over and being over familiar for the first visit.I've had a few friends mates or new boyfriends I hadn’t met do this, like sticking the kettle on, making a snack.

niece was another never ever brought down under wear to be washed we found it inside her bed when she moved out bed was thrown out🤮🤮

brought her own sleeping bag to sleep in, even though she was staying in the guest room?

My PIL also do this! 1/5 of a block of cheese. A slightly wizened tomato. Three slices of bread. Half a lemon.

They do also bring useful stuff like smooth pickle (can't buy it round here for some reason!) and delicious home baked cakes.

I cleaned my ( well, the cats') cat flap yesterday. It's made an appreciable difference and the cats are pleased.

Ooops.😳

That reminded me of a story (I think it was Judy Finnigan) told on TV once.
A friend had been invited somewhere, she used the loo (No2) and she tried three times to flush it, but it stayed bobbing along in the bowl.
In desperation, she scooped it out, opened the window, and flung it out.

Your friends initials or the pen-friends initials

MIL always has a nap in my bed everytime she pops over! Doesn't ask, or even mention it, just dissappears off! I don't begrudge anyone having a rest if they need it, and would offer my bed if needed, but the first time she just snuck off it was quite a shock. DH rather nonplussed when I mentioned it. However one time, DH was already sleeping in the bed as had been on an early shift. Must have been quite a shock to wake up to his mother 🤣 I just sat in the living room giggling to myself!

A friend and her 2 children came to stay for one night and she had some rather strange requests. In preparation of their stay I prepared 3 beds, made up with clean sheets, 2 new pillows each, an extra blanket incase it got cold, as well as a bath sheet and hair towel each. They had the guest bathroom to themselves and a stack of clean hand towels. Apparently this was not sufficient and I should also have supplied flannels and face towels! Also far more pillows. Apparently the pillows were sub par and she only uses organic, hypoallergenic, goose upper lip hair or whatever. ( maybe I should have offered my bed? MIL certainly seems to prefer it!)

Also, in advance of her visit she demanded I provide an unopened jar of Peanut butter and new pack of butter solely for her use!

She hasn’t been invited for a repeat visit!

😳 He's mad. Do you have anything to do with him now?

I didn’t! We all stayed up, I had no idea what to do, I’d never been in the position before and I was like a deer in the headlights. I think it’s because it was my first time and also because I didn’t know what to say or really what was happening! It was just the four of us and the first time I’d invited anyone although I’d been over at others so to me the drill was stay for dinner, help tidy up etc and thank you very much then return the favour - I didn’t have a nice place to bring anyone back to for a while but I’d always return the favour by take the kids out for the day or something similar. I honestly remember thinking at around 12am - what am I going to do? I think if they hadn’t left they’d still be literally living here because I didn’t know what to say! 😂

Anyone doing that in my house would find themselves face down on the grass outside with a footprint on their arse.

I often take a duvet and a pillow if I'm staying with someone for just a night. Changing a whole set of bedlinen because someone's spent a single night in it is a faff. Actually, many of the people I know do this because most of the women are menopausal and only need a light duvet cover and not the heavyweight ones so many hosts supply. We have very soft (expensive) goosedown pillows which some of my friends/ family hate, so they bring their special hard neck pillows. Nothing wrong with any of that. It means everyone's comfortable.

@Topseyt123 Oh my goodness, that is the sort of thing Margo Leadbetter would have done to Tom and Barbara's house! (British sitcom The Good Life.) 😂