Care to share the oddest thing house guests have done in your home this festive period?

[CharlieWeasleysWife]

We've had many guests over the festive period and most have been an absolute delight. However, have just waved off a few of DHs friends and they:

Removed phone chargers and toiletries left in the guest room/bathroom and taken home

Used (a used!) dish cloth to wipe their face then replaced on the sink

Complained we won't allow scary/violent TV until our young children are in bed

WTF?

Edited for typos

I feel like I might have to defend the toilet roll users amongst us...

I have a post birth injury that had made getting clean after a No.2 a bit of an ordeal. At home I use wipes or shower but can't always away from home, especially if there is no bathroom bin. So unfortunately that means a lot of loo roll to get completely clean.

I used to have the most horrific periods which also involved a lot of loo roll to get tidied up if I didn't have wipes to hand.

Other people might have IBS or conditions that mean the use a bit more than average.

@BigTubOfLard Thanks for the useful advice. Are we still sitting, or standing up at this point?🤔

My visiting adult stepson got up on his first morning here at 11am and had a (long) shower, then proceeded to have a second shower at 2pm (he hadn’t been for a run or anything like that). Thankfully he didn’t do it on the other days but it had me scratching my head as to why!

It’s always ‘sherry o’clock’ somewhere on the planet …

yes. toilet roll usage is not something I’ll ever criticise or be criticised about. hard no. sorry about your injury

Also want to know what difference left hand makes

BIL spends most of the time having a nap - then goes to bed really early as he is tired. MIL won’t join in with anything if he isn’t there too so he isn’t left out. Drives me up the wall I’d far rather he doesn’t turn up.

1. Brought an (unwrapped) Happy Meal gift as a present for DS

2. Wiped his shoe clean with the jay cloth from the kitchen and put it back. When confronted replied with something along the lines of "But I want to look smart when I go out..."

(Different guests btw)

On WLI’s and haven’t told anyone?

Had too much festive food already and didn’t fancy it? But if so, they should have said in the chat so you’d know better how many to cater for.

Do they usually eat when at yours?

I wash them at 60 in a big batch and never use them more than once… so no bacteria left to breed.

That's so sad. I'm so sorry that your mum behaved in such a horrible & dismissive way towards your daughter.

The gammon/wafer thin ham did make me laugh though. It's like the year that Tesco decided to substitute my christmas turkey crown for a packet of wafer thin turkey slices!! On Christmas eve!!

We do.
Towels, flannels, footmats etc.

Guests have separate bathrooms and know to put used items into the bath so we are aware it has been used (like a hotel).

We also provide some (nice) toiletries (shower gel, hand soap, hand cream etc) but have never noticed any of it going missing when they leave.🙂

Not sure The Great MN Flannel Thread is worthy of such poetic musings, but I for one enjoyed it, staring languidly into the middle distance as the blue-grey smoke of my cigarette dissipates into the ether. And - like her - is gone. 😂

Reusable flannels are much better for the environment than cotton pads, so if you can switch you’ll be saving lots of energy and water resources.

I had often packed a damp facecloth in a (clean!) dog poo bag found in a coat pocket in my younger days.

I have now bought a nice toiletry bag with a waterproof pocket just for my face cloths! I need one to take off my cleansing balm properly.

Are you still drunk on those margaritas?

Quite wasteful though. You won’t be reusing cotton wool like a flannel and the packaging is plastic.
Flannels may seem old fashioned but they do the job and environmentally friendly.

Try Wype. I'm evangelical about the stuff

Bit rude!
Dog owners really ought to realise not everyone will find their pet tolerable. But equally, for many people dogs are part of the family and no more filthy than a toddler.

We had a canine guest this Christmas. Approximately 95% delightful, and 5% absolute bellend. He will be allowed back.

Flannels remind me of old people and strip washes.

You need to get those clothes back. Tell them you'll call the police if they don't returned them. They are stolen items.

What did the canine guest do to be a bell end ? 😁

So I hope you told him to move and explained why you needed that space?

I’m sure every contribution you make is original and scintillating. This is a chat forum, people are just chatting. It’s not that deep.

omg gross!!! Hope they were never invited back!