Read this thread last night and the cat one.....silently laughed so hard it made the bed shake and had to tell DP why. So thanks for that, needed it badly.
My 26 y/o DS and fiancee moved in last October as she worked in hospitality and lived on site with him in one room and was always on call so had no work life balance, and we had the room after all our house sharers moved on.
We all have become nocturnal / insomniacs, and they keep themselves to themselves with occasional family meals and socials, but it is amazing that they also fit the same profile.
Have been trying to deep clean and sort the kitchen with vague ideas of making it a creative space because it's big enough, but every time I get half of it sorted, the functional half up to scratch, I come down to find my DS has cooked a snack. How the hell does an instant pasta require so many pans and utensils? And why is there a complete aversion to washing up cutlery? This extends to my DP.
They have brought their cat who is adorable but scatty so there us an ongoing battle for its affections, plus she's a house cat so doesn't go out so plenty of paranoia that she hasn't ninja-ed her way out if the door gets opened, and policing of things left out in the kitchen which may be harmful.
One upside is occasional evenings of games like Unstable Unicorns and the Shame of life.....
They're here for the long haul as my sons work dried up - he worked festivals and gigs doing rigging and fencing, but has a gardening gig from time to time, and she is obviously furloughed for the forseeable, but the future is so hard to plan for we'd rather have them here as this is stable for the time being.
Strange times we live in but I'm enjoying it mostly, another few weeks of light domestic nudging and we might end up with domestic bliss !!