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852 replies

Castleontheisland · 28/12/2022 05:05

Name changed for this as my other threads are quite outing. Sorry its long!

Me and partner are away for a few days over Christmas, our next door neighbour has a spare key for our house for emergencies (we have their spare house key as well). We are not close friends just normal neighbours, They have had family visiting over Christmas/new year. On boxing day they text me and asked if some of their family could sleep in our home as more of the family had arrive unexpectedly! We said no because beds need changing and heating not on etc.(also I dont want strangers in my home)Well since then we have had text after text asking over and over again! I have also repeatedly tried to ring them but they are not picking up! The last one was very late last night (I was already in bed asleep)asking again and saying the family who they want to stay's car has broken down! I feel like packing up here and going home now as so worried they will just use my house anyway! I dont have any friends or family nearby who can check on my home. My partner has said they surely wont just use our house but I'm not sure they wont. 😥

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pocketvenuss · 28/12/2022 19:24

Waiting....

Howyiz · 28/12/2022 19:26

🍿

Pipsquiggle · 28/12/2022 19:26

I really hope your home is OK OP

red4321 · 28/12/2022 19:27

It's like Goldilocks with people asleep in your beds. Well, hopefully not...

Millytante · 28/12/2022 19:29

My stomach is in knots over this! It sounds to me like they pounced eagerly on the news OP was going away, and extended invites right and left. They must be a bit odd, thinking anyone could possibly accede to this request merely on the basis of a pretty casual acquaintance.
Who turns up in any number, needing a bed at Christmas (given the lesson of the very first Noël!)? A very bogus claim to make, but if true, damn well make room on the floors of your own house! (As for the car...there are emergency mechanics!) The constant reiteration of the request struck me as checking she’s definitely not on her way back, and the unanswered phone is obvious too. (Has OP tried using a different phone, such as her husband’s or the hotel’s?)
Hope there’s a reassuring update, but in OPs place, even if it seems nothing has happened, I’d surely be getting new locks, and probably a professional cleaning crew in too.

Bigdamnheroes · 28/12/2022 19:29

Oh come the fuck ON, OP! 😂 Enquiring minds want to know!

theemojisthough · 28/12/2022 19:32

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CuriousMama · 28/12/2022 19:32

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Yes

LookItsMeAgain · 28/12/2022 19:33

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Unless you actually know it's fake, we have to take it at face value.

Bigdamnheroes · 28/12/2022 19:33

Probably. But I still want to know how it ends.

Surlybassey · 28/12/2022 19:33

Has it occurred to those baying for an update that a genuinely unpleasant, confrontational scenario may have unfolded when her relatives got to the house? Really hope everything is ok OP.

GrazingSheep · 28/12/2022 19:34

My stomach is in knots over this!

Really? It’s probably not even true!

Meezer2 · 28/12/2022 19:34
Envy
Onionbhajisandwich · 28/12/2022 19:35

Wow that’s so cheeky! I hope your home is ok op!

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HotChoxs · 28/12/2022 19:45

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no way fake

PizzaPlease7 · 28/12/2022 19:47

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Yup

Gemmanorthdevon · 28/12/2022 19:48

Surlybassey · 28/12/2022 19:33

Has it occurred to those baying for an update that a genuinely unpleasant, confrontational scenario may have unfolded when her relatives got to the house? Really hope everything is ok OP.

Yes it has? 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

bumblefeline · 28/12/2022 19:48

Can someone make up an ending then please?

FloorWipes · 28/12/2022 19:53

This reminds me of the time my granny’s vacant house got used by an arms smuggling ring and they returned to find a stash of Kalashnikovs, which actually did happen.

MeridianB · 28/12/2022 19:56

bumblefeline · 28/12/2022 19:48

Can someone make up an ending then please?

The neighbours turn out to be swingers and used OP’s house for a biiiiiig partay. 🍾😘😳

RisingSunn · 28/12/2022 19:57

Hope your home is okay!

FairyMarie · 28/12/2022 19:59

I have a horrible feeling this didnt end well. Given theres no update. I think what were all suspecting has happened and it kicked off when confronted. I really hope not as this is OPs real life and it will be awful the fall out and having to live next door. I do hope OP comes back with a “all ok” update 🥺

Millytante · 28/12/2022 20:00

FloorWipes · 28/12/2022 19:53

This reminds me of the time my granny’s vacant house got used by an arms smuggling ring and they returned to find a stash of Kalashnikovs, which actually did happen.

Things in the Cotswolds have changed since I was a girl! 😹

strawberriesplease · 28/12/2022 20:02

strawberriesplease
This happened to me years ago. A friend with a key used my house to have her affair in while I worked away.

blimey, I wonder if you're prepared to tell us how you found out, presume she at least knew she was out of order & hoped you'd not know!

I found out as a neighbour commented on my house guest being very nice! I was aghast but knew instantly it was her from the subsequent description and fact she had keys. Confronted her and she immediately confessed and did the whole 'I need my space with him etc, please understand'.

It ended our friendship and oddly others too as many mutual friends didn't get what the problem was!

I got a new bed as just couldn't stomach it.