what a surprise..it has started!

[momager1]

long story, short.
husband and I took early retirement and sold our home in Canada. 7 weeks ago we moved to a condo that we had purchased previously (for our retirement) In Dominican Republic. 3 min walk to gorgeous bavaro beach, lots of quirky little eateries, Small condo complex but upscale with two large pools and 2 bbq gazebos with included gas bbqs and dining tables for the owners to use. SURPRISE. 3 couples that we have not had alot of socializing with have all sent messages this week. 1 looking to stay a week in august, 1 a week in October, and the other couple want to bring their two kids over CHRISTMAS!! I need to figure out a good response to them all. I did want to message back FUCK OFF but my husband thought it was a bit harsh haha. Couple one have always been good hosts as have we on the rare occasion that we have been in each others house ( and good dinner guests, including asking what they can bring and when i say nothing, they showed up with flowers and two bottles of wine as they didn't know what i was cooking, so a red and a white) Couple Two. had them over for a bbq once. nice enough people that lived in our culdesac, but showed up empty handed and then asked for some of the leftovers as she didn't have time to make anything for their packed lunches the next day (it was a lunch bbq over at 5 pm) Couple three. JUST NO. In the message they sent they said that they know it is just two bedrooms two baths, but the kids could sleep in the livingroom and share THEIR bathroom. And they were so looking forward to my cooking for the week as they are not in a position to eat out much !! ( I am a NOW RETIRED restaurant owning chef. NO NOPE NOPITY NOPE.
So. How do I word my messages back to them that does not include FUCK OFF ?

I’ll look for these.

The CFery of the people phoning the restaurant to find out when the OP's daughter was working and then changing their booking to a night when she WAS!

I genuinely cannot get my breath.

the MN "did you mean to be so rude?" should be effective enough.

Then ignore.

Or you could change your mind, invite them to your house and let the film The Menu inspire you. 🤔

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9764362/

@innerspace That was a deeply weird film, yet I couldn't look away!

I have been reading your posts. I can't believe how cheeky these people have been. Well done though for not putting up with it

Very, very weird. But had to watch the end anyway.

Just here for the 🐩 pics...

just for a peek...before I head to beach. This is a piece of my lasagna recipe

Why do you have to reply at all? Just ignore.

Wow I'm in shock. The fact that they've cancelled their reservation shows you exactly what their motives were.

Wow. If you don't want to tell them to fuck off, then I guess you could say something more diplomatic ... like "piss off"

Thank you so much in you're interest in our new home from home holiday experience,
unfortunately we aren't quite ready for our new guests but if you put a small nonrefundable 10% £1k deposit I can secure your 2027 stay.
Thank you and we can't wait to show you magic of the Dominican Republic

Because they deserve being told they are massive cf’s.

Omg 😍 that looks amazing! Looking forward to trying your recipe and I'm already smacking my lips at the Mars bar cheesecake yum. You've handled this whole situation with grace OP, they are the biggest CF ever this year haha. Enjoy the beach ⛱️ 😎 xx

Talk about the dregs.

Well handled.

Looking forward to the recipes😗

Haha OP - if you haven't seen this film I highly recommend it 😂 it'll put you in the mood for the CF

That lasagne looks amazing 😍

I’ve gained 3lbs just looking at that lasagne!

OMG the lasagne. Cheese-monstrously-tastic OP.

Very well done on the CFs. You should give cookery classes with a seminar on the side; how to swiftly dispatch your CFs.

Not read the full thread but I emphasise @momager1 . Very different location but when we lived in a popular tourist area here in the UK we had lots of 'friends' asking to visit, including their badly behaved DC. We were always hosting, never asked for any contributions, and at one point felt like we were a b&b.

Funnily enough when we moved away to a non touristy area we never heard from anyone again. Quite relieved really, especially as one so called 'friend' stole from my bedroom which she and her DH had stayed in, and then lied about returning the stolen items to me. They never did turn up.

These days we only have close family stay with us.

Enjoy your lovely new home!

Couple one could be fun to have over, but 2 and 3 I’d just reply sorry who is this? 😂 Bloody nerve of some people. To be honest if it were me I’d reply with your preferred response, but to keep a graceful manner I’d hold back for a minute. Enjoy your wonderful and amazing retirement, I’m 35 but aspire to be where you are at retirement age. You obviously worked very hard, enjoy it ❤️ xx

Oh my word that looks delicious! I'm so hungry and waiting till it's dinner time... I bet this lasagne is low calorie also... 🌹

At least they had the courtesy to cancel the reservation rather than just not bother turning up!

I'll await the report of the local facebook post that slams the restaurant for not being "welcoming" or some other such nonsense, at which point we can all come up with some suitably worded response that will make the whole town realise what idiots they are!

Thanks for the lovely poodles on the beach pics…..