People turning up without warning- rude?

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I find this behaviour rude and thoughtless. As the homeowners may have plans themselves or in the midst of a cooking marathon esp this time of the year.

Be nicer for them to message/call saying are you available to have a chat as in the area etc.

If you are one of those people who turn up at others without informing them first. Why do you do it?

Devious.
Catching you out
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Oh god, this thread had become more hilarious than ever
Sadly, people with this attitude sometomes have children

When DC1 was a small toddler who was under the weather and I was pregnant and poorly with DC2 I remember one friend pitching up at the door unexpected with her DH in tow and a Christmas present for my child. I'd just got the toddler down for a nap, felt awful, was in PJs and needed to sleep. I was just going to ignore but she kept ringing the doorbell incessantly shouting 'her car is here so she must be in' and then started ringing my mobile that was within earshot. Toddler was woken by all the noise and started crying. I was so furious. I opened the door and let them in but was a bit frosty. They sat for an hour drinking tea telling me all their news, saying I looked ghastly and letting their own toddler run riot around my house. We weren't friends much longer after that.

i agree with just texting or ringing to check it’s okay to pop over (giving the person chance to make an excuse if it isn’t) and I agree with this even more when people have a baby x

No, you are deliberately trying to make people out to be weird whenever all they expect is a text to check it is ok. It is really not hard!

It's so easy to pick out the CF's who just turn up at people's doors and expect to be invited in whenever they feel like it with no regard for what the other person might be doing. Absolute arseholes.

Oh, you have to watch the devious ones. Thank god for doorbell cameras 😂 We have a speaker on ours, not sure they all do? "Please vacate the doorstep, back it up, I'm in the bath..."

It’s a thing of the past for sure.

I remember when I was younger, my aunty & a couple of my mums friends would drop by unannounced, usually just a quick visit. My mum never seemed to mind and they would usually just sit in the kitchen with a cup of tea for a natter.

I prefer a quick text/phone call first. At least give me half an hour to make myself half decent or give the living room a quick tidy! (It’s usually covered in toys)

I’m old, it’s been normal all my life, and still is, thankfully.

indeed, I am always a bit baffled if I find out a friend was nearby and didn’t pop in.

Sure they do - to toddlers. That’s it 😂.

Isn’t this exactly what is wrong with the world these days. People think of themselves first and foremost and then others.

I hate it. When we first moved into our flat (I think we'd been there less than a fortnight) one of my partner's Mum's friend pitched up on the doorstep with her three kids (1 adult,2 older teens). I'd barely met this lady, never met 2 of her children, we were in the middle of a cleaning session, there were boxes everywhere and we were both dirty, sweaty & tired.

But they "wanted to see what we'd done with the place." In 2 weeks. I was really unimpressed.

Make sure you tell them it's chocolate's so they know to put it out of reach of their dog. One of my friends dogs ended up at the emergency vets Christmas day night. Her dad had left some dark chocolates behind the sofa.

I find it odd that you're asking on other people's behalf .

It's fine to put yourself first though.

Devious? No come on. Surely that was just a poor choice of words…

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There isn’t a big conspiracy to catch you out or ruin your day.

The catastrophising language that is used at times to try and make a point is growing and frankly poor.

I think some people turn up without warning because if they warned you, you'd have the chance to say 'no' to them.

Personally I don't drop in but if someone turned up I could provide coffee and a biscuit, I suppose.

Of course it is and then the whole world only thinks of themselves and everyone is selfish.

I’m currently in the middle of decorating my very small house so there is stuff everywhere and I look a mess. Even in this situation I’d be happy if someone turned up at my house, I’m terrible at making plans and am all for spontaneity. I’d probably stop and have a cup with f tea and carry on with what I’m doing while chatting.

If someone turned up and I genuinely didn’t want to see them then I’d just not invite them in, why does it need to be a big thing? I do understand some people don’t like others in their home unless it’s showtime ready but I’d never have anyone over if that was the case!

You've clearly been fortunate enough not to have been subjected to such behaviour.

Go, you.

But she didn’t say that she sat there and refused to answer the door because the person in question hadn’t sent their request in writing 3 business days before.

Well, sure, but then don't complain when your friendships fade and people stop bothering to try because you keep prioritising yourself.

Those of my friends who just drop in do it on the understanding I may ot be available. They certainly don’t expect lunch.

Many of the complaints about people who drop in use phrases like “expecting to be entertained”. If they’re doing the dropping in properly, they don’t expect anything. And OP should be able to say “sorry, I won’t invite you in, we’re having a difficult day”

Eh?
I have no idea why arranging to have a mutually agreed day or event with family or friends is so terrible?
It's what our family have always done
" Sunday lunch at ours next week, perfect"

" what the world is coming to"
What????
Checking if you can pop round is wrong?
Well I never 😂

Exactly! Or start threads moaning about how friendless you are.

You can say “no” if they turn up.