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TrickySituation22 · 18/02/2025 01:35

Me and my partner live with my adult daughter. We let our spare room to my partner's longstanding mate who is single, but always hoping for a girlfriend, he's late 30's now, let's call him Ray.
Ray is fine but sometimes give me the ick when he's overtly sexual and crude over his comments about women on TV etc.
He met a woman a few years ago who had been with her partner for 10+ years, and he struck up a friendship with her. However we have never met her as she refused all invitations to our home or to meet up elsewhere. She also used Ray for lifts to the airport when holidaying with friends, for work done to her car and for meals out etc, he paid for everything. He did all this in the hope of getting closer to her (basically he said he wanted to have sex with her) despite the fact that she was with a partner and kept Ray strictly in the friendzone.
Today my partner has announced that Ray has called him and this woman has now split up with her long-standing boyfriend and has nowhere to go and will be coming to live with us until she can find somewhere. Ray says she will be sleeping in his room, but as friends.
No discussion, just presented to me and my daughter as a fait accompli.
My daughter and I are not happy, she's a complete stranger and Ray works away during the week so we would be here alone with her. Apparently according to Ray she has a lot of 'issues' and is going to find it very difficult finding a place a living on her own as she's not a 'coper'.
We've told my partner we don't want it because she sounds like a user and hasn't wanted to meet us before. Plus there's no room for her car and I work from home.
My partner is now embarrassed as we've messaged on our home group chat to the effect that we are not happy about this decision and he is saying in that case no one can stay, not even my daughter's boyfriend, nor any of my friends, ever, not even for one night.
We've been happy to have other friends of Ray's stay the odd night before, guys we have known.
Am I being unreasonable thinking this is an unfair request? We did say one or two nights would be ok but then she'd need to have concrete plans.

OP posts:
GreyBeeplus3 · 24/01/2026 22:01

TrickySituation22
Ray has done this because he's hoping still for what it could lead to.....
I'm willing to bet she's not half as "fragile" as he makes out and knows she's got him where she wants him whilst daughter and yourself will follow and allow meekly behind, what was decided by his mate
As for your partner he's a knob
Your daughters YOUR blood he has no right to tell you what to do about her. You know.
But Rays a stranger, bringing in another knowing leech it seems; anyone mentioned money so far??
Tell him its not going to work
No matter what your partners said
And if possible I'd wonder about your partner too
You and daughter may be better off without

NeverDropYourMooncup · 24/01/2026 23:20

GreyBeeplus3 · 24/01/2026 22:01

TrickySituation22
Ray has done this because he's hoping still for what it could lead to.....
I'm willing to bet she's not half as "fragile" as he makes out and knows she's got him where she wants him whilst daughter and yourself will follow and allow meekly behind, what was decided by his mate
As for your partner he's a knob
Your daughters YOUR blood he has no right to tell you what to do about her. You know.
But Rays a stranger, bringing in another knowing leech it seems; anyone mentioned money so far??
Tell him its not going to work
No matter what your partners said
And if possible I'd wonder about your partner too
You and daughter may be better off without

Seeing as she dumped him almost a year ago, I think it's probably sorted now, tbh.

FaceEatingLeopard · 24/01/2026 23:36

GreyBeeplus3 · 24/01/2026 22:01

TrickySituation22
Ray has done this because he's hoping still for what it could lead to.....
I'm willing to bet she's not half as "fragile" as he makes out and knows she's got him where she wants him whilst daughter and yourself will follow and allow meekly behind, what was decided by his mate
As for your partner he's a knob
Your daughters YOUR blood he has no right to tell you what to do about her. You know.
But Rays a stranger, bringing in another knowing leech it seems; anyone mentioned money so far??
Tell him its not going to work
No matter what your partners said
And if possible I'd wonder about your partner too
You and daughter may be better off without

How far back and what were you searching for to bump this year old saga?@greybeeplus3

GreyBeeplus3 · 25/01/2026 16:44

FaceEatingLeopard
As far as my scrolling skills did carry me

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