2 nights staying over is enough!

[Anonymous2211]

I'd like to get a general vibe of how many nights you can have people staying over at your house before you just want your space back!. I'm a private person, my social battery drops off a cliff by the second evening so I am considering having a 2 night rule. My husband doesn't agree (because it suits him to not set boundaries plus its his side of the family that stay as they have to travel 1.5 hours to get to us). For my particular situation, I have a small house and this puts one of my children out of their bed which really stresses me out. They are OK on the sofa or air bed but again, more than 2 nights I find really overwhelming and not fair. You also can't relax in the evening as I have to make the sofa or air bed and leave the lounge so they can sleep.(no space in bedrooms for air bed) It just really affects house dynamics and causes me so much work! Typically every 6-10 weeks. Any thoughts?

Thank you, great advice again...funnily enough I am very solid on teaching this to my children (teaching people how to treat us) but have stumbled on modeling it for them so I know one million percent I need to set this straight now

They only need to drive 1.5 hours back and forth. They can go home.

A visit of about an hour is the maximum I can tolerate of having anyone in my house. And that's if I really like them and they are excellent company.

No one stays in my house except for me and DP (and our pets). My commute to work is 1.5 hours each way, so it’s not a long enough distance to warrant staying over.