if you had people you didnt know coming to stay...

[OnlyWantsOne]

what would you do to the house to prepare?

DP has invited his friends round tonight to stay

am 37 weeks PG and have a 4 year old, 2 cats, and an 18 week old lab puppy.

House is organised and kinda tidy, apart from the odd toy and sofa needing putting back nicely and plumping.

Im exhausted, is running the hoover around ok? I cant muster the energy for much else.

Shall make up their bed when DD in bath later, they not coming till 8

DP wont be home til then either so cant ask him to do any thing

urgh

what was he thninking?

i think i'd go spare at dp if he did something like that

Are they male freinds? If so I would do nothing, men don't notice mess and they won't notice when a mates freind has had a tidy up!

Put your feet and fling a bed togher later on.

'Put your feet up' I mean!

'Put your feet up' I mean!

its a couple

we have been invited to their wedding next year, ive never met them

yeah, hoover and make sure you have enough loo roll and put your feet up. your dh can make the beds when he's back in the evening.

How thoughtless of your DH (& of the couple TBH). How much notice did he give?

Put your feet up & tell DH to sort out the bed when he gets in. Do nothing. Order a takeaway for tea....

he asked me last night

I dont think I mind really, but I feel so fat and uncomfy and get up lots in the night and walk around, I could do without the hastle of having people here.

Plus, they organised it by text, and DP said he'd "check with the management" and the get back to them. That really fucked me off.,

Im not the fucking management.

Plus, Im still working. Meant to be working from home, looking after DD (who I have to now go and get from pre school) and get my work done before baby, not be a fucking house wife

Oh bless. You do mind otherwise you wouldn't be on here! Can they cancel?

Tell your DH you have gone into early labour! Then when he cancels his friends say "OH no false alarm..."

I take it they don't have DC's then or else they would never had accpted the invite...what a pain, why do they have to stay? Is it so they can both drink?

I'd put them off with some nice big braxton hicks and tales of babys delivered early on the bathroom floor with guests running around fetching hot water and towels!

they dont have children, young professional couple

they live miles away, 3 hour drive? No idea how long they are staying for, I have appts and things at 9am tomorrow so shant be running around after them

I was so looking forward to a restful weekend
dp is such a dick

right, better get cooking then (and try removing the word MUG that's written across my forehead)

I can't answer the question. The idea of having people to stay that I had never met is completely alien to me. I may explode just thinking about it.

really??????????

NO! Don't cook - under these circs it is most definitely your DP and guests responsibility to sort dinner.

You are 37 weeks pregnant - whatever you decide to do or not do is acceptable...I should know, I am also 37 weeks pregnant and DH would be in serious trouble know if this were me (and I'm on maternity leave)!

Maybe hoover, order takeaway. Or, leave everything as it is and let him sort it later.

know now

Was the 'really???' for me? :) If so, yes absolutely! My home is my little hovel haven from the outside world. You'd have to be homeless to get overnight accommodation with me!

oh crap im dreading it now

If I were you, I would be fine with said people turning up to stay if house was reasonably tidy lke you say.
I'd get DD, get as much of my work done as possible and when DH and the guests turn up, welcome them in and suggest you all order in food from somewhere as you've just finished work as well and havent had a chance to prepare anything.
Then while you are waiting for the takeaway to arrive throw the clean sheets at DH to make up the spare room!

Thats what Id do anyway.

As long as it's clean and tidy, just get your dh to get a takeaway and sit down! You are very busy making a person, you can't possibly faff about making beds and all that nonsense. In fact, I'd graciously present them with bedding and say that I was sure they wouldn't mind making up the bed as you are SO tired having tidied up all day!

Take a back seat and let dh entertain and you may even enjoy their company.

take away for food. dh does the bed.

Don't dread it OWO it might be good fun, just let others take more responsibility than you might normally...good practice for a few weeks time!

but DP doesnt take responcibility, he'll come home open a beer and be a complete cad.

I will cook, clear up, get DD bathed and put to bed, make up spare room, let dog out, feed cats, find kitten and secure aware from my sleeping face(she bites my face when I sleep)

Im actually really cross and sad about it all now.

Send DH for take away. Put clean bedding on bed for your guests to make up. They won't mind: you're pg fgs! If I were the guests I'd be mortified to think you'd been running around. Get them to entertain your DD while you watch TV.

I do feel for you. All I want to do of an evening at the moment is shove on some comfortable clothes, eat and look for tangiable signs that I might go into labour at some point!

If DH is unlikely to be much help then don't do anything to the house, order your favourite takeaway and put a pile of clean bed linen on the guest bed for them to make up.

If they are human they really will understand and be grateful they are able to stay at all.