Things that make you go urgghh when visiting other peoples house...

[EvesMama]

my first must be..
there only being thier bath towels in bathroom, so when youve washed your hands after using the loo..you could be wiping them on front bum/back bum/willy parts!!!...bleeergh!

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Great thread!

I hate it when people just slap out a boob and start breastfeeding a baby right there in front of me! makes me want to barf!

lol evesmama (will have to check my soap dish now)

I'm sure if we did have hand towels, everyone would use them as bath towels anyway (esp dh who probably would not notice the difference) so I doubt drying your hands on hand towels guarantees lack of bum/balls/vagina parts.

Phew

god i am cocking myself laughing here..i must tear myself away give dp some attention!

greensleeves you are so funny

Sorry greensleaves but if i visit someone, its nice to have somewhere to sit with out moving washing.

dog hair everywhere and when they serve food or a cup of tea, you find dog hair on/in it.

my cousin brushed the cat with her own hairbrush... on the kitchen table... while i was sat at it... eating.

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putting washing away is so tiresome though

in the end, you can find most of the clothes you need in the clean washing pile anyway

agree with WWB

There you go we also need a "Bleurgh" emoticon! Also i need an "I'm a bit premenstrual and over sensitive" one

Perhaps you should invest in a shooting stick then, tortoise... in case you get caught short with a slatternly hostess

thier children not bothering with the toilet only a short walk away and using your feet to pee on instead!

Tallmummy

The thing I hate the most is a pristine house that I can't relax in for fear of dropping a crumb on the carpet or making a bum print on the sofa.

I don't like soap either - i.e. bars of soap - hugely unhygenic. Liquid handwash in a pump dispenser is the way to go (when I used to work in a hospital, the Infection Control team said that you were actually better off just washing your hands with plain water than using a communal bar of soap)

I am never, ever inviting any of you lot to my house

Oh and my house is far from tidy!

God yes, I know someone whose house is so pristine it looks as though the family have moved out and taken all their stuff with them. Very uncomfortable, like a euthanasia clinic.

i live in a tiny flat.

BUT if people don't like it they don't have to come.

FWIW, air freshners give me a headache, but it's worth it to see someone.

i feel pretty priviledged to be asked to someone's house.

I tend not to judge other people's houses and often feel more comfortable when a house is 'lived in' - but can't help going urggh at bars of soap...

Miaou you can come and fester in my London petri dish of squalor any time.
I think I know which side of the divide my house is on this one, although clean hand towels and liquid soap are always to be found.
Pride myself on a warm welcome though (marina disappears to weed worst of toadstools out of dining room carpet)

Other than that I am free and easy

I agree, expat. Public loos are just horrific for air "freshener" pollution and I can't believe people choose to use them at home.