Things rude houseguests do, a vent:

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Anonymous wrote:BIL invited over a buddy no one else knew.

Mother brings tons of cheap unhealthy food, it takes over the fridge and pantry.

This drives me crazy. 500 calorie croissants from a can. Monster cookies with icing from Food Lion. Meanwhile she can't get off the couch without a boost. We didn't eat that stuff when we were kids.

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Anonymous wrote:My SIL rolled up from her flyover state with their pitbull and announced she wasn't going to make any dessert, she was going to the Safeway to buy something, bc she was on vacation god damn it.

They've moved to stay with friends tonight.

Well I don't blame her for not wanting to cook - I don't enjoy it either and am appreciative that I live in a time and place and have the means to go out and buy rather than spend the time cooking.

Also, I can't stand this superiority over "flyover states" that people in DC seem to have. Why is which state your SIL is from relevant to your complaints about her? (Ironically, I suspect most of the posters who use this term are the same ones who get their pants in a twist over the New Yorkers on this board who think NYC is superior to DC.)

Nail on head.

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Anonymous wrote:Pulling up in a new Mercedes SUV with their 4 kids and all they brought was a cheap-o Kroger pumpkin pie. My husband and I spent over $1000 on this spread!

Yeah, that's obnoxious.

If the guests all brought food.....how is it possible that YOU spent $1000 on the spread?

+1 how could you spend a grand, but still need everyone to provide more more more?

I'm actually not one of the posters who is opposed to you spending that much. It's a lot to me, but I wouldn't judge you for it. I do think it's shitty for you to spend that amount, invite guests, then criticize them for...what, exactly?

Maybe only the sister brought dessert. Why do you assume everyone brought something?

Seriously
Big freaking deal

For $1000 there should be a rather huge dessert table. Why worry about a guest bringing one lousy store bought pie?

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Anonymous wrote:Turn on the TV during a meal without asking first. Decide they're going to just "whip something up" in the kitchen when they've been fed breakfast and lunch and Thanksgiving dinner preparations are underway. Make cellphone calls from the middle of a public area of the house while others are chatting. Announce that they never like x,y, and z while watching the host prepare x,y, and z.

Feel free to add to my list and vent.

None of this would bother me. I guess because I am not some anal person who expect house-guests to behave like they are beholden to me. My house guests can help themselves to any food and drink they want, borrow my car, sleep late, nap, order take out, do their laundry, expect new tolietaries, bath sheets and fresh bed linens etc. They can tell me their dietary restrictions and they can come shopping or sightseeing with me.

Now I'm getting paranoid. I hate stuffing and cranberry sauce. If I say I am not a fan of this, does that make me a rude guest? I eat most of everything else.

YES. Because you don't need to announce it. Just don't eat it! If someone asks why you don't eat it, say: "I'm focusing on the mashed potatoes!"

Do you also announce that you need to take a sh**, or do you just quietly head off toward the restroom/murmer "excuse me." People who have to voice every thought that crosses their minds are the worst.

+1 If you are offered something you don't want, pass it the next person without comment, or say "no thank you." The host does not need a rundown of all your likes and dislikes.

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Anonymous wrote:Eating all the chocolate croissants without us. I went to our favorite bakery and bought 1 chocolate croissant for each person (including kids). They are really big and expensive. This was to go with other breakfast I was making this morning but we ran out of coffee from last night so I ran out to get beans and when I came back, SIL, BIL and their 3 kids ate all 8 croissants and left the empty box on the counter. They didn't leave the three of us even 1 to share. Then they sat there waiting for me to make coffee. I can't wait for them to get the f*** out of our house.

Rude, rude, rude.

What a bunch of animals. Are they your husbands family? Because if my sister or brother did that I would rip them a new one.

I would give them the year old pop tarts and hide the good stuff for my family.

Reminds me of my in laws house-guesting here for three weeks when my new baby came-- they ate all my chocolate and food gifts for themselves!! Clueless self-centered jerks.

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Anonymous wrote:Eating all the chocolate croissants without us. I went to our favorite bakery and bought 1 chocolate croissant for each person (including kids). They are really big and expensive. This was to go with other breakfast I was making this morning but we ran out of coffee from last night so I ran out to get beans and when I came back, SIL, BIL and their 3 kids ate all 8 croissants and left the empty box on the counter. They didn't leave the three of us even 1 to share. Then they sat there waiting for me to make coffee. I can't wait for them to get the f*** out of our house.

Rude, rude, rude.

What a bunch of animals. Are they your husbands family? Because if my sister or brother did that I would rip them a new one.

I would give them the year old pop tarts and hide the good stuff for my family.

Reminds me of my in laws house-guesting here for three weeks when my new baby came-- they ate all my chocolate and food gifts for themselves!! Clueless self-centered jerks.

I halted all contact with a woman who mistakenly found the bottle of scotch we'd gotten my dad to enjoy his last week of life. She drank the glass not knowing. But after I shared with her how valuable is was to me to have, she poured herself another one, since I don't drink. I still have that dusty bottle in a cabinet where all the other bottles I don't drink sit....all the way at the back.

To be clear, it wasn't the initial drink. How was she to know? But to literally shrug, then pour another four fingers worth ended whatever chance we had at friendship.

Sorry about your chocolates. That is so insensitive.

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Anonymous wrote:Turn on the TV during a meal without asking first. Decide they're going to just "whip something up" in the kitchen when they've been fed breakfast and lunch and Thanksgiving dinner preparations are underway. Make cellphone calls from the middle of a public area of the house while others are chatting. Announce that they never like x,y, and z while watching the host prepare x,y, and z.

Feel free to add to my list and vent.

None of this would bother me. I guess because I am not some anal person who expect house-guests to behave like they are beholden to me. My house guests can help themselves to any food and drink they want, borrow my car, sleep late, nap, order take out, do their laundry, expect new tolietaries, bath sheets and fresh bed linens etc. They can tell me their dietary restrictions and they can come shopping or sightseeing with me.

Now I'm getting paranoid. I hate stuffing and cranberry sauce. If I say I am not a fan of this, does that make me a rude guest? I eat most of everything else.

YES. Because you don't need to announce it. Just don't eat it! If someone asks why you don't eat it, say: "I'm focusing on the mashed potatoes!"

Do you also announce that you need to take a sh**, or do you just quietly head off toward the restroom/murmer "excuse me." People who have to voice every thought that crosses their minds are the worst.

+1 If you are offered something you don't want, pass it the next person without comment, or say "no thank you." The host does not need a rundown of all your likes and dislikes.

Better yet, and this is manners 101, take a small amount- it can be tiny. Just take a tiny amount to be polite. Try to take a bite if you can, or if not, push it around your plate.

Unless you have a dietary allergy, I really think the least you can do is taste a bit for the sake of politeness. It's really so easy.

[Anonymous]

Post turkey fart while still on the dinner table and saying "wow, that reflects how much I enjoyed the meal!"

I kid you not- I have had the distinct pleasure of receving this compliment.

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Anonymous wrote:Post turkey fart while still on the dinner table and saying "wow, that reflects how much I enjoyed the meal!"

I kid you not- I have had the distinct pleasure of receving this compliment.

If this person was anyone other than a 13 year old boy, that is disgusting (if it was a 13 year old boy, it is disgusting but funny).

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Anonymous wrote:Turn on the TV during a meal without asking first. Decide they're going to just "whip something up" in the kitchen when they've been fed breakfast and lunch and Thanksgiving dinner preparations are underway. Make cellphone calls from the middle of a public area of the house while others are chatting. Announce that they never like x,y, and z while watching the host prepare x,y, and z.

Feel free to add to my list and vent.

None of this would bother me. I guess because I am not some anal person who expect house-guests to behave like they are beholden to me. My house guests can help themselves to any food and drink they want, borrow my car, sleep late, nap, order take out, do their laundry, expect new tolietaries, bath sheets and fresh bed linens etc. They can tell me their dietary restrictions and they can come shopping or sightseeing with me.

Now I'm getting paranoid. I hate stuffing and cranberry sauce. If I say I am not a fan of this, does that make me a rude guest? I eat most of everything else.

YES. Because you don't need to announce it. Just don't eat it! If someone asks why you don't eat it, say: "I'm focusing on the mashed potatoes!"

Do you also announce that you need to take a sh**, or do you just quietly head off toward the restroom/murmer "excuse me." People who have to voice every thought that crosses their minds are the worst.

+1 If you are offered something you don't want, pass it the next person without comment, or say "no thank you." The host does not need a rundown of all your likes and dislikes.

Better yet, and this is manners 101, take a small amount- it can be tiny. Just take a tiny amount to be polite. Try to take a bite if you can, or if not, push it around your plate.

Unless you have a dietary allergy, I really think the least you can do is taste a bit for the sake of politeness. It's really so easy.

I'd rather my guests say "no thanks" than waste food.

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Anonymous wrote:Post turkey fart while still on the dinner table and saying "wow, that reflects how much I enjoyed the meal!"

I kid you not- I have had the distinct pleasure of receving this compliment.

If this person was anyone other than a 13 year old boy, that is disgusting (if it was a 13 year old boy, it is disgusting but funny).

73 year old FIL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Post turkey fart while still on the dinner table and saying "wow, that reflects how much I enjoyed the meal!"

I kid you not- I have had the distinct pleasure of receving this compliment.

If this person was anyone other than a 13 year old boy, that is disgusting (if it was a 13 year old boy, it is disgusting but funny).

73 year old FIL

Old folks can't control it. He probably made the joke to deflect from his embarrassment.

[Anonymous]

my husband's whole side of the family is on that Gaviscom or whatever fart medicine.
they wolf down their food in 5 minutes flat and then fart for days! it's truly awful, but I don't think it is as bad in the office. DH must selectively fart more, at home. How considerate!

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They brought their giant Bernese mountain dog who shoved his drooly snout right into the crotch of my new Theory trousers.

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^^gross.