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[quote=Anonymous]We have the same "rules" for our children returning from college as my DH and I have for each other.  [b]Common courtesy - we're all living together, we treat each other with respect.
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Tell me when you'll be home so I know if I need to have enough dinner to feed you and so I'm not awake all night scared that you're lying in a ditch somewhere.  If my DH is going to be super late because he's stuck at work, he lets me know.  Otherwise, I'm scanning police and fire reports thinking he's been in a horrible car crash (and no, I can't call his cell phone because he works in a classified environment and can't take his phone into his building.)  Also, my kids prefer eating the dinner hot out of the oven/stove instead of reheating it later - they say it tastes better.  So if I know college DS is arriving home at 6:30pm, I'll wait to have dinner ready then instead of 6:00pm.  And I'm not going to serve his favorite meal on a night when he's not going to be eating dinner at home.

Don't leave your stuff all over the common areas - I don't want to trip over your shoes that were kicked off in the middle of the hallway.

Clean up your dishes.  If you wake up at noon after we've all left the house for the day and made yourself breakfast, I don't want to come home at 5:00pm and find your dirty dishes still sitting on the kitchen table waiting for me to clean them up.  Put them in the dishwasher.  Oh and if I ran the dishwasher why you were still sleeping, please take the 5 minutes to unload it and then put in your dirty dishes.

My oldest is graduating from college this weekend, so we've had him home three summers.  He'll most likely be living with us until January to save money before he moves into his own apartment (he has a job that starts late summer.)  His younger brother just finished his freshman year.  So far, our oldest hasn't asked about an overnight guest.  I'll admit I'm a bit of a prude and I don't want him bringing home a different hookup every night.

So again, just common courtesy rules.  Same rules I had when I was single and lived with a roommate (minus eating shared meals together!)[/quote]

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