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[quote=Anonymous]Houseguests should pick up after themselves. This is a basic habit that one should have learned from age 2 yo onwards.

Houseguests should not expect full service when staying in my home. If you're staying 1-3 nights, we will do all the food shopping, meals, offer some sight-seeing options and rides (if the weekend). Bring your own special snacks, diet crap, and drinks you like.

My house is a tightly run ship with 3 kids who need lunchboxes, breakfast, school and sports snacks so NO, you don't just grab anything you see and use it or eat it.

Sadly, our family guests are the most self-centered ones. our family friends come and bring flowers/a meal, rent a car, clean up after themselves. Our adult siblings who are single wander around breaking things and eating 24/7 everything they see like it's some all-inclusive resort.  Our adult siblings who are married w/children, bring all their own stuff and are very responsible and nice houseguests - ask before using stuff, plan ahead w us, etc.  When the grandparents visit one set stays 2-4 nights and helps a ton, likes to eat out, rents a car. The other set is more dependent but cooks dinner and cleans up after themselves decently (FIL eats and snacks A LOT, so crumbs are everywhere and food disappears all week long. Our pantries and even costco proteins are totally depleted after their 1-2 week long visits and they never offer to replace depleted anything - chicken, flour, cereal, perishables, drinks, etc.)

If you are running a family w children (age 0-18), houseguests can really F up the routine. And who has time for grocery shopping more than 1 or 2 times a week?  Not us. [/quote]

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