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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hosting, obviously. My house is tiny and cluttered because we're 4 people in 1200 sq ft. My family lives abroad, and it's a long flight to see them, but it's still easier than trying to tidy up when you don't actually have the space for it.

Everyone's circumstances are different.[/quote]

Same here at 1500 sq feet. Our families and friends are used to having a lot more space to spread out, take quiet afternoon naps, get away from kid noise. We can't offer that.

For example, we hosted one family of friends who brought only one of their kids who was toddler aged, and planned to just give them our master bedroom, but they all needed to sleep in different rooms due to snoring/preference. So the kid slept in our kids' room (with our kids), the dad slept by himself in our bedroom, and the mom slept on the living room couch while we slept on the foldout in the family room. They are nice people who didn't complain but it's just a standard of personal space and privacy we can't provide and frankly don't really want to again.

Also hosting people with different food restrictions and dietary issues can be stressful in its own right. [/quote]

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