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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an excellent example of a thread that brings out the nasty of DCUM.  Why are so many of you so awful, ungenerous, and suspicious about people, especially family and friends.

We have a large second home a couple hours drive from DC.  It's a great place to visit, on many acres with a pool and hot tub etc.  Just a great respite.   And we have a large family.

When we're not there, we let many people use it.  We have overstocked everything -- toiletries, etc. -- so we don't run out of stock.  We have a second refrigerator full of beverages.  We have cleaners come in.  We don't charge anybody a dime for anything, ever.  And when the house is being used and someone asks to use it, we just say "sorry, it's used that week let's come up with another."

Sure, on occasion something might break or you might come back and be puzzled about the condition the place was left in.  But life is short.  You roll with it.

Seriously, what happened to so many of you in your past that you have to be so uptight?[/quote]

Not everyone can afford to stock all the supplies for all visitors 2-3 weeks a month.  Same with having it cleaned weekly--when it's just us I have the house cleaned every 4 weeks and I do the in between (we live in 2 places and travel, so rarely are we in one home more than 2 weeks of the month)   But I'm not spending $500 every week (versus monthly ) to have our vacation home cleaned for others to stay there. [/quote]

It's not 500 dollars a week[/quote]

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