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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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.

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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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

+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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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