What is your tolerance for visitors staying at your house? Mine is 3 to 4 days. After that I want my house back.
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I want my house back after a few hours, and that's with people I like.
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@Mrs. Jump Rope: ha. Sounds like me.
My preference is just for one night and day. I don't like playing hostess for long.
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Depends. My mom stayed with me a month over thanksgiving last year and it was fine. I was sad to see her go but I also hadnt seen her in almost a year. DHs cousin came with her kids when C was 3 months old and stayed like 4 days.... I was ready for her to go after about 2 hours.
Generally pretty freakin quick though.
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@Mrs. Jump Rope: lol! Same.
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A day. It's exhausting playing hostess!
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my mom came for 5 days recently and it just flew by! but when it's just her it's so much easier since she helps out so much, that i don't want her to leave!
we haven't really had guests other than family since we had kids!
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My inlaws visit for 3-6 weeks at a time. I appreciate the help with the kids and around the house but 1 week is about my limit.
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2-3 days.
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My BFF stayed for 5 days and I still wasn't ready for her to leave! I love having people over....my sisters stay often. I don't know if I have a limit!
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I live in an apartment with no guest room. So two days is the limit.
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My mom stays for around a month at a time! Give or take. And I am fine with that. I do the same with her. I like having company. So many people have shown me amazing hospitality in my life and I enjoy showing it as well!
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A week!
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: I'm the same! My MIL was here for two weeks last year and I wasn't ready for her to leave.
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It depends on who it is, but for most guests I would say 3 days/nights. I have some friends who could easily stay longer than that and it wouldn't feel too long at all, but in general I'm ready to have my apartment back after about 3 nights. Granted, my apartment is teeny tiny so that's a big factor.
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We have never had long term visitors, but we have been the long term visitors. We travelled across country for five weeks this summer, and by the end, even we were ready to come home. Three weeks was our breaking point.
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We have a saying in this house. 'Visitors are like fish - they go off after three days'. That's about our limit for most people
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It really depends on who it is. My dad recently came to visit for two weeks (from across the ocean), and it was mostly fine. However, after about 3 days with the inlaws, I'm done! Friends are different, we've had people come for up to a week and I usually enjoy the company.
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I really do not enjoy house guests unless it's one of my very closest friends.
I had a horrible experience with houseguests about 1.5 years ago. My husband's friend came with his wife for a little over a week. I barely knew them. The husband turned out to be a misogynist, and the wife behaved like a teenager the entire time. They fought the entire time, and the husband kept trying to foist the wife off on me because he didn't want to hang out with her. She also kept forgetting to lock our front door when she came home. They are not invited back, and I am glad that they live on a different continent because I have no interest in seeing them ever again.
We had some relatives stay with us from Europe. I knew them slightly better, but not too well. But they were terrific houseguests and super polite.
We now have two cats, and we keep the litter box in the shower of the guest bathroom. And the guest room is now the baby's room. So, we are no longer really set up for guests. I am not too broken up about it.
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Depends. My brothers can stay as long as they want. Parents and inlaws have only a couple days before I get fed up.
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It depends. If they have their own plans in between the visit, then they're more than welcome to stay longer (I'd say 2 weeks). If they expect us to usher them around for everything, then 3 days would be too long.
My mom and aunts visited a few years ago and they stayed for 2 weeks and it was fine. But they planned a trip out of town in between their stay and another trip during the end of their stay, so they weren't at my place for longer than 4 days in a row. It was the perfect mix of being able to show them around and getting some breathing room in between.
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I am fine with having guests as long as they pull their weight. My inlaws routinely stay for 2 weeks and they help soooo much....my MIL cooks dinner, does the laundry, etc. My FIL paints, this year, he did the deck and the front and back door. They're not obligated to do so, but I am not complaining.
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Not very long. I don't like our routine being disturbed... It makes me fall even more behind on stuff, and I end up super stressed later.
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Most people, a couple of days...some people, a couple of hours!
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A day. Overnight is too long!
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@looch: wow! That's awesome!
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Maybe 3-4 days? I've never had family stay with me and actually help much, so guests tend to be more of a stressful burden than anything.
My college roommate could probably come for weeks, though, and I wouldn't mind!
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3 days. Fish and visitors hehe
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I could have dhs family over forever, but my family I'd be ready to scream after about 1 day. Haha
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My mom stays a night here or there. At first I wasn't so sure about it as I like to do everything myself, but she insists on staying to keep my company and help out with whatever when my husband is on business trips. The longest was two weeks.
We recently moved into a new house and my cousins from NY when visiting has hinted about staying with us. At the time we didn't finish furnishing the guest room yet, now it's done but I'm not really ready for them
Next summer, with baby #2 coming, in laws might be visiting for a month or two to see both kids for the very first time. eeekkk. -
depends on the guest, friends maybe a long weekend, my mom can stay for weeks. Maybe if our house was larger it would be less challenging!
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2 days
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It really depends. My mom stayed with us for 4 months and I wasn't ready for her to go! She was so much help and gets along well with DH. There are some friends who are like family and will just go to the refrigerator and help themselves (and won't even notice if there's a dust bunny on the floor). They can stay for a long time. But if I have to be on my p's and q's, pull out our good dishes and worry all the time, 4 days would be my max.
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We live in a condo with no guest room... so like 2 hours is enough
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