I always get a lot of family/friends who come to Seattle over the summer, and many stay with me.

Tell me some horror stories about bad houseguest behaviors you've experienced!

I went over a friends house for dinner. I went into the bathroom to wash my hands and their was a pubic hair on the sink. I could barely get through dinner without thinking of that curly brown pubic hair. Needless to say, I havent eaten a bite over his house since.
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dreamfactory313 said:

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Whenever ex girlfriends slept over i always told them not to leave any of their female stuff behind.

dreamfactory313 said:

That's just.....careless.

I also find it embarrassing when you use the toilet and see that your friend or one of their family members has left some "remnants" in there.

It's also frustrating to have someone staying with you who doesn't even offer to help out with groceries or gas money or entrance fees to museums and stuff. A single gal works hard for the money, y'all!

AnotherLoverToo said:

One time my uncle was staying with me, and he chopped up my dog with a bread knife!

But otherwise he was the perfect house guest.

fathermcmeekle said:

Well, did he at least do a proper fry up?

AnotherLoverToo said:

Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous
They're always complainin
Always complainin
If money is such a problem
Well they got mansions
Think we should rob them

Oh God! I went to dinner at a friends house, and as she was cooking she was hocking..

All of a sudden I wasn't hungry.. I had to be honest with her.

sag10 said:

Aw, maaaaan!!

What did she say when you told her?

AnotherLoverToo said:

Funny you should mention that, because I used to feed the scraps from the table to the dog, but not this time!

AnotherLoverToo said:

She apologized, and accepted that I could not eat her food.

Poor lady.

Okay, this was more me being a guest at a mate's halls of residence than the other way around but anyway... We were just about to go out on the piss when I needed a quick piss. So off I pop to his en suite toilet only to find he ain't flushed the fucking thing

And it wasn't a #1 Or a #2

This is the list of stuff I have encountered.

1. Not cleaning up their mess in the kitchen.
2. Throwing away mail and newspapers that is not theirs. "Oh, I thought you were done with that?" My mail? Come on!
3. Sleeping on my couch when you have a whole room, bed and computer to yourself! Carry your ass in there if you want to sleep!
4. Touching stuff/food that is off limits.
5. Children are not allowed to eat in my living room near my new couch. Your friends child is eating candy and getting the shit on my couch. My son doesn't even do that!
6. Smoking in my house when I have asked that you go outside.
7. Inviting folks over and no one is in the house. I walk in to strangers fucking lounging.


I will stop here for now. I am emotional already! :sheesh:

I had a mate that cloged up the toilet.

Recent bad experiences have caused me to especially lose my mind over a guest:

-bringing too much crap and leaving it all over the place
-overstaying their welcome
-bringing people over that I don't know without my permission
-complaining that I left dishes in the kitchen sink. Bitch, it's MY HOUSE, I'll leave dishes in the BATHROOM sink if I want to! I'll leave em on the couch! I pay the rent here!

A woman and her child who were invited for a few days to my vacation home wouldn't leave after the 'few days' were up. She was not the most mannerly houseguest one could have and by the time the visit was supposed to be over I was quite ready to have her gone and so, when she didn't leave of her own accord, it put me in a rather awkward position.

I've also had guests who physically snooped through my closet and my private papers and personal letters while I was out.
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I just pick up the messes that my housemate leaves constantly. Ahh well such is life I guess.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Man, can i relate to some of this. I have always made it clear to my girlfriends that it's my home. Not ours. You can't come and go as you please or stay for as long as you want or complain about how things look, or leave your female products all over the place.

One of my best buds stayed over at my place for a couple of days. The man insisted upon taking super-long showers. I'm talking 20-minute deals. I'm all for cleanliness, but the hot water heater wasn't but so big...

Spats said:

You mean like their strap-ons?

Messing up the whole house in a totally unbelievable fashion. Spreading their things absolutely everywhere. Not bothering to clean up even the table after they've had lunch there, not even putting the rest of the food in the fridge (I was at work).

Illustrator said:

I live in a shared house. I understand a lot of these comments.

a friend who sat on the couch and read crappy novels all day, while i cleaned up, worked, whatever around her feet on the floor.

Heiress said:

I had a roommate who was the flip side of that. I might have had an exhausting day and needed to chill for a bit when I got home from work but if she was cleaning she thought I had BETTER be cleaning too. Just cause SHE decided it was time to clean. She was a tough one cause even though we were both on the lease, she treated me as if she were doing me a favor by allowing me to live in HER apartment. We finally had to move out to remain friends.