How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
Aug 28th 2009, 10:30 pm
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Aug 28th 2009, 10:41 pm
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
Everytime I paid a visit to my mother, I would always spread my Army 'green maggot' sleeping bag out on the bed in the spare room and Mum would fuss around with the linen etc.
I'd be as happy on the floor!
We have no guest rooms on account of our rapidly spreading family - with all 3 tabled to be in use by the end of the year. So people can rough it in the living room - and do so quite happily. They sometimes take my eldest daughter's bedroom who at 4, has a double bed (she doesn't know she is born that one). It is an old squeaky bed so there is no chance of guests horizontal dooner-dancing.
My office is being built soon out the back.
Quite.
Aug 28th 2009, 10:56 pm
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
You and my mother would get on like a house on fire, obsessing over detail.
Everytime I paid a visit to my mother, I would always spread my Army 'green maggot' sleeping bag out on the bed in the spare room and Mum would fuss around with the linen etc.
I'd be as happy on the floor!
We have no guest rooms on account of our rapidly spreading family - with all 3 tabled to be in use by the end of the year. So people can rough it in the living room - and do so quite happily. They sometimes take my eldest daughter's bedroom who at 4, has a double bed (she doesn't know she is born that one). It is an old squeaky bed so there is no chance of guests horizontal dooner-dancing.
My office is being built soon out the back.
Quite.
Everytime I paid a visit to my mother, I would always spread my Army 'green maggot' sleeping bag out on the bed in the spare room and Mum would fuss around with the linen etc.
I'd be as happy on the floor!
We have no guest rooms on account of our rapidly spreading family - with all 3 tabled to be in use by the end of the year. So people can rough it in the living room - and do so quite happily. They sometimes take my eldest daughter's bedroom who at 4, has a double bed (she doesn't know she is born that one). It is an old squeaky bed so there is no chance of guests horizontal dooner-dancing.
My office is being built soon out the back.
Quite.
My friend stayed with me when I was back in London, she hated the fact my cat was an indoor cat and tried to move things around, let the cat out etc.
As I say, if visitors fit in with you and your way of life then fine. But they have to remember that you are not on holiday, this is your everyday life.
Personally I could not treat anyones home as a guest house, I could not invite myself for a holiday for several months, and certainly would I not expect to be kept for free.
Its not fussing, its common respect.
I mean seriously, why should anyone expect me to change my rooms to suit them?
Aug 28th 2009, 11:04 pm
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
To be honest its not fussing over detail, its whether or not your guests manage to cause havoc in your lives.
My friend stayed with me when I was back in London, she hated the fact my cat was an indoor cat and tried to move things around, let the cat out etc.
As I say, if visitors fit in with you and your way of life then fine. But they have to remember that you are not on holiday, this is your everyday life.
Personally I could not treat anyones home as a guest house, I could not invite myself for a holiday for several months, and certainly would I not expect to be kept for free.
Its not fussing, its common respect.
I mean seriously, why should anyone expect me to change my rooms to suit them?
My friend stayed with me when I was back in London, she hated the fact my cat was an indoor cat and tried to move things around, let the cat out etc.
As I say, if visitors fit in with you and your way of life then fine. But they have to remember that you are not on holiday, this is your everyday life.
Personally I could not treat anyones home as a guest house, I could not invite myself for a holiday for several months, and certainly would I not expect to be kept for free.
Its not fussing, its common respect.
I mean seriously, why should anyone expect me to change my rooms to suit them?
Exactly, don't do it.
Aug 28th 2009, 11:07 pm
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
4 bedroom house, 3 of which are used for my family. The "spare" bedroom is used for my sewing room. I've never had my own sewing room, so I am not sharing with anyone. No way, no how. Guests can either sleep on the couch or if it's someone like my mum they can have my daughter's room while she sleeps on the couch. Anyone who invites themselves to stay with me can sleep at a hotel.
Aug 28th 2009, 11:09 pm
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
4 bedroom house, 3 of which are used for my family. The "spare" bedroom is used for my sewing room. I've never had my own sewing room, so I am not sharing with anyone. No way, no how. Guests can either sleep on the couch or if it's someone like my mum they can have my daughter's room while she sleeps on the couch. Anyone who invites themselves to stay with me can sleep at a hotel.
Aug 28th 2009, 11:34 pm
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
To be honest its not fussing over detail, its whether or not your guests manage to cause havoc in your lives.
My friend stayed with me when I was back in London, she hated the fact my cat was an indoor cat and tried to move things around, let the cat out etc.
As I say, if visitors fit in with you and your way of life then fine. But they have to remember that you are not on holiday, this is your everyday life.
Personally I could not treat anyones home as a guest house, I could not invite myself for a holiday for several months, and certainly would I not expect to be kept for free.
Its not fussing, its common respect.
I mean seriously, why should anyone expect me to change my rooms to suit them?
My friend stayed with me when I was back in London, she hated the fact my cat was an indoor cat and tried to move things around, let the cat out etc.
As I say, if visitors fit in with you and your way of life then fine. But they have to remember that you are not on holiday, this is your everyday life.
Personally I could not treat anyones home as a guest house, I could not invite myself for a holiday for several months, and certainly would I not expect to be kept for free.
Its not fussing, its common respect.
I mean seriously, why should anyone expect me to change my rooms to suit them?
Had a relative over recently for about 6 weeks.. everything I did they wanted to change.. twasn't me.. was just the way they are with everyone..
Came home to find furniture moved.. plants moved.. veggies and dinners planned changed to suit their plans...
Its hard.. you get most who try and fit in.. some who totally fit in and then the odd ball who just can't fit in.. my visitor fitted into the latter...
I just coped.. about.. I could have rowed continously with her, but I chose not to... she is a lovely person but just isnt great at "fitting in".. hopefully she won't visit too often!
Em x
Aug 28th 2009, 11:45 pm
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
We've got four bedrooms (plus study used for storage and ensuited maids room where I keep my sewing etc but taken over by our cat and her kittens at the moment). We have one of those big blow up queen size mattresses that we put in our room for our kids. When people come over they just have one of the kids rooms (they're all ensuited). Recently we had husband's mum and two aunts and they had the three kids rooms and the kids bunked in with us. We just move people around to suit at the time.
Aug 28th 2009, 11:57 pm
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
4 bedrooms, 1 of which is the spare room. Queen bed, chest of draws and bedside table. I don't have any friends in the UK so nobody to gatecrash. Family stay there when they come and they share the bathroom with my girls. Everyone else has it so complicated, be a miserable bitch like me with no friends and your world will become a better place 
Aug 28th 2009, 11:59 pm
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
4 bedrooms, 1 of which is the spare room. Queen bed, chest of draws and bedside table. I don't have any friends in the UK so nobody to gatecrash. Family stay there when they come and they share the bathroom with my girls. Everyone else has it so complicated, be a miserable bitch like me with no friends and your world will become a better place
We are all working towards your utopia ! lol
Em x
Aug 29th 2009, 12:12 am
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
are we counting caravans as well?
Aug 29th 2009, 12:18 am
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
When the inlaws stayed for 2 months 
over Christmas, I overheard them saying to Adam's sister 'you could all come with us next time, there's loads of space for you....'
My answer would be 'yes, in our 6-car garage..... it does have a wood-burner'
over Christmas, I overheard them saying to Adam's sister 'you could all come with us next time, there's loads of space for you....' My answer would be 'yes, in our 6-car garage..... it does have a wood-burner'
Aug 29th 2009, 12:27 am
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Re: How many 'guest rooms' do you have?
The hotel down the road is.......
