What is the worst thing a guest has done in your home?

[xlsm]

In one visit several years ago, my in-laws a) put all of my cast-iron cookware in the dishwasher, ruining some of it, b) put all of my bras in the dryer on "extended high" setting, ruining them, and c) my FIL got it foot looped around the ethernet cord from our computer to the wall, proceeding to both rip the connection out of the computer AND the port out of the wall. We had to repair the computer and replace the wall box.

The worst part is that they didn't offer to fix or pay to fix any of it, and we were pretty poor at the time. They are really wealthy.

Maybe we have the same in-laws, LOL

Maybe your MIL is hitting the wine too hard? People do kooky things when they've had a few too many?

Oh, she is probably most definitely hitting the wine hard when she's here, but she gets super chill when drinking and wouldn't have the energy to move stuff. If anything, things would stay normal around here if she had been drinking too much, LOL!!

We've also come home to almost everything in the house unplugged b/c of "negative energy", so that should give you another idea of the wacky factor
I can handle most of the weird stuff, but the damage to things (like leaving one of those bath and body works scent plug in things on a nightstand and the oil leaks out and ruins the finish, and the scratches on my dining room table, and the hole in the wall) bother me the most.

 

[DISNEYSQUIRRELS]

We had family visit from Florida that we hadn’t seen in a very long time, my cousin, her husband & her 3 girls.
We paid for their hotel stay while they were visiting.
3 things happened that we still talk about to this day:
1. They destroyed the 2 hotel rooms...found out when they checked out.
2. We invited them to our house for dinner & to catch up. At 2AM, they were still sitting in our living room with their girls running all over the place. It was just awkward being like “so ok this has been nice, see you in a few hours...because...
3. On the next morning we had organized more family to come for a catered breakfast at the hotel they were staying at. We got there to set up & that whole Florida family of 5 was in the hotel restaurant eating breakfast even knowing that this other breakfast was being hosted for them...jeesh!
See ya later, y’all! Never again!

 

[MrsCobraBubbles]

stole my wedding ring. I was pregnant at the time and my hands had started to swell so I took it off and left it in a little drawer in my bathroom. I know who stole it and I know that he was more in need of the money than we were so I can't work up a lot of anger over the theft, I was more sad than anything. My marriage sucked but that little ring had been on my finger for years, I fidgeted with my rings a lot and my fingers knew every scratch in the gold and I felt naked without it. My husband refused to replace it so I went out and bought myself a cheap gold replacement band at Target after I had my daughter and my hand returned to normal size.

 

[disneyseniors]

Geez, in a weird way all these comments make me feel less alone??? go figure!
They make my crazy SIL sound almost normal

 

[maxaroni]

Nothing too serious after hearing some of these stories. We had friends come into our home to take care of our rabbits while we were on vacation. On the day we were scheduled to come home, we called them and said we were on schedule and be home by dinner. Walked into the house and the kitchen and family room floors were scattered with Timothy hay. Things were left in the sink, dirty. Now, if you know we are coming home, wouldn[ it be nice to run over and clean up mess. Not to say that I can’t believe it was there to begin with. We’ve gone into others homes to take care of a pet and we do what needs to be done and clean up after ourselves, if need be.

 

[maxaroni]

Oooh, my worst fear!!! I think I would have climbed out the window.

This reminded me of a situation my girlfriend was in with her young daughter. She was at playgroup with her daughter, who was 3 or 4. Bunch of moms and the kids, moms having coffee and kids playing. Friends daughter needs to use the bathroom, since it wasn’t their home my girlfriend went into the bathroom with her daughter. Her daughter wound up having diarrhea on bathroom throw rugh. Ugh. Now, my girlfriend has a very dry sense of humor and she was laughing telling the story. In her mind, it flashed...oh no, all these moms will get upset thinking daughter is sick and stay away, why did you come if kid was sick etc. Etc. So, the next thought that popped into her head “can I manag to get throw rug rolled up and throw it out the window. The next thought was “hmmm, I am thinking of lying and teaching my kid to not lie. Of course, she cleaned up her daughter and came out of the bathroom telling the mom whose house it was. But to hear her tell the story, it was pretty funny.

 

[Luv Bunnies]

We had plans for my cousin and his wife to come and see my husband perform in a show. They were going to leave their 18-month old with my sister and me, while our parents took them to the show. They first came for lunch and the baby was acting very fussy and didn't want to eat. The mom mentioned that he was getting over "a little cold" but he shouldn't be contagious. He would probably just want to sleep. After they left, my sister was holding him and it looked like he was going to doze off. But his eyes suddenly popped wide open and he threw up. Everywhere. My sister started gagging from the smell. It wasn't a pretty picture. I got him all cleaned up, tossed his clothes and blanket in the washing machine and dressed him in some of my boys' outgrown clothes.

When they got back, the mom said, "Oh, well he did throw up a little thing morning after breakfast. I thought he was just gagging because he was congested. Oh well. The show was great." The next night, I started having major stomach issues. I got dehydrated and ended up in the ER for IV fluids. Luckily, I was the only one who got sick, probably because I did all the cleaning. Yeah. I didn't babysit for them again.

 

[Tigerlulu]

In one visit several years ago, my in-laws a) put all of my cast-iron cookware in the dishwasher, ruining some of it, b) put all of my bras in the dryer on "extended high" setting, ruining them, and c) my FIL got it foot looped around the ethernet cord from our computer to the wall, proceeding to both rip the connection out of the computer AND the port out of the wall. We had to repair the computer and replace the wall box.

The worst part is that they didn't offer to fix or pay to fix any of it, and we were pretty poor at the time. They are really wealthy.

My MIL stayed at my house once. She busted the glass cooktop on my stove. I don’t remember how she did it, but she’s pretty flighty. She texted us a picture, a link to a YouTube video she found to fix it and left. It was a 300 dollar part we really couldn’t afford, while they are loaded. Didn’t offer to pay a dime.

I can’t imagine breaking something of someone’s like that and not expecting to fix it for them!

It was quite the job for my husband to do himself, which thankfully he could. Because otherwise we were looking at significantly more money than just the replacement stovetop.

 

[sailorstitch]

I got one, but it wasn't a guest per say.

My dad had Parkinson's disease. (He passed 4 years ago.) Before dad went into the nursing home, we had an older woman that came to our home to give dad a bath 2-3 times a week. She wasn't a nurse, but she had the qualifications to be one.

At one point while she was working for us, we were repainting the bathroom. She told us that we needed to paint the inside of the shower with the same paint we were using on the walls. Our shower walls are plastic. My mom told her that we couldn't do that because I had decorated the inside of the shower with waterproof Disney decals. This woman climbs into the shower and rips all my decals off the walls!!!!!

They had been up there for a long time and they weren't the kind that you could move and stick somewhere else. Once you pull them off all the sticky is gone. I'm still looking for replacements. Nobody makes waterproof Disney decals anymore.

And before you ask, yes, she still had a job after that. My dad never approved of my love for Disney. He didn't care about my decals or my feelings, so she got to keep her job.

 

[Jimmy Mouse]

We had baby gates up when the girls were little and at DD7's 4th birthday party we told everyone "Do not go upstairs" and one guest parent really needed to use the bathroom but the downstairs one was occupied so we let her go up and told her to make sure che closed the gate as DD5 was then 17 months old. Well, 15 minutes later after she came back down my wife asked "where's Kendall?" and as we all ran to the stairs just as she came falling down and my wife caught her right before she hit the hardwood floor at the bottom. She did hit her head but not bad and cried for a good while. Of course I yelled out "Who left the gate open" and no one admitted to doing so.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

stole my wedding ring. I was pregnant at the time and my hands had started to swell so I took it off and left it in a little drawer in my bathroom. I know who stole it and I know that he was more in need of the money than we were so I can't work up a lot of anger over the theft, I was more sad than anything. My marriage sucked but that little ring had been on my finger for years, I fidgeted with my rings a lot and my fingers knew every scratch in the gold and I felt naked without it. My husband refused to replace it so I went out and bought myself a cheap gold replacement band at Target after I had my daughter and my hand returned to normal size.

Off topic, but reminded me of the scene I saw at the bar last night. Some gal lost her wedding ring and as far as I know, it never turned up.

 

[RedAngie]

Cue cliche porn groove..... sorry, Ang, that’s where my mind went!

LOL.

Yeah, and supposedly a few months afterwards a story appeared in "Letters to Penthouse Forum" about a college guy and his encounter in the laundry room with his hot stepmom. The rinse/spin cycle was really wild. I heard it started as "I know it sounds like I made this up, but I swear every word is true......"

Is that magazine even published anymore?

 

[RedAngie]

If it’s his Dad’s house isn’t it his house too?

No, he was attending college, living in a dorm, but had his main address at his mother's house. He was merely visiting his father and me for the weekend. He never lived with us.

I'm sure he didn't expect me to be there doing laundry at 9 am on a Sunday morning.

 

[DCLPrincess]

Reading this reminds me why I'm anti social.

 

[amberpi]

Off topic, but reminded me of the scene I saw at the bar last night. Some gal lost her wedding ring and as far as I know, it never turned up.

Continuing OT: I lost my engagement ring from my first husband on Living with the Land. I literally saw it fly off and land next to one of the mickey squashes. My ex was like "tell me that wasn't your ring." It was cool, they let us walk backstage and retrieve it. Then husband, was shaking his head talking about that was why we had so much insurance.

 

[Kellydelly]

Overflowed the toilet onto a floor that was carpeted

 

[kimblebee]

Even if it was, who walks around their own house naked when other people (besides a significant other) are present? My 22 y.o. DS lives at home and I assure you, none of us want to see one another naked.

I will admit to loosing up my personal rules while I’ve been home on my own these past three months. I’m not as fussy about making sure the counters are spotless and if it’s an extra day to empty the dishwasher..oh well. Anyway, when my daughter came home for a visit I had to make sure I always closed the bathroom door because when you’re on your own, who cares? lol

 

[ronandannette]

I will admit to loosing up my personal rules while I’ve been home on my own these past three months. I’m not as fussy about making sure the counters are spotless and if it’s an extra day to empty the dishwasher..oh well. Anyway, when my daughter came home for a visit I had to make sure I always closed the bathroom door because when you’re on your own, who cares? lol

Funny you should mention that. I was raised in a household with a lot of men; Dad, older brother and numerous farm hands that came and went. My Mom and I were hyper-modest. I never lost those habits and I don't think I've ever used the toilet with the door open in my entire life, even during the years I lived alone. I lock it too, whenever anyone else is in the house, just in case.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

My ex sister in-law overflowed the toilet.

 

[kimblebee]

Funny you should mention that. I was raised in a household with a lot of men; Dad, older brother and numerous farm hands that came and went. My Mom and I were hyper-modest. I never lost those habits and I don't think I've ever used the toilet with the door open in my entire life, even during the years I lived alone. I lock it too, whenever anyone else is in the house, just in case.

It’s weird the first few times, for sure. I also close it most of the time, or at least make an attempt. I’ll push it on my way in and if it doesn’t close all the way and catch the latch, I’m not too fussy lol