Have you ever banned someone from your house?

It's really not that hard to break them. Not ban worthy in my house.
No it's not ban worthy (and I didn't say it was :) )

I will say had it been the bed frame itself rather than just wooden slats that would have been devastating because that bed frame is solid wood and belonged to my grandmother on my father's side. It's an antique to me at least (the company that made them was a local one from 1875-1983) and holds high sentimental value. I still have it, along with the matching dresser and vainity w/mirror and chair though I no longer actually use them.
 


I wanted to ban my step-daughter's now EX boyfriend. He was very annoying and always here. The best way to describe him would be "Cousin Eddie" from the National Lampoons movies. He was just WAY too comfortable. He would just "make himself at home" way too much.

Thankfully she broke up with him and I haven't seen him in like 6 months.
 
I wanted to ban my step-daughter's now EX boyfriend. He was very annoying and always here. The best way to describe him would be "Cousin Eddie" from the National Lampoons movies. He was just WAY too comfortable. He would just "make himself at home" way too much.

Thankfully she broke up with him and I haven't seen him in like 6 months.
Ooooh, memories! :goodvibes When I was growing up there was a steady flow of "Cousin Eddies" in our home. My parents were incredibly soft-hearted and hospitable and loners and outcasts just gravitated there. In hindsight it did teach me a lot about kindness and having a generous spirit but at the time I hated it.
 
I wanted to ban my step-daughter's now EX boyfriend. He was very annoying and always here. The best way to describe him would be "Cousin Eddie" from the National Lampoons movies. He was just WAY too comfortable. He would just "make himself at home" way too much.

Thankfully she broke up with him and I haven't seen him in like 6 months.
My former BFF’s boyfriend laid on my couch (with his shoes on!), grabbed the remote control and started flipping channels the very first time he stepped foot in my house. It was supposed to be a dinner to get to know him. That pretty much told me all I needed to know.
 


Sure have. Just did it this week. Moochers and users are not welcome in my home.
 
That’s crazy that people show up with their animals. Anyone showed up at my door with their pet in tow I’d send them packing. I say this as an animal lover.

I didn’t ban my mother but I did ask her to stop showing up at my door unannounced. So she just quit coming by altogether.

We invited a guy and his wife that DH worked with for dinner one night and then they started showing up at my door nightly. This went on for about two weeks before I told DH to ask them to call first. They also quit coming by at all.

FIL isn’t technically banned but I doubt I’d let him in. I’d invite him to sit on the porch and wait for DH to get home. DH for sure wouldn’t let him in.

A friend who was a drug addict.

The neighbor girl who was a terror.
That’s what I was thinking about the dogs. I have 2 dogs & love dogs & most of my family & friends have dogs, but no one has ever tried to bring their dogs to my house. I find that bizarre!
 
Can't think of anyone outright, but we have stopped inviting some people. And we have stopped allowing our son to go to his best friend's house for periods of time (BF's dad is so permissive and I know the older son is smoking and dealing pot). Dad doesn't care if they drink as minors, etc..... BF is always allowed here but we are hesitant to allow my son over there.
 
A couple of DS's friends have gotten banned, though to his credit, I never had to do it myself. He has his lines and if friends cross them, they're no longer allowed in what we affectionately call the "dungeon" (which is kind of the hang-out space for his group, since he's turned one room of our unfinished basement into a teenage-man cave/gaming space). One came over with a girlfriend who had apparently run away from home, which ended up with the police at our door looking for them. DS has ZERO patience for that kind of nonsense, so that friend is no longer welcome and has kind of drifted to the fringe of their group. Another got banished for using something that offended DS. I don't know what - I know some of his friends smoke pot, which is legal in our state now, and he doesn't mind - but I do know there are certain drugs that DS considers a deal-breaker when it comes to friendship (esp. heroin - my brother, DS's favorite uncle, died of an overdose and DS isn't interested in watching friends do the same).

Older DD's friends are all so much like her - type A overachievers, student athletes, no time to party - that it has never come up. And younger DD's friends are still too little to seriously offend me. After raising the older two to adulthood (or near enough - DD will be 18 in Aug.), the stuff that 10yos get into trouble for seems so trivial. :rotfl:

Dogs are an absolute ban, though. Not because I don't like them - I do, very much - but because we have an anxious border collie/shepherd that we've had less than a year, and we're still working on socializing her. She gets along with other dogs at the dog park and on walks, but another dog in her space makes her very defensive to the point of aggression. Especially if DD10, "her person", is around. So dogs are not welcome as visitors at all, not in the house and not in the yard.

I love the description of your son's "bro-cave," and wish I'd had that type of social circle when I was growing up.
 
I've banned my adult niece. I just don't invite her over anymore. She can be mean, nasty and most of all moody. She's said some very awful things to me and she is not welcome in my house until her behavior changes. I'm not holding my breath.
 
Most of DH's family who lives in a general 30-60 min driving distance from us (most of our family lives out of state) are not allowed to even have our address. They are involved in things that I would rather not have my family around. Gangs, drugs, convicted felons for boyfriends, etc...not good! And they don't have common sense nor do I trust them AT ALL, so they just aren't allowed to come over, and we do not visit them either. If DH wants to see one of them, he is more than welcome to meet them in a public place, but he rarely is in contact with them, either, so we don't really worry about it.

I have banned one kid from my house - this girl that DD hung out with when they were in lower elementary school. She was a nice enough kid, but she would make a mess and then refuse to help DD clean up, always wanted snacks, had no problem telling me to buy better food lol, etc, which was annoying but OK - I just started to limit the playdates and keep them more structured, like a movie or playing outside in the sprinkler or whatever, and set out ONE snack and said take it or leave it. But the dealbreaker was when mom came to pick her up. She would hide and I would have to search the house to find her, often with the mother in tow, so we would be looking through closets/my bedroom/basement/attic/etc. You know...the places that weren't exactly "company-cleaned" at all times. It was so embarrassing and the mom just laughed and thought it was hilarious. So, I thought OK, I'll just have her sitting on the couch and ready when her mom gets here for now on. That didn't work either - the mom was super chatty, and the daughter would take the opportunity to sprint out the backdoor or up the stairs and the rigmarole would start all over again. And the mom would often bring the little brother who would start going through my fridge and cupboards, or go up to DS's bedroom and start dumping his toy bins out. It would take an hour to get the three of them out of my house, or I would have to bring the girl home to avoid the mom and brother coming to my house.

Finally, I just told DD that she needs to find a new friend. lol I said the girl wasn't allowed over anymore and she wasn't going to go to their house either. DD really didn't care a lot by then anyway - the girl was a "convenience friend" - one who lived around the block and was readily available at age 6...7...8 so they played together, but as DD got older and had more meaningful relationships with kids who were classmates and teammates and she could travel farther in the neighborhood to hang out with them, the friendship died out anyway. I was secretly glad!
 

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