Last week I had my partner's sister and her husband staying. They are from Tenerife, in their early fifties and, speak very little English.
I found it a very difficult week.
I have two empty bedrooms upstairs, a small single bed room and a bigger double room. But, the big bed was in the small room and vice versa. So, I decided to put the bigger bed in the bigger room to make it more comfy for them. I also had to buy a new double size downie for the bed because the one I had was 13.5 tog. I bought a new 4.5 tog goose down thing at considerable expense, so that they would be more comfy.
On seeing the room with the single bed had a telly, the wife decided she was going to sleep in that room. But after two nights and not being able to get anything understandable on the telly, she decided to sleep in the bigger bed with her husband.
When I came down for breakfast one morning, I found that she was already downstairs eating and had used five teaspoons already. I had tidied up before going to bed and put all the cutlery away, only to find it all over the place again.
Don't get me started on the toilet paper. I had a spare roll in the toilet cabinet and two more spares in the bedroom cupboard. They all disappeared within the space of three days. I didn't realise because unknown to me, she had found the spare rools in the bedroom cupboard and had been changing them herself. So, when I saw that the roll in the bathroom was finished and went to replace it, there were no spares left.
I'm just having a rant here but I'm glad to see the back of them.
Am I being unreasonable and how do others feel about having visitors?
I found it a very difficult week.
I have two empty bedrooms upstairs, a small single bed room and a bigger double room. But, the big bed was in the small room and vice versa. So, I decided to put the bigger bed in the bigger room to make it more comfy for them. I also had to buy a new double size downie for the bed because the one I had was 13.5 tog. I bought a new 4.5 tog goose down thing at considerable expense, so that they would be more comfy.
On seeing the room with the single bed had a telly, the wife decided she was going to sleep in that room. But after two nights and not being able to get anything understandable on the telly, she decided to sleep in the bigger bed with her husband.
When I came down for breakfast one morning, I found that she was already downstairs eating and had used five teaspoons already. I had tidied up before going to bed and put all the cutlery away, only to find it all over the place again.
Don't get me started on the toilet paper. I had a spare roll in the toilet cabinet and two more spares in the bedroom cupboard. They all disappeared within the space of three days. I didn't realise because unknown to me, she had found the spare rools in the bedroom cupboard and had been changing them herself. So, when I saw that the roll in the bathroom was finished and went to replace it, there were no spares left.
I'm just having a rant here but I'm glad to see the back of them.
Am I being unreasonable and how do others feel about having visitors?
