Company's coming

Hi Savypat, I havelots of visitors arrive to stay especially duringthe summer months and although I am attentive once they know where the kettle is etc Isayforthem just to help themselves, that way I am not always the one making the tas and they don't feel they have to ask. The majority of my friends and family automaticaly help out with the chores anyway and they quicker they are done the more fun and socialising can be done lol. If I am workingwhilstthey visiting I quiet often come home and they have prepared dinner too. Huggles. Ellie :D

Do I like the person? :D

I hate receiving unexpected guests! I find it really rude when people do that! One of my friends had the habit of dropping in without warning. I remember she called around unexpectedly one day with her three year old while I was in the middle of house cleaning. My floors were still wet and all the chairs were up on the tables. Her daughter proceeded to pull all my child’s toys out and before I knew it my wet floors were filthy! I was trying so hard to be polite and smiled as I made us all a cup of tea but inside I was seething. All she needed to do was let me know she was coming and I would have been a lot more welcoming!

First of all, I'd like to say that I really don't like having guests come to my home without having prior notice. That out of te way, I'd say that when someone does come to our home to visit, I throw whatever plans that I had aside, and I will devote my entire attention to that guest. The reason that I am this way is because of the fact that I do have small children still so I am used to not getting everything accomplished within a day that I'd like to get accomplished.

Same here I was taught to be a gracious host no matter if they came announced or unannounced! But I also have this problem of having my day planned out and things to do especially when you need to do so much with little time you really want to just work instead of visit with whoever comes in. It is certainly very irritating at times when you have a lot to do in your hands and the guest just won't leave. I mean when they came during lunch and they are still there at dinner. In my country though if you tell them off they will feel offended and you are a bad hostess. What I usually do is tell my housekeeper to tell people that I am not home when I am super duper busy. That way I am spared of the headache of having to entertain when I need to do other things. Or when I am alone I just don;t answer the door and I screen the calls too lol.

it would depend on in the company!!! if it was like mom dad sister bro cousin sumthing like that i would just let them vist but if it was sumthing like a friend i would have to tell them to come back cause i am busy and have things to do

I am not at all a fan of unexpected company. I don't like to be "caught" in the middle of scrubbing a floor or cooking a meal or not being suitably dressed or what have you. I appreciate at least a phone call in advance. One of my mom's neighbors was TERRIBLE for dropping in on everyone in the neighborhood for coffee... but she'd stay all day until her husband was due in from work and she'd have to rush home to prepare dinner. I got into the habit of telling unexpected company that I'm glad to see them and, although I already have plans in a short time, I'd enjoy having a quick coffee with them... or something like that. Then they understand that I don't have unlimited time. I don't want to ever make anyone feel unwelcome in my home but we all have only so many hours in a day and, if I'm doing something that I cannot postpone, I'll be sure to say so.

I don't like people dropping by with out notice. Mainly because I too plan my day ahead of time. In fact, last Thursday night at 9:45pm my brother called to see if I was up to having company. It was my cousin and her husband. However, I was sick dealing with the withdrawl of the steriod pills that I was taking for the shingles. So I said how about tomorrow, but they were leaving first thing in the morning. Oh well to me its poor planning on their part. I could never imagine visiting anyone at that time of night. If someone drops by during the day I drop what I'm doing and make the best of the visit.