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katiedid717 ([personal profile] katiedid717) wrote in [community profile] agonyaunt 2023-07-10 04:15 pm (UTC)

I think it depends on the relationship and length of stay.

My father used to get very annoyed with one of my sisters because she would go to the house for the weekend a couple times a month and complain about being hungry, ask what time they were eating, etc but not do anything to help with meal prep, dinner cleanup, etc. She only lived about an hour a day and still had a bedroom at the house because she'd only moved out a couple months prior - my dad was finally like "you are not a guest, you're a grown adult. If you're hungry, you know where the kitchen is."

A friend's mother-in-law recently spent three weeks visiting her from the UK (we're in the US). MIL was staying in a short-term rental on the same property but would walk across to my friend's place at 8 am and just...linger while friend and husband got ready for work, fed the baby, etc. Finally my friend was like "Please tell your mother than we are both working and that we cannot keep her entertained 24/7."

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