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OK, the holiday cards say: "We're glad that you enjoy our hospitality, but this year we had an exhausting number of guests and a lot of surprises. We'd like to remind folks to call at least a week in advance to be sure we are available to entertain before dropping by." One relative who...

Quote: Yeah, that's how I was raised too. You give hospitality to people or else. Or else what, they never said. Bad things, apparently worse than uninvited guests messing up your bathroom. But I was also taught never to accept, and to claim I allready have paid for the hotel room or I just...

Moving to India...Now there's an idea...

Thanks, you guys! I was hoping there was some other way I hadn't tried yet, but I guess I will have to break down and be...eh...more assertive. Like the Xmas letter idea. Will definitely do that to start with. Am also seriously considering the nudist / nudgenudgewinkwink thing. That...

I don't think you can say anything that would be RUDER! What I said to the ex-friend who showed up with his girlfriend after being told DH was too ill to entertain...I cannot print it here, it was not family-friendly. Well, that and a red haze of absolute rage descended over my vision, so I...

Thought some of you might have a good idea about this: We have a big old farmhouse, and we like to throw parties and entertain. Of course, we love having guests when we invite the guests. When we agree on a time and date. When it's only for a few days or so, and when our work schedules allow...