People Who Invite Themselves Over

[Wooden_Pony]

Answer the door with no clothes on...and ask if he'd like to join...

 

[LynnGrigg]

Some folks are just too nice/friendly for their own good. Hubs needs to learn that he should get to know folks a little better before he lets it get to the point where he's going to have company that he doesn't want to have. I know it must be frustrating.
Arlee has the best solution. Be honest and kind if possible.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

What if he took me serious, SpottedCrow?

Hmmmm . . . can you disable (and re-arm) mines remotely, you know so you could always have it there as backup.

Yes, LynnGrigg, it's true. I did ask him if this was someone he wanted to be friends with and tried to prompt him as to how he should handle this person. I don't think it sunk in.

Edited for spelling & clarification

 

[schmoo]

Drake - it has seriously happened to my DH so many times he just can't say no I guess. He gets stuck helping other people who take advantage of him too. I just shake my head and say well, you never learn.
He already knows ahead of time I am SO NOT entertaining or serving any uninvited guests who I don't care to know. It's happened too many times. I finally said, enough. If you can't say no, then have fun hanging out with them until they decide to leave.
Thank goodness we have a big barn because they just hang out there and I never have to deal with them. I know I'm a meanie, but c'mon it gets old fast.

 

[nccountrygirl]

Tell the "friend" that the most of the family is in quarantine from some unknown disease, but he's welcome to come in.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Yep, schmoo, it gets old REAL fast. My husband had a friend who would show up whenever he felt like it. It took me years to put my foot down, because I didn't want to be the mean wife.

 

[1acrefarm]

I have a couple of annoying neighbors. I can be busy outside gardening tending to the animals or cutting wood and they bug me. They will walk into my backyard and say I heard the saw or I heard you moving around so I knew you were outside. Well no crap those noises they hear me make mean I am busy. I tell them I have things to do and a limited time to do it. It never fails they hear me out working in the yard later they are back. I do not want to be mean but I am going to have to.

Does anyone have a mean roo they want too sell?

 

[schmoo]

1acre you need to get an IPOD or atleast have the little headphones in your ear and pretend you can't hear anything.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

nccountrygirl -- As in bird flu -- we've got a bad case of that contagious "disease" for sure!

1acrefarm -- I used to have a neighbor like that to. I got pretty good about setting time limits with him, so that after I had been "nice" and listened to his prattling on for a while, I would say, "I really need to go inside and turn off the tea kettle (or whatever was appropriate)." He was the kind of neighbor that never did ANYTHING and his house and yard were in disrepair. I guess he didn't understand being motivated to WORK!!

 

[LynnGrigg]

Quote:
Careful there! How many of those would you like?.....You'll get a yard full of those for FREE!LOL!!!!