Your worst "surprise" that you found after houseguests leave...

[spookyevilone]

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Well, in this case, serious postpartum depression was probably the cause, so I don't make an issue of it. Other than not letting non-pottytrained midgets in my house anymore.

I made my bro buy me a new couch when he came home, though

-Spooky

 

[Fudgie]

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Debi you had to be a girl scout in your youth didn't you!!!!

 

[skand]

Ugh I cant imagine cloth diapers on couches.. I know that they are better for the enviroment and all... BUT! only when used correctly! If you have those plastic pants, they help. But esp if you go out of your house with a kid in one, and go anywhere near human population, put something with a leakguard on!! lol

I had a friend stay over for a month, after I made her leave, I found all sorts of wonderful surprises, each of it previously used. Two carpet shampoos and a bleached house, I got back to my normal way of living.. sorta. lol Became an ocd'r lol

 

[Ol'FashionHen]

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Became an ocd'r lol

It' funny how the smell of poop can cause you to become an OCD'r ain't it.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

I can't believe I just thought of this one. OH MY.....this wasn't really just a "house guest" though. I have a rather emotionally damaged friend I have pretty much babied since we were children. When she left her first husband and needed a place to stay, naturally she turned to me. She and her two year old daughter moved in. She disn't have a job so I assumed she would at least clean up after herself and child....no such luck. The kid was a HUGE mess and liked to do things like draw pretty pictures all over my walls with crayon. *sigh* Anyway, my toilet (only one bathroom in this little house) had a nasty habit of clogging up. One evening I come home from work and find my friend sitting on the couch watching TV as I had to almost swim down the hallway....I stood in the door and screamed WTH is THIS. She casually said "oh, the toilet overflowed a few hours ago and I didn't know what to do. I get to the bathroom and the toilet is still running and a large chunk of human feces is literally floating in my floor!!!! It took forever to get that mess fixed and she never left the couch!!!

 

[debilorrah]

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Whoa I would be spittin nails........

 

[luvmychicknkids]

Needless to say, I made sure she got a job and an apartment immediately after that.

 

[spook]

Yuck, you guys are saints! The only thing I can say we were left with was when I had been dating this guy, his 5 yr old son was in the living room watching TV, we were in the kitchen, all was quiet, then after a while they left. All normal.
Needless to say, for a long time we washed the couch cushion, never detecting what the stench was, finally replaced the foam. Needless to say, once a blue moon in the hot hot summer after the humidity has set in we can get a slight whiff of it.
The only thing we can imagine it being is Buck lore..."Dad" had been out hunting previous to the visit.
Having been a health care worker for many years, there was a home that I went to, fix a meal and found "droppings" in the dish drainer, sink and tub...there were no pets and I did not go back.
Then a lil old lady had booby trapped her room with 1/2 cups of water, on the doors, closet shelf with the light cord under it, in chairs...oh dear lord, it was always a challenge.
Thank God that we only had the one incident at our house! lol.

 

[Wildsky]

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Well, she didn't want wet feet you know.

 

[Nikki28]

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Debi you had to be a girl scout in your youth didn't you!!!!

I was thinking that too.

I was and do leave places cleaner than when I arrived .... #!&$ girlscouts gets into your soul!