People to stay/staying over

Nowadays I will only stay with family or very close friends - people who won’t object in the slightest if I come down at 2 am (I don’t sleep well) wanting to make a cup of tea.
Plus, if I’m with dh, I can’t cope with sharing an ordinary double bed any more - I need a king size, or twins.

I don’t generally mind people I don’t know very well staying for a night or two*, and we often have - as long as they’re not fussy or demanding. We do have a 2nd bathroom for them to use, though, so that’s no problem.

*The Canadian cousin I’d never previously met was a different matter - having invited himself he stayed 10 nights, barely put his hand in his pocket (I took him for quite a lot of signtseeing) and after he left there was not so much as an email to say thank you.
Not to mention some Canadian relatives of dh, who I hardly knew - didn’t think to let me know in advance that one was veggie and one diabetic, and one of them later emailed that I’d ‘fussed too much’ when I was trying to ensure that they had something enjoyable to eat.

As I told dh later, any more of your Canadian relatives wanting to stay, can sod right off! Naturally the same went for any more of mine!

Really enjoy Especially if it is someone you only see occasionally as it gives chance of a really good catch up

lemsip

BonnyBanko

*Why find a year old thread*

I think that people sometimes do this by accident.

When trying to find a previous thread on a specific topic it is very easy to get sidetracked by other thread titles that you spot while scrolling through them.
I have done it myself - started reading what looks like an interesting thread, then started to add a comment before realising that it is not a recent one.

On the other hand, unless it is a subject that is no longer relevant to anyone, does it really matter if a poster wants to resurrect a topic that actually interests them?
Some might say that it is better than starting a brand new thread on that topic.

Our granddaughter and her partner often stay with us from time to time. They're no problem as they quite like to do their own cooking - which is fine by me! Fortunately we have 2 bathrooms so there's no problems on that front. I think the fact we live near a railway station is the attraction!