With all of the planning for out of town guests and FH's relatives all assuming that they can stay with him, it made me wonder about everyone esle:
How long would you let your houseguests stay? A week, two weeks? A months.
When would you say 'no!'?
Oh yeah, I am also thinking of this because FH says if his parents move back to Poland, they will come visit us for about a month at a time. What???????!!!!!!
julz33
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Not longer than a week! I like my privacy!
shamma
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Girl I cannot take people in my space for 2 long. This tend to get funny when hubby's family come from the islands for a month, he wants us to host them for the entire time, this is a no no in my book. I think a week or 2 is even too much. I don't mind seeing or hosting but there comes a time when they must go.
I expect that my MIL will want to stay for a month or longer if we have kids...that doesn't bother me...
BUT...do not take houseguests before the wedding...it is a hectic time...DH's mother and brother stayed with his aunt...
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Oh yeah, I am also thinking of this because FH says if his parents move back to Poland, they will come visit us for about a month at a time. What???????!!!!!!
It also depends how big your house is. If it is big enough for seperate private areas then if my FHs parents were visiting from Poland I would let them stay. As long as they are not under your feet and bothering you the whole time. It depends what kind of people they are. Are they going to go out and do their own thing or will you have to entertain them constantly?
Lisa Rose
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there is an old saying....
Fish and visitors stink after three days. - - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
janwinterbridejoy
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i have relatives come from poland all the time and your right fish and visitors do stink after awhile lol.
michele31
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If my in-laws lived in Poland then I would definately allow them to stay for 1 month, once a year. I mean, it isn't like you would see them very often and honestly, they are his parents. If you went to Poland to visit I am sure they would never tell you to stay at a hotel.
Now, exluding parents that live in foreign countries I think 3-4 days is good and plenty.
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butterfly20
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no houseguests for the wedding, you have a wedding, and a honeymoon, and dont need people invading your space....
a regular visit, a week maybe.. maybe longer if you have children they are seeing..
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funny question. fsil is staying with us, we live with fh parents, and when she and fbil are here, it is like the dali lama himself is here. grrr...it's like the prodigal son has come home. so she is here by herself for over a week b/c fbil is on business and already it is tense between fh and her. big language problem and more. but the choice is not up to us, we just have to bite it. i'd say it depends on the people.
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I have told FH that it is not a good idea to have people stay with them before the wedding, but he says that they are coming from Poland and the tickets are expensive and they can't afford to stay in a hotel for too long. I told FH and his mother that the night before the wedding should only be FH and his family and his brother, SIL, nice, nephew. Not 2 sets of aunts and uncles, 3 cousins, a close friend...
RedHead
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a week ...thats if i make it that far.
xjulietx
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As far as FH's parents eventually moving back to Poland and then coming back here to visit. It will depend on the house we have. If we are living in a small condo, we physically couldn't do it for more than a week. If we have a 3 or 4 bedroom house with two bathrooms, that would be okay.
But in response to his parents not kicking us out if we were there, they would. They would suggest that we go visit other relatives. Which is what they should do if they visit us. FH has a few aunts and uncles on LI. His parents should impose on them as much as us.
I guess I am getting stressed about the idea of all of the people who are going to stay with FH's parents before the wedding and how crazy it is going to be during those two weeks before the wedding anyway and he will be entertaining and expecting me to help.
