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My sister-in-law will be coming over starting Monday, and staying until she cools down from fighting with her husband...

What I am saying is that this other older, woman will be staying at my house, in my computer room, stinking up my bathroom, and eating my damn chocolates!!!!!!!!
I don't even know where to move my PC to, so that I can be online at nights...and I cannot currently log on from work for some strange reason.
I am miserable.

How could I have agreed to this?
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I can *feel* the pain. I've had several situations like yours in the past. Recently, my ex-mother-in-law came into town to stay with my ex-wife. After about a week at her house, she came knocking on my door. "She couldn't stand one more minute over there." she told me. I reluctantly agreed to let her stay till the end of the week. I mean, what could five days possibly hurt? I had to be at work early in the morning and she decided to get drunk every night and raise hell. She made it two nights and I had to toss her out. She hasn't talked to me since. (Not that that's a problem :D )

I just recently agreed to let my oldest son's mom stay with me the month of December. I can't wait to see the fireworks on this one.

Put her in the attic! Sorry to hear that man, I hope it's not for too long.

Hey there Larry, I can testify to what a year and six month's with
a sister in law can do for ones sanity. I had to rearrange my house
for her. I really hated it when she started to bring her new boyfriend home. It was peaceful at first until I made the mistake and
made a nice gesture by saying "make yourself at home" What I meant was stop asking me if you can use my bathroom or have a drink of water.The bonehead took it literally. He helped himself to my wife's Godiva chocolate's and made many attrocities on my refrigerator while we were away. I told her the boyfriend has to cool his jet's somewhere else before I lost my cool with him, he finally stopped coming by. :D She my sister in law was lucky she was my wife's sister, she was making 60,000 a yr and mooching off of us, my wife was afraid to say anything for fear of ruining her relationship with her sister. Getting pregnant was a hidden blessing. She moved out a month after [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] and my wife didnt have to say anything.

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Elif Godson:
He helped himself to my wife's Godiva chocolate's and made many attrocities on my refrigerator while we were away. <hr></blockquote>

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Never had move-ins here Larry, I sympathize with you whole-heartedly though, *shudders at the thought of someone raiding his refrigerator and keeping him away from his computer* hope you can manage to free yourself soon....

Being a good house guest really doesn't require much except common sense. Sense that remarkably few people show. There are a few things you should expect from any host that allows you in. Bathroom use and a cool drink of water. Outside of that you should wait to be offered anything else. A good host will offer something. Another good idea is to bring something over that everyone can enjoy. A bottle of wine, a six pack of beer, cold sodas, chips, etc. As a host, you shouldn't consume anything unless you offer some to the guest. Try and return favors when possible. I have a brother who has a problem with being a glutton or a pain when visiting family. Now I don't mind feeding family but I feel it is my duty to help him develop proper manners as a guest. Too many people complain about it, but won't talk to him about it either. I try to gently press him in the proper directions. I remind him that he should never clean someone out of a particular item unless he has express permission to do so. The last beer/glass of wine is no big deal but should be asked for. If you give him the freedom, he will gladly clear the house of alchohol and snack foods. Just the other day he was borrowing CDs and removed them all from the tower to look at. When he was done, he was just going to leave the ones he didn't want laying all over the floor. From the look on his face, he knew exactly what he was trying to do. I gently had to remind him to put them back where he had found them. I don't know where he picked up these habits, but he needs to lose them. I love the boy, but he needs a bit of social guidance. Taking advantage of others hospitality is a sure way to never get invited again. Hopefully, he'll learn. My parents have taken my cue and started doing the same thing. Some folks will never learn to be a good house guest, but letting them get away with rudeness won't help either.

Move-ins in the computer room? The horror!
Eating your chocolates? *screams*

Larry, I'm so sorry for you!

Even a one week stay in the computer room is pure agony for me, but it takes much longer than that to recover from fighting your husband/wife.

Will you be okay? Need a shoulder to cry on?

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Will you be okay? Need a shoulder to cry on?<hr></blockquote>


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Thanks, dude...I love you, man!
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*Pats back*

It's okay Larry, just let it all out. Everything is going to be alright...