When someone wants to come and sleepover

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Venomous

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ask/inform before the person arrives.

Be you s/he.... Always discuss with your partner.
 
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Arthur said:
What?! You mean you haven't yet realized that you are merely the general factotum, bond-payer and rent-provider?

Resolve from this night forward that anything to do with the house and household is your wife's prerogative. :p

Tell friends and family to make their requests to your domestic tyrant/manager/wife.
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+1 Well said
 
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Robertvv said:
So say a friend or family phones and ask if they can come and sleep over, travel past us or for business, and they phone to ask, who decides, the man or the woman.

Sometimes they ask me and I say yes, then the wife is very upset. Should I ask her first before telling them.

How to you do it?
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ask the woman. you don't have any power. let the boss decide.
 
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Wife from the Cape, living in GP. Family regularly comes up for job interviews, family get together and the like.

I usually know they are coming when I get a message to go pick them up at Gautrain or airport, used to annoy me like heck but its family so yeah, no choice really. Even the ****ups get bed and breakfast.

Friends on the other hand, we discuss intensely on the pros vs cons before they even visit, let alone sleep over.
 
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OP: I just received a call from my sister Susan, who'd like to visit over the weekend with her 5 children. We're already having my wife's niece and husband from Wednesday to Sunday. My answer: "That'd be wonderful. But please speak to Sue (my wife). It's her call."

See. With practice it's not hard to do. :D
 
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nand said:
It's easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
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Nope, not with my spouse. I have tried that before and we are both equally stubborn when in fight mode. I don't back down from a fight and neither does she.
 
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maumau said:
Who gets the guest bedroom ready? Fresh bedding, reading matter, working sidelight? Fresh towels? Who buys and prepares extra meals? Adjusts the daily schedule to accommodate your guest?

Yep, your wife. She should be consulted :)
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I would like to come and sleep over at your place, seems you take care quite well.
 
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so they slept in a guesthouse as they did not want to bother us.
Then I /we invited them for braai, they came from 10 till 1600. We all had a wonderful time.

Then the wife said , it's a pity they did not sleep here as they are such nice people.

Anyway in the future I will use the good advice I got here.
 
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meh, we're so used to people popping in and staying over, we almost don't lock the doors anymore. We don't mind, we're relaxed when it comes to having guest. Actually, my wife is addicted to entertaining people. The guest gets better food than me.
 
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Robertvv said:
So say a friend or family phones and ask if they can come and sleep over, travel past us or for business, and they phone to ask, who decides, the man or the woman.

Sometimes they ask me and I say yes, then the wife is very upset. Should I ask her first before telling them.

How to you do it?
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The one who answers the call. Simple as that. They are friends and family...
 
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