If I came to your house and knocked on your door???
By Citychic
@Citychic (4067)
United States
August 6, 2009 4:54pm CST
Hello friends, I am curious what you would do if I came to your house on a saturday morning and knocked on your door, what would you do? 1. Would you invite me to come in so that we could have some fun?
2. Would you turn me away and tell me that you were busy or had other plans?
3. Would you come outside and show me around your town?
Tell me in detail how you would handle this situation if I unexpectedly came and knocked on your door. Have fun, be nice and keep it clean everyoneHappy mylot!
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39 responses
@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
6 Aug 09
Well, this is a brain teaser of sorts.
I visit with you outside for a while, get a feel for who you are and why you are knocking on my door, chit chat, ask questions, build Know, like, and trust.
Then once I know what you are up to, I could take appropriate action, we like to go swimming on Saturdays so you had better bring your bikini. Just in case we hit it off and invite you to come along, then out for ice cream after usually get a good old blizzard from the Dairy Queen.
But, who knows, this is what we say, I have noticed one great thing about these kinds of conversations, what we say we do isn't always what happens in real life.
Experience is the best teacher, you are just going to have to come over and find out.
Cheers.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I came over to your house?
Smile, I like reading your comments CJscott, just thought I'd let you know. Anyhow I wouldn't blame you a bit for wanting to get to know me better via the front porch, ask questions, chit-chat or whatever. The front porch I think is a very good place to start. I often say that once a person hit the front porch, if I really like them then they get to make it past the front porch but if not then I leave them out there. As for my bikini, I guess that would mean that I'd have to start doing more sit ups and cruches, darn CJScott, you gonna really make a girl have to work hard in order to be in your prescience huh? Anyhoo you'd get me all skinny then fatten me up with a blizzard huh, way to go cool!So what time you want me to come over, hee hee hee? Thanks for responding, wishing you a great weekend.
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@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
7 Aug 09
You don't have to do any crunchies or anything like that. Just come as you are, and not care what others think of you. We will give you plenty of exercise, so that you can burn off all the fat and calories from the blizzard.
I prefer a morning visit, you know 6:00-6:30 in the morning so that we don't waste any of our day. But please do wait till I find new home, it has been a trying experience for me.
Cheers.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
10 Sep 09
Thanks for your message CJScott, too bad that I can't make it if you only want me to come during the wee hours of the morning. Is there any way possible that you could become a little bit more flexible on ur hours? Hee hee heee! See, I am the type that like to sleep in a little bit and that time of the morning would not be convenient for me. But I do hope you will find yourself a nice home all the same. I'm sure you will make it sweet no matter where you end up at. Happy mylot!
@g_vickie84 (576)
• Belgium
7 Aug 09
First of all please send a picture to me before coming to my place so that I can recognize you when you come to my place. I would definitely invite you into my house so that we can talk generally to get to know about each other. Then may be as you said in the third option we can go to some nearby place in my town. But if I really have some urgent plan than may be I will ask you to plan a meeting the next week. But only if I have some urgent plans.
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
10 Sep 09
Hello g_vicke, thanks for the hospitality. I'm sure that more of us could stand to learn something from indian people. I always thought myself the hospitable type too. But when you have people that are a bit pushy it sort of make me want to retract that statement and be a little bit more guarded when it comes to opening up my own doors. Happy mylot!
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I came to your house???
Hey g_vickie, that would be a very sweet gesture. I would definitely send you a pic first so that you would know who I was and then we could get the rest of the plans underway. Please send me a friend request because you sound like a very nice person. Thanks for participating in my discussion. Hope you have a great weekend, happy mylot!
@g_vickie84 (576)
• Belgium
7 Aug 09
Yes I already had sent you a friend request. Thanks for the comments but this is the hospitality that you will receive if you ask any Indian guy. Indians are known to treat their guests very well.
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@smileonstar (4007)
• United States
6 Aug 09
Hello,
good one... well, if I know you in person then I will invite you in but if I barely know you then I will turn you away. I dont like to expect stranger or surprise at all cuz it will miss up my work schedule... the thing is, whenever I have company I would love to spend time with them and show them around. And if you show up in surprise then you will end up home alone for sure.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
Lols, well I wouldn't want to end up home alone so I guess I would have to call you in advance before I came over to see you huh, Ms. Lady.... but I understand how it is so don't worry I would never do a surprise thing like that to anyone , not unless I knew then very well. Even then I would really have to think about it first, as you just never know what people might be busy doing. But thanks for responding kindly and I hope you have a great weekend.
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@skyhss (1142)
• United States
6 Aug 09
do i know who you are when you knock or are you just some stranger?
if i know who you are i'd invite you in for coffee then we could go to Tucson and i'll show you the sites or what passes for sites here. Ooo, and we could have lunch at my favorite restaurant (Mariscos). but please wait until like October to visit me cos it's really hot here right now and i don't feel like going out in the heat.
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I showed up at your house?
Hi there skyhss, hoping that by the time comes when I showed up at your house you would know me much better. And you could start the process by adding me as a mylot friend:), I hope. But don't worry because I hate it whenever it's really hot too. I really don't understand how anyone can live in such extreme temperatures but I hope you have good A.C. and the cost of it isn't too high.Seriously thought, you don't have to worry me going that far. But if I happen to hit the lottery I might just decide to give you a call because I would need someone to help me spend all my winnings!.Thanks for responding. Happy mylot.
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@stephwrites (275)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If you told me you were a friend from mylot then I would probably invite you in after I checked my clothes and made sure I looked presentable. but then I might even shrug my shoulders and tell you to ignore the mess insde too. then I would hope that you like kids cuz I have five of them and they make a lot of noise. but I could just send them outside and invite you in, get us something to drink and ask you to tell me all about yourself!
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I were to come to your house???
Helly Stephwrites, you sound like a very kind person. Don't worry, I don't plan on coming to your house uninvited but there is a saying that I like to try to live by and it comes from the bible. It tell us that we should always be hospitable to people but along with it to be careful because we might be entertaining angels unaware. I'm confident that you would be doing the right thing if I ever came knocking on your door and I would leave many blessings there for your kindness. happy mylot!
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@thokius (426)
• Austria
7 Aug 09
Hello Citychic, if you visited me I would most definitley ask you to come in. I don't usually get a lot of guests since I live on the countryside. Anyways I would invite you in, ask you if you want some green tea, invite you in the living room, show you my garden etc. After that I would take you to my favourite resting spot. It's under an apple tree in a nearby field. You can see the sunset perfectly from there. After that I would take you back and we could have dinner together. And after that... well you know...
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I came to your house???
Hey Thokius, I don't recognize you as one of my usual mylot friends so you need to send me a friend request so I can add you on my friend's list because I really do like your response. I love the idea of sipping on green tea, it's a great way to relax and everything else that you mentioned sounds like it would be a lovely way to spend a Saturday amongst friends. Now as far as what would happen after dinner, well let's just say that you've certainly succeeded in peaking my imagination. So don't forget to add me as a friend and perhaps we could talk more about watching that sunset. Happy mylot and your generosity would be greatly appreciated.
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
10 Sep 09
Hello Thokius, Sorry I'm so late getting back with you on this discussion. I would love to talk with you some more too. Did you know that you could pm me? I'll check to make sure that my notify is turned on so that when you pm me I will know. Then I will get right back to you just as soon as possible. take care and hoping life is going well for you on the countryside of town.
@vicki2876 (5636)
• Canada
7 Aug 09
I think that if you were to knock on my door on a saturday morning, you would likely see myself and one of my sons looking at you like and thinking who are you and why are you knocking on my door. If you then told me you were from mylot, I would also think why and HOW? did you get here. But I would likely take you around my community and tell you where there are beautiful things to look at. I would not likely let you in my house because I don't know you. But you would have a lovely time in my community.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I were to come to your house...........
Hummm, not exactly the kind of reception that I'd be hoping for but since you'd at least take me around your community I would have to assume that you must be at least a fairly decent person so I would thank you at the end and and bless you for your hospitality then go on my way. Wishing you a great weekend, thanks for responding, happy mylot!
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
:), that's nice fwidman, would love to meet them, don't be surprised if I do happen to show up there one day, hee hee hee. Just thought I'd asked and I have to admit this question has brought about a lot of very interesting responses. I never imagined it would have done this well. Anyhow thanks for the kind response. Tell Shelly and Esme I said hi. Be sure and add me on your friend's list okay? ttylhave a great weekend!
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@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
7 Aug 09
Well, citychic, since I really don't know you that well yet, I would come outside and show you around the town. Actually, I live out in the country, although I'm in the city limits now, if that makes any sense. I could show you around my property, though. I would have to get to know you better first before I can invite you in my house. I hope you're not offended by this. It's just that I was taught not to invite people I barely know in the house. Kathy.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
Smile, well Cyrus my friend, It would be perfectly understandable for you not to invite me into your home, being that it's you I would not be offended in the least. Even to show someone around your property is still a very warm gesture and although I don't plan on making that kind of trip anytime soon. I'm still grateful for the thought. Thanks for responding and I pray that all will go well with you. Happy mylot!
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@savagesjun (17)
• China
7 Aug 09
it depending on our relative,friend or stranger.if you are my friend ,i will invite you to my home .at last,i will come ourside having breakfast with you.but if you were straiger instead of my friend,i would tell you that i am so busy today
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I were to come to your house...........
Lols, well savagesjun you have won me over with your last line. You've succeeded in making me lmao so this tell me that you have a great sense of humor. Even though you may be a bit suspicious, so at a minimum I would say, why can't we be friends, lols? Please send me a friend request and let's at least give it a try? Happy mylot, thanks for responding! You are something else my friend!
@doggyhouz (548)
• United States
7 Aug 09
Since your a stranger I probably would ignore you or tell you to go away. But if you were a friend I would invite you in and offer you a drink and hang out. I always welcome my friends over my house whenever they feel like it. I don't see why I should tell a friend he can not hang out with me. Especially at my age friends don't really have too much time to hang out and if both of you have time away from work take advantage of it while it last.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I came to your house............
Hey Doggyhouz, responding to these comments is wearing me out, hee hee. But I don't mind responding to yours Doggyhouz.......anyhoo what is your age if you don't mind me asking? Also I just wanted to say thanks for responding to my discussion. I would have thought that you and I would have gotten past the stranger stage by now doggyhouz.......as it's been going on at least 5 months now right? Anyways happy mylot! I guess I would consider coming into your house and trying out one of your little old drinks with you. But it would all depend on what it would be and on what it smelled like, hee hee hee???
@ChrysanTflower (1607)
• Indonesia
7 Aug 09
I never see your real face, so how can I know it's you or a lost tourist? Okay, just imagine I know your face.. then I will invite you to come, introduce you to my parents (who surely will very confused and curious about you) then aks you to have breakfast togethere. After that, since you come without inform me before, so I don't know me and my family have plan or not..hmmm..have plan or not, you're our guest sho come from far country, so we will take you around my town or, if we have very important plan, like attending wedding reception, we will drop you in a mall or theme park maybe, then we will pick you up after that and take you for dinner together What kind of food do you like?
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I came to your house???
Humm, it sound you like you are a very kind hearted person ChrysanTflower. It's almost as if you'd go out of your way to make a person feel very welcomed around you. I think that you are already on my friend's list, if not can you please send me a friend request, I would love to have you as a friend. Sound like you are over in China somewhere? So maybe one day I will come and pay you a visit because I happen to like Chinese food. I will cook something very nice for you if you ever decided to come and pay me a visit. Sometimes I wish that my own culture could be as warm and as welcoming as yours it...... I'm almost jealous ChrysandTflowerBut at least I have a nice friend in you, so that makes me very happyThanks for responding, have a great and happy weekend.
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
10 Sep 09
Hello ChrysanTflower,
Thanks for your comment. I like to think that I can cook just about anything that's placed in front of me. I love Chinese food but I'm not too good at cooking it. Simply because of all the herbs and spices that chinese people use. But cooking steak and Potatoes, rice, corn, cabbage, soups. All of these things I could probably cook with my eyes closed. I guess I'm good at cooking just about everything accept for home made breads. Like dinner rolls, I never really got into cooking that. But I would be willing to give it a try. My mom is great at it so I'm hopeful that I got a few of her genes. Why not invite urself on over for a meal sometime. If you like doing virtual meals to save on the calories that would be cool too:). Take care my friend, happy mylot!
@ChrysanTflower (1607)
• Indonesia
8 Aug 09
You're my guest and you have come from a far away country,,so it's already my duty to treat you nicely and give you good impression of my country. My country located in southeast Asia and although its not China, there area many delicious Chinese food here^^,, Really? So you can cook? I always admire people who can cook, I can't except boiling water and instant noodle,,but I'll try! What kind of food you like to cook? Ah! I love steak and salad
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@gossipzz (498)
• Canada
7 Aug 09
well if you came to my home uninvited and I don't know you I would not answer or if you continue knocking I would call the police to say you are stalking me. If you want to come to my house uninvited you would have to become my friend then I will answer my door and welcome you for the short notice visit. My home is very welcome home for my friend we can have lunch and sit and gossip with all my other fellow mylotter. Welcome
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I were to come to your house........
Well it sounds like you might be a gossipqueen and even though I don't usually like to hang out with them I guess It wouldn't hurt to spend the day with you as long as you didn't call the police on me, so I would thank you for the hospitality then get on my way as quickly as possible, probably never to return. Happy mylot!
@AznBombr1022 (76)
• United States
7 Aug 09
if we are friends l would let you in my house and if its not a mess. i would also show you around the city if you havent been here before thats all it would do.
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@doggyhouz (548)
• United States
7 Aug 09
That is a very nice. That is what friends are suppose to do for awhile.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I came to your house..........
It's very nice like the other responder just wrote. It's good to know that there are still a lot of very nice people out in the world. Even though we may often hear lots of stories to the contrary. I still believe that there are still way more good than bad. May God bless your heart for your kindness! Happy mylot.
@Sissygrl (10912)
• Canada
9 Sep 09
I have never spoken to you before citychic, but if someone i knew from mylot came to knock on my door.. i would be impressed!!! lol i wouldnt give aynone online my address!! But if someone WANTed to meet me i would meet them outside, in a nice public place. with another friend, or my husband. I'm a better safe then sorry kind of gal after all!
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
10 Sep 09
Sounds like a girl after my own heart. I wouldn't blame ya not one bit. Well after you got to know me then we could ditch the hubby and run out and do our thing, like go do some girlie stuff, jewelry, make up and look for some neat clothing and such. Pm me if ya ever in my area.....thanks for responding!......Peace out!
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
10 Sep 09
Just wanted to add that I really enjoyed this conversation with everyone. Well I really don't plane on making this visit a reality but who knows, if I hit the lottery one day, I might just decide to pay a few of you folks a visit and then I would get to see if mylotting friends are real friends or not. Have a great weekend everyone!
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@mayka123 (16604)
• India
7 Aug 09
You would never find me in the house on a saturday morning as I leave for work before 8 am. Sunday would be the best day. If you rang the doorbell on a sunday morning you would either find me sleeping or getting ready to go to church. Ofcourse I would invite you to have fun. Even if I had any plans for the day I would cancel them all just for you. I would take you around the city to show you places of interest here. And treat you out for lunch because I am usually too lazy to cook!!! So hopefully since you are planning to visit everyone else on saturday I should see you at my doorstep this sunday!!!!!
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
10 Sep 09
Sorry, can't make it tomorrow, already got plans for that day:), It would depend on how far I would have to travel. Let me know near about where you're located and will see what I can do. Although fair warning, if it's outside of a ten mile radius I might not show up because I can't be leaving my family to go too far away. Thanks for the offer though:). That was very sweet of you.
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I showed up at your house???
Hey Mayka123, that is exactly what I like to do on a sunday anyhow, I would love to come with you to church then after we've fellowshipped we could go out and see what else was going on around town and maybe grab a bite to eat. Then I would give you a hug and say God bless you. I would walk away feeling as if I had surely been in the prescence of an Angel then I would thank God for allowing me to have that kind of experience. So happy mylotting my friend, perhaps one day we shall meet. Until then, take care, keep praying and keep believing God for great things!
@jkatmaou (195)
• Philippines
7 Aug 09
well, i would probably invite you in regardless of whther i already know if you're citychic or not. i have this weird habit of forgetting to ask who the person is before i invite them in. i don't even know most of my neighbors. lol. but once i do get to know your name, that's when i'll invite you for a stroll in some of our country's grat places. oh, and you'll probably get tired of eating because my family loves to cook, especially for our foreign friends.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
10 Sep 09
Thanks for responding Jkatmaou, would it be wrong for me to assume that you must be from an italian background? The reason why I asked is only because most italian people love to cook. Mind you they are pretty darn good at it to. Or at least the ones that I've had the pleasure of running into have been very good at it. Happy mylot!
@doglady112 (604)
• Canada
7 Aug 09
I'm not sure what I'd do in this day and age you have to be careful who you let into your home. Like maybe you might be a serial killer or something. But once I was sure you weren't a threat well then I would invite you in.
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
10 Sep 09
Thank you for ur comment. It was nice that you would change ur mind once you found out I didn't have any weapons on me. It shows there are still plenty of nice people in the world despite all the bad junk that we hear on the news and other places. Happy mylot!
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I came to your house...........
Hello Rajupaul, you can give me your name and address by pm if you'd like. You are right, tomorrow is saturday but I really hadn't planned on stepping out very far tomorrow not unless it's somewhere around here. So I guess we'd have to plan it for sometime in the future. You seem like a very nice person so will leave you to handle the situation however you feel appropriate when and if the time and occasion should ever arise I love your generous nature and I would like to make a request, don't you ever allow anyone to ever change you from the person that you are.Happy mylot! Thanks for responding.
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
10 Sep 09
Hello Raju, I would be coming by air if I should decide to pay you a visit. Well they got a big lotto drawing going on right now for about 81 million. Providing I decide to play it and win I would definitely call you on ur cell phone, come to pay you a visit and explore the beautiful lands of India, wish me luck! Happy Mylot!
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
7 Aug 09
I would be confused. I wouldn't know who I was talking to at first. But, once you'd introduced yourself and I was a little more at ease, I'd probably invite you in and get to know you. Introduce you to my family and probably eventually take you out to eat at one of our restaurants.
That is one of the things that I've learned through spending so many years on the internet, it is ackward to meet someone that you know from the computer because how can you really be sure that the person you are meeting in person is the same person that you know from the net.
I've had 4 experiences in my life where I've met people in person that I had priorly only known through the net. The first was a pretty good experience. He didn't make himself out to be someone that he wasn't. The second was a very bad experience as the person was completely pretending to be someone that they were not. The third is now my husband. The fourth was someone that I had known through a baby center board and she and her family were just wonderful. They are pretty good friends of our to this day.
So all in all, I am cautious as I'd have to be when meeting a stranger, but most of the experiences are good.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
7 Aug 09
If I came to your house..........
Well here is what I feelings on the situation dorannmwin, with most people you will always get a sense about them, a first impressions sort of feeling so to speak It's like a gut feeling, always follow it. Take your avatar for example, if that is the real picture of you??? Just guessing I would say that you are a very generous and kindhearted soul. It would be very difficult for you to be anything but. You've taken a chance on so many people that you've met through the internet already. For that I would have to say that you are one brave soul. You are 100 percent accurate when you say that you just never know about people. If they would be the same in real life as they are over the internet. My guess is that you'd have every right to be cautious. But yet, not to the point where you cancel yourself out on an opportunity that might have been good if you'd only have given it the chance. Just a word of advice, woman to woman, you should always keep your guard up because you just never know. Just personally speaking, I would never come knocking on your door without you knowing in advance what I was coming for and my intentions. This was all just a hypothetical situation. But it's been nice to be able to see where most of my mylot friends hearts are at. My calculations of reasoning are telling me that most of mylot friends have very big hearts. Take care Dorannmwin and add me as a friend if you'd like. I'm hoping to be here for a while, and it's all because of great people like you that make this site worth the time invested. You write very well btw! Have a great weekend and happy mylot!
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
10 Sep 09
Hi Dorannwin,
thanks for responding. Forgive me b/c I know it's been a while since we've chatted. Anyhow connecting up with friends and family is a great way to meet other mylotters. I did have my pic. up on my avatar but then decided to remove it for personal reasons. If you're interested in knowing what they were, please feel free to pm me and I'll let ya know................ Blessings2 ya! CC!
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
7 Aug 09
It is me in my avatar. Although the picture is a few years old. I'm typically the one behind the camera these days.
You are right. You should always follow your gut in these kind of situations and I have to admit I've never met a person from the internet in a one on one situation. It's always been with other friends or in the most recent case with my family.
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