Have you ever had a guests that you just couldn't get rid of ?

Canada
January 25, 2007 6:11pm CST
I have someone who comes to my house and stays til all hours of the night even knowing I have to work the next day . What is a polite way of asking someone to leave without insulting them ? Have you ever had this problem and how did you handle it ?
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@XxAngelxX (2830)
• Canada
26 Jan 07
Yes this has happened to me before. I had a friend who use to come to my house at eight in the morning and she would stay until eight or later in the evening. It drove me crazy!!! I couldn't get anything accomplished and I didn't want to say anything to insult her. Finally she moved away lol. We are still friends today but I don't know if we would be if she hadn't moved.
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• Canada
29 Jan 07
Glad to know I am not alone . It is so hard to be a good friend sometimes without hurting someone's feelings .
@lucy02 (5015)
• United States
26 Jan 07
I think you may have to insult them. If you tell them that you have to get up early the next day they should understand. If they don't then you shouldn't worry about it. If they do get insulted maybe you won't have to worry about this situation again. They sound pretty dense.
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@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
26 Jan 07
Yes, i have had this problem for about 5 months. She calls her self a friend but i always called her a paon in my a**!! I am also polite and to be honest a person that doesn't see the problem with keeping you up all night is selfish. Anyway last friday i was supposed to pay her $20 that i owed her and when she called to ask if i had it i said no but i did have it in the bank i just had to go and get it. She never let me finish however and just started flipping out and swearing and going off about nothing. I finally told her that if this is how she felt that i no longer wanted to associate with her i dont need a rude obnoxious heffer like her in my life! To be honest i haven't felt so good without her hanging around here all day and night. I have had almost a week of peace now!!!
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@brihanna (381)
• United States
26 Jan 07
Usually, I get up and start my evening routine. Get the coffee ready for the morning, start washing the dishes or glasses we have used, wrap up and put away any snax, and beginning turnin goff the lights. They usually get the hint. If they don't, I will say to my husband, "I think I am heading to bed, will you be up shortely?" When he responds yes, the guests usually leave.
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• Canada
20 Feb 07
That is a good idea and works some of the time but not always and not sure what I could add when they don't take the hint lol . Thank you for your response .
• Philippines
26 Jan 07
I just frankly speaks to them that I have a work the next day and they need to go home. Hope this helps. :)
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• Canada
20 Feb 07
I wish I could be more frank but I am such a chicken about offending someone's feelings so much of the time that they really have to get on my nerves bad in order for me to do this . Thank you for your response .
@epenner (162)
• United States
26 Jan 07
I have had so many of these. generally they are my boyfriends friends who just don't know when it is time for them to go. One of his friends are staying here right now, we don't want to just throw him out so we are trying to push him out on his own will but he doesn't seem to be getting the hint.
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• Canada
20 Feb 07
Yeah , know what you are saying there , don't want to be rude but sometimes too much is just that too much . Thank you for your response .
• United States
26 Jan 07
Unfortunately with some people you could drop an iron on their head and still wouldn't get the hint to LEAVE ALREADY! I have had it happen to me. I was always nice and sat there listening as he went on and on about one thing or another. I'd drop subtle hints. Of course they did no good. I finally got fed up with it and when he came over one night right after he came in the door I said, "Tonight's going to be an early night. I can't stay up past 11 o'clock. I have to get up and go to work." He got huffy and stormed out of the door. A few days later we talked again and just explained to him that staying up late was toll was taking a toll on me. My work was suffereng because of that and I couldn't have that. He said he understood it's just he was out of work and he needed someone to talk to. We compromised. He could come over friday and saturday night and talk as long as he wanted to. It all worked out fine.
• Canada
20 Feb 07
That worked out really well for you , I am going to have to do the same thing but it to work up the courage lol . Thanks for your response .