Nuiloa
Recycles dryer sheets
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- May 12, 2011
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I'm sure every family has some.... relatives who think nothing of inviting themselves over for a long-stay "vacation" at your expense.
I received an email from someone today asking if she could camp with me for "just a week". She said she'd be happy to sleep in her tent: she's 67, overweight and has bad knees and a bad back. Anyone want to start a pool to guess how fast she'd be hinting about sleeping in the trailer?
This would be a very bad move on my part: her entire family (siblings and kids) thrives on mooching off others. I've seen them bring 5 hot dogs to feed two adults and 3 kids for an entire day - and then spend their time going in and out of the trailer looking for chips, soda, condiments, etc. If I let her stay, it would be only a matter of hours before her siblings showed up for a "family get together". And then they would make it an annual event.
Normally, I'm a soft touch but for once I stayed firm and said no. I said that I'll be happy to see her but that she has to pay for her own lot and that I can't have anyone stay with me.
She's not happy.
How do you deal with problems like this?
I received an email from someone today asking if she could camp with me for "just a week". She said she'd be happy to sleep in her tent: she's 67, overweight and has bad knees and a bad back. Anyone want to start a pool to guess how fast she'd be hinting about sleeping in the trailer?
This would be a very bad move on my part: her entire family (siblings and kids) thrives on mooching off others. I've seen them bring 5 hot dogs to feed two adults and 3 kids for an entire day - and then spend their time going in and out of the trailer looking for chips, soda, condiments, etc. If I let her stay, it would be only a matter of hours before her siblings showed up for a "family get together". And then they would make it an annual event.
Normally, I'm a soft touch but for once I stayed firm and said no. I said that I'll be happy to see her but that she has to pay for her own lot and that I can't have anyone stay with me.
She's not happy.
How do you deal with problems like this?