A woman has taken to social media to share her distress after inviting her friend to stay at her house whilst she was away - only to return to rubbish under the beds and sofas, urine on the toilet seats, a significant amount of food and drink consumed and chips on the recently painted staircase hand rail.
Posting on Mumsnet, the woman described how her friend "has been through it lately" after her husband cheated, resulting in her moving in with her brother and his family with her three children. So, she offered her home to her friend to stay in whilst they were away on holiday. She hoped that it would give the woman and her kids some space and time alone.
However, the mum was left feeling "totally taken advantage of and disrespected" upon her return - and is now questioning where this leaves their friendship. She wrote: "We got home last night and although she said she cleaned the bathrooms and hoovered i am having to go through and reclean everything and there is p**s on the seats. Dirt on the carpets etc. Finding rubbish under the beds and sofas. Games left all over the floor. Toys in the wrong rooms.
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"One of my daughters didn't want anyone in her room but am sure someone was in there. She has eaten and drunk so much of our food and only left £50 to cover it. There are at least 7 big decent loo rolls missing - they were only here 5 days/nights. Tumble dryer has been used loads. There are chips on the recently painted staircase hand rail. Toys left out in the garden shed.
"We have two large fish tanks and I asked her to feed the fish which she did but the behaviour of the fish would suggest they have been stressed and scared - we did tell her no banging on the glass etc. We left at 3.30am but before we left I stripped all the beds and left sheets and new towels out for them. We returned home at 11pm and although she had stripped the beds nothing was remade so had to remake the beds for kids to be able to go to bed.
"She knows my home is my safe place - she knows all the s**t and terrible life I have had and how much time and money I have put into this house to make it just right for us. I feel a totally taken advantage of and disrespected. I dunno where this leaves our friendship. Am I being over the top?"
People were quick to show their support for the woman, with some saying that they too would feel that the trust had been broken. One wrote: "I think that would be a friendship over for me; it would take a lot for me to trust someone in my home and if that trust was broken through disrespecting my home then I wouldn’t want them to be my friend any more." Another slammed the friend, writing: "I wouldn't be friends with her anymore, surely she could afford more than £50 if she has no bills/rent to pay? What a user."
However, some did say that they thought the woman was being "picky" and that she should learn from the experience. One wrote: "You are extremely picky (which is fine I guess) and so clearly aren’t made to allow people to stay in your house. If you’re counting your loo roll, and monitoring your dryer, do yourself and your remaining friends a favor and just don’t offer invites like this again in the future."
Another wrote: "I don't think you are being unreasonable. People have different standards though when it comes to house cleaning. Just learn from it and don't let anyone stay in your house whilst you are away again."
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