(wince)

[jay]

I just set up patgreene, inadvertently... due to a variety of circumstances, kineticphoenix and sarahh were late picking up hopeforyou from work... I was giving her a ride, so offered to just bring her back home to wait. Big mistake... patgreene got a half-hour notice. The house was dirty, and the kids... were embarrassing. They practically swarmed poor Hope, who was tipsy to begin with. James was sullen and depressed. Hope looked relieved to leave, once her ride arrived... Laura and Sarah just looked bemused and a bit uncomfortable.

After they left, I felt ashamed of our terrible hospitality. Pat went back to her room and burst into tears. Augh.

Comments

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

And I think that none of those three women are at all the type who'd be bothered or discomfited. My house is usually a pigsty, and I wouldn't be ashamed to show it to any of them. They're better than that.

[who-is-she.livejournal.com]

Just a heads up to let you know that you don't have to worry about 'hospitality' or 'pigstyes' when I'm there.
:)
I don't care about either. I"m exceedlingly mellow.

the only thing about your circumstance that I"m not familiar with is kids... so if I look clueless or unfamiliar around them..... THAT's why.
:)
I'm sad that Pat got so upset. hope you and she have NO SUCH concerns when I'm there.
:)

[dancing-star.livejournal.com]

Everyone knows you have three wonderful boys that are a handful. Clean house + 3 boys with less than 24hours notice? I for one would expect chaos upon walking in the door. If your worried nexttimeremind people of how excited your boys might be, and the moodieness possiblies and that the house is likely to be a mess. That's what I do, I decided long ago I could have happy kids or a clean house, I've pretty much picked happy kids, although we are working on a bit less mess.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I am sorry you and patgreene feel bad. I'm sure if I were one of the people walking in, I wouldn't think one iota the less of either of you for having the place a mess. Heck, I'd feel more comfortable: you're human, just like me! Yay! Now that's hospitality. ;-) Seriously though, I'm sorry to hear that you two feel bad about it. :-( I hate that awful feeling of "oh no look what happened" once a thing is past.

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry that Pat felt that way. I sure understand it! And I'm very grateful that you can walk into my house, and understand the chaos. It's comforting. You did a good deed by letting Hope wait somewhere other than work, no matter the state of the house.

[anisoptera.livejournal.com]

Kids = messy house.
Kids + clean house = someone with a hire house cleaner or a severe mental illness. (;


I've got two nephews and just being around them together or individually makes me hinky. Kid energy takes some getting used to for me.

However, it still makes me crazy when people come over to my house and it is not clean. I know that they don't care but the ghosts of generantions of little german grandmothers is hard to squash.

[dangerpudding.livejournal.com]

Um.. I think that we were mildly amused at Hope's state, and feeling rushed due to having been so late, and gotten lost. Your house looked like a normal house to me (I'm used to kids), and your kids seemed very nice, actually. I have a sister who was nicknamed Molly "kickyouinthenuts" Huffman for years- you can guess why.

I am sorry that it made you and Pat unhappy- that's not good :(.

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

I didn't care what the house looked like. I was just grateful to not have to wait outside without a sweater in the cold.

The kids were a bit more than I could take, but not because I don't like them. They're good kids. I was just in a sour mood because I already had a bad day.

I hope Pat understands that, and how I was feeling had nothing to do with either the boys or the house. I didn't think you offered terrible hospitality... I think you did a fine job on such short notice.

Please give my regards to Pat. I hope you both feel better today.