Stephen Mahala's Holiday tips for dealing with unexpected holiday relatives!

[smahala1991]

The holidays is a time for family and welcoming. But what if the family that comes to visit stays around too long or becomes overly annoying? Think Cousin Eddie and his family from "Christmas Vacation" They show up uninvited with their motor home, constantly overeat the holiday goodies, expects the Griswolds to pay and furnish everything, plus make unneeded comments and actions such as emptying his RV septic tank into the storm drain out in front of the house. Here are three tips that can help your pesky yuletide house guests get the hint to leave after Christmas.

1. Limit your communication with them.

The less you talk and carry on conversation the more they will eventually get the hint it's time to move on and leave. Communication is necessary but it is a bad way to encourage unwanted house guests. In this case it is beneficial to become cold and hurrying to end conversations, or just don't talk to them at all. Eventually they will get the hint.

2. Do not smile.

This might be hard to do if you are a friendly person, but if you make the mistake of smiling too much or at all the unwanted guests may get mixed signals of feeling welcomed.

3. Lay down ground rules.

Set some trick rules while you learn the bad habits of your houseguests. Set certain times for bathing, Laundry, make them clean up everytime a mess is made, set a curfew time for them to be in their rooms, set a limit on tv volume in the guest room, set a limit of topics that are off limits in the house such as: Politics, religion, gender issues if you know the guests have such strong views. Soon all the hard tricky rules will make them feel like they are visiting a dictatorial country they cannot wait to leave!

There you have it GAGers, 3 ways to keep the unwanted relatives and guests at bay for the holidays. And remember to not let them take advantage of your kindness.

[Mistnigqa808]

nice read/take and imma have to try this on new years.

[SuitAndTie]

Not a big fan of family?