Couple refuses friends and family demands to move in and stay at their 4200-square-foot home: ‘We are getting very tired of people continuing to move in as we have the room’

Here's an absolutely unrelatable problem: everyone wants to shack up at your gorgeous, sprawling, 4200-square-foot home. I am deeply underqualified to judge this scenario. By underqualified, I mean I am answering you from a shoebox-sized, one-bedroom cave, praying my landlord doesn't raise my rent if I so much as sneeze too loud. But, qualifications be damned, I'm taking this on because the laws of hospitality are universal. It doesn't matter if you're living in a château or your parents' basement, letting someone move in is not just a casual favor. It's strapping a boulder to your back and smiling as people pile more on.

Guests overstaying their welcome at dinner is annoying. The friend who lingers long after dessert, the relative who forgets to leave after the movie ends, all mildly irritating. But a casual couch-surfer who overstays his surf welcome and evolves into a six-month squatter, feeding on your goodwill like a leech on a nice calf. That's less friendly favor and more endurance challenge.

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So when you turn down your dad’s ex-wife, your cousin and her four kids, and yet another friend who just loves your spare space, you’re not heartless, you’re just enforcing basic boundaries that keep your home from transforming into a revolving door saloon.
If people want stability, maybe they can think hard, maybe come up with a concept for people in their situation, maybe something convenient and lovely, something scenic with top-notch service, something called “a hotel.”
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