Almost all of us have been there at least once since we began keeping our own home; visitors who come for overnight, or even a day or two and end up staying longer. You nerves can get frayed at just the thought of them trying to stay for good and in this day and time that could be a possibility. We are not really talking about when your grown child comes to stay with you for a little bit, that is another story all together, but someone that is down on their luck maybe and just needs a place to stay for a couple of days. How can you be hospitable to them, but at the same time try not to give them the impression that it is a long term invitation?
Talk about a tricky position to be in. The thing is that sometimes you might find yourself in this situation when you never really meant to let yourself. It is hard to turn down someone that is having a very hard time, especially if they truly are a friend or family member. It might be that you have a soft heart and you extended an invitation for them to stay for a couple of days until they get their bearings and figure out what they can do or they might have just came right out and ask you if staying with you for a couple of days is possible.
Once you have opened your door and let them in, it might not be nearly as easy to get them back out. You have to be smart when you open your home to others because some people will definitely take advantage and give no thought to it at all, while others just may not have anywhere else to go. For the visitor that is simply taking advantage of your good graces, it is a little easier to tell them in so many words that you can not let their visit become a permanent or even an indefinite situation. For that visitor that is not trying to take advantage, but seems to have no choice and no other place to go, you might have to be a little creative in helping them find a solution. How you go about telling them that they can not continue to stay might take a little ingenuity on your part.
If the situation does not rectify itself and you are forced to take some sort of action to get them on their way, there are a few things you might find as a solution. If the person is a friend, you might suggest another friend that could take them in that is more able to help than you. If it is a relative, perhaps another relative could be the answer. If it comes down to it, you might have to help the get some sort of government help in the form of a shelter of some kind. This is such a hard thing to do when you like a person a lot, but when you simply can not take on an additional person in your home, you do what you can and try not to let yourself feel so guilty. You might be in financial distress yourself or there is just not enough room. These are things you should consider before you invite or allow someone to stay with you in your home because it can be a difficult thing to do if you have to ask them to leave.
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