Well, we have told you more than once stories about how parentsexperienced problemswith their adult children who share the same roof with them – it’s time to look at theother sideof this coin. Yes, believe me, thisalso happens, and more than once…
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The author of the post has a house with an in-law suite which they rent out to the daughter of their mom’s old friend
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However, the author’s mom also has a code to the house in case she wants to visit them
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Recently, the homeowner went on vacation and left their door to the tenant’s suite deadbolted
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One fine day, the author got an alarm notification and saw their mom opening the house door for the tenant’s mom
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The cops arrived, but the author left the ‘intruders’ to cope with the consequences themselves, switching their phone to airplane mode
After returning home, the mom bashed the author for being ‘rude’, yet the dad sided with his child
However, long-term acquaintance is good, but personal boundaries are even better. So Sally’s suite has two means of escape other than going to the OP’s area. And so, when the author recently wenton vacationto their friends’ wedding, they, of course, left their door to the basement deadbolted. However, the author’s mom also had the code to enter the house.
Probably, at any other moment the author would have sorted things out, but this time they were annoyed that their vacation was interrupted in such an unceremonious manner – so they did actually nothing. But no – after some time the hotel concierge approached and asked them to talk to their mom, who had somehow found the hotel number and called there.
And here the OP’s patience actually snapped. They asked if everything was okay with the house, if the dad’s health was good – to which the mom impatiently stated that the cops had arrived and the homeowner needed to save them from possible problems. The mom claimed her friend “didn’t want to sit in the basement,” so she just opened the house for her.
Well, the author calmly hung up, called the security company back and asked them to lock the house back up. After that, they just switched the phone to airplane mode and continued to enjoy their vacation. Later, after returning home, the author faced two opposite reactions from their parents: the mom was literally furious while the dad meekly agreed to pay any fines and penalties from the police for his wife.
Moreover, Sally’s mother also demanded that her daughter immediately move away from such an “outrageous” landlord, while the tenant herself literally begged the OP not to pay attention to her mom’s wrathful speech. According to the girl’s own words, she had no idea that her mom and her friend came to visit her – after all, she was not even at home at that moment. As you can see, there’s a certaingenerational conflicthere…
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“Perhaps the behavior of the house owner in this situation was not that polite, but their reaction turned out to be quite effective, wasn’t it? And the reaction of the author’s dad, who specifically emphasized that he was ready to pay a fine for his wife, once again confirms this.”
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