House Rulez

19 Jul 2007

For reasons far too complicated to go into I will soon have a lodger. It is my 20 year old nephew. He will be staying in my spare room until the new acedemic year begins.
This means I will be taking on strange and new (for me parenting duties) I like him a lot (no not that way redface

) but in a caring uncley way biggrin

, we get on really well. We both received a lecture from my big sister about how he should behave and what I should do. Big sisters are like that wink

. So have any of you experienced parents got any house rules I should impose?

19 Jul 2007

NO playing with Uncle K's PC!!
:shock: :shock:

19 Jul 2007

Don't grow any dope in the attic!

19 Jul 2007

seperate porn collection. lol.

19 Jul 2007

Just dont do it!!!!!
We have our 18 year old nephew and 20 year old neice living with us and it plays absolute havoc with our swinging!!!!
Neither of them cant understand that we still have a sex life etc!!!
Anyway good luck!!!
Lou

19 Jul 2007

Get him to bring the girlfriends home!! :twisted:
Ahhh the possibilities are endless lol....
Oooo just a thought though... Keep him away from yours lol.
Mike

19 Jul 2007

If he hasn't lived away from home yet you can start his education - - - no not THAT way.
He does his own washing - before the room stinks like a lion's cage.
He buys his own extras (maybe food as well) and leaves yours alone (especially goodies).
He washes up after any meal he eats - immediately after.
Any mugs and plates are removed from his room - before they develop their own life-signs.
When he runs out of condoms, he gets his own - you may want to lock yours up.
He doesn't chat up your callers before passing you the phone.
When he comes home lateish - he rattles the front door good and hard so you know he has arrived and you can hush your current activity.
he cute? biggrin

:D:D

19 Jul 2007

Say nowt about Granny and the Coalman!

20 Jul 2007

Learn to interpret grunt language. There are normally 2 main words that are important to them. The grunt which signifies food and the 1 that means money. I found that answering in grunt often confuses them as adults are not supposed to be able to speak grunt. rolleyes

20 Jul 2007

Quote by buckingfabe
Learn to interpret grunt language. There are normally 2 main words that are important to them. The grunt which signifies food and the 1 that means money. I found that answering in grunt often confuses them as adults are not supposed to be able to speak grunt.

20 Jul 2007

Morning

Rules will always differ from one household to the next depending on the characters / personalities involved and I guess you have to decide your own boundaries.
One thing I will advise however, and I speak from bitter experience, is that what ever house rules you decide on, write them down and hang them up somewhere so there can never be the old “well I don’t remember you saying that” or “that wasn’t part of the rules” rolleyes

If it’s in black and white there can be no argument. :small-print:
Oh and if you want to be a little sneaky, you can always ad a little caveat at the bottom along the lines of ….. The householder reserves the right to remove, amend or add to the above without notice. :lol2:
HTH :thumbup:

20 Jul 2007

Little Keeno is quite articulate and can talk in short sentances. He appears to be clean but is nocturnal. He will be holding down a summer job as the security guard on the pick'n'mix and bargin buckets at Woolworths
I did suggest to him that he wasn't to bring home any girls unless he had one for me. He looked horrified that anyone of my age could be interested in sex.
I've stated no loud music and he countered claimed no Radio 4.
I've claimed no T4 on Sundays and he's claimed no Newsnight.
So we are getting there biggrin

20 Jul 2007

Quote by keeno
Little Keeno is quite articulate and can talk in short sentances. He appears to be clean but is nocturnal. He will be holding down a summer job as the security guard on the pick'n'mix and bargin buckets at Woolworths
I did suggest to him that he wasn't to bring home any girls unless he had one for me. He looked horrified that anyone of my age could be interested in sex.
I've stated no loud music and he countered claimed no Radio 4.
I've claimed no T4 on Sundays and he's claimed no Newsnight.
So we are getting there

Never said my young'un wasn't articulate Keeno. He just prefers to save his articulation for outside of the home. I think it's something to do with saving energy levels so the 18+ hours of sleep a day aren't wasted :shock:

20 Jul 2007

As a mama of a 20 year old fella (how old do i feel?), I recommend firstly to set the ground rules about housework. Boring I know but my son only comes home occasionally due to him being in the Navy but dear God, its amazing what mess he can make over a weekend lol

As one other poster said, they have this lovely habit of leaving cups etc in the bedroom until they are nice and furry and you get extremely rich by discovering a new strain of penicillin! I also had an occasion when I walked into his room and a used condom was on the floor (sensible boy) and I just told him to move it before the cat ran off with it!
I suppose it all depends how much your sister did for him when he lived at home. If she pampered to him...boy, you are gonna have fun :lol:
Good luck!!

20 Jul 2007

Quote by Barneyandbetty
As a mama of a 20 year old fella (how old do i feel?), I recommend firstly to set the ground rules about housework. Boring I know but my son only comes home occasionally due to him being in the Navy but dear God, its amazing what mess he can make over a weekend
As one other poster said, they have this lovely habit of leaving cups etc in the bedroom until they are nice and furry and you get extremely rich by discovering a new strain of penicillin! I also had an occasion when I walked into his room and a used condom was on the floor (sensible boy) and I just told him to move it before the cat ran off with it!
I suppose it all depends how much your sister did for him when he lived at home. If she pampered to him...boy, you are gonna have fun :lol:
Good luck!!

As a single man living alone, what's wrong with mouldy cups in the bedroom?

20 Jul 2007

Quote by keeno
As a mama of a 20 year old fella (how old do i feel?), I recommend firstly to set the ground rules about housework. Boring I know but my son only comes home occasionally due to him being in the Navy but dear God, its amazing what mess he can make over a weekend
As one other poster said, they have this lovely habit of leaving cups etc in the bedroom until they are nice and furry and you get extremely rich by discovering a new strain of penicillin! I also had an occasion when I walked into his room and a used condom was on the floor (sensible boy) and I just told him to move it before the cat ran off with it!
I suppose it all depends how much your sister did for him when he lived at home. If she pampered to him...boy, you are gonna have fun :lol:
Good luck!!

As a single man living alone, what's wrong with mouldy cups in the bedroom?
Ewwwwww

:smackbottom: :smackbottom:

20 Jul 2007

I feel for you keeno!
Dont talk to me about lodgers & nephews moving in! :crazy:
Lodger & my lil bro have just moved in for a while :cry:
Therefore Hotel Chez Red will be closed until further notice :doh:
Come & kneel with me as I pray... thou for art.. Let us embrace the cheap rate hotel deals with open arms!
Self inflicted I know... If anyone wants to send me their pity & words of comfort please enter your submissions via my open box :violin:
:giggle:

20 Jul 2007

Quote by redpantherman
I feel for you keeno!
Dont talk to me about lodgers & nephews moving in! :crazy:
Lodger & my lil bro have just moved in for a while :cry:
Therefore Hotel Chez Red will be closed until further notice :doh:
Come & kneel with me as I pray... thou for art.. Let us embrace the cheap rate hotel deals with open arms!
Self inflicted I know... If anyone wants to send me their pity & words of comfort please enter your submissions via my open box :violin:
:giggle:

And I was just about to call you to ask if you fancied taking me in for a weekend of absolutely debauched sex.
Bugger :doh:
Keeno- just be his mate! You'll be fine.

20 Jul 2007

Remind him the bathroom floor is NOT the place for wet towels, or dirty clothes. lol

20 Jul 2007

Quote by Sarah
Remind him the bathroom floor is NOT the place for wet towels, or dirty clothes.

or wee lol lol

20 Jul 2007

Quote by Barneyandbetty
I suppose it all depends how much your sister did for him when he lived at home. If she pampered to him...boy, you are gonna have fun
Good luck!!

Yeah, knock it out of him NOW if thats the case before some poor girl shacks up with him and gets the nasty shock of spending the next few years getting him into some sort of house-trained shape! whip

:lol:
Best of luck
Fee
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20 Jul 2007

Quote by Corrie2007
Remind him the bathroom floor is NOT the place for wet towels, or dirty clothes.

or wee lol lol
See my reply about bedrooms and mouldy cups. wink

Just be glad if he washes biggrin

20 Jul 2007

Quote by LadyFeeBee
I suppose it all depends how much your sister did for him when he lived at home. If she pampered to him...boy, you are gonna have fun
Good luck!!

Yeah, knock it out of him NOW if thats the case before some poor girl shacks up with him and gets the nasty shock of spending the next few years getting him into some sort of house-trained shape! whip

:lol:
He's already done a year at uni' and survived without scurvy or rickets so I think he'll be okay. It's the nocturnal part that bothers me. I like to be tucked up in bed with my hot chocolate by 9-30 and think that's when he gets out of bed.
Best of luck
Fee
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