Ah yes, hospitality. Inviting people to your home usually means having a good time with good company — but sometimes, a fun invitation can turn into a nightmare.
So, when redditor u/xxHEYxx asked the internet, “What's the most disrespectful thing a guest ever did in your home?” people shared their wildest stories about guests who — quite honestly — went wayyyyy too far.
Here are some of the top-voted responses:
1. "A friend of a friend crashed a party at our house. He proceeded to tell everyone that he was a drug dealer and that he could get them the best product. He hit on all the married women who hadn't brought their husbands, punched the friend who brought him, and drove home, drunk and high. He's the only person I have banned from my house."
2. "I let my drunk friend sleep on my couch. He peed in his sleep and nicely folded a blanket over the couch cushion. I didn't know until after he left and blamed my cat. 🙄"
3. "Dude came over, apparently pooped his pants, and threw his heavily skid-marked underwear in my dirty laundry pile. I found my dog chewing on his underwear the next morning."
4. "Had some friends in middle school come over and smash up all the Lego sets in my room, and then they wondered why I didn't want them to come over again."
5. "[A friend] invited over her boyfriend of one week (without asking if it was OK first), who proceeded to get stupidly drunk and throw up all over the back deck. He cut his ankle open while thrashing about and started dripping blood everywhere. As I was trying to put a Band-Aid on him, the girlfriend had the audacity to tell me he doesn’t like Band-Aids. I said, 'Tough sh*t,' and put it on him anyway. The rest of us angrily waited for his brother to come pick the two up."
6. "A guest cut their toenails in my living room. They were just visiting for a few hours."
7. "So, it was myself and three friends. One of them was homeless, and his name was Freddy. Because I’ve also been homeless and had recently gotten out of it, I invited them back to my place because I'd bought some stuff for Freddy: shoes, socks, and supplies. While he and I were getting his things, my other two mates went through my stuff and took three to five expensive items. They were angry that I didn’t buy anything for them."
8. "A guest once had sex with her boyfriend on my white comforter while on her period."
9. "The couple sat down at a table with a cake (which hadn't been served), each took a fork, and started to eat it — not slicing a piece for themselves, but going back-and-forth with forks to mouths to cake, smacking and slurping. Nobody else wanted any cake."
10. "Neighbor’s kid came in with dirt all over his feet and then wiped them on the carpet. Never got the stain out."
11. "She stole my winter hoodies and antidepressants."
12. "My son’s middle school friend opened all the yogurts in my refrigerator. Didn’t eat them — just opened all the tinfoil lids."
13. "A grown adult stuck chewed-up chewing gum under the dining table at Thanksgiving! Then, it stuck to the knee of my jeans during the next game night we had."
14. "My brother brought a few friends over after a party he was at got busted; we weren’t prepped for guests but rush-cleaned before everyone came. We told my brother to make sure everyone stayed downstairs and used the bathroom there since the upstairs one was cluttered. Well, I went to use the bathroom upstairs and the door was locked. I banged on the door and two girls quickly popped out with suspicious looks on their faces."
"I went inside and saw EVERYTHING open — the closet, the shower, the cabinet — as if they were going through our stuff. Turns out, they were recording and taking photos of themselves reacting to different products and our shower (we just moved here and haven’t yet redone the bathroom; the home previously belonged to an elderly couple who haven’t updated it since the '60s...Think pink carpet, pink tiles, pink toilet, pink sink, etc.)
We live in a high-income town, and these girls came from much wealthier homes than ours...They took these pics/videos basically mocking our home and products after we graciously let them in our home when we could’ve made them leave and ruined their night. It was beyond violating and disrespectful. Still pisses me off thinking about it."
15. "A family member stole some of my mother's jewelry, including some that was left to her by my great grandmother who passed recently at the time. A few years before that, we also had another family member steal some pain medication from my mom as well. Let's just say we don't really interact with my family that much anymore."
16. "Had my cousin stay with me for two weeks. I came home from work one day, and my guest bedroom and living room was rearranged. I asked her why the hell she felt the need to move MY house around. She said it looked better and I should thank her. Hasn’t stayed with me again, and family also won’t let her stay with them after they heard what she did."
17. "We had my in-laws' wedding in our backyard. A few hours into the festivities, I found 'need more toilet paper' written on the bathroom wall with human feces."
What's the most disrespectful thing a guest has done in your home? Let us know in the comments below!
Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.