How does he know!?

barbriam Or you could click on "Private message" and write to her direct.

Hi you can reply to her by clicking on the little red dots at the bottom of her post

Menopaws

I've done that too, Menopaws.

Wednesday is my slob day, lie in, dressing gown, watch crap on tv until midday. Love it as only day off but always the day my son turns up unannounced, when I see the car pull in you have never seen me dress so quick and try and look calm!

Hi. Never posted before so apologies if in the wrong place. LuckyFour in an earlier post - hopefully on this link - a few days ago asked if anyone was in Devon and interested in meeting up. Yes please would be pleased to make contact. Hopefully some kind poster will redirect me if there is a better place to post this and I have a feeling there may be more Devonians around from some clues in previous postings. Maybe others may respond?

DD and SiL have meals at irregular times. Some years ago they told me I had an uncanny habit of phoning just as they started to eat whatever the hour! I text now.

I do usually throw on some clothes when I get up. I don't wear much make up at anytime due to very sensitive skin.

A couple of months ago I was having a new boiler fitted, woke up early & decided to get up, about half an hour after I got up I heard frantic knocking at my door, my neighbour was worried as my lights were on when she'd gone to bed & on when she got up. At least she had brought my spare key in case she had to let herself in.

My house is always "lived in" a bit of a tip but I believe people come to see me not inspect my home

Very funny margaret70 your dog looking you up and down.

I hate surprise or unexpexted visitors too Oldwoman70 but if your BiL didn’t call, might that be worse. Maybe as he is close family, he doesn’t bat an eyelid when you are in curlers etc?

luzdoh - hilarious stories !!!!!

I normally wear older clothes at home these days due to working on various improvements to my recently purchased property. I do try to smarten up for the odd shopping trip or visit to the cinema etc. and it never fails to make me smile when I notice my little Yorkie looking me up and down intently before getting into her bed, which she always does before I leave the house without her! I haven't been caught out yet by visits from new neighbours, but realise that perhaps I should have a rethink about my house clothes when even the dog notices the difference!

I meant to add that has not been inherited lol

My mother almost inevitably always used to take off apron, brush hair and apply lipstick and perfume before anyone arrived. She lived in a cul de sac looking along the length of the road so usually saw them coming.

I'm another one who hates surprise visitors. It always seems to happen when I am in horrible old clothes, bad hair and no makeup. This might seem as though I am a deeply shallow woman, but I feel so disadvantaged when the visitors are usually nicely dressed for their day out. I no longer worry so much if the house is untidy, we live in the house and evidence of this is everywhere!It is not a showroom. I agree though that some people just seem to know the very worst times to call - the day we decide to sleep in, the moment we return from a holiday or long day out or when we are in the middle of doing cleaning etc. If it wasn't for OH being here I would never answer the door. Don't answer phone if I don't recognise caller. I am a real recluse.

Luzdoh I'm still chortling at the story of your friend's Dad
I'm another scruffy dresser - it's called comfort. I had a 'friend' and neighbour who always looks as if she's off to a party even at 8am. She once, when seeing me in my finery + make up exclaimed 'good grief Marmight, you can scrub up well if you make an effort!'....
I love surprise visits. Some old neighbours turned up this week out of the blue and took me out for lunch and brought me a huge bunch of daffs. Better than doing housework, not that I do much of that ...

Jalima1108 strangely enough I was watching something a couple of days ago which looked quite complicated, and I thought to myself "b****r that for a game of soldiers" - it just sprung into my head from nowhere

A bad old stick. I love that saying.

Jura2 'stuff that for a game of soldiers' Never hear this familiar phrase used these days.
My grandparents used that phrase.

Also remember grandad constantly saying "she's not a bad old stick really" about my grandmother.
High romance indeed!

ahaha Jalima- nought like a foreigner hey ;)

Anyhow- I love people popping in- and they can take me as I am . We have a couple of young acquaintances who tend to do that at about 11.30 ... and it is vere clear why... short of a hot meal.

I stopped answering the door to unknown callers in 2007. Moved house that year which is how I know exactly when.

To this day I've never missed anything important. Although, like the OP, I have had a worried neighbour ask her husband to break in. (I have multiple sclerosis ). I thought they were a little over the top because they did not ring me and ask if I'm alright, just decided there was a drama.

There was hell up when the neurological nurse, after knocking for ages phoned social services and somehow they involved the police. The nurse, who wasn't my usual lady, hadn't a scheduled visit, just knocked on the off chance.

Unless I know you're coming then I won't be answering.
Telephones were invented for a reason.

'ah well, stuff this for a game of soldiers'

Ha ha!! I haven't heard that for years, love it!

The last time someone knocked at mine, I had been getting out stray whiskers with the tweezers on my face, then noticed a few pimples and squeezed them too.

How do they ALL know? Many days my house looks clean and tidy (always lived in, but ... ) fresh flowers, coffee on- sink all cleared and shiny - and you can bet nobody comes ...

but if I have a bad or lazy day, and as soon as I think 'ah well, stuff this for a game of soldiers' - they all arrive impromptu- hello, was just passing by. I try very very hard now, NOT to apologise - and just make them welcome.

Oldwoman70
Open curtains are no indication all is well and what is wrong with a phone call from B-I-L ?, to allow you some dignity, and a spare key for your caring neighbour much cheaper than a new door/doors?

luzdoh, surely the stop-over ones at least ask before turning up? Then you say No, I can't cope with overnight visitors these days.

Don't be tactful with any who just arrive. Tell them you'd have rested up, if you knew they were coming but, as it is, you can only give them a quick cup of tea and chat for 15 mins, before your scheduled rest which your health visitor is very strict about.

Maybe you could have "run out" of milk or sugar too, as you haven't been shopping for a couple of days and didn't expect visitors.