People Are Sharing Stories About The Weirdest Guests They've Ever Invited Over, And This Is *Exactly* Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Let's face it — we've all had an unhinged guest at one point or another. Inviting friends or family members to visit is always fun...until their manners fly out the window. And sometimes, a guest is so wildly unhinged that it makes you want to swear off inviting people forever...
So, recently, when a Reddit thread went viral asking people, "What's the weirdest thing a guest has done at your house?" — I knew I had to share some of the wildest responses. From overstepped boundaries to horrendous habits, here are stories from 17 unfortunate souls who had, quite possibly, the worst guests EVER:
1."I had a buddy spend the night at the house while we were writing music. The next morning, he came into the living room brushing his teeth in front of me, all four of my roommates, and our girlfriends. He said, 'Hey, I hope you don’t mind, but I found this toothbrush under your bathroom sink and didn’t have mine, so I'm using it.'"
"I was horrified. It was the toothbrush we used to clean the gunk out of the mortar between bathroom tiles around the toilet and shower.
I told him to get it out of his mouth, but then he demanded to know why in front of everyone — so I had to tell him right there. Everyone who already knew about the toothbrush erupted in either shock or laughter.
He ended up getting really mad at me, saying, 'Who just has a toothbrush lying around they use for something like that?' But that was just it — it was lying around. It wasn’t in a package or a toothbrush holder. It was a naked, busted-up toothbrush lying on its side in my dingy bathroom sink cupboard.
He left very angry and embarrassed. I was low-key grossed out that he would use a mangled mystery toothbrush in the first place. Who does that?"
2."They went through my garbage and then lectured me on it. Like, who the f*ck goes through your garbage?"
"For example, two pieces of bread were in the trash can. Somehow, I hadn't finished the loaf, and those two pieces got shoved at the back of the fridge, so when I finally found them, they were disgusting, and I threw them away.
The dude I invited over dug these pieces of bread out and began chastising me, saying I'm throwing away perfectly good food that, you know, has MOLD on it. Again...who the f*ck goes through somebody's trash can?"—u/Fresh_Distribution54
3."I was making a homemade pineapple ham glaze for Thanksgiving dinner. It had been simmering forever and was ALMOST perfect."
"My (now ex) mother-in-law arrived at my house, walked directly to the stove, said, 'This shit looks burnt,' walked into the bathroom, dumped it into the toilet, and flushed.
I couldn’t have been more shocked if Bigfoot himself walked into my house at that moment."
4."Years ago, my best friend was hanging out at my house. My parents were home, and we were getting ready to have dinner. My friend went into the bathroom for quite a long time…longer than usual."
"The shower door in our bathroom made a very loud 'snap' noise when you opened and closed it and could be heard even with the bathroom door closed. We heard the shower door open and close several times. I knocked on the door after about 20 minutes to check on him, and he said he was okay.
After dinner, when my friend went home, my father went into the bathroom and found an open tampon in the garbage can that was most definitely covered in feces. My friend had clearly stuck the tampon up his butt. Who knows what else he was up to in there? I approached him about it the next day (which was super awkward), and he denied it, but we all knew he did it."—u/Idiopathicloser
5."I once had a one-night stand, and during the night, I heard her get up to go to the bathroom. I had locked the bedroom door out of habit, and she struggled to unlock it. Her trying to open the door woke me up, but I only half opened my eyes, so she didn’t know I was awake."
"I saw her give up on unlocking the door, pull her panties down, and piss all over my floor. She climbed back into bed for about five minutes, got back up, tried the door again, opened it, and left.
This was my first ever one-night stand. It was…awkward."—u/Dr_Joshie
6."My weirdest guest was my girlfriend’s friend's boyfriend. While visiting us, he moved a vase in our living room — which instantly improved the feng shui of our space. I was so impressed that I jokingly said he could move stuff anytime."
"Fast-forward to 3 a.m., when I wake up to go to the bathroom. Our entire living space is in disarray. All the lights are on, and one of our couches is propped against the fridge.
He was rearranging our whole apartment — soaked in sweat and with wide eyes. I told him to put everything back where he found it, and I returned to bed."
7."Not completely unhinged, but bold as hell. My older neighbor used to walk my dog during our work shift. He was a grumpy guy and had a wife from hell — they would bicker all day."
"After a few years of being neighbors and walking my dog for about a year, we gave him a key. We talked and decided he was supposed to open the door, let my dog run to him, take him on a walk, and then put my dog back inside my house.
We have cameras everywhere, but we don’t check them unless we are looking for something. I watch TV with a DVR and don’t usually pay attention to the default channel while I’m sifting through my shows. After a few months, I noticed black-and-white westerns in the background and many old-ass shows from the 1940s.
It turns out that for months, this guy came into my house, went potty for about 45 minutes, took my dog for a nice walk, then came back, ate some food, sat and snuggled with my dog, and watched TV for about three or four hours a day. I never said a word….I was glad my dog had a friend and glad my neighbor could hide from his wife. I know that pissed her off!
He passed about five years ago, and she moved away. We were neighbors for 16 years."
8."When I was 13, I was friends with this kid down the street who was the same age. The kid asked to use the restroom and said he didn’t want to use mine because 'it was probably nasty,' so he used my parents' restroom."
"The next day, my mom says she’s missing a bra in her drawer. Without proof, I just told him I knew what he had done. He panicked, apologized, and confessed that he stole my mom’s bra.
It felt too weird to tell my mom, and I didn’t want to discuss this with either parent, so I just told him to throw it away. I stopped being friends with him, and he shamefully ignored me for all four years of high school."—u/PSSYPUNISHERRR
9."We were in our late 20s and had a couple of friends over for dinner. When I was putting food on the table, I walked in on them making fun of me — but at the time, I didn't realize who or what they were talking about."
"It turns out they had searched my bathroom, dug out my razor, and mentioned that they found pube hair in it and started making fun of me.
My husband — ever the people-pleaser — decided to join in and make up some lies about the situation. I found out too late (after everyone had gone home), but I wish I had thrown them all out."—u/100thusername
10."Someone would hide coconut-related products in our kitchen every time they visited. First, there were cans of coconut milk in the cupboards. No one knew who had bought them, and my dad was the only one who liked coconut."
"Then, other random coconut products started appearing until whole coconuts appeared in the fruit basket. My dad loved it because he didn't usually get coconut since no one else liked it.
It turned out to be my brother's friend. He thought it would be funny, and he wanted to see how far he could take it. The whole coconuts were impressive."—u/Unthunkable
11."Years ago, my former brother-in-law and his two young sons stayed in my basement after his divorce until he could get back on his feet..."
"One evening, I noticed standing water near the floor drain as I started a load of laundry, so I began to clear some dryer lint and other random debris away so the water could drain.
It wasn't until I was elbow-deep that I noticed the distinct smell of urine. I politely asked him, 'Hey, are you pissing in my drain?'
'Oh, umm, sometimes the boys and I don't feel like walking upstairs to go to the bathroom. Sorry,' he responded.
That's when I realized he had officially worn out his welcome."—u/jfully4
12."A family member came over for a visit and needed to use the restroom. After being in there for quite some time, he came out and chatted briefly before leaving..."
"I later go into the bathroom, and the stench assaults my nose instantly. The toilet is plugged and full of murky, dark brown water. I’m talking muddy swamp water. But the cherry on top was that the toilet lid and seat were not on the toilet. They were sitting on the side of the toilet, between it and the bathtub.
So he had taken an unholy dump, left the remnants and stench of a muddy steamer, broke the toilet seat and cover, placed it on the side of the toilet, and didn’t say a word — even after having a brief conversation before leaving.
It took me about 10 minutes to plunge it clear. Then, I had to buy new mounting bolts for the seat and lid. He stripped the original ones somehow. It must have been one hell of a time in there. Wild."—u/KB_112
13."Back in the day, I used to have my friends over at my place to study for school. I'd buy snacks my friends liked because we'd study for six to eight hours each time."
"My one friend liked Coke Zero, so I bought a bottle to go with the bottle he had brought. Another one of the guys had a cup of his own Coke Zero, so when it was time to leave, he took his bottle...and the bottle I bought.
One of the other guys liked Chicago-style popcorn mix, so I bought a big Costco-sized bag of that. He proceeded to pick out all the caramel corn and licked his fingers each time before digging into the communal bowl."
14."Not my story, but I love the audacity of it very much..."
"An acquaintance had her mother-in-law visit for Christmas. She arrived with all her luggage on Christmas Eve. The adults and kids all had an enjoyable day and went to bed in the evening.
My friend woke up Christmas morning to discover that her mother-in-law had redecorated the hallway during the night. She did not like how it was done, so she brought paint and equipment to make it suit her taste."—u/funkehmunkeh
15."A coworker was picking me up for a work thing and arrived earlier than expected. He immediately walked past me, looked around, entered my kitchen, opened the fridge, and said, 'Nice. Fancy water.'"
"Then he grabbed a Perrier, cracked it open, and proceeded to peruse my bookshelves and criticize my books."
All of this happened within the first three minutes. Mind you, we were neither friendly nor friends — we were only working together on this one project."—u/Sufficient-Berry-827
16."My brother-in-law changed a baby’s diaper on the dining table during Thanksgiving dinner.
"I offered him a bedroom, a sofa, and a soft blanket to lay on the floor. He did not take the hint and told us he was fine and didn’t want to miss the conversation.
He is no longer my brother-in-law, and no one is upset about it."—u/runlalarun
17."This is one of my more bizarre stories, but here goes. It's perfect for Halloween time too!"
"A few years ago, I lived in a very old house in a small rural town. The house was built in the 1800s and used to be a blacksmith forge, which was that old. My wife at the time was into all things paranormal, and she was interested in having a paranormal investigator check out our house since the odds of it being haunted were surely pretty high. I agreed, and she set something up with a local paranormal investigator she had found.
A few days later, the investigator showed up at our house; she insisted that it be at 10–11 p.m. We were night owls, so that wasn't a problem. But when she arrived, she came with her boyfriend, who dropped her off and then left. She looked much shadier than I expected, less 'mystical, new age ghost hunter' and more 'person trying to sell you bootleg Louis Vuitton bags on the street.' We weren't aware that this woman couldn't drive herself and was now stuck at our house until she could be picked up again.
She starts unloading her equipment and mentions that she invited some 'apprentices' along and hoped we wouldn't mind. I did, indeed, mind that this strange woman was inviting more strange people into my house, but my ex was excited about the whole thing, so I uncomfortably played along.
About 45 minutes later, another woman showed up at our door with a young boy. The woman looked like a soccer mom, and the kid was maybe 13 or so. She very quickly dropped the kid off and left. I guess the kid was one of the 'apprentices.' He seemed very uncomfortable being dropped off at a stranger's house in the middle of the night, but I did my best to assure him that we were cool.
The ghost hunt itself was not terribly exciting. Most of the time was spent setting up cameras and having the ghost hunter call out to nobody. I distinctly remember asking her how a particular piece of equipment worked, and she admitted, 'I don't know, I have no idea how any of this shit works.' When she was done, she happily told us to check out her YouTube channel in a few days, and she would post the results of what she got on her cameras there. She did keep her promise and uploaded a video after a week or so. However, it was a completely unedited two-hour-long video of our dining room.
To this day, I think she was just scoping out our house to see if we had anything good to rob."—u/Hydration-Enthusiast
Which one of these WILD guests did you think was the most unhinged? What is the weirdest thing a guest has ever done in your home? Or maybe you've even been the weird guest yourself? Share your story in the comments! (Or if you would prefer to stay anonymous, you can use this Google Form.)
Note: Responses have been edited for length/clarity.
