Temporary Bachelors

temurlang

The school year is almost over, and DH's friends' wives are getting ready to take the kids and head to India for the summer.  Most of them look forward to the summer trip all year long and keep hoping they can just move back to India in the future.  The kids of course dread it, and the older ones will spend their summer emailing their dads to let them come home.

With all the wives and kids gone, this creates the "temporary bachelors."  Their homes fall into chaos, they start sleeping on the couch and scrounging for food, and they want DH to go out and party all the time.  And our home becomes like a busy restaurant with a steady stream of people who want to stay here all night watching Indian TV...

Does this happen anywhere else?

DFWIndian

Honestly, I've never heard of it and I don't know anyone who does it. I have to say that's kind of funny though

raangoli

I've heard of this "phenomenon" but never really the details. More like that the mothers and the kids ship off to India for the summer (my neighbors used to do this and then they eventually really did move back to India.)

I think you should charge for the food and couch time when they come over!

Any chance you will find an apartment that's not convenient for them to come park themselves at your house?

MrsBM

I've never heard of this before :S (And quite apalled!)
I agree with Raangoli...charge the temp bachelors!

SonaliPop

I'd never allow it! And he knows it!

temurlang

The chances of us moving out of range are extremely unlikely... temporary bachelors have lots of free time to drive anywhere there is food!

Maybe when they tell me what they would like for dinner I can ask them to bring it with them!

Honestly, this was a big cultural adjustment for me when I realized that people would come over at any time and I'm supposed to make them food.

SonaliPop

People don't have to come over any time. And you should address this with your hubby and tell him you can't do that all the time - nor should you have to! Why not schedule some nights out or nights in with your hubby? I'm sure that'll distract him! Beautiful wife wins over lonely friends any day!