Is it me?

[Wendy1971]

Thats it they have wind that Englands a soft touch why not fetch his mother and father sisters and brothers and any others that want to come what a fecking cheek :evil:

 

[narmour]

It wouldn't be for me either but I wouldn't doubt that his intentions are honourable, I would very much doubt that he intends to come all this way just to be unemployed. Having met lots of people in the Australia / NZ backpacker trail I know that there is little or no suspicion of people's intentions, people are very trusting of each other, and 99.999% of the time rightly so. People try to make connections in countries that you want to visit so you're not completely on your own when you get there, which can be quite scary. You do tend to bend over backwards to help out strangers that you only meet briefly. This to me is one of the upsides of the international backpacker trail.

I have stayed with people in the USA that I met travelling and literally only knew them for a day or two. But the difference is that I have actually met them. So I don't think that it is unreasonable to want to help a relative stranger but she should have asked you first.

 

[DirtyCaner]

Yeah why not the shed?

He could be your bottling monkey!

 

[tbert33]

Yeah why not the shed?

He could be your bottling monkey!

I like your thinking.

 

[evanvine]

I would tell my sister to **** off, never mind SIL!! :shock:

 

[Springer]

I would tell my sister to **** off, never mind SIL!! :shock:

:lol: Like the thinking E. I was going to say you can't say that on the forum, but I think you can in the snug . :? :lol:

S

 

[Loetz]

People try to make connections in countries that you want to visit so you're not completely on your own when you get there, which can be quite scary. You do tend to bend over backwards to help out strangers that you only meet briefly. This to me is one of the upsides of the international backpacker trail.

I have stayed with people in the USA that I met travelling and literally only knew them for a day or two. But the difference is that I have actually met them. So I don't think that it is unreasonable to want to help a relative stranger but she should have asked you first.

I've never been to AU/NZ, but I know what you are talking about. I've had a lot of the same experiences bumming around in other countries.

I'm not really sure what country you could visit anymore where you wouldn't run into this kind of thing.

 

[evanvine]

but I think you can in the snug

Snug! What snug? :whistle:

 

[jonewer]

It wouldn't be for me either but I wouldn't doubt that his intentions are honourable, I would very much doubt that he intends to come all this way just to be unemployed. Having met lots of people in the Australia / NZ backpacker trail I know that there is little or no suspicion of people's intentions, people are very trusting of each other, and 99.999% of the time rightly so. People try to make connections in countries that you want to visit so you're not completely on your own when you get there, which can be quite scary. You do tend to bend over backwards to help out strangers that you only meet briefly. This to me is one of the upsides of the international backpacker trail.

I have stayed with people in the USA that I met travelling and literally only knew them for a day or two. But the difference is that I have actually met them. So I don't think that it is unreasonable to want to help a relative stranger but she should have asked you first.

I have been a backpacker/hitch-hiker before. I've even taken in and been taken in by people who I met earlier the same day. Grateful I was when taken in and great times where had when I took someone in.

But thats the crucial difference. I'd met them and hitch-hiking together is pretty strong bonding. And in each case me/us or them had been out the next day or same day and on our ways.

No one would ever have expected anyone to accommodate a complete stranger for weeks in an often unattended house.

 

[alawlor66430]

If you have to let him stay, you could always make a wee game out of making him more uncomfortable than a barbed wire bike seat