What is wrong with some people?

[Captaincrunch]

Me and missus were invited to a friend of hers and at some point i wanted to use the toilet so was pointed upstairs. As i walked upstairs i heard "WAIT!" and he friend came running past me and closed the bedroom door and apologised before scurrying back downstairs. My missus later told me that she's just private.

To be honest as i walked to the toilet i glanced at the bedroom and carried on to the toilet before the friend came sprinting up the stairs and it looked clean, basic and there didn't appear to be anything embarrassing but then i only glanced.

This has led me to this question, why oh why are people happy for you to come into their homes, see their kitchens, living rooms, bathrooms but yet are embarrassed to show them what usually is the best looking room in the house?

Example- "Hello ( Insert friends name here ), i'm happy for you to see where i relax, where we eat, where we relieve our bodily fluids/solids but we just can't have anyone see where we sleep!"

^See how ridiculous that sounds?

personally i'm proud of my bedroom and after the downstairs tour i'm more than happy to show everyone my bedroom where the magic happens.

Are you one of these people that are ashamed of showing people your bedroom, if so why and do you let guests into other parts of your home where embarrassment isn't an issue?

[Bazile]

//It is a potential minefield for embarassment - all those whips, clamps and other assorted fetish paraphinalia carelessly left out in the open :) //

That reminds me why I changed my mind about going on Come Dine With Me

[New Judge]

You're lucky you were not visiting the late Kenneth Williams. Far from allowing visiters to see his bedroom, he would not let his guests use the toilet. They had to go down to Baker Street station and use the facilities there!

[keyplus90]

////My bedroom is the one place I escape them!////

Parents trying to escape fro their own kids............There is something wrong with this world.

[boxtops]

I certainly wouldn't bother - if they can clamber up to the loo, they'll know the rest of the house is pretty chaotic.

[ummmm]

Nonsense, Keyplus.

[nannybooby]

If I have invited someone they can look all over the house ,I call it the 5bob tour ! Dont like them using my ensuite loo though the others are open to all.
(Downstairs and Family bathroom).
Kids in the bed ok when you are awake already !

[RATTER15]

I think bedrooms are private and personal however, if I was giving someone a tour then I would also show them the bedrooms, otherwise the doors would be kept closed. Like The Builder, I have also been in many, many bedrooms treating property for flea infestations, the knew I would be treat ting the carpets under the beds but they still leave mountains of screwed up tissues and often their little play toys, there was then huge embarrassment when I asked the owner to remove all this stuff so I could treat the room properly, especially for one lady as she put her "toy" back in her drawer and walked away, it turned on and started break dancing inside her drawer making a dreadful noise, I wasn't touching it!! you could just see she wanted to die there and then. I just smiled politely :-)

[nannybooby]

Now dogs on the bed .....dont get me started

[Bluestone]

Thinking about it, we (me and my sisters) never went into our parents' bedroom when we were kids. Not sure why, we just didn't.
If I have friends/family to my house, they generally don't really go upstairs. There's no reason for them to.
I have no issues in people coming into my bedroom, though... as demonstrated.... er... last night ;)

[Bluestone]

Dogs/pets on the bed is minging!

[nannybooby]

Agree Bluestone. We were allowed into our parents bedroom as a treat at week ends ,tea and toast under the eiderdown ,best treat ever. Or if we were ill my dad would give up his side so we could sleep with mum ,or make a camp bed up at the foot of the bed.

[Bluestone]

Ah, Nanny. I used to love doing that on the weekends :-)
so yes, it wasn't that their room was out of bounds at all times, just most of the time. I remember crawling into their bed when I'd had a nightmare, or when it was thunder and lightning!

[beso]

They realised the bong was still on the dressing table.

[2sp_]

lol @ keyplus!

Every parent needs to have a sanctuary away from the chaos that is child rearing, it doesn't mean that those kids aren't loved or cared for.

[ummmm]

Especially if you've been up through the night and looking after them all day.

[2sp_]

Exactly ummmm. Mr P and I need to have one room in the house that isn't full of toys, half eaten rusks, ride on tractors and teddy bears. Adults need to have adult space for themselves.

[gness]

Same as Mamya which is why I have my shoes....special ones....on display.
Seriously I have no problem with visitors going anywhere...as long as they go home at the end of the evening....my morning hair is out of bounds.

[naomi24]

I can't imagine why anyone would want to give visitors a tour of the house. My bedroom is private - and unless my guests are staying the night, so are all the other bedrooms.

[ladybirder]

If I owned a stately home I'd be very happy to show people around, for the appropriate fee.
But I don't, so can't think why anyone would to go into my bedroom or anywhere else.

[ladybirder]

meant to put - would want to go ...