Ok a question..

I have found that certain people in our lives have the habit of just "popping" in unannounced. when this happens I just put on the kettle and we have a chat..

Some of these chats however can last for up to 3 hours..thats a big chunk out of a day..

I have one older man, 68, who had the habit of popping in on the off chance he catches me home and then sit for up to 4 hours. This got to the point of being intolerable , not to mention boring.

He would actually be offended if in the time he was there you took a phone call and diverted your sole attention away from him.

I tried ways to let him know that there are so many hours in the day etc..that I had to get on with different things that needed to be done. It went over him like water off a duck and he continued to do it.

I started to resort to old tricks like "aahhh Im just on my way out".. "I have a virus..you dont want to catch it"..that one always worked a treat..

He was actually offended when in the end I told him directly and asked that he calls before he turned up for one of his visits.

He often has a go at me still  telling me Im rude..

I dont feel Im being unreasonable..

So is it...?

Either I have gone nuts (which is possible) or gremlins are still deleting posts.  You made a post here that I read Oceans.  Now the forum gremlin has removed it.  What's happening dude?