Visiting someone’s home can tell you a lot about them, from how they live to how they treat their guests. But sometimes, all it takes is one glance at the kitchen or one trip to the bathroom to make you regret accepting the invitation. Now, you’re mentally planning your escape and wondering how soon you can leave without being rude.
We’ve rounded up people’s stories about the things they saw at someone’s home that made them swear never to return. From downright disturbing discoveries to bizarre sights that left guests speechless, these experiences might make you think twice about your next house visit.
Get comfortable and scroll on, because some of these homes sound like places you’d need a very good excuse to leave.
#21
My friend's dog and cat both up on their dining table eating leftovers off their plates while their kid was sat eating her dinner.
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Some visits leave you feeling right at home while others leave you wondering how quickly you can make your exit.
Now we want to hear your stories: What’s the most outrageous thing you’ve ever seen at someone’s house that made you swear you’d never visit again? Tell us in the comments and give us the juicy details. We have a feeling some of these stories will be hard to top!
#22
Watched a family member put some meat in the microwave to defrost, but just on the glass turntable plate, not in a dish or anything. Then just left the plate in there and shut the door, not a chance he was going back to wash it. I couldn't avoid going back but that was the last time I ever ate at their house.
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#23
My neighbour's dishcloth. I look after their pets when they're on holiday and have the misfortune of having to wash their cat's dishes with this dishcloth that i swear hasn't been washed or replaced in ten years, it's brown, slimy, smelly, and disintegrating. Absolutely revolting.
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#24
Twice I visited someone in a home that was mostly a static caravan in a field and the first visit showed a messy caravan but still tidy. Come the next visit eight years later - a very different story oh my. The caravan is there but messy and there was an extension added for the bathroom - a basic one by the way. I was offered tea that I barely touched because it came from unfiltered water and then there’s the smell - made me gag. It was from all the junk littered around the field.
This is in Wales by the way - someone who lived off grid and disconnected from society.
This is in Wales by the way - someone who lived off grid and disconnected from society.
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#25

Extreme flea infestation.
Remember those really fluffy fake sheep fleece throw cushions that seemed to be a thing in the ‘00s? They had cream ones on the sofa. When I sat on the sofa, I could see little black dots crawling through the fleece towards me.
The cats’ fur was so thick with flea dirt that when you scritched them it got under your nails.
I had to stay there for a week and the whole time, no one in the family acknowledged the fleas’ existence, though they must have been getting bitten to pieces like I was.
Remember those really fluffy fake sheep fleece throw cushions that seemed to be a thing in the ‘00s? They had cream ones on the sofa. When I sat on the sofa, I could see little black dots crawling through the fleece towards me.
The cats’ fur was so thick with flea dirt that when you scritched them it got under your nails.
I had to stay there for a week and the whole time, no one in the family acknowledged the fleas’ existence, though they must have been getting bitten to pieces like I was.
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#26
When they never open the windows and the damp air and ammonia smell (what even causes it?) just hit you the moment you walk in the door. I end up coughing for the rest of the day.
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#27
Used sanitary towels all over the place in the bathroom. They also had unused ones where the insides had been torn out. We are talking back in the 90s and these sanitary towels were made of a cotton wool type material.
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#28
Her dad had his machete collection out and was sharpening them. He was talking to them like they were his friends; it was really bizarre. The guy was obsessed with knives and blades.
We decided to play at my house that night.
Eventually, that guy tried to take the life of my friend's mom with one of the machetes, and it was a whole ordeal. I lost my friend overnight; her mom moved her away and didn't give out any contact details.
We decided to play at my house that night.
Eventually, that guy tried to take the life of my friend's mom with one of the machetes, and it was a whole ordeal. I lost my friend overnight; her mom moved her away and didn't give out any contact details.
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#29

The Dad in the 90s was an alcoholic sheet metal worker he’s sober now but my friends and I were swimming when he came home. He stumbled into the backyard and flopped into the pool fully clothed with work boots.
He was floating face down like a corpse. I asked my friend if we should get him out. He seemed unconcerned saying his Dad was a scuba diver & could hold his breath long.
The mom came out yelling at the Dad who just started blowing bubbles face down. I left.
He was floating face down like a corpse. I asked my friend if we should get him out. He seemed unconcerned saying his Dad was a scuba diver & could hold his breath long.
The mom came out yelling at the Dad who just started blowing bubbles face down. I left.
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#30
Their parents were fighting hard, throwing stuffs at each other.
I was a child, just wanna go my friend's house to play. There were other kids crying. I immediately said to myself maybe other time.
I was a child, just wanna go my friend's house to play. There were other kids crying. I immediately said to myself maybe other time.
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#31
I didn't leave immediately but wanted to, all of the doors locked from the inside and only their Dad had the keys. Neighbours invited me inside because I'd lost my house keys.
We watched original star trek for a bit because that was apparently one of the show's they were allowed to watch?
Nice enough people but complete weirdos in hindsight.
We watched original star trek for a bit because that was apparently one of the show's they were allowed to watch?
Nice enough people but complete weirdos in hindsight.
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#32
My ex kicked me out of the house (rightfully) and I didn't have anywhere to go until an old friend said I could go to her place. She wasn't there but said to let myself in. I walked in and there was trash and dirty diapers everywhere, plates of old food on the stairs and the bedrooms, trash piled ankle height through the whole place and oh God the smell. I walked out with my suitcase and told her I found somewhere else. Haven't been back since, though she invites me over every time we see each other out and about.
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#33
I was asleep on the couch. I woke up to my friend's dad leaning over me, just looking at me. I got up later and called my parents to come pick me up. Soon after that, my friend told me that his father said, "Your friend can not come over anymore. I was in junior high school, and I am a male.
Yep, dodged that bullet .... turns out the guy's dad was arrested a few years ago for CP.
Yep, dodged that bullet .... turns out the guy's dad was arrested a few years ago for CP.
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#34
Met a stranger through a temp agency at a job site that didn’t quite pan out, so we hung out for the rest of the day, he started getting drunk immediately (9am) but I was driving and didn’t really mind it. We go to his house and it’s nice, clean, effort was put in to keep it that way. I was around 21 at the time and this guy was well into his 40s anyways shortly after we got there his wife came homes and started screaming at him, threatening him, threatening to call the cops, and reprimanding him for “bringing this white boy into my house” (they both were black and I’m white) he was yelling back throwing insults and threats and telling me to stay. I told her she had a lovely home and thanked her for having me over (I don’t know if she heard me she was screaming at him the whole time) and promptly left. I always thought that dude should’ve left as well because she was making it quite clear that he was not welcome there but it didn’t seem like he was listening.
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#35
So many candles lit and scent things plugged in, instant migraines for me so I had to step out.
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#36
I was a Chevy Astro van driver, there’s apparently a following for this. Met a fellow Chevy Astro van owner on a dating app and met for coffee. They wanted to show me their van. When I got in I realized it was gutted with only a bare mattress, toilet paper and a bucket in the back. He was living out of it and not in the glorified van lifer way. I got out promptly and went home.
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#37

Huge spiderwebs with a spider in the corner of each room. When I alerted my cousins of the spider, my cousins looked at me like I was crazy and said the spiders eat the bugs u_u as there’s little baby roaches crawling over the dishes in the sink
Yea my brothers and I got out of there so fast and went back to my grandparents.
Yea my brothers and I got out of there so fast and went back to my grandparents.
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#38
The undressed photos of his wife on every wall in the apartment. Right after he had introduced me to his wife. Awkward...
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#39
Yep I wen into a clients house and there were roaches crawling everywhere. I’ve never been more repulsed.
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#40

I went over to a guy's house once and he had, in his dining room, dozens of dog feces. It was a unique home feature that I'm personally glad I've never seen replicated in any other home I've been invited into.
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