We received this text our second night: “I was a little surprised to hear you in the kitchen using the microwave. Wish you would have looked at the house rules.”
When we arrived the place felt very warm and welcoming. Great decoration. The guest suite was very clean and comfortable. The back porch was wonderful. We felt really good, and were already planning our next trip… then we received the above text as we were headed to bed the second night. We both felt like we had gotten our hands slapped. We felt very awkward and slept poorly. The next morning, we left about 7am on our departure day. At this point we weren’t sure what we were welcome to use, and what not to, and didn’t feel comfortable (as we were sharing the hosts home).
I had throughly read the instructions. There were so many things in the kitchen we were invited to use (table was set for us, coffee pot, refrigerator, etc), so when I read “there is no kitchen access or eating in the private guest suite” I totally thought that meant there was not the “typical” mini fridge/microwave in the suite. I never dreamed that meant not to use the house microwave, especially when it says this in another place in the description: “You are welcome to enjoy all the areas of my home. My private bedroom will be closed.”
I feel really bad about the miscommunication, as I felt like we could have been a good match. There was probably a better way to handle the fact that we used the microwave when we weren’t supposed to. Especially since the only thing that separated us from our host was a small living room. At this point we felt like intruders instead of guests.