Thursday, July 30, 2020
"Make Yourself At Home"
The saying “make yourself at home” has never affected me in any way. It doesn’t make me feel comfortable at one’s house. It doesn’t change the fact that I still have to be respectful at someone else’s house. Normally at home, I would open the fridge every hour for a snack, sometimes I wouldn’t get anything because there’s nothing to snack on, yet I still do it. If I were to “make myself at home” at someone else’s house, I’d be opening up their fridge eating what I want every hour. Obviously, they wouldn’t want that because that’s disrespectful and rude. But they did tell me to make myself at home. So are they just saying that to be nice? Or is it another way of saying that we don’t have to be nervous at their house? Despite whether or not they tell me to make myself at home I always try to be as respectful as possible. I don’t think anyone actually wants their visitor to make themselves at home. I think it’s just a saying that’s telling the visitor to not be nervous and to calm down.
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Yes, i agree the saying "make yourself a home" is obviously to comfort visitors. However, When you say you wouldn't be "snacking every hour" because it seems rude contradicts that one time when you were at my house and ate 16 bags of chips in the 8 hours you were at my house. We just purchased a 20 pack for school but you ate 16 of them, my father was angry but my mother was not. I think it just depends on the household; if you know the parents and are close to them, then it should be no problem making it your second home.
ReplyDeleteHello bailey I would just like to correct one thing about your reply, I ate the entire 20 packs, not just 18.
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