I am not sure I understand what the problem is here. The basic thing is that the guests were invited by your parents, and not by you. And seems like your parents, at least your father, completely enjoyed the company of the guests till the time they left at 1 am.
Granted, you may be a student and noise by kids running around can be very distracting, but that is more an issue you should take up with your parents and make alternative arrangements, rather then dropping it on to the lap of their guests. The guests were there, because they were welcomed, till they time they left.
The problem, therefore, is yours only. May be when you are older and have your own space and have your own guests, you make ground rules that guests should leave after spending four hours at your place. May be that will be the kind of host you will be, and your guests will come prepared for such a party, when they come visit your place. Till, that time, bear the late parties at your folks place. Or better still, as you said, make alternative arrangements when your parents decide to invite friends over, especially those with small kids. A cheaper alternative may just be to get cotton balls to stick in your ears.
you guys are worried about guests staying 8 hours…we used to know this family who would want to spent the whole nite plus most of the second day at our place. Not only that but they expected us to stay up late with them till like 3am.
These type of guests are a zakhmat not naimat.
Mehman khuda ke naymet whota han, and living in west with plenty of food,unlike Pakistan, I consider blessed to have someone shear my dining table/dinterkhawan.
Actually i woudln’t mind having guests, it is quite lonely for us here so I wouldn’t mind guests..
I just have issues with the “drop everything ur doing, we’re coming over and if you don’t make us a 4 course meal, you are a paethetic xcuse for a homemaker” attitude.
We always arrange a "one-dish" party during Ramadan where guests would bring all types of foods to our home sweet home which would last me and my wife an entire week.
The next Monday, we would then start to send out invitations for second straight week. This activity runs for four weeks, and on the morning of Eid, their kids get compensated in return with a hefty dollar amount. It works out well in the end.
the funny thing is when they stay over for such long hours they expect another round of snacks to be served around 11 *mad... its like okay time to go to bed at your own house...
so I wouldn’t mind guests..
