“Overstaying your welcome” as a guest begins after less than a week, according to new research .

A survey of 2,000 general population Americans looked at how long they’re happy to have a guest stay with them — and pinpointed this to be just six days.

Any longer than that, and the average respondent feels the guest is overstaying, with 33% even starting to drop hints that it’s time to go. A fifth will also not be so subtle, with 22% admitting they’ll outright tell a guest they’ve overstayed and need to leave.

But this does vary by who the guest is: respondents’ children are able to stay for 10 days, and parents have an eight-day grace period before it becomes an imposition.

But in-laws and other family members are only encouraged to stay for five days.

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