Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
Yes to all the above. Everyone has something they bring to the table. Unfortunately we have some friends who are under the impression. Because we have preps, they're going to freeload off our hard work. They still don't get it.
This is a situation that many preppers have to deal with. It's easy to sort of sweep under the rug and laugh it off; after all, in an emergency, what is the likelihood that they will show up at your door? How far away do they live?

But.

It may be something to nip in the bud. You don't have to say, "Over my dead body!" After all, these people are your friends.

Some of our friends will be welcome here. They know that.
Depending on who else invites themselves, I respond, "I'm afraid that all our rooms/beds are all spoken for."
Or, "You might find that they close the road down if it snows that much," or something like that. I offer to show them instead how to begin prepping for themselves.

If they are acquaintances, frenemies, or people I don't really care for, I shrug it off and smile and make some quip about us not sticking around for the zombie invasion, and rigging the house to blow.