Selling the house

Lots of families take kids to look (saves finding a sitter) People will look in closets to see how big they are. But it could have been a bored child or bored spouse that sat down. Kids will also need to go to the bathroom. 
Hopefully you'll sell quick.

I could tell you stories that would curl your hair. You got off easy.

ETA: Sorry you are stressing over people seeing your house not in perfect order. Trust me when I tell you the person who buys it won't care.

I an see my husband not closing a closet door. He can't even close the door to our closet all the way. It's just one of his many quirks.

None of what you listed would have been on my radar if we had looked at your house. After some of the stuff we saw when we were house hunting I probably wouldn't even have noticed and no way would it put me off in anyway.

I'm not cadoodlebug but here are few recent real life experiences I've had as an agent:

1. Couple brought their 5 terribly behaved kids to showings, kids immediately scatter inside the house upon arrival & start getting out seller's childrens' toys, throwing seller's toys down the stairs, playing in the fish tank, opening the pantry for snacks. Mom is tired so she sits on the seller's couch & waits for her husband to check out the garage before she walks through the house.

2. I was showing a million dollar home to a husband & wife buyer who did end up buying a different million dollar home from me. Husband comes out of the kitchen eating an ice cream bar. I look at him stunned; he says, "Want one? There's a whole box in the freezer." I was mortified.

3. Older couple looking for a one story home. Husband has portable oxygen tank. Wife INSISTS that they see one 2 story home because she adores the neighborhood but says dh doesn't have to go upstairs. She LOVES the upstairs & insists that he see it. He struggles up the stairs with his oxygen tank, walks in the master bedroom & collapses on the MASTER BEDROOM BED!!! Can't get up. I'm panicking a bit & wondering if I should go to the kitchen to get him a drink of water, call 911 or murder his wife for dragging him up the stairs. After about 10 minute's he's fine. I straighten the bedspread, fluff the pillows & we get the heck outta there, lol.

To the OP, selling your home is really stressful. If you've had  5 showings on day 1 & you are as meticulous as you sound, it's probably going to sell fast. GOOD LUCK!!

LOL, how interesting/weird!  Since I've always said that in my next life I want to be a fly on the wall, please continue entertaining us with these stories.  You too, cadoodlebug!

SOMEONE PROBABLY HAD TO PEE AND THEY LEFT YOUR TOILET SEAT UP!

Did y'all read that novel about the young couple who went to open houses to steal prescriptions? Can't remember the name but it was really good.

I would expect closet and cabinet doors to be opened so it wouldn't put me out if they were left open.

I think it's weird to use the bathroom but I wouldn't expect everyone else to feel that way. Some people/men have problems putting the seat down in their own homes, why would they do it in someone else's home lol.

Add long as nothing is missing or broken, I think you just have expect your belongings to be touched or moved. We see House Hunters where people sit on couches, look through closets and step into showers and tubs with shoes on. It comes with the territory of selling your house. Lock up your valuables and hope someone likes your couch or cabinet enough to buy your house!

I don't think any of those are that bad.

The very first house my XH and I bought we listed with a realtor when he joined the USMC. He had already left for boot camp and I was living alone while selling it. The very first showing, which was for realtors only, I came home to find all of our porn magazines fanned out across our waterbed. I was not happy. It would have been bad enough if it had been interested parties but for realtors to act like that was just uncalled for. Those magazines were neatly stacked on my headboard with the spines turned inward. They were covered with regular magazines so I knew the only way they found them was looking through my stuff. I called my realtor and let her know in very plain language that I was not happy that these people had pawed through my things.

Me too! I am a little bored right now and woud love a good story

Well??? Clearly we need to know

I'm thinking if I had porn in my bedroom I would have gotten rid of it or put it in a box before I put my house on the market. But that's just me.  I mean, don't most Realtors tell you to depersonalize your house?