GUESTING AT NIGHT IN THE FEMALE BOARDING HOUSE In Indonesia, most of the boarding houses for female students have many rules. One of the rules says about the time for receiving the guests at the night. Some of the female boarding houses allow its guests to stay more than nine p. m. On the other hand, some of them forbid the girl to receive the guests more than 9 p.m. This paper will talk about the reasons of each policy, why they receive or refuse the guest more than 9 p.m. On the one hand, receiving the guest after 9 p.m is permitted. There are three reasons supporting it. First, probably the guest is a far family or close friend. If they come from a far town, it will be possible that they will arrive at night. Besides, it is allowed if there are some assignments, which is done together until night. It often happens at the Engineer’s students. They should finish the assignment as soon as possible because they have the other assignments to do. The girls can also receive the guests after nine p.m if they want to give an important thing or urgent information. For example, if there is a guest who brings a bad news from the family or the close friend, of course, the girl cannot refuse them. It has worse impact because they will lose the urgent information and they can be considering as an impolite girl. The other example, if there are some announcements given by the local government. They will miss it, if they refuse them. On the other hand, it is important to refuse the guest after nine p.m. It has fourth reasons. First, it is very dangerous because there are many crimes happen at night. The crime does not happen because there is a will of the subject but there is also a chance. Besides, receiving the guest after nine p.m can disturb the other dwellers. Most of the dwellers usually study at night. It is possible to break their concentration. In addition, it is not suitable according to the Indonesian culture, especially Javanese culture. It can make a bad assumption of the society, moreover if the guest is a man. The last reason, receiving the guest after nine p.m can disturb the neighbours. Because there are many jokes and laughs, it can make the much noises so of course, it can disturb them. In conclusion, in the boarding houses, there are two policies, receiving the guest after nine p.m or refusing the guest after nine p.m. each policy has the reasons, which support it. We should be careful to make our boarding house policy because it influences our honour and daily life.