Opinions please as I'm really not sure if I'm being a cow or not here.
Basically I moved to London last month and my parents are coming down to visit me (and meet up with an old friend who will be in the country briefly at the same time, so it's not just to see me)
I have a flat in the busiest part of Camden imaginable (right next to the tube). I love my flat but it is tiny weeny. It has a little living room/kitchen dinner, a small bedroom and an en suite shower room. You would call it bijoux if you were being nice and a poky little hole if you weren't!
My dilemma is my mother is making it very clear that they are expecting to stay with my for the whole trip. Admittedly I have a sofa bed but once it's folded down there will be no room to even move in living area. Plus the front isn't double glazed and Camden is incredibly noisy, they literally won't get any sleep. I am in the back room and I still can hear the noise with ear plugs in!.
I suggested (tentatively) to my mother that they can get a decent hotel for around £100 a night if they book in advance. Her response was 'Oh no, your dad will never fork out for a hotel'. Now if my parents were short of money then fair enough but they aren't! They have more than enough to cover the cost of a few nights in London.
So am I being unreasonable? If I lived in a decent sized flat then fair enough I wouldn't mind at all. As it is though we will be squashed in like sardines and probably getting on each others nerves. Even if they spent 1 night at mine and 2 in a hotel it would be something but they won't even consider it.
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To want my parents to book a hotel room?
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MilkandWine · 28/07/2011 14:09
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