My 18 yr old daughter is due to start uni this September.
We live in a 3 bedroom house and currently the bedroom arrangements are as follows: Me and my ds (4 yrs) co sleep in one room, 18 yr old dd has one room, 14 yr old dd has other room and OH sleeps on the sofa bed in the living room.
Daughters have always been very adamant about never wanting to share and as son co sleeps it has never been much of an issue. However, once dd1 leaves for uni her bedroom will effectively be unused for 2/3 of the yr.
So we are having a swap round, ds will move into14yr old dd2 room, dd2 will move into dd1 room and oh will move back into the main bedroom. The sofa bed will be got rid of.
When dd1 is back from uni on holiday I have got a pull out single sofa bed which will be stored under my 14 yr olds high sleeper when shes not there. They are not happy about sharing but have accepted it (sort of).
The dilemma is what to do with dd1 stuff. She will be taking a certain amount to uni, but things like books and dvds (she has a lot) etc will remain at home. Ive got boxes for them to be packed into and a cupboard to store them in, but I think she feels she is losing her 'space' and that im trying to get rid of her. Which obvs im not but practicality says that we should use her room as she wont be there for 2/3 of the yr anyway.
Anyone else had this dilemma?
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nerfqueen · 27/07/2015 09:32
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