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LMSLMS · 2024-02-23T20:44:12+00:00

I'm going on a hen do this weekend and one of my friends has been told she's sharing a room with someone she doesn't know, this would be fine however we've just found out it's double beds, how would other people feel about this, would you be comfortable?

whoscoatsthatjacket2012 · 23/02/2024 22:16

I wouldn't care at all
Did a hen with about 14 girls once shared my bed with a girl I'd met once and the room with 2 I'd never met who never met each other at all. We had a great time and I'm old as boring

1offnamechange · 23/02/2024 21:53

I'm a terrible sleeper so yeah I would hate it. Had a hen party 2 years ago where this was the plan and had to drop out, and refused to go to another one recently because the plan was 2 nights in a glamping pod sleeping about 10 each. To be honest though pretty much everyone else in both didn't bat an eyelid at the suggested sleeping arrangements so I felt like I was in the minority, interesting most people on here think the opposite.

Sharing a room or even a dorm is doable, I can stick headphones in and take sleeping tablets and at least get a few hours but I literally would not (and have not) sleep at all sharing a bed with anyone other than DP (and even then I don't sleep well on holiday when the beds are smaller than our normal one).

Also it's just unnecessary - there are enough hotels with twin bed options, usually for a similar price.

delaysdelays · 23/02/2024 21:44

It would bother me only because I struggle to get to sleep without my bedtime rituals - which would be super annoying to anyone else.
Plus when I drink I never sleep well so being pissed would make it worse not better!

carelesser · 23/02/2024 21:40

I wouldn’t care if it was a friend. But you are entitled to have your own boundaries.

Bridgertonned · 23/02/2024 21:36

In my 20s I wouldn't have cared, but now I'm at an age where I can't sleep unless I take my own pillow, I certainly wouldn't manage to sleep sharing a bed with a stranger. And in my 20s a night without sleep didn't matter, now I'd need a week to recover. So it's a pragmatic no from me!

Mum2jenny · 23/02/2024 21:33

I think a dorm like scenario is very different from sharing a double bed with a stranger. You expect to share in a dorm, but you wouldn’t expect to share a bed in a dorm.

Abbimae · 23/02/2024 21:31

No no no.

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 23/02/2024 21:30

I would ask the person organizing to swap so I can be with a friend.

They have been unreasonable for not confirming there was bed sharing in advance

If just one night and drinking involved i wouldn't care too much

Haggisfish3 · 23/02/2024 21:30

puzzledout · 23/02/2024 21:26

With someone you don't know?

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No. Genuinely. Most people are good people. What about it would bother you?

meganorks · 23/02/2024 21:29

I don't think I would care. I certainly wouldn't care about sharing a room.

MoreDollies · 23/02/2024 21:28

MoreDollies · 23/02/2024 21:24

I mean, we went on a mums' night out with our internet birth group. Chatted online in a group but most of us had never met. I shared a room with two other in-real-life strangers, including a bed with one of them.

In your scenario, it would be a little bit weird, but unless you believe the bride secretly hangs out with psychopaths, I'd crack on with it for one night unless there's a potential for room swaps.

But then I've also shared a dormitory with 6 bloke mates on an overseas football trip (nothing funny going on with any of them) and a mixed dorm with perfect strangers in a youth hostel in Portugal 🤷🏼‍♀️

puzzledout · 23/02/2024 21:26

Hadjab · 23/02/2024 21:21

Wouldn’t bother me at all

With someone you don't know?

Ponderingwindow · 23/02/2024 21:26

I wouldn’t share the room. Sharing a bed is ridiculous.

Quizine · 23/02/2024 21:25

Most places have doubles that separate into two singles. Depends on what type of accommodation. The organiser could ask for a camp bed if the double is fixed.

The organiser could have organised it a bit better!

I would not sleep in the same bed as a friend I knew not to mind someone I didn't!

MoreDollies · 23/02/2024 21:24

I mean, we went on a mums' night out with our internet birth group. Chatted online in a group but most of us had never met. I shared a room with two other in-real-life strangers, including a bed with one of them.

In your scenario, it would be a little bit weird, but unless you believe the bride secretly hangs out with psychopaths, I'd crack on with it for one night unless there's a potential for room swaps.

dancinginthewind · 23/02/2024 21:23

In my 20s, that was fairly standard on group weekends away

IHearTheTickingOfTheClock · 23/02/2024 21:22

I turned down a hen do for this reason too (sharing with 7 strangers in dormitory type accommodation).

Hadjab · 23/02/2024 21:21

Wouldn’t bother me at all

FirstTimeMum897 · 23/02/2024 21:20

Only ok if agreed beforehand and price reflects this. Not ok to just tell someone after the fact.

puzzledout · 23/02/2024 21:19

Createausername1970 · 23/02/2024 21:17

I would share a room, but not keen on sharing a bed with a stranger. Especially not a drunk one (yes, I am making generalised assumptions). Don't want to wake up with someone else's sick in my hair 🤮

Or then with yours!

Generalised assumption obviously

Needamagicfairy · 23/02/2024 21:18

I turned down a good friends hen do for this very reason

pictoosh · 23/02/2024 21:18

Don't think I'd be agreeable to that, no.

Saladpops · 23/02/2024 21:18

Nope.

Createausername1970 · 23/02/2024 21:17

I would share a room, but not keen on sharing a bed with a stranger. Especially not a drunk one (yes, I am making generalised assumptions). Don't want to wake up with someone else's sick in my hair 🤮

Runningwildish · 23/02/2024 21:16

I've shared a bed with several of my friends, it's better than sleeping on the floor! I wish hotels and holiday accommodation would have beds which can convert into twin or doubles