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To say SDs have to share a room?

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Cachet88 · 30/03/2026 13:57

DP and I are buying a new, bigger house. It will have four bedrooms. One for us, one for DS6. We also have SD12 (twins) who are with us EOWE and half the holidays. Currently they share a room.

SDs mum moved and we moved to be closer about three years ago. Therefore my mum now lives too far to do day visits but stays here every month or two. DP’s family live abroad and stay a few times a year, and we have other friends and family to stay fairly often too (pretty location!).

As there are now two bedrooms unaccounted for, SDs want a bedroom each. I do not want this, because I want a spare room for guests, and because both SDs are absolutely disgusting in terms of hygiene.

YANBU: they don’t need a room each
YABU: they need a room each

OP posts:
Lomonald · 30/03/2026 14:01

I mean the kids could clean up after themselves of course it is fine for them to want separate bedrooms but they know that other people will be staying in it, that will probably prevent them from wanting a room.

Greenqueen40 · 30/03/2026 13:59

Why do 12 yr old girls have 'disgusting hygiene'?!

Watchoutfortheslowaraf · 30/03/2026 13:58

I would think it odd you would have them share when they could have their own rooms. It seems a shame to have a room sitting empty most of the time when it could be in use