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strawberrylemons · 28/08/2026 10:13

I’m visiting my parents this weekend, as are my 2 sisters (we’re all adults 23,29 and 32). I’m bringing my husband, sisters are going alone. I’m currently 19 weeks pregnant with twins, this is relevant.
all the bedrooms have a single bed in them, prior to pregnancy id just share with my husband and we’d have a bad nights sleep but get over it. Now im pregnant sleeping is a bit more uncomfortable and I need a pillow under my belly etc. so someone has to sleep on the sofa. I can’t make hubby sleep on the sofa because the living room is the walk way through to the kitchen so he’d have no privacy. So the options are for pregnant me or my sisters to go on the sofa. I’ve asked both my sisters if they’d give their bed up for me, they’ve both said no. My one sister even had a tantrum over it and said she just won’t visit if I’m going to take “her” bed (bear in mind she hasn’t lived at my parents house for 7 years).
I’m feeling a little disappointed in my sisters and that they wouldn’t let their pregnant sister have a bed for a weekend. My parents have offered their bed to my husband and I as a result but it doesn’t seem fair as they are both older and need the bed too.
Am I being unreasonable expecting someone to give up a bed for me? I would never ask at any other time in my life, it’s just one weekend during my pregnancy.

OP posts:
YourOliveBalonz · 28/08/2026 17:34

Your sisters are unreasonable, for a start it sounds like you are all visiting so it’s not ‘their’ rooms to have a say over anyway, your parents should determine the sleeping arrangements. If your parents were no longer living in the home you grew up in that would be more apparent to all of you, and your parents would just be telling you all where you are going in their house.

WildLeader · 28/08/2026 17:34

TheSandgroper · 28/08/2026 10:17

And shame upon your parents for not standing up to their daughter when another daughter is in need.

I wouldn’t ever be forgetting.

damned right

my mum chose my sister to share with her in the double bed next to the toilet shoving me into a twin room with single beds

i tried to suggest (6m pg) that id be better off nearer the loo and in a bigger bed, but my mum had a massive tantrum because it was her wedding the next day and that she deserved to be in the bigger bed

I ended up shoving the 2 twins together in the twin room- which was over the bloody hotel kitchen too. So was noisy and smelly.

i never forgot how she made me feel, either hindsight this was the very beginning of the end of my relationship with her

@strawberrylemons get a hotel. Show them you matter. Draw the boundary now.

of course your H can’t sleep on the sofa, it’s intrusive on the rest of the household if they’re getting up for dogs etc.

FirmSnake · 28/08/2026 17:34

Ved · 28/08/2026 17:30

Yeah, like all 4 feet wide.

And they all shared a singular cupboard, that cant possibly be moved. Yet is was apparently the perfect house.

Northernladdette · 28/08/2026 17:32

Your parents should decide who sleeps where, with your condition in mind. Your sister sounds selfish 😳

Ved · 28/08/2026 17:32

Shinyandnew1 · 28/08/2026 17:28

Where would these camping beds go when they are being used (you say none of the bedrooms have any floor space to put them down in)? Where will they be stored when not in use (you say the house is tiny!)?

That's what I asked. @strawberrylemons hasn't answered me yet though. If there is no room in ANY of the tiny single bedrooms for a single blow up mattress, where on earth are these camping beds going to go?!!

Ved · 28/08/2026 17:30

littlemousebigcheese · 28/08/2026 17:20

I just can’t imagine a house that has 3 tiny single bedrooms and one double?!

Yeah, like all 4 feet wide.

Shinyandnew1 · 28/08/2026 17:28

strawberrylemons · 28/08/2026 15:39

Thanks! I was actually talking to my mum about this and she wants to get some camping beds. The house was a great set up for 3 sisters growing up but not ideal for adults coming to visit 😂

I think once babies are here we won’t be staying there, one of those things we’ll figure out I guess

Where would these camping beds go when they are being used (you say none of the bedrooms have any floor space to put them down in)? Where will they be stored when not in use (you say the house is tiny!)?

momtoboys · 28/08/2026 17:28

Another post where opinions are solicited but the OP will fight to the death that they are right. Why ask for the opinions in the first place?

JemappelleClaude · 28/08/2026 17:27

Hotel? I'd have been so happy to have privacy when pregnant and needing a break from family.

WildlyInappropriate · 28/08/2026 17:27

Having read all the OP’s posts (and read between the lines) I’m now convinced I have the backstory.

The bungalow as built had three bedrooms, two doubles and a single. OP says that one bedroom was divided by a new wall, thus creating three singles. My view is that OP was one of the sisters forced to share the double in childhood, and she and her sister fought to such a degree that The Wall was instigated. The other sister got the slightly less tiny room this created and OP has been seething about it ever since.

Now she is in her holy state of pregnancy, she wants this sister’s room as revenge, and thinks her parents will support her in that since she is carrying the hallowed first grandchildren.

No other solution will suffice than the displacement of her evil sister from her childhood bedroom.

littlemousebigcheese · 28/08/2026 17:20

I just can’t imagine a house that has 3 tiny single bedrooms and one double?!

mrsm43s · 28/08/2026 17:19

Ally886 · 28/08/2026 17:16

She's not spoken to her husband yet. Why is everyone so keen to vilify a man who is probably enjoying his day unaware he's being dragged through the mud by a coven of online women. I would bet my house he's fine to sleep on the sofa 😂

And more to the point, if he doesn't insist on sleeping on the sofa (regardless of who else offers), he's a bit of a twat, isn't he?

littlemousebigcheese · 28/08/2026 17:19

The Golden penis must have a bed. The golden penis can’t possibly sleep on a sofa where someone might lay eyes on him. Your parents weirdly agree that he must be kept hidden from all others and couldn’t possibly sleep on a sofa that others may glimpse at 7am. You are pregnant with twins ffs, you need to be kind to yourself and sleep in your bed. If you can’t drive or stand up or do a journey on your own, you need a bed to sleep in and not the busy sofa everyone walks past all night long.

mrsm43s · 28/08/2026 17:17

Theeyeballsinthesky · 28/08/2026 16:50

Tbf it's not the husband complaining it's the OP who is determined to force one of her sisters to give up their bed I can only assume for some deep childhood payback issue or something as none of this makes any sense otherwise

Actually I think it's OP manipulating things to try to force one of the sisters to give up their rooms. It's a non event if her DH just sleeps on the sofa which is clearly the obvious solution, but just think how much mileage she'll get out of her 'meanie' sisters making her sleep on the sofa when she's PREGNANT with TWINS!

I think the sisters can see straight through OPs manipulative ways (probably used to it), and are quite rightly not pandering to her.

Ved · 28/08/2026 17:16

TheWomanTheyCallJayne · 28/08/2026 17:09

Have we had pictures yet? I love floor plan pictures.

The floor plan of the OP's parents bungalow will almost certainly be outing.

Ally886 · 28/08/2026 17:16

AmberGreenwood · 28/08/2026 16:54

I don’t understand why you are annoyed with your sisters and not your husband? What does he need privacy for - surely he can get changed etc in your room? Would he actually let one of your sisters sleep on the sofa so he can have a bed? Sounds like a right dickhead x

She's not spoken to her husband yet. Why is everyone so keen to vilify a man who is probably enjoying his day unaware he's being dragged through the mud by a coven of online women. I would bet my house he's fine to sleep on the sofa 😂

Ved · 28/08/2026 17:16

strawberrylemons · 28/08/2026 15:39

Thanks! I was actually talking to my mum about this and she wants to get some camping beds. The house was a great set up for 3 sisters growing up but not ideal for adults coming to visit 😂

I think once babies are here we won’t be staying there, one of those things we’ll figure out I guess

But where on earth are these extra camping beds going to go? You said the house - sorry bungalow - is very small, and not even a blow up single mattress can fit into ANY of the bedrooms, along side the single bed(s) in there!

Stompythedinosaur · 28/08/2026 17:16

You're being ridiculous, you can't expect 2 beds while your dsis sleeps on the sofa!

Let your dh sleep on the sofa if you can't share.

BeGreySnail · 28/08/2026 17:13

Roll out camping mattress, car seats down, little lantern. Job done.

Merrymoonage · 28/08/2026 17:12

DangerousAlchemy · 28/08/2026 17:09

OP has said multiple times there's no room on the floor of any of the 3 single bedrooms for an air matrress . Do keep up 🤣

In fact no one can even sleep in the singles because there’s actually not room for a door!

Justthethingsthatyoudointhisgarden · 28/08/2026 17:12

You are being absolutely ridiculous. Your husband is on the sofa, end of.

chirrupybird · 28/08/2026 17:11

Husband sleeps on sofa why does it matter more that he has no privacy compared to your sisters? Just buy him pyjamas if he sleeps naked usually or at least shorts and a robe.

If he's happy to sleep on the sofa what's the problem?

TheWomanTheyCallJayne · 28/08/2026 17:09

strawberrylemons · 28/08/2026 10:52

I’m tempted to add photos of all three bedrooms to show everyone what the rooms look like, people don’t seem to believe that not everyone has big rooms in their house! Two of the rooms are narrow and the other one has a wardrobe in it, there’s nowhere to move it to so we can get an airbed in.

Have we had pictures yet? I love floor plan pictures.

DangerousAlchemy · 28/08/2026 17:09

RVectensian · 28/08/2026 10:50

Indeed. Why is this so complicated?

OP has said multiple times there's no room on the floor of any of the 3 single bedrooms for an air matrress . Do keep up 🤣

ToKittyornottoKitty · 28/08/2026 17:08

Waytoohothot · 28/08/2026 17:07

What kind of man would not sleep on the sofa!! Seriously what kind of man would take a womans bed and make her sleep on the sofa, i think hes in for a huge shock when you give birth and you cant pander to him anymore

Why do people keep saying this? She’s clearly said he would sleep on the sofa.