A group of friends in their 50s going away for 2 nights. We go away fairly often, are very comfortable with each other, due to everyone's other commitments, the exact make up of the group varies a bit.
This time we have:
John, a single man who I know well, bit of a ladies man, but not difficult to keep under control 😆
Andrew, seems nice enough but a fairly recent addition to our group. Likes a good gossip!
James, lovely man I know well, very very married, his wife is not coming.
Anne, my best friend in the group. Her husband usually joins us, so she'd share with him, but he's not coming this time.
Sarah, the person I usually share with by virtue of us being the only 2 single women.
Do we need 3 rooms or 4?
I know some people will say they don't want to share with anyone, but that's not how this group works. If I share with either Sarah or Anne, the other is going to feel left out if they have to have a room on their own, then there's the additional cost of that too.
The men will be less sensitive about it but there's still the cost issue.
So, I could let Anne and Sarah share and take one for the team by sharing with John. It would be fine, neither of us would be uncomfortable about it, I've done it before and it's never been mentioned by anyone in the group since.
I obviously can't share with James and I'm not sure about Andrew. My only concern is that John does have this reputation as a ladies man. IMO it's a reputation he's cultivated but doesn't necessarily live up to. He reckons he hasn't has sex in nearly 3 years! Anyway I'm not worried about him, I've shared with him before and it was fine, but no one made a song and dance of it and no one who wasn't on the trip knows. This time we have gossipy Andrew.
The money isn't the biggest issue, it wouldn't stop anyone going, but there's a choice to be made about who gets the single, more expensive rooms iyswim.
WWYD?