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Could you cope with twin beds for one night?

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AnnaQuayInTheUk · 05/10/2025 19:15

Just interested in what people think.

Our DC have grown up and left home, so we have two spare bedrooms. One has a double bed in, and is the room we usually give to guests. The other has twin beds in, both 3'6" beds with a small chest of drawers in between them on which there's a bedside light, a few books etc.

We've just had two sets of friends to stay for the weekend. Couple A arrived on Friday night and have just gone home. They got the double room.

Couple B arrived on Saturday afternoon and went a few hours ago (longer drive) and we put them the twin room. When they've visited before they've been the only couple here so have had the double room. They asked if we could rearrange the furniture so that the two single beds could be pushed together as they "couldn't sleep apart". So we ended up having to empty the chest of drawers, lug everything around and reassemble it on Saturday only to do it all in reverse this afternoon.

We've all known each other since uni, all been married for 30+ years and I was a bit surprised that they couldn't sleep with 3ft gap between them for one night. But then I decided maybe I was the exception.

So, for those of you who've been married/together for years, could you bear to sleep in the same room but not the same bed as your partner for one night, or would you have to rearrange all the furniture so that you could snuggle up together?

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Ciderapplevinegar · 05/10/2025 19:17

My husband is delighted when we go somewhere and it's a twin bed set up 😂

Tiggermad · 05/10/2025 19:17

Oh gosh yes absolutely wouldn’t bother me or hubby at all it’s only one night.

Barrenfieldoffucks · 05/10/2025 19:19

Goodness, they sound very much like they were making a point. I wouldn't have done it, and wouldn't have asked!

Love sleeping on my own.

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Christwosheds · 05/10/2025 19:19

Yes of course, it would be fine .

ThisBadTimeIsTakingForever · 05/10/2025 19:21

I would be fine, I’d have popped over for a cuddle and a reminisce about when we first met and spent several months squished in a single bed together whenever I stayed over.

I probably would have moved the drawers and pushed the beds together in advance for guests though tbh, but I’m a anxiety driven people pleaser.

Hadalifeonce · 05/10/2025 19:21

How very juvenile, when we visit FiL, DH and I have to sleep in separate rooms. It's only a couple of nights, and, surprisingly, we survived it.

HannahHamptonsGloves · 05/10/2025 19:22

I would bloody love this 🤣🤣 your friends were being ridiculous!! Why on earth do they need to be so close to each other?!?

Notonthestairs · 05/10/2025 19:22

i think they were irritated they didn’t get their ‘usual’ room.

We definitely wouldn’t mind single beds for a night. It’s only for a few hours!

PickAChew · 05/10/2025 19:22

I would have loved it 😂

Wishimaywishimight · 05/10/2025 19:22

Why on earth did you accommodate their daft request? I would have pretended I thought they were joking; "I'm sure you can manage 1 night" and laughed as I left the room.

Topseyt123 · 05/10/2025 19:23

Of course we are fine with it. They were rude to ask and as the host I simply wouldn't have obliged.

EerieDecorations · 05/10/2025 19:23

The only drawback (and we had to do it in a hotel once) is that I can't reach to poke him when he starts snoring. Otherwise no issue at all.

Favouritefruits · 05/10/2025 19:24

Who wouldn’t sleep in a single bed just for one night? For one night I’d sleep on a sofa. They sounds rude friends OP!

DustyMaiden · 05/10/2025 19:24

I don’t mind. DH always pushes them together.

MrsSkylerWhite · 05/10/2025 19:24

How rude are they? Do they put in their breakfast order the night before, too?

SilkAndSparklesForParties · 05/10/2025 19:25

I wouldn’t invite them again or I'd signpost them to the nearest Premier Inn.

BreakfastOfChampignons · 05/10/2025 19:26

Id rather sleep separately in a single than share a double with my husband. We have a super king at home and now can't share a smaller bed and actually get a worthwhile night's sleep

Littletreefrog · 05/10/2025 19:26

Do they think you are a hotel? Of course they can sleep in the same room but separate beds for one night. Do they never go anywhere separately where they have to sleep alone?

Ponderingwindow · 05/10/2025 19:28

There is a reason I have a super king bed at home. I love my husband, but I want my space. I would massively prefer the twin beds over being forced to squeeze into a double. That would be a horrible night of sleep.

RandomMess · 05/10/2025 19:29

I prefer separate bedrooms let alone separate beds 😂

Darner · 05/10/2025 19:30

How silly of them. Of course it would be fine.

Bitzee · 05/10/2025 19:30

I’d much prefer a twin to myself than sharing a double when we’re used to a king size at home. It’s next levels of cringeworthy codependency to not be to able be separated by a chest of drawers for one night and to rearrange your furniture. Do they never ever spend a night apart? No mates holidays or work trips, never bunked in with an unwell kiddo or gone solo to visit their mum or anything like that??

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AnnaQuayInTheUk · 05/10/2025 19:32

Topseyt123 · 05/10/2025 19:23

Of course we are fine with it. They were rude to ask and as the host I simply wouldn't have obliged.

I didn't feel they were being rude, it had just never occurred to me that twin beds were an issue.

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BaileyHorse · 05/10/2025 19:32

To me two separate beds is the dream 😂

JDM625 · 05/10/2025 19:32

A single bed is wider in space than each person gets in a double, so I'd choose twins over a double everytime! On holiday I only book a king or super king, never a double.

I wouldn't have moved your room around and also assumed they were joking! How old are they? VERY early 20's and newly dating? They were very rude.