Could you cope with twin beds for one night?

[AnnaQuayInTheUk]

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?

I would suggest they move the furniture themselves.

My husband absolutely loves it if I suggest he sleeps in the spare room for a night 🤣 so twin beds would be fine by us!

More classic MN, where people can't possibly contemplate sleeping in a double bed - far too small - has to be a king at least. Where the hell do you all live? If we had a king size bed we wouldn't have room to open the bedroom door and we'd not need any carpet! We live in a normal 3 bed detached house that probably has average sized rooms. I sometimes wonder if MN is for "ordinary" people at all any more.

So you measure ‘ordinary’ by size of peoples beds and number of bedrooms ?

Maybe some of us are older than you - our first house had 2 doubles and a tiny third which was too short for a normal single bed. But our current house is bigger.

anyway… I’d definitely prefer twin singles separate to having them bunged together, and somewhat prefer to a double - DH is inclined to spread and also steal the duvet when he rolls over.

I would need something long and pointy for reaching DH to poke him when he starts snoring.....

I’d be actively looking to have the twin room for a decent nights sleep.

Nowadays I’d prefer the singles, but when we both slept better I’d definitely have been a little disappointed in a twin singles set up. I’m a bit envious of couples who can still sleep well together!

When younger, we’d probably have just shrugged and sucked it up, but might have asked if you minded us moving them. Would not have requested you do it.

Was this a rare treat trip away from young kids or something?

Me and my husband did a two week family holiday abroad in twin beds 😂

This is a ridiculous statement.

New builds typically would have tiny rooms the size of ONLY a king bed not requiring a carpet and inability to open a door, but most older houses don’t. I don’t think it’s all that ‘normal’ for a main bedroom to be the size of a bed. Unless you’re being dramatic.

However a king isn’t a huge amount bigger than a double space wise to trade got a significantly better nights sleep.

I would have been quite taken with twin beds and romantic for the time when we spent hours kissing on a single bed. For a grown couple to whinge over one night is bloody ridiculous.

We live in a normal 3 bed detached house too although it's Victorian so probably has bigger rooms than modern houses. DH is tall so we need a big bed. It is snug with a king but not to the extent of being unable to open the door and there's space both sides of the bed.

Wouldn't think twice about using a normal double (or twin) as guests though, especially for one night

Hubby and I sleep better when we share a bed but have slept separately (sometimes even in separate countries when he's travelling for work!) When our kids were younger and we were staying in Travel lodges we booked 2 twin rooms, I shared with our daughter and he shared with our son. What will this couple do if (heaven forbid) one of them ends up in hospital?

Your guests were infantile. All adults should have their own bed to sleep if not their own room. If you've got to sleep together then a super king sized bed is required.

I don't think we'd kick up a fuss at someone else's house about twin beds vs double. But equally I happily rearrange furniture whenever I go on holiday so I'd easily do it for guests.

How utterly pathetic of them.