to have my children share a room on hoilday to save money

[mumof2children]

for an extra room it will cost extra money, the money i could use on thehoilday, my kids will be 5 and almost 2 when we go ( boy and a girl)

aibu not spending the extra money on accomendation

My brother and I shared a room on holiday when we were late teenagers. En-suite bathroom so take it in turns to get changed. No problem there.

OP, you will save even more money if all four of you share a room

and that will be better, because you can stop any "funny business" happening between your children

win/win

< sigh >

Just tell her my 14 year old dd and 9 year old ds shared a bath yesterday. She'll be so shocked she'll forget all about your holiday plans!

seeker, that's nuffin

my 14yo dd and 10yo ds share their underwear

must admit I would be more worried about a 5yr old and a 2 yr old in a hotel bedroom by themselves...

mine are the same age and the thought of the possible chaos, hazards, mess, risks - to them and the hotel room... well it's making me shudder just thinking about it (knowing the chaos they can get up to at home when I'm around!)

Not to mention since the madeline mccann horror - not sure I would want them away from me. I know the risk is incredibly small - but still. If anything were to happen I wouldn't be able to forgive myself and don't think the national medial would either.

Think the comment reflects most badly on the mum from school that made it - either she's had bad experiences or she's just got twisted thinking if she can think that it is wrong for children of that age to share!

At the same time, AnyFucker? Now that's impressive!!!!!

mine (dd 10, ds 8) love sharing on holiday.

seeker, I am working on the at-the-same-time thing (would be great to reduce washing pile...)

it is proving practically impossible though, since they attend different schools

< puts thinking cap on >

FFS. The woman that made the comment to you is an idiot. My brother and I shared a bath together when we were that age. (I am female). What's the world come to when little children can't even share a room without someone thinking something of it??

My DC (age 6 and 4, 1 boy, 1 girl) reckoned that sharing a room was one of the best things about our holiday and begged to do it when we got home.

ffs my 3 youngest share at home and on holiday all 6 of us shared

ps your friend, for example is a twat.

I think that the last time I shared a room with my DB was probably when I was about 21 (on holiday / staying with him at university). I am relatively well balanced...and your friend is clearly not.

Luckily I have 2 boys, and they "nicely" share together on holiday. They even shared a bed one night in a hotel last week. It was great fun - DH and I in one bed. DSs in the other, and then we all swapped, several times. What would she make of that?????

< shock horror !!! >

quick, write to the Daily Mail

mumsnetter admits bed-hopping shenanigans !!

WHAT??? boys and girls who are siblings can't share rooms?? I have heard some shite in my time, but this is off the scale.

My DD and DS share a bedroom full time, and will for as long as we can get away with it. They are nearly 6 and nearly 5 and I see I have several years of them sharing yet. They love it.

In fact, I would think that they NOT sharing on holiday would be a bizarre thing to do. Comfort in each other's company surely is a good thing. If they can't drop straight off for whatever reason then they can chat/sing etc.

In fact, it was after a holiday of sharing for our two three years ago that they came home and set themselves up sharing....

Bonkers, flippin bonkers.

I reckon she means "naice" - as in "Oh, we wouldn't dream of providing cramped quarters to little Harmonica and Banjo. Only poor people heff to mekk doo leike thett."

Wtf? How is this even an issue to be raised?

Mine share on holiday - boy 12 girl 6 - so not an issue - your friend is a loon

Bonkers !!

We went away this summer and travelled down the night before the holiday started and stayed in a hotel over night .... we all (me & 2 boys) shared a room ...and my kids are 19 & 7 !! Extra room for the 19 yr old would have been an extra £70 !

My 6 yo Dd and her soon to be 2 yo brother share a bedroom at home.

We have just come back from Majorca where we had a 1 bedroom apartment and we all shared the bedroom there!

Im always slightly nervous about leaving them in rooms alone on holiday anyway. When we do the Sun holidays Dh and I have a child each in the room with us overnight, those caravan windows aren't secure enough for my liking.

What? Mine have always had to share a room on holiday - sometimes three in a room. The girls have never had the chance to ever sleep in a room on their own, and on one holiday we shared our bed with the children we had with us, and our hosts - an adult married couple - slept on the floor at the foot of our bed. That was a two-room flat in the Czech Republic.

Sharing a room on hols is fun anyway. Chance to be giddy at bedtime and tell jokes.

DS(16) and DD(12) shared a room last year for a week.

YANBU.

This is utter nonsense. I have a cousin (male), same age as me, and until we reached school age, we used to bath together whilst on holiday at the grandparents.

I hate how people try to find something bad in the most innocent situations.

My DD shared with her twin brothers on holiday.

In fact most nights at home she sneaks into their bunk bed as she hates sleeping on her own.

My children have a room each at home, but when they were younger it never occurred to us to get them a room each on holiday.