to not buy teen a double bed?

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My 14 year old needs a new bed.

My 17 year old has a small double bed, I think you call it a queen size or 3/4 bed. It is one of those wooden framed ones which I've actually had for 30 years (obviously several new mattresses in the meantime!).

If I buy my 14 year old the same size bed I will have to get rid of all my single bed bedding.

When the 17 year old leaves home, the 14 year old can have the bigger bed that's fine, and we'll put the single bed in the 17 year old's room.

That's reasonable isn't it?

I would get the double if you've got the space.
I had a single until I left home, moved into my boyfriends family's house and we both shared a single bed for nearly three years quite happily.
Ds will be getting a double when he needs an upgrade because he's tall and we've got the space in a not massive house, just happens that both bedrooms are proper doubles.

There are many obese people nowadays. That is probably a factor in so many people preferring double beds

Yup. All those fat fuckers wanting a bed to sleep in. Bastards.

*There are many obese people nowadays. That is probably a factor in so many people preferring double bedsg

Wtaf?!

Doubles are far nicer. I’m nearly 6 foot, singles are just a pita. I had a double from about 12.

But double beds are SO much comfier. I don’t mean queen/king size, but just your standard double.

Single beds are naff honestly. The only time I’ve slept in one in recent years is at my uni halls, and it was definitely a downgrade. What will your daughter do if her friends stay over?

Let’s be honest, sheets aren’t important at all. And chances are you yourself aren’t sleeping in a single bed, so it’s only your youngest daughter using them. That’s not really fair is it?

Also I’m not paticularly tall, but I am very slim - I still prefer a double bed

I'm a bit bemused by the suggestion that sticking a double in a teenager's room is a weird & decadent thing to do.

I'm in accommodation that comes with the job.

My 3 have:

Ds - sofa bed futon thing. Usually configured as a double, but if he has friends over he will shove it back into sofa mode then happily sleep in it like that until next sheet change.

Dd1 - hideous fitted furniture with double. She would definitely prefer a single, ideally a loft bed.

Dd2 - bunks, left over from when she & dd1 shared. Landlady provided the bunks - initially they were sharing a double. She has definitely won the room lottery with lots of floor space & the spare bunk for sleepovers.

None of mine would choose a big ass double bed taking up half the floor!

But if that's what OP's dc would prefer then why not. More useful later on. Faffing over bedding strikes me as a false economy tbh.

Mine all have doubles

Friends bunkbup together sometimes 3 or 4 of them

Don't be mean

Well I think we know who wins the award for tightest person on mumsnet, I bet that single bedding is so old it’s got a picture of Roland Rat on it!

I had no idea people bought double beds for their kids. Genuinely. Buy one or don't buy one, no big deal.

And nothing manky about a 30-year-old bed frame!

My god a 30 year old mattress is rank i am sorry but YAVVVVVVUR for that alone while i am not strict on the 10 year rule as my last mattress lasted 14 years before it became uncorfortable 30 years it must have so many broken springs and thread bare.

I’m a bit confused as to the comments about tall kids needing double beds? Double beds and single beds are usually both 6ft 3in as standard... unless you mean so your kids can sleep diagonally I don’t understand what their length has to do with anything? King size are longer in length but doubles are only wider, not longer than singles

@worridmum the mattress isn't 30 years old - just the bed frame!

Oh god, here's another Mumsnet thing I'll never achieve for my three . I'm genuinely wondering if my tall 6 year old should be in a double, despite the fact that I was in my 20s before I had one myself...

Ugh don't be tight. But 14 year old a double so 17 year old has a double to come home to. What will you do when they bring home a partner?

Also I know one year olds with double beds. It isn't a big thing

Agree, you're being tight OP. You only need 2 sets of sheets, you could get that for £40 on the internet.

Your 17 year old probably won't leave home properly for years and even when they do they would come back to visit, eventually with a partner as an adult, as will the younger one.

At 14 you won't get your moneys worth out of a single, your kids are nearly grown up.

My 3 year old has a double already as knew they'd eventually want this. Got toys on there so doubles up as a play space.

You had a hand me down bed, which you handed down to your dd, which will now be handed down to the next dc? Is it really hard to decide that it might be time to put your hand in your pocket and buy your kids some decent furniture?

YABU prepare for one bitter younger DC. Older DC will hate returning from uni to a crappy single bed too.

Unless you genuinely struggle to afford stop being tight fisted and treat your children equally.

If money is an issue - selling/freebie groups on Facebook are your friend

They are not little ones any more. Get them bigger beds.
They'll have girlfriends back soon. You don't want to embarrass them op.
You do sound really tight.

Oh man, I wanted a double bed when I was that age.

My dad was a bit crazy though and thought double beds meant you wanted to have sex.

I’d never even kissed a boy. Just wanted more room!

I'd not have come home from uni very often without my partner if I'd not had a double bed to sleep in. By the end of the first year pretty much everyone was living with their partners. And that was 30 years ago.

She's going to uni and you don't expect her back? Where the fuck do you think she's going to go?
Unbelievable.

MN world again being being different from my world!

I don't know anybody who put their dc in a double bed straight from a cot. Why would you? And none of my friends kids or my kids friends have doubles. I hadn't even thought I'd get them doubles til they are properly grown up. This thread is a fascinating window into that parallel universe of MN once again.

And what's wrong with having a 30 yr old bed? My mum has a hand carved double that she has slept in since she got married decades ago and I still hope to inherit it one day. So long as mattresses are replaced actual beds don't need it. Throw away society and all that.

I have my own double bed.
I have 5 bedrooms, each with a double bed. OH has his own room and his own double bed. I have mine.

It's not unreasonable but I wouldn't not by a bigger bed just due to sheets. I think your 14 year old will probably sleep better in a bigger bed and as your older child has one it would be fairer.