To put opposite sex DC in same room?

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Going away for a week and there’s a double bedroom and a twin room. I was going to have the double (on my own, nice room with balcony etc) and put DS 17 and DD 13 in the twin but I’ve been told I can’t do that it’s weird.
If they had the choice they’d have separate rooms because they annoy each other as siblings do but they’d both want the double bed but the obvious option is for me to share the twin with DD but I know she’ll wake me where as DS is a heavy sleeper and the other room is lovely and wasted on DS 😁
AIBU to put them together?

There is no real issue with teenage siblings sharing on holiday. Thousands of children do it for holidays every single year, often to much older than this.

However, if they are uncomfortable with it themselves and there is an easy solution then you could accommodate that instead.

I was the same. I occasionally had to share with my older brother at home if a relative came to stay and I hated it.

The cost would be higher to do this and is totally unnecessary.

Caveat - they had single beds - all hell would break loose if I suggested any of them shared a double! 😂

They’re siblings, put them in the same room. Might even encourage them to leave the room occasionally!

That's for normal every day living, not for a few days in holiday!

And even in the home many siblings of the opposite sex have to share and do so quite safely.

My two (dd 15 and ds 13) are currently in the twin room next door to mine. They’re both perfectly happy to put up with sharing as they’re getting a lovely holiday. If they made a fuss I’d be thinking how bloody entitled they were!

@CloseYourEyesAndSee my childrens comfort is more important than mine, no matter how much money I've spent.

i don’t really get on with my brother but we shared until I was 19 and he 15…(last family holiday I went on) in fact we had to share when I was 30something for a family wedding abroad too. I don’t see the problem, if they want a holiday they can share.

Oh FFS!

Non issue

It's a holiday. I genuinely don't see the problem with them sharing. But I would do what's best for family harmony. If they objected, I would just share room with DD. No point in starting a holiday with bickering and disputes.

It’s a holiday! The room will only be for sleeping - I used to do this all the time with my brother and still would. The mum should definitely get her own room, she’s the one paying for it!!!

15yr old DD and 11yr old DS are currently sharing in an Airbnb on holiday with us. Only hitch is that instead of sleeping, DD keeps giving DS art lessons and last night, they were playing Uno far later than they should have been.

This is normal. Normal when I was a child, normal now.

In fact, my brother and I shared a 3 man tent recently and we're both in our 40s.

Congratulations on raising entitled individuals 👏

Same. Now early 20s and still share. Also share when they go and visit each other at uni.

@hangrylady congratulate your parents on raising an entitled individual if you think your comfort means you should make your teenagers share a room.

That was the only inference I could glean too, but why would anyone think the 17 year old boy getting to wank in the communal shower at leisure should be a family holiday priority 😭

Is it that UK is just more full of perverts than anywhere else or is it a tool to keep families often in or near poverty by making them get bogger house than necessary?

I know, right?

I don't see a problem with them sharing a room if they get on well with each other. It's not like you're asking them to share a bed.My DD and DS have always shared a room on holiday if there were only 2 bedrooms. The last time they shared, DD was 28 and DS was 25.It's never been an issue.They're really close and get on really well together.

It's fine on holiday. I'd do it.

All 4 of us (me DH, DS and DD) shared a room on holiday this year. Was a private family room in a hostel. We had a tiny en-suite.

At one point my DH hid behind the black out curtains to give our 12 year old DD privacy as she dressed!

Normal "rules" don't apply for time away from home.

Most people’s holiday arrangements would be statutory overcrowding if they were permanent living arrangement. A family in living in a tent would be considered homeless. That doesn’t making camping an unsuitable holiday.

You are the mum, the adult, of course you get the best room with a balcony. Anything else would be unfair to you and whoever you shared with