Feeling guilty over room share

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I put a post up a few days back about my 2 children sharing a room (they are just turned 13 and 6 years). We have a 2 up, 2 down house so no room to extend etc and whilst the bigger room is a nice size, it will be very tight putting a stud wall in. We have no chance of affording a 3 bed in the area and no one wants to move.
The general consensus was that our youngest needed to share with oldest to get out of sharing with us. We decided to bite the bullet and have started swapping rooms. My DH and I are now in the smaller room and my 2 children in the bigger on. We've organised it so they have a side each and looked into getting a floor to ceiling curtain so they can decide when to have privacy and they would like it open.
Oldest is happy with the extra floor space and seems optimistic about sharing etc. Youngest isnt bothered either way.

I should feel happy that they've taken it well but I feel terribly guilty about them having to share or that my oldest is going to suffer in the long run. Not sure if I just need a handhold, some words of reality that of course it's not that bad and more common than my brain seems to think or just need to be told that I'm actually quite pathetic and get over it. I just feel like a terrible mum.

You have done what you can, no guilt

Have you seen those rooms where one side has the top bunk and a wall blocking the bottom and the other side has the bottom bunk and a wall blocking the top? Could make the space go further. If a two bed is all you can afford the kids will be fine.

We looked into that but the room shape makes it too awkward for that bed design.

My boys always had to share growing up - they were fine and are still friends!

Ceiling-hanging curtains is my go to remedy. And feel no guilt, it's only a recent phenomena that dc should have separate bedrooms and will soon pass.