Hi everyone!
Newbie here just looking for some opinions/advice.
I have four boys all teenagers from my previous relationship. My husband has three girls all under 12 from his previous marriage.
We live in a 4 bedroom house with my children. 2 of my boys have their own bedrooms, and 2 share.
There is no additional rooms like a dining room..
A few years ago, when we got to the stage where his kids were ready to sleepover at my house, I bought extra beds, so we have a bunk in the box room, an IKEA stacked bed in my other sons room, and a bunk with a single in the room my other 2 boys share. For a while, my kids bunked in together in the single rooms with no problem, and the girls had the bigger room.
Now they're older, my boys are unwilling to share/give up their personal spaces. It has been the case that for a few months they've been sleeping downstairs on the sofas whilst my stepchildren have their bedroom. This was okay for a while, but obviously isn't sustainable. They don't actually mind sleeping on the sofa but they don't want to share their personal space.
We have an old disused playhouse that we shall renovate over the coming weeks but it's not something anyone can sleep in, but they can get alone time at least.
Just wondered anyone's thoughts? My stepchildren sleepover one night a week, plus are here usually for 2 afternoons.
I've thought about sectioning the larger rooms (ours is as large as the shared bedroom) but I'm not entirely certain how their Mother would feel about the space being shared as it's not a proper bedroom etc.
Has anyone got any examples of how they cope with this?