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Daughter sharing a bed with Grandma

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YellowBuzyBee · 02/05/2025 22:40

My 11yo daughter stays with her dad (who lives with his mum) every other weekend. Whilst there, my daughter sleeps in the same bed as her grandma. There's never been the offer of her own bed. Personally I've always found this a bit strange (last 4/5 years) and have raised it previously but ive just let them get on with it. Now she is in her final year of primary, hitting puberty etc and honestly I don't feel like it's right. I've brought this up with her dad who's said there's nothing wrong with it and my daughter has actually raised it with her grandma but there's been no mention of it changing. It's always thrown back as 'your mum's telling you to say this'. Does anyone else find it a bit old for them to be sharing a bed with no choice every other weekend or am I being unreasonable? I'm worried that once she starts secondary she'll get bullied if people were to find out or as an adult she'll look back and feel a bit weird about it. I know I'd feel weird about the thought of sharing a bed with my nan as a teenager.

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Private1980 · 06/05/2025 16:55

YellowBuzyBee · 02/05/2025 22:59

Can I ask was this a regular set up or as a rare occasion when visiting situation?

My was every weekend I always wanted to be there

AliasGrace47 · 06/05/2025 17:01

intergalacticplanetary · 02/05/2025 22:51

I shared a bed with my Nan until my early teens when she died. No weird feelings about it at all as a grown up. Loved her to bits

I live w mine in uni holidays (I'm 19) and I still share sometimes! We're v close (she's essentially my 2nd parent as my mum & I lived w her after my dad ran off when I was a baby). Plus she has nightmares sometimes & me being there helps her sleep.

She's 92, I want to maximise my time w her, esp as I'm v busy now. I'm pretty sure your DD is probs doing it bc she loves her gran? That's lovely if so, obvs she shouldn't do it if she doesn't like it.

Ireallywantadoughnut36 · 06/05/2025 18:42

I don't think it's weird as an occasional thing, but I think her dad needs to think about her needs as she grows up. Won't she want to have her things there (even if its just some hygiene bits or some make up), and she'll want privacy to change etc. It's more that he seems not to properly be factoring her into his life. I appreciate not everyone can afford a bedroom per person, but in this scenario, with a soon to be teenage girl, I think he should be thinking about how they manage some proper bedroom space for her. Maybe I'm just over privileged but I'd hate the idea of being a couple of nights every other week somewhere with zero privacy - it's almost like it's not her home/she's not properly welcome.

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Magixx · 07/05/2025 16:33

I feel she should have her own bed as its her home. All permanent residents of a household should have their own space to sleep. Sharing is fine for holidays/a one off but that should not be her only option at her dads house.

Phoenixfire1988 · 10/05/2025 22:07

Does your daughter mind sharing the bed ? Is she happy with the arrangement and just regurgitating what your saying and feeling weird about it because you're saying it's weird and inappropriate? They're both females so I see nothing strange about it aslong as she's happy with it.
She is going to need privacy and her own space soon though are they making plans for that or just expecting her to always sleep with her grandma ?

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