He’s Forcing His Teenage Daughters To Share A Bedroom, But They’re Accusing Him Of Stealing Their Privacy And Ruining Their Lives
This man has two teenage daughters, who are 13 and 15-years-old, and his family currently lives in a three-bedroom home. His daughters also used to have their own bedrooms; meanwhile, he and his wife had the master bedroom.
Unfortunately, his mother has been dealing with some health issues recently and is unable to take care of herself anymore. And since his mother didn’t have anyone else to live with, he offered to let her move in.
Now, the biggest problem was that they obviously didn’t have another bedroom to give to his mother.
So, he wound up making the tough decision of making his daughters share a bedroom. First, they gave his mother his 15-year-old daughter’s old room. Then, he and his wife moved into his 13-year-old daughter’s room.
This left the master bedroom unoccupied, allowing him and his wife to give their daughters that bedroom– the biggest room in the house– to share.
If you couldn’t have guessed, though, as soon as his daughters found out about the new living arrangement, they were really upset.
His daughters primarily complained about how they both needed privacy.
“And I get that it wasn’t fair, but I think giving them the master bedroom was a good enough compromise,” he said.
He also offered to install some privacy partitions in the bedroom. But, aside from that, there really wasn’t another solution.
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After all, he and his family just don’t have enough money to move into a larger home right now.
“Rent prices are high in our city, and we couldn’t afford anything bigger,” he explained.
Regardless, his daughters haven’t been very understanding of the situation. Instead, they’re actually just furious at him– accusing him of taking away their privacy and ruining their lives.
He has also confided in a friend about the sticky situation, and they actually agreed with his daughters. His friend claimed that he needed to prioritize his children over his mom and tell his mom to move out.
But, while he understands that his daughters are frustrated, he doesn’t see a viable other option.
“I don’t think I have another choice besides telling my mother to leave,” he vented.
Still, with his daughters so upset at him, he’s not sure if forcing his daughters to share a room for the sake of his mother was reasonable or just unfair.
What would you have done in this situation? Can you understand why his daughters are upset? At the same time, might this teach them a valuable lesson about life?
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