My kids each have their own room, but one of them only sleeps in hers about half the time.
The rest of the time she is in my bed, on the couch or in her sister’s room bothering her.
Meanwhile I work at a desk shoved into the corner of my bedroom like a Victorian accountant.
I want to move both girls into the bigger room and use the smaller room as an office.
They are acting like I announced they are moving into a shed.
They are eight and ten. The room is big. They have shared hotel rooms without dying.
Am I selfish for wanting one room in this house that does not have stuffed animals in it?
Boys being boys is lazy language for nobody wants to parent this behavior.
If the room is big enough, do it. Mom needs one space without glitter.
Make the office. You live there too.
She called him sensitive because she did not want to look at her own kid.
Protect your child first. The friendship can survive honesty or it was not much of one.
Your son said he does not want to go. Believe him.
Tell her clearly. Vague hints are how this drags on for six months.
Sharing a room is not child abuse. Plenty of us survived and even learned to whisper.