This thirty-year-old woman and her husband, who is forty-nine, have been married for about two years now. And within that time, they welcomed a baby into the world together who is now nearly one-year-old.
However, this was neither her nor her husband’s first marriage. So, she has two children of her own– a twelve-year-old son named Rory and a twelve-year-old daughter named Emily. Her husband also has two sons, who are both thirteen-years-old.
Anyway, beginning from when her children were first born, Rory and Emily always shared a bedroom.
But, after she got married and they moved into a bigger home, both of her kids finally had the ability to get their own rooms.
Now, Emily was over the moon about her new bedroom. Rory, on the other hand, was not too thrilled. In fact, her son actually had a very hard time adapting to the new sleeping arrangement.
“He didn’t like being alone, and he got scared a lot– crying all night and peeing himself. But, he eventually adapted to the new reality and has been more stable,” she revealed.
Recently, though, her entire family was invited to her sister-in-law’s big destination wedding– which will be in Hawaii. And according to her, the initial plan was for all of the kids to share rooms in sets of two.
So, Emily was going to stay with one of her husband’s nieces; meanwhile, Rory was going to room with one of his stepbrothers. And her husband’s other son was going to stay with a cousin.
However, that idea did not really pan out as planned. Apparently, Rory claimed that he did not want to share a room with any of his stepbrothers because “they smell bad.” Then, her son asked that she allow him to stay with his sister instead.
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But, if you could not have guessed, Emily did not want that. So, she claims that she was left with only one other option– putting her son in a room with one of his other male cousins.
“But Rory warned me that if it turns out that they also smell bad, he will refuse to stay in the room once we were there and would go sleep in the rainforest,” she explained.
So finally, she ended up turning to her husband and just begging him to pay for another room. That way, Rory could sleep alone, and she would not “have to suffer through any more of this” drama.
Now, though, Emily is apparently really upset and believes it is unfair that Rory will get his own room; meanwhile, Emily has to share a room with a cousin she has never even met before.
To be honest, though, she believes that her daughter should be more understanding of Rory’s special treatment since he “has a harder time in these kinds of situations.” Moreover, she admitted to wishing that her daughter didn’t try to make everything even more difficult for her.
Apparently, Emily is normally a very social and extroverted girl. Plus, she claims that her daughter never had an issue with sharing a room until her son brought it up.
“So I feel like Emily is just being petty,” she said.
Regardless, though, her daughter is now really angry with her, and she has been left wondering if giving Rory his own hotel room while making Emily sleep with a cousin she doesn’t know makes her a jerk or not.
Do you think Rory’s past struggles with sleeping alone warranted him getting special treatment in this situation? Does Emily have a right to be upset that she is sleeping with a cousin she has never met? Do you believe giving Rory his own room was the wrong thing to do? How would you have handled this situation?
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