Bunking W/ Married Folk..How about NO!

When I go to England, I'm staying with host family. My classmate and I are staying with the same family. We don't know for sure, but we think we will be sharing a bathroom, which is okay with me for the most part.

Classmate's husband is coming for the last half of the trip. He will probably be staying in the house with us, and I'll probably be sharing a bathroom with him which is not preferable but I can deal with it I guess. He is also driving us to the airport.

When Classmate and I purchased our plane tickets, BA had a special where you got one free night in a London hotel. So between the two of us, we have two nights in a hotel. The plan was for us to spend the last two nights in London seeing the sites before we return to the States. We are spending the month in Sheffield.

I knew Classmate's husband was probably coming, but I wasn't sure when. Well, it turns out he'll be returning to the States with us, on the same flight. This is convenient because he will park at the airport and drives us back to SC. It is inconvenient because he will be with us the last weekend in London.

Classmate mentioned that in European hotels, two beds usually means two twin beds, not two double beds like in the States. So I said okay, we definitely have two beds.......

Classmate: What about my Husband, where do we put him.....I guess it would be awkward if we stayed in the room together.
Me: Uh yeah, I don't want to stay in the room with him!
*******awkward 2 second silence***********
Me: well, I'll figure something out, maybe I can come back earlier.
Classmate just nods and smiles and we change the subject.

Sidenote: In NYC, she mentioned that her and hubby thinks its okay for the other spouse to share a hotel room with the opposite sex as long as they get permission from the other first. I thought that was odd, but I didn't comment because what works for them, works for them. I don't think she was hinting about our trip to England. Her and her hubby are at a conference this weekend where they are sharing a room with one of his coworkers-I don't know what gender. I THINK THAT IS ODD!!!

We decided against staying in a hostel while visiting sites UK. We had talked about visiting Paris and staying overnight but my wallet is saying otherwise. In fact it is saying day trips only! However, she found a hostel in Edinborough (sp?) where we (her, me, her hubby, and my friend Joy) would stay in a room with just us and would have our own bathroom.

• I never said I wanted to go to Edinborough and I didn't even know it was in Scotland!
• I don't want to sleep in the same room with her husband, even though we will each have twin bunks
• I'm not subjecting my friend to sleeping in the room with her husband either!
• No hostels! I'm cheap but not that cheap! damn, damn, damn!

So let me break this down for you...This chick doesn't see anything wrong with her and her husband sharing a room with someone else. Again, I think that is odd, way way odd. Sleeping quarters should be single sexed unless you are married (or in a relationship for you progressive folk:) or blood relatives and even then that can get weird. Now, I am Muslim and even though I some might consider me to be more liberal or progressive, but separation of the sexes is real and I ain't about to share no hotel room with this chick and her husband!! She's catholic and I thought she was a little conservative herself, but I guess I was wrong.

I stayed in a coed, by floor, dorm in college. I'm not a prude...I'm wordly...but I aint sharing a room with a married couple. It's just not necessary.

Now I can think of about few male friends and their wives (or female friends and their husbands) I would share a room with if circumstances required it in some kind of way. But these are men I go way back like the runnin man and now and laters with (do they still make that candy?)

So I think what I will do is just stay in Sheffield longer, stay in my hotel room for one night and fly back with them. They can do whatever they want as long as it doesn't include splitting a room with me.

Angie says only White people do stuff like this. I was thinking the same thing but I didn't want to say it out loud. Classmate is biracial Asian and White and her husband is White. I know I'm being small-minded but damn! Who does that? Bunkin up like its a dang commune or something