My bf and I have been together almost 2 years. He has an 11 year old son, and I have two teenagers 15 and 17.
There are 4 bedrooms upstairs. The extra bedroom is my sanctuary, my quiet space, my spiritual room. It's the only place in the house that is truly my own.
My bf's son usually sleeps downstairs on the couch when they come over. If my children were younger, I would have had him sleep on a mattress on the
floor in one of the kids bedrooms. But, that's not an option.
His son has expressed a few times that he doesn't like sleeping downstairs by himself. My bf uses reasons why he can't sleep down there, because, of course, he wants
to sleep upstairs with me.
I don't know what to do. If the room was merely a storage room or a craft room or anything else, I wouldn't care. But, it's MY room. I've been a single mother for a
very long time, and having a space to myself where I can meditate and paint and relax is important to me.
As I write this, I do wonder if there's some deeper reason...I feel that there is...but, on the surface, I truly don't want to give up my last remaining space.
Any thoughts? Btw, we have a 19 year age difference. I'm 53 and he's 34.
There are 4 bedrooms upstairs. The extra bedroom is my sanctuary, my quiet space, my spiritual room. It's the only place in the house that is truly my own.
My bf's son usually sleeps downstairs on the couch when they come over. If my children were younger, I would have had him sleep on a mattress on the
floor in one of the kids bedrooms. But, that's not an option.
His son has expressed a few times that he doesn't like sleeping downstairs by himself. My bf uses reasons why he can't sleep down there, because, of course, he wants
to sleep upstairs with me.
I don't know what to do. If the room was merely a storage room or a craft room or anything else, I wouldn't care. But, it's MY room. I've been a single mother for a
very long time, and having a space to myself where I can meditate and paint and relax is important to me.
As I write this, I do wonder if there's some deeper reason...I feel that there is...but, on the surface, I truly don't want to give up my last remaining space.
Any thoughts? Btw, we have a 19 year age difference. I'm 53 and he's 34.