Age Gap/Room Sharing

Opposite sex kids can room share until like 10 I think it is then they aren't allowed no more

I agree and a lot can change in a year or two a different job, May live in a different city.. sometimes you can plan it out to the T and life throws curve balls.

that's also true can't really plan for curve balls and such like and ten years of room sharing is a long time to be able to adjust to changes as needed :)

I HATED being forced to share a room. The bickering, made it harder to study-interruptions, the lack of privacy, interrupted sleep. HATED it. So did she and honestly, we both believe it's why we still can't get along in the same house for very long, it destroyed our relationship with all the strain.

Everyone is different but you should seriously consider everything involved, not just what you want and how a room might be shared because there's really nothing about it you can control

It affected me so intensely that I've never shared a room with my partner, we are at opposite ends of the house as soon as it's bed time. We both developed issues with sharing a space so intensely that we buy private health insurance to make sure we aren't sharing a room, ever. Of course it might work for some but honestly I've never once heard of kids sharing a room going great for very long.

My oldest asks to not be in a room by herself so she always has had a sibling in there 😅 and I grew up sharing with my sister only thing I didn't like was her snoring
Idk if it's different where you are but it's very common to be room sharing as kids in the UK I bickered and argued more with my brother whom I didn't share with but that's because his personality is entirely different to mine and well he was and is mean lol

like legally not allowed? I know room sharing is never ideal but I guess I’ve never thought about the fact that 2 bedrooms is the only option with 2 children of different genders? Just wondering if by you saying it’s not allowed means there’s actually something in place about it.

Kind of it's considered over crowding where I live if opposite sexes share a room at 10 so kind of legally but not it's more for healthy development during puberty I guess where everyone craves privacy and well if your with your older brother in the room could make it awkward getting changed for school etc

My phrasing was off originally lol 🤣 you are allowed to but legally you can apply for over crowding in my council
Because it's all just full of awkward times for puberty right there and courts during access etc always suggest a separate room for opposite sex and will occasionally enforce it saying no sleep overs etc until a private space is there which is why I said not allowed i guess but it was poor phrasing

I have 3 kids all 7 years apart. The oldest shared until 8th grade, then we had to split because the middle one would keep comparing his life to the older one (wouldn't sleep unless the oldest went to bed, asked why he had to go to bed early etc). So really it came down to different bed times, needing to split the two. IDK what we're going to do if the oldest is still here in 7 years for the youngest 2 needing to split (we're out of rooms).