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Comment on Discussion Thread 🦕 Sunday 13 September 2026

I knew from day one that the guest room would by primarily “for them”. I wouldn’t have my desk in there, for example, it would be a dedicated bedroom.

I didn’t realise that I wasn’t supposed to have ANYTHING of mine in there. I honestly just want a shelf for my National Geographics and a comfy chair. I just want it to be a room that still exists in my home

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Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
I don’t understand why they would want to erase you from that room

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- Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨48⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  My stepmother is immunocompromised. A lot of her town visits are medical in nature.
  
  I think she’s worried about me using “their bathroom” instead of “my bathroom” because it’s closer/getting budgie feathers all over it/etc. Not being able to guarantee it as an appropriate guest space when she’s here to see a doctor.
  
  I think that’s a fair thing to take jnto account. It has to be somewhere she can feel safe when she’s ill. I fully agree that the guest suite isn’t a primary living space for me in the way that my own bedroom is. But because I know about the need for the medical stuff, I wouldn’t actually do any of the stuff she’s worrying about. It’s a guest space first.
  
  I feel as though I should be able to store stuff in the wardrobe, or have some bookshelves in a corner, or hang one of my pictures above the bed, without making it any less welcoming for guests
  
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