AITA for refusing to sleep on the floor in our Airbnb?

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I (21M) am going on a trip with two friends: a guy (19M) and a girl (19F). We all get along well, and we found a nice, cheap Airbnb in a quiet area.

The Airbnb has one single sofa bed and one double bed. After we booked it, the girl suddenly suggested that we rotate who sleeps on the sofa bed and the double bed, which seemed fair to me at first.

But then she said she won’t share the double bed with another guy because of a past experience that affected her. I told her I understood, but that means my friend and I would have to take turns sleeping on the floor since there are only two sleeping spots. I suggested she stay on the sofa bed instead, but she refused, saying she has back problems.

Now it feels like she expects my friend and me to alternate between the sofa and the floor while she always gets the double bed. I don’t think that’s fair, but she insists on her arrangement.

AITA for refusing to sleep on the floor?

Note: English is not my first language so this post have been translated.

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    I (21M) am going on a trip with two friends: a guy (19M) and a girl (19F). We all get along well, and we found a nice, cheap Airbnb in a quiet area.

    The Airbnb has one single sofa bed and one double bed. After we booked it, the girl suddenly suggested that we rotate who sleeps on the sofa bed and the double bed, which seemed fair to me at first.

    But then she said she won’t share the double bed with another guy because of a past experience that affected her. I told her I understood, but that means my friend and I would have to take turns sleeping on the floor since there are only two sleeping spots. I suggested she stay on the sofa bed instead, but she refused, saying she has back problems.

    Now it feels like she expects my friend and me to alternate between the sofa and the floor while she always gets the double bed. I don’t think that’s fair, but she insists on her arrangement.

    AITA for refusing to sleep on the floor?

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  3. ThatOneGirlyx05 Avatar

    NTA.

    She knew she wouldn’t be comfortable sharing the double bed with a guy when she first suggested it- so why did she?

  4. Fearless_Spring5611 Avatar

    NTA. I respect that she doesn’t feel comfortable sharing with a guy, but she should have disclosed all this before agreeing to book the place to ensure everyone had comfortable sleeping arrangements.

  5. MightyShenDen Avatar

    That’s not fair unless she is paying for a large majority of the fee. Otherwise tell he everyone get’s equal comfortability. She should have made this known prior to booking as well, obviously.

    NTA whatsoever. But you’re an AH to yourself if you give in on this.

  6. moonlightetsunshine Avatar

    NTA. She would’ve had to sleep on the sofa bed anyway with the previous agreed setup, why weren’t her back problems raised then?

    I respect her trauma and understand how it would make sharing with someone else triggering. however, I can’t support her use of her trauma as an excuse to change an agreement or as a way to get what she wants in a situation that would’ve been avoidable if she had spoken about the problems she would have before you got to the airbnb.

  7. SlappySlapsticker Avatar

    NTA. She’s trying to scam you by making y’all pay more for less. Tell her there’s a nice bit of pavement outside the Airbnb she can sleep on if she’s not comfortable keeping things fair.

  8. No_Philosopher_1870 Avatar

    NTA. Tell her that if you have to sleep on the floor to give her a bed (or the sofabed) all to herself, she needs to pay for half of the room cost.

  9. Nrysis Avatar

    NTA

    You have an apartment with three beds, there are three of you, you have all paid for a bed.

    That means if two are comfortable sharing a bed and one isn’t, the two get that bed and the one gets the leftovers. The one doesn’t get to commandeer two beds to themselves and force someone else to sleep on the floor.

    If the one refuses to be reasonable, they are always welcome to pay the extra to get a larger place so she can get a bed to herself and everyone else can still get the bed they paid for.

  10. Kukka63 Avatar

    NTA, she can sleep on the sofa bed during the holiday.

  11. Content-Squirrel6207 Avatar

    Oh my gosh you have back problems? I do too!! That’s why there’s not way I’ll sleep on the floor.”

  12. Angelswithroses Avatar

    NTA, I wouldnt even go on this trip with her. She’s gonna make that a problem and to pay for an Airbnb just to be on the floor? I sleep on the floor, its not comfortable lol

  13. Bitter-Paramedic-531 Avatar

    NTA, but take the double bed, and you and your mate can crash together. She wants a bed to herself, she can have the sofa bed. You are sharing, so you deserve the better bed. That’s the trade-off.

  14. SoundOfUnder Avatar

    Nta find a place with 3 single beds so that no one has to have shitty sleep. If she’s unwilling to pay that then she’s profiting off of one of you sleeping ON THE FLOOR.

  15. Railuki Avatar

    NTA

    If this was an issue she should have raised it before booking to ensure everyone had a place to sleep

  16. Gr1ck Avatar

    NTA. Everyone I know with back problems like super hard mattresses…maybe she’s most suited for the floor?

    Also, how long have you been friends with her? She never revealed her back problems before the trip?

  17. TingoAlTango Avatar

    It’s simple: payments should be according to bed. Sleep on flor: $0. Sleep on sofa 30% Sleep on bed 70% or something like it.

  18. Dangerous_Ad_7042 Avatar

    NTA. She won’t share a bed with the guy she is fucking? That’s stupid.