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[quote=Anonymous]OP, it's only bratty behavior if you whine about to your cousin.

Store the headboard. If it does not fit it does not fit. Use the mattress.

Do not complain to your cousin. When cousin asks, say with great sincerity: "It's my fault -- I should have asked your mom for the measurements of the bed. My bad. She was so thoughtful to lend it to me and I don't want it to get all beaten up in my room because I'm trying to move around it all the time, so I'm going to store it for its own good, but I'm really grateful to have that mattress." Put it on the floor and sleep on it there.

Six months, OP, six months. This is a six-month gig and you're lucky to have relatives who are helping you out. Curb the craving for that lovely, personal, ideal space you would like and plan how you'll do up your own space when you get it. I know it's important to you to have things look a certain way but....that isn't going to happen now.

Just don't talk to your cousin about how "I really need my space to be like this or that" or you will frankly not come across well at all. You seem to be aware that you don't want to do that, so...don't. Store the frame and headboard with great apology and say how useful and great the mattress is.

If cousin gets huffy about it, well, lesson learned: You and cousin should get through the six months and then not live together in the future. Smile, don't engage, do what you need to but also express gratitude. And kudos to you for taking the responsibility for being wrong about not asking about the bed or asking for a photo first. Lesson learned, now move on.[/quote]

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