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[quote=Anonymous]I agree it’s a bad idea especially if for 1-2 weeks!

If you ask she will say yes because it is your house and does she actually genuinely have the freedom to say no? Of course not, so I wouldn’t ask.

She is used to having her private quarters,  having to live in close proximity to the children at all times (meaning being woken up or kept up by them in the morning or at night) when she is used to having her personal space (and you yours) might seriously alter/sour your relationship. I wouldn’t risk it.

If you want her to feel like a part of your family, then treat her like she is. Your sister is the one visiting and if she doesn’t have the budget for an hotel then she should adapt to the space available (I wouldn’t expect someone to give up their room for me and my children if I was to visit somewhere, including family).

I would be uncomfortable with someone I don’t know having access to my space and my things (unless you expect your AP to move all of her things out of her space which would be extremely uncomfortable) and it would make me feel very out of place to have to ask permission to enter my room to retrieve items I have left there and would make me feel very much like a guest in my own house, which I think would be worse for an AP.

Don’t do it.

Either have your sister kids sleep in the guest room and your sister in the living room or help them budget for an Airbnb/hotel.

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