One of my students
who I later found gets more pocket money per week than I make for teaching her was moaning about where she was going on spring break.
"Wah, wah, I don't have any privacy the whole week!"

"Oh, where are you going?"

"To my family's cottage" was the reply.

Thinking it was a shack in rural Upper Michigan, I said, "Do you have to sleep on the couch?" or some such sympathetic drivel.

No, she has to share a bedroom with her sister in their FUCKING HOME IN TUSCANY, ITALY!

Jebus wept.
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Fri 2 Mar 2012, 23:18, 6 replies)

Ah
But you forget the sister snores, has body odour issues, continual flatulence, halitosis and considers personal space optional.
Maybe.
(SpangleDangle >->)))'>, Fri 2 Mar 2012, 23:39, closed)

Sharing a room for a week can be fucking annoying. I know I'd rather spend a week in a single room in Bradford than sharing in Tuscany.
Of course, she's lucky she doesn't have to share a room with her whole family all the time, but I think the location where she's sharing is largely irrelevant to how annoying sharing is.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 2 Mar 2012, 23:43, closed)

I shared a room with either my brother or my foster sister until I was 13
And often share with my friends now... I know you can get used to having your own room, but seriously, it's not that annoying to share. Especially in a holiday, where the whole point is novelty. I agree that if (as Spangle said) there were a huge amount of other issues, it might be understandable.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Sat 3 Mar 2012, 0:11, closed)

I was overstating it a little.
However, I don't even think it's about being used to having your own room -- it's the fact you're never alone for the entire week.
Having no privacy at all, especially as a teen, can be extremely hard to deal with. Whilst the young girl in question is without doubt priveledged I don't think that has as much bearing on things as suggested in the original post.
I was kidding a little about Bradford but in my teens I know I certainly would have preferred that.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sat 3 Mar 2012, 0:38, closed)

Fair 'nuff. :)

(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Sat 3 Mar 2012, 11:53, closed)

get a better job then you loser.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Sat 3 Mar 2012, 2:53, closed)