August 30, 2025 at 10:24 am

She Invited Her Friend On A Work Trip, But Her Selfish Demands For Their Shared Suite Made The Whole Weekend Awkward For Both Of Them

by Benjamin Cottrell

fancy hotel room bed

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Traveling with friends sounds fun on paper, but trips don’t always go as planned — especially when priorities begin to clash.

One woman offered to let her best friend join her on one of her work trips, but when it came time to share the room, it quickly became clear they weren’t on the same page.

Read on for the full story.

AITA Work trip w/ friend, who should get bigger room?

My best friend and I work together, though my position is more senior than hers.

She is 40F and a “tired mom” of two young boys. I am 37F and recently single with no kids.

I had an opportunity through my job to attend a fun event and golf tournament in a town about three hours from where we live.

I invited my friend to come along with me, and she accepted. We typically love to go to events and always have fun together.

The trip started off pretty routinely.

She drove us up to the location. On my company work Amex, I got us a giant hotel suite for the night.

It had a master bedroom with king bed and jacuzzi bath in one room, a shared toilet and shower, a full kitchen with laundry room, and a living room with a full-sized pull-out sofa. (It was truly a very large space.)

But soon their priorities began to clash.

My friend knew this whole trip that I was interested in meeting men and would potentially be bringing someone back to our room, and she fully supported me on this. (She knows how sad I have been after my breakup.)

However, she was adamant that we (the guy and me) should take the living room sofa bed so she could sleep in the master bedroom, with the jacuzzi being in her space as well.

I thought that was absurd and that she should take the sofa bed since there would be two of us. We could close the door, have more privacy, the bath, etc.

AITA?

This trip didn’t turn out the way anyone expected.

What did Reddit think?

This commenter isn’t buying a single word from this story.

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The title of this story alluded that there was more than one bedroom, which is clearly not the case.

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If she really wants to go through with this plan, then she should give her friend the bed.

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To say this commenter disapproves of this trip would be an understatement.

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For the next trip, she may consider flying solo.

If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife’s family’s house, so he went to a hotel instead.

Benjamin Cottrell | Assistant Editor, Internet Culture

Benjamin Cottrell is an Assistant Editor and contributing writer at TwistedSifter, specializing in internet culture, viral social dynamics, and the moral complexities of online communities. He brings a highly analytical, editorial voice to his reporting on workplace conflicts, malicious compliance, and interpersonal drama, with a specific focus on nuanced stories that lack an obvious villain.

As a published author of rhetorical criticism, Benjamin leverages his academic background in human communication to dissect and elevate viral social media threads. Instead of simply summarizing events, he provides readers with balanced, deep-dive commentary into why the internet reacts the way it does. In addition to his cultural reporting, he is an experienced fine art photography essayist and video game reviewer.

When he isn’t analyzing the latest viral debates, Benjamin is usually chipping away at his extensive video game backlog, hunting down the best new restaurants, or out exploring the city with a camera in hand.

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