Sharing a home can get complicated when one person tries to claim more than their fair share of space.

So, what would you do if you agreed to give your partner a private home office, but then they decided they wanted a desk in the spare bedroom, where you planned to put yours?

Would you let them do it? Or would you feel like it was a little greedy and unfair?

In the following story, one woman finds herself in this situation and questions whether pushing back is wrong.

Here’s what’s going on.

AITA for not wanting my partner’s desk in our office/guest bedroom

My partner (30) and I (25) are moving into our new home in a few weeks.

We looked at the layout and were planning what would go where. It is a 2+1 bedroom home.

My partner works from home, and I do not. He stated that the one bedroom would be his office, to which I agreed.

He wants two desks for one computer.

The master bedroom would obviously be our bedroom, and the last bedroom I had said could be a guest bedroom and also have my desk since there isn’t much room for it elsewhere (can’t be in his office due to him needing privacy for work and such).

He said that’s great, but he also wanted a desk in our guest bedroom. This is where we disagreed – he wanted TWO desks. One for work in his office and one for leisure in our guest bedroom. I think it’s important to mention he doesn’t have two computers.

He only has one that has both his work and personal capabilities.

She just wants to know if her feelings are justified.

He said he needs the extra space to separate work from home since working from home is hard to “unplug” and this would help create boundaries. So, logistics of moving his computer between rooms aside, there doesn’t feel like an actual “necessity” for him to occupy two spaces.

I know this feels like a fickle problem, but it’s really rubbed me the wrong way since I had said it feels greedy and like I am unable to have my own space. The entire house would be shared, and he would have exclusive use of his office.

I don’t think I should be open to entertaining this idea unless I’m completely missing something, because it doesn’t even make sense to me. It really does just feel kind of juvenile and excessive.

AITA?

Yikes! That’s a tough spot to be in.

Let’s see what advice the fine folks over at Reddit can offer.

Here’s a man who has two desks in one office.

This person suggests she let him try it.

According to this comment, she’s not wrong.

For this person, her husband can sit somewhere else.

He sounds very selfish and is not entitled to every desk in the house.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.