AITA For asking my stepdaughters to allow me to stay on the first floor?
Not the A-hole
My husband and I have been married for three years, his daughters are 16 and 17. I’ve always tried to get along with the girls, they’re polite and their mother is really kind.
My husband’s house has two floors; The girls have their rooms on the first floor and my husband slept on the second floor, when I moved in we still lived that way as it was honestly not a nuisance to me.
The problem is that I am pregnant now, it is a risky pregnancy and I have to be at rest all the time so climbing the stairs scares me and the doctor said that it would be good if I tried not to climb them for now. My plan was to offer one of the girls to sleep on the second floor and me and my husband would sleep in one of their bedrooms for now, They come four days a week lately so I didn’t think it would be too much of a hassle for them, we also offered to change the beds. They both got angry and said that we can’t kick them out of their bedroom since that is their part of the house; My husband always told them that that part of the house is totally theirs, I have no problem with it since they are his daughters. Basically the only thing we share is dining room and kitchen since they have a bathroom. My husband basically told me he can’t force them so do that so I’m on my own in this.
They don’t want to go upstairs because according to them it’s too small and it will be a hassle to have to climb the stairs all the time to get their things.
My husband always told them that that part of the house is 100% theirs so it’s literally like a separate part of the house, I never even went into their bathroom.
The only problem is that I just need them to do that favor for me until the doctor tells me that my pregnancy is out of risk, We even plan to make the room for the baby upstairs so as not to bother them. The girls reacted so badly that it made me think I’m behaving like an evil stepmother.
Edit: I appreciate the advice but please don’t tell me to leave the house for a hotel; I’m going to have a baby, I don’t have the money to pay for lodging. Please note that in my country one dollar is equal to $1400 in the national coin. The doctor’s words were “absolute rest” no cleaning, no exercise, no sudden movements and he recommended that I avoid stairs.
Yes, I had the idea to sleep in the living room but my bathroom is upstairs and they don’t want to share their bathroom (Yes, visitors must go to the upstairs bathroom) + my older stepdaughter said it would be tacky to do that since she brings friends home. Also my husband doesn’t have a spine and I’m trying not to get stressed.
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