r/etiquette • u/crawlen • 7d ago
Hosting overnight guests: pillows
We have a guest room with a new queen mattress. We're on a bit of a budget since we are now living in a bigger place, have a baby, etc. We spent a lot of money on the mattress and bought a couple of extra pillows. But pillows are kind of pricey. Husband has one pillow and I have two. Then we have two guest pillows. We are now hosting my inlaws and they are complaining about the pillows... They said we should have provided two each. I had no idea and I'm embarrassed. I gave them my extra pillow since they are the guests, but that's still only three pillows on the guest bed. Did I mess up? They have never stayed overnight at our place before. Our last apartment was smaller and we only hosted friends on an air mattress...
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u/StructEngineer91 6d ago
Personally I am picky about pillows, but when I am visiting family (or traveling anyway via car) I will throw my pillows in the car with me.
I do provide at least 2 pillows each, we also have extra pillows (including decorative ones) so lots of options for guests to choose from. But I don't think it is rude to only have one pillow each, if you are that picky as a guest bring your own (or go out and buy another one if you forgot "your" pillow).