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/SilentRaindrops 6d ago

I am going to go against most of the people here and loose a lot of karma. Most beds are set with two pillows per person. If you think back to any hotels you have stayed in, they have two per expected person. Drs suggest you keep your head a bit propped up to reduce acid reflux. I put the more supportive and expensive pillow under the cheap top pillow.

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u/crawlen 6d ago

No, I think that's a fair point. I had bought nice pillows for the guest bed but I can afford to throw a couple of cheap ones on to hit the pillow quota!