Is it okay for opposite sex cousins to share a bed together?

[mr_fegelien]

My friend has a cousin coming from the States who is 21 and he's 19. His parents are okay with them sharing a bed even though she's a female and he's a male. I see nothing wrong with it as well but my parents think it's completely insane for opposite sex people to sleep together, especially family members. They're trying to insinuate that something sexual would happen but would a parent not allow a gay child to share a bed with males because of their sexuality? Seems ridiculous.

They're family members and not going to be having sex so what's the big deal?

Yes

No

[SueShe]

What prevents you from putting a mattress on the floor of a spare room or the living room.

I suspect that you secretly hope something would happen and that you are not doing what should be done in order to avoid that situation. If you were a gentleman, you would offer your bed to the lady and go sleep on the living room couch or elsewhere.

But I guess that is not really an option for you, right?

[SueShe]

my apologies. The friend should be a gentleman and not you of course since you are not involved.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

I shared a bed with a male cousin when we were both below 10 years old & truly innocent kids. 21 & 19 aren't innocent anymore. They may have enough respect for each other to know what's right and what's wrong but why should we even allow at least one of them to bring up that disturbing thought in their head? We should try to avoid/prevent it altogether by all means.

[iamdesperate]

They should not share bed because opposite sex may get fire anytime.

[iamdesperate]

Thanks for MHO.

[ridingthelightning]

It's something that seems to get more touchy as the subjects get older. If they were 5 and 7 and sure there would be less of an issue. Personally, what's the harm? They're family members, most families do not practice incest lol

[Iron_Man]

Just sleep on the couch or get a rollaway bed that way the parents won get angry

[Just_a_human]

I agree. I think it's fine and I don't see an issue with it.

[Anonymous]

Not okay.