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What size bed do you have?

Ive noticed a lot of guys(bio) have twins or futons.

Age range teen to young adult/college student.

For the longest time I had a queensize mattress, but it took up too much space and it was a bugger to clean when my dog shed, so recently I switched to a twinsize (give or take) couchbed thing (it doesn't fold out, just flattens). It's easier to maintain and takes up half the space of my old bed - in a word, practical.

And I'm eighteen, so, yeah :3

Queen,
I lie in the middle and move around all night, unconsciously. And about six pillows and a bolster,

Hate small beds even though I'm small


Cindy

Quote from: CindyJames on January 23, 2011, 02:10:17 AM
Queen,
I lie in the middle and move around all night, unconsciously. And about six pillows and a bolster,

Hate small beds even though I'm small


Cindy

Same. Except I have to share it with a 6'4", 189 lb unmoving mass. I usually just push and nest in all of my pillows. Hahaha

I don't want to derail the thread or anything, but I think this is a good a place as any to ask, especially in light of the last two posts - what is up with women and pillow hoarding? xD I've never been able to get a straight answer.

Quote from: Renard on January 23, 2011, 02:21:36 AM
I don't want to derail the thread or anything, but I think this is a good a place as any to ask, especially in light of the last two posts - what is up with women and pillow hoarding? xD I've never been able to get a straight answer.

We are creatures of comfort. :)

King  ;D

And two women in it! - the number of pillows involved would simply blow any man's mind! I even have a special body pillow which I can wrap my legs around to stop my hips aching.

Quote from: rejennyrated on January 23, 2011, 03:17:01 AM
I even have a special body pillow which I can wrap my legs around to stop my hips aching.

I have one of those too, you just can't argue with these achy nearly 21 year old bones. They are something awful.  :P

Quote from: Jacquelyn on January 23, 2011, 02:29:04 AM
We are creatures of comfort. :)

Psh, even my dog tries to steal the pillows sometimes. Fortunately, unlike a girlfriend, I can pull what I need out from under her head. ;D The blanket tends to be trickier...

Seems I'm really pretty normal here. Before attempting to move I had a twin -- the frame's currently in the closet. Now I have my futonbed (full-size). Not sure as other people would see it as an upgrade, but I love it: more room and very comfortable in my opinion (granted it has an egg crate under the mattress).

Quote from: Jacquelyn on January 23, 2011, 03:21:19 AM
I have one of those too, you just can't argue with these achy nearly 21 year old bones. They are something awful.  :P

I think that really is a girl thing. Being ?? fortunate enough ?? to have slightly broader hips than many transitioners I can fully appreciate ::) the extra strain caused when lying on one side.

Quote from: rejennyrated on January 23, 2011, 03:28:35 AM
I think that really is a girl thing. Being ?? fortunate enough ?? to have slightly broader hips than many transitioners I can fully appreciate ::) the extra strain caused when lying on one side.

Yeah. It's really a... blessing. When my sister got pregnant they had to upgrade to a bigger bed because she moved around so much at night. She couldn't lay on her sides because her bones were softer during the pregnancy. :/

I have a large bed, I don't know the correct word for its size. However, I've managed to convert this two-person bed into a 3/4-person bed by simply stocking books up there. I really should clean it out, you know, but it's easier to lug stuff up there than to carry it down from it. It's a loft bed. I'm always embarrassed by it yet I have trouble removing the books.

Standard double bed. Luckily my wife is tiny, so I get plenty of room unless our enormous ginger cat insists on sleeping next to me. Basic law of physics: Cats expand to fit the area available.

Quote from: Gilmorton on January 23, 2011, 05:39:17 AM
Basic law of physics: Cats expand to fit the area available.

Truer words have never been spoken.

I have a normal sized futon, but not the sofa kind... it's the actual traditional futon that you can roll up for storage when not using.
I've found myself unable to sleep in a mattress with base or without base, I just can sleep pacefully if I have my futon right in the floor. Even in the damp winter. I guess I'm more of a traditional man...b'cause I'm the same with the pillows too.

You don't have my option up there. I have no bed. No futon either. I sleep on a camp cot or on the floor in a nest of blankets which I just throw on a chair when I get up.

Quote from: LordKAT on January 23, 2011, 07:27:02 AM
You don't have my option up there. I have no bed. No futon either. I sleep on a camp cot or on the floor in a nest of blankets which I just throw on a chair when I get up.

Oh my.. that does sound awesome to me!

I wanna sleep in a nest!

Anyway!
I sleep on a queen sized bed with hubby.

I have a full but I could sleep on a twin its just what I happened to get at the mattress store. I used to have a futon and I liked that better.

I have a queen.  ;D My parents got it for me when I moved into my apartment.  And I somehow take up the whole bed to myself, which means I'll have to get at least two queens to push together if I was ever with someone.

My dog also somehow takes up most of the bed at times so I find myself sleeping in small parts or in awkward positions to accommodate the 16 lb mutt.

futon

In high school I had a futon (which everyone tells me is lumpy, but I think it's the comfiest thing ever). When I lived in the dorms at my Uni, a long twin, and now that I've got my own apartment, my gf and I have a queen.

I've always had king size until the past year. Now I have a full. I wish I had room for a queen, but I would have to give up some books and completely rearrange my very small bedroom.

Queen for now because my ex complained about sleeping on a futon. Getting a new futon when I can afford it. Smaller and more efficient.

Full bed that I got from my ex when we split up.  When we were still together in the dorms we would share twin beds...not exactly comfortable.  I also found out I have a habit of spreading out when I sleep.  Oops. =/

Quote from: LordKAT on January 23, 2011, 07:27:02 AM
You don't have my option up there. I have no bed. No futon either. I sleep on a camp cot or on the floor in a nest of blankets which I just throw on a chair when I get up.

We need an option for other!  I don't have a bed either, I sleep on my couch.

I put twin because that is what sleep on most of the time since I don't go back home very often from my university. I currently live in the dorms and it's actually an extra long twin.

Other than that I sleep on a queen futon mattress on the floor when I go home to my parent's house.

I'm pretty sure it's a full not a queen. I rather have a king.

well i had a really nice queen for a while my mom handed down to me years ago. But for space reasons, ive been using one of those futon couch/beds now, which doesnt bother me, it's nice. but i still have the queen down in the garage for when i ever move =)

I have a hand me down queen size, ive had it for a few years now. I used to share it with someone, but now I have it all to myself. Before that I had a futon bunk bed, and before that I had a loft bunk bed.
I kinda want something bigger like a California King though haha. Sometimes I feel like the Queen is too small for me(and im a very small guy) lol. But im thinking of just going with a futon, for space reasons. Plus its a cool couch AND bed.

Is a twin the same as a UK single size?

Oh, I just checked wikipedia. It is.

My mate and I have a pair of twins squished up together, we moved and had to leave behind our california king. When we move again we'll have a queen XD

The ultimate futon: http://www.bonbon.co.uk/clei/doc.htm (http://www.bonbon.co.uk/clei/doc.htm)

I had a twin from age 12 to 18, then I moved to a double. Since I moved out of my dad's place in October I've been working with a twin and a girlfriend. the two really don't mix well. Even the couch is comfier...

I have a double, but I suspect it's a queen.  Doesn't matter anyway, because I sleep right at the edge with my feet hanging over and barely move. The rest of the bed is storage when I'm single.

You don't have my bed size listed: California King

For the longest time I had a full size futon. Then my back started hurting more so I got an actual mattress (queen size) but then that mattress didn't help and then I found out about all the crazy chemicals that go into a mattress and I thought, wait if I'm all into natural health now and I sleep on a bed of chemicals on average of 8 hours a day that's kinda whack (around about the same time I also found out that like a 5 year old mattress can have something like 50 pounds of dust mite ->-bleeped-<- in it). So I splurged on this 100% organic, natural latex mattress with a 3" topper of the same material (dust mites can't live in the natural latex btw so if you're prone to allergies or just don't want to sleep on heaps of old dust mite ->-bleeped-<- and can afford it, go with the natural latex). I tell you, it's like sleeping on a magical marshmallow. I'd never give that thing up!! And amazingly, the very first night on it I had ZERO back pain in the morning. Worth every outrageous penny I paid for it.

I do have to share it with a snoring walrus though. Oh. Did I say walrus? I mean my lovable other half.

Quote from: insideontheoutside on January 25, 2011, 12:35:58 AM
For the longest time I had a full size futon. Then my back started hurting more so I got an actual mattress (queen size) but then that mattress didn't help and then I found out about all the crazy chemicals that go into a mattress and I thought, wait if I'm all into natural health now and I sleep on a bed of chemicals on average of 8 hours a day that's kinda whack (around about the same time I also found out that like a 5 year old mattress can have something like 50 pounds of dust mite ->-bleeped-<- in it). So I splurged on this 100% organic, natural latex mattress with a 3" topper of the same material (dust mites can't live in the natural latex btw so if you're prone to allergies or just don't want to sleep on heaps of old dust mite ->-bleeped-<- and can afford it, go with the natural latex). I tell you, it's like sleeping on a magical marshmallow. I'd never give that thing up!! And amazingly, the very first night on it I had ZERO back pain in the morning. Worth every outrageous penny I paid for it.

I do have to share it with a snoring walrus though. Oh. Did I say walrus? I mean my lovable other half.

I need this, I'm allergic to furniture stuffing. Didn't know it existed.

I definitely understand the need for lots of pillows.  Nothing is better than curling up into a poofy nest to sleep.

I have a big double bed. Not sure of the exact name lol. My dog sleeps on the end of it though :)

I have chronic back pain, so if I don't squish a foot into the bed when I lay down then I ain't sleepin'!  :D

My girlfriend however, sleeps on her parents couch because her brother is too fat to sleep on the couch. He's sleeping on her bed currently :(

Quote from: insideontheoutside on January 25, 2011, 12:35:58 AM
For the longest time I had a full size futon. Then my back started hurting more so I got an actual mattress (queen size) but then that mattress didn't help and then I found out about all the crazy chemicals that go into a mattress and I thought, wait if I'm all into natural health now and I sleep on a bed of chemicals on average of 8 hours a day that's kinda whack (around about the same time I also found out that like a 5 year old mattress can have something like 50 pounds of dust mite ->-bleeped-<- in it). So I splurged on this 100% organic, natural latex mattress with a 3" topper of the same material (dust mites can't live in the natural latex btw so if you're prone to allergies or just don't want to sleep on heaps of old dust mite ->-bleeped-<- and can afford it, go with the natural latex). I tell you, it's like sleeping on a magical marshmallow. I'd never give that thing up!! And amazingly, the very first night on it I had ZERO back pain in the morning. Worth every outrageous penny I paid for it.

I do have to share it with a snoring walrus though. Oh. Did I say walrus? I mean my lovable other half.

But is it expensive? I definitely need a new mattress.

I sleep with a body pillow by my side, got used to sleeping with someone.

I have a regular old single bed. When we first moved to this house, there was a huge double bed in my room that the previous owners had left behind. I loved it, but after a few weeks I realised how much I needed the floor space and had to get rid of it :(

My boyfriend and I have a king.  I bought it a few years ago because he, my dog, and I were trying to fit onto a twin.  We still fight over the king though.  ::) 

I... wow, have no idea which bed names mean what size.
My bed in my childhood room is a single (twin?) - where I currently live it's a double (uh, king? queen? I have no idea).

Quote from: Femboy on January 25, 2011, 01:31:38 PM
But is it expensive? I definitely need a new mattress.

I sleep with a body pillow by my side, got used to sleeping with someone.

Unfortunately they are. When all was said and done ours was about $3200. Like I said though, it's a serious investment that I'm really glad I made because it did benefit me greatly. You could also just get a mattress topper that's about 3" of the stuff and those run around $400. http://www.absolutecomfortonsale.com/latexfoam.htm (http://www.absolutecomfortonsale.com/latexfoam.htm) That's just one company. There's a bunch out there. The key is natural latex, organic, no-chemical, etc. Mine is also a "soft" (they come in different firmness). Best thing you can do if you're serious about getting one even in the future is to go to a local mattress store that carries them then you can get a feel for the firmness and whatnot.

I have a queen, I'd be fine with a smaller one but my girlfriends grown attached to the queen

My wife and I share a queen ... she is a total pillow person too so we have tons on the bed ... I sleep with just one