So...back to the bed story...
When the girls and I arrived home on Friday afternoon and walked into my room, the bed seemed strangely different.
If you missed the first part of this tale, a quick re-cap.
I had suffered and travailed through six long years with a sle*p number bed.
I suppose this would be a good bed for couples that never want to get near each other with a 3-foot pole, and therefore, that less than subtle line that divides the bed from "fairly firm" on one side....to "mushy valley hole" on the other...serves a good purpose.
But although -like any married couple- we do have our moments of disagreement...basically, we like being near each other once in awhile. Which was one of the reasons we got married.
And also, if you've ever rolled over in your sleep and found that your right side of your body was ten times lower than your left side (and the next morning, felt like Quasimodo) well, then you might understand my true sleep woes.
I don't know how this could have happened to you, though, unless
a) you have owned a sl*ep number bed now or sometime in your past or
b) you roughed it and slept out in the wilderness on some rocky, sloping hill
So, Friday as I further examined my bed, I realized that it wasn't my bed anymore...but a new bed! I looked everywhere for those wires and buttons to pump it up or deflate it....but gone were these instruments of torture.
Instead, was this simple...yet very thick mattress beneath the sheets.
I tentatively sat on it.
At first, it was very firm...but then...I started to sink.
This was a little discouraging.
And I quickly discovered this was the bed that I had mentioned to my husband that I thought might be the answer for us...
The memory foam mattress.
When my dear husband came home that evening, you can bet it was one of the first topics of conversation!
It seems he went ahead and put our old mattress on c*aigslist, got a buyer while I was gone...and then at the very same time, this foam mattress went on sale big time. So he thought he'd just surprise me!
Actually, I honestly thought this was very sweet...I was beginning to give up hope that we would ever get rid of that bed. So, really, the thought behind this was wonderful.
And because of that, I kept to myself the fact that when I had mentioned the memory foam bed, I kind of thought I would be checking it out first...you know...lying down on it in some store...
seeing how it feels...
pushing at it...
kicking it.
Well, I'm sorry to report that the first night didn't go so well... but I immediately realized that perhaps it was because we still had the "topper" foam mattress on top of it!
(Yes, we had even tried a topper foam mattress over the old bed in hopes of evening it out a bit. Didn't work.)
With this extra foam topper over the new foam bed, I would start to lie down in firmness...then sink...sink...sink...down as if it were some marshmallow quicksand.
It was just simply memory foam overload.
So the next night I removed the topper...and I have to admit, it was much better!
OK, I do find I still start to slowly sink after a few seconds...but then after a moment I realize I'm actually pretty comfortable. There's still a firmness around me. A soft firmness, mind you...but it's there.
Yet, as a gal who likes her mattress nice and firm, with not too much give (my husband might say, "read: anything just a little softer than floor board)...this whole concept of your body sort of melting into the foam is just... different.
But each night I think I seem to like it just a wee bit more.
They say you have to test out a mattress a good week at the very least before making a permanent decision. So I'm keeping an open mind for the next week or two...and I will keep you posted.
It goes without saying that it's at least better than the old system. (But then again, I can't think of too many things that wouldn't be.)
But I know my sweet husband wanted so much to compromise with our sleeping issues...plus wanting to surprise me and all.
So I'm kind of routing for this bed for these reasons alone.
But you know, I really think part of pre-marital counseling should include revealing your sleep number.
What about you? What kind of bed do you have, and are you happy with it?
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