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Re: Giving guests the master bedroom
By: TootsNYC Date: December 12, 2019, 10:51 am
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When we invite people to stay with us, I always say, "You know
that bar that sofa beds have? The one that hits right in your
hips and twists your back around? Ours doesn't have it! We've
slept on ours for two weeks at a time, and found it very
comfortable."
RIP, Castro Convertible sofas! I'll be reupholstering mine until
the day I die.
#Post#: 44156--------------------------------------------------
Re: Giving guests the master bedroom
By: Winterlight Date: December 22, 2019, 10:37 am
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I am single with no kids, and if I had a married couple staying
with me I'd give them the bedroom because I don't have a guest
room. I'd probably do the same thing with a single guest as
well. My dresser is in another room and I'd bring whatever
clothing I needed for the next day out with me. I think the most
gracious thing a guest can do is to sleep where they're told as
long as it's adequate for their needs.
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Re: Giving guests the master bedroom
By: SioCat Date: December 22, 2019, 9:19 pm
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I would absolutely not be giving up my bedroom. I would rent a
hotel room for someone to stay in before giving up my bed.
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Re: Giving guests the master bedroom
By: Jem Date: December 23, 2019, 12:39 pm
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[quote author=SioCat link=topic=1425.msg44181#msg44181
date=1577071198]
I would absolutely not be giving up my bedroom. I would rent a
hotel room for someone to stay in before giving up my bed.
[/quote]
Yep. I also would rent a hotel room before staying in someone
else's bed!
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Re: Giving guests the master bedroom
By: NewHomeowner Date: January 16, 2020, 11:12 am
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I'm a 60-year-old woman with a futon in the living room. It
makes a very comfortable extra bed and a decent sofa. It
actually sits pretty high, unlike the old types of futons.
It's my best friend's bed whenever she comes for a visit, partly
because she likes to fall asleep to the tv, but mostly because
my 'spare bedroom' is really my sewing room.
A couple of years ago, we went shopping for a new mattress for
the futon. We had a funny disagreement about who would pay for
the new mattress. 'It's my couch, so I should pay for it.'
'It's my bed, so *I* should pay for it'. In the end, we just
split the cost.
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Re: Giving guests the master bedroom
By: TootsNYC Date: January 16, 2020, 11:20 am
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[quote author=oogyda link=topic=1425.msg43630#msg43630
date=1576155779]
[quote author=BeagleMommy link=topic=1425.msg43527#msg43527
date=1576011526]
When BeagleDaddy and I were first married, the only people we
gave the master bedroom to while they were visiting was his
parents. They were both elderly and his dad had serious back
issues. The sofa bed we had usually put a bar right against the
lower back and that would have been agony for his dad.
We don't have a spare bedroom any more so no overnight guests.
[/quote]
A little off topic, but.....
A handy little trick I learned from a friend with that kind of
sofa bed was to turn around. Put my feet toward the sofa and my
head at the other end. It made a huge difference.
[/quote]
I have a Castro Convertible from the Olden Days (they sold the
company to a North Carolina furniture maker that shortly went
out of business), and it doesn't have that bar (If you ever get
a chance to buy one used, grab it, and have it reupholstered;
they were a NYC-centered company). I always tell people when I
invite them, "You know that bar that hits about hip level? Ours
doesn't have that."
But sometimes (when I'm sleeping on it for various reasons, like
painting the room, etc.) it feels as if I'm sleeping slightly
upside down, so I flip around too.
Sometimes you can slide a board in between mattress and frame.
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Re: Giving guests the master bedroom
By: XRogue Date: April 20, 2020, 12:01 pm
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Nope, I have an arthritic hip and insomnia. I am not giving up
my bed, nor am I putting anyone out of theirs. Sometimes it
means I can't travel, sometimes it means getting a motel. At
least that way I am not keeping folks awake when I am.
#Post#: 52557--------------------------------------------------
Re: Giving guests the master bedroom
By: Lkdrymom Date: May 31, 2020, 7:53 am
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[quote author=Jem link=topic=1425.msg44222#msg44222
date=1577126361]
[quote author=SioCat link=topic=1425.msg44181#msg44181
date=1577071198]
I would absolutely not be giving up my bedroom. I would rent a
hotel room for someone to stay in before giving up my bed.
[/quote]
Yep. I also would rent a hotel room before staying in someone
else's bed!
[/quote]
I am with both of you. The idea of someone else sleeping in my
bed makes me very uncomfortable.
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Re: Giving guests the master bedroom
By: gramma dishes Date: May 31, 2020, 11:48 am
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[quote author=Lkdrymom link=topic=1425.msg52557#msg52557
date=1590929595]
[quote author=Jem link=topic=1425.msg44222#msg44222
date=1577126361]
[quote author=SioCat link=topic=1425.msg44181#msg44181
date=1577071198]
I would absolutely not be giving up my bedroom. I would rent a
hotel room for someone to stay in before giving up my bed.
[/quote]
Yep. I also would rent a hotel room before staying in someone
else's bed!
[/quote]
I am with both of you. The idea of someone else sleeping in my
bed makes me very uncomfortable.
[/quote]
We did once many, many years ago. The couple had a very young
baby and she was nursing and we felt she would be more
comfortable in the master bedroom with the bathroom right there
and everything. Everything went alright but when they were
leaving the next day, they suggested that we might want to buy a
new mattress because ours wasn't firm enough! So that was the
first and last time we ever gave up our room for anyone!
#Post#: 52575--------------------------------------------------
Re: Giving guests the master bedroom
By: TootsNYC Date: May 31, 2020, 2:53 pm
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[quote] they suggested that we might want to buy a new mattress
because ours wasn't firm enough! [/quote]
That's a little cheeky! Haven't they heard that people have
different needs and preferences?
I mean, if they decided that they didn't want to borrow your bed
on the next visit because it was too soft, that's OK, they just
keep it to themselves.
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