Anybody sleep on the floor instead of a bed?

Durden · Nov 17, 2019

Seirith said:
No, when my best friend slept over or I slept over at her house we slept together because we had double beds. My friends and I never had huge sleep over parties, it was usally only 1 to 2 other people.

*shrug* I just know there were plenty of times as a kid I slept on the floor due to bigger parties like birthdays and stuff, or if we all just got together. Making a "pallet" was a pretty regular thing.

And especially in my later teenage/young adult years at prime drinking age, I'd end up on the floor all the time. Gotta make due with what you got when you're drinking with a bunch of dumbasses in a 1 bedroom apartment.

Seirith · Nov 17, 2019

Durden said:
*shrug* I just know there were plenty of times as a kid I slept on the floor due to bigger parties like birthdays and stuff, or if we all just got together. Making a "pallet" was a pretty regular thing.

And especially in my later teenage/young adult years at prime drinking age, I'd end up on the floor all the time. Gotta make due with what you got when you're drinking with a bunch of dumbasses in a 1 bedroom apartment.

Well, my best friend always rented an indoor pool and had a pool party so there was no way to sleep over there and my other friends just had day parties.

I am not a drinker or wild party person so I came home and slept in my bed at night.

Durden · Nov 17, 2019

Seirith said:
I am not a drinker or wild party person so I came home and slept in my bed at night.

Probably better off, but you did miss out on a lot of horrible smells and mixed up wallets. Plus...FLOOR SLEEPING CALLUSES.

orlock · Nov 17, 2019

i legit miss sleeping on the floor, or on a thin futon mattress. from like, age 15 to 25 i basically slept on a (western) futon in it's couch form and then, once the cheap-ish frame was ruined, slept on the futon mattress folded in two on the floor. it was amazing and i really loved it. also throughout the years ive slept on floors at various times.

i only really got a bed when i moved into my first apartment by myself, and it was because my mother refused to see her adult son continue sleeping on the floor so she bought one. also, i guess it was good for fucking because im sure anyone i brought home would frown upon getting pounded out on a few furry blankets on a hardwood floor, so all's well that ends well i guess.

still though, i share a bed with my fiancee now and every once in awhile i mention how much i loved and missed sleeping on the floor or on my little coffin-width futon mattress and she looks at me like im fucking crazy. ill sometimes wake up extra early and go out to the living room and lay on the floor to watch a movie or something.

shenden · Nov 17, 2019

I did for 5 weeks watiing for my bed to be delivered. Can't say nothing bad about it, I can sleep on whatever and could live without a bed for sure if needed. No backpains, no nothing. People are so dependent on just about everything these days.

ZiZ · Nov 17, 2019

I used to for like the first 12 years of my life, I would spread a blanket on the floor and sleep on it. I'm not sure if it was because we were that poor or because my dad was cheap.

Retsudo · Nov 17, 2019

Only in the summer if its super hot. Other than that, never.

Mexen · Nov 17, 2019

Three years now and it's some of the best sleep I've had

Timbuktu · Nov 17, 2019

I grew up at my grandma's sleeping on a wooden board on the floor until I was 7 or so.

GaimeGuy · Nov 17, 2019

I went through a phase as a little kid where I slept on the floor next to the bed. I think it was because I would get overheated.

Aside from that, no.

Merv · Nov 17, 2019

dietpepsi said:
Well, I was just looking at some foam mattresses at Walmart today and i just may do that. Do you still put a bedsheet on it? I probably would. I love the idea of sleeping on the floor for back support/benefit, which is my primary motivator, but on foam just for a bit more comfort. I think I found my solution!

Since it's for a camper it has a couch like material covering it. I just put my blanket on it and fold the blanket over me.

ArachosiA · Nov 17, 2019

I prefer the driveway

PennyStonks · Nov 17, 2019

ya It took a bit to get used to but I like it.

Mona · Nov 17, 2019

ive done it recently at my mom's place,

when i was a kid i slept in a wheelbarrow once

Henry Jones Jr · Nov 17, 2019

I slept on the floor for about 3 months once. I had moved an needed to buy a new bed, but I was really busy at work and lazy on the weekends. I got used to it after a bit and started to kinda like it. I think it made me more productive. I rarely slept in and almost never took naps. It just wasn't comfortable enough to do either.

Eblo · Nov 17, 2019

I did when I first moved into my current house. Didn't have a bed. Surprisingly not too bad, but I vastly prefer the memory foam mattress I got since then.

NO!R · Nov 17, 2019

Samanosuke Akechi said:

That perfect glute chi

bryehn · Nov 18, 2019

I won't even rent a place with carpet, I sure as hell won't sleep on it. Ew.

UltimateHigh · Nov 18, 2019

I was on the floor a few times this summer because I was hot as fuck and it helped.

Cyanity · Nov 18, 2019

If you exclusively sleep on your back and never roll around in your sleep, I'd say go for it? But for the vast majority of people who can't sleep flat on their back through the whole night, the floor provides zero support for your spine, resulting in back issues.

My boyfriend and I literally just bought a new mattress for this exact reason, and lo and behold, his back/shoulder issues almost immediately went away.

Kasey · Nov 18, 2019

I sleep on ur dad's floor

gappvembe · Nov 18, 2019

Maybe they aren't crazy:

https://www.thesleepjudge.com/sleeping-on-the-floor-bad-or-good/

Also this reminded me when I was a kid, it was weird to me that Splinter (TMNT) would sleep on a wood board

Hollywood Duo · Nov 18, 2019

I remember reading some crazy shit when my son was first born that you shouldn't let your baby sleep low to the ground because dangerous chemicals lurk like an inch off the floor.

Deleted member 4372 · Dec 12, 2019

Update - have slept on the floor for three days now and I am AMAZED at how it has benefitted me. Deeper sleep, zero back pain in the morning, and i even have less knee and hip pain in the morning and during the day. To each their own of course, but for me it has done a great deal of benefit. Im amazed!

egg · Dec 12, 2019

I prefer it almost sometimes, can be more comfortable than my bed which is crazy because my bed is incredibly comfortable!

Mona · Dec 12, 2019

Spaced Harrier said:
No I Sleep in my bed with my wife.

Invite her onto the floor

henlo_birb · Dec 12, 2019

I guess I sleep on the ground whenever I camp and often without a mat. That's softer than the hard floor though. Every now and then I can get a comfortable position on the floor -- I used to take naps in the university library on the top floor when I had a gap between classes and I was tired. Sometimes it sucked but sometimes it felt great.

StrangerDanger · Dec 12, 2019

My friend is pure bred American and his wife is Japanese. There have been plenty of times where she will get out of bed and sleep on the ground. Think main issue could be he likes a soft bed and she is used to a harder/firmer surface. He tried the floor and didn't do him any good. But yea this has been happening more frequently, I think it's time for a firmer mattress

Anybody sleep on the floor instead of a bed?

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