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Some new scene.
In trying to get a new bed, I've learned that in addition to the frame, I need a new mattress as well.
I'd no idea mattresses came with so much stuff now.
This problem is worsened by my inability to communicate to mattress store staff - if I say that I'm lying down and create an impression on the bed because of how gravity works, and I move, the indentation I'll have created will make me uncomfortable. To which they said something about me not moving around while I'm sleeping. I tried to explain it'd be while I was awake, but that didn't clarify matters any.
I'd sit on the edges and the ones that were too soft I discounted right away, and I didn't much like the ones that I'd sink into or that were marketed with lots of extra features. I especially didn't like that a lot of them came with a built-in pillow layer on top. I tried most of the ones available at the two major mattress stores in my neighborhood, and then last night, when I was in bed and reading, I pressed down on the one I was sitting on, and nearly started bawling because none of the ones I'd tried managed to replicate the feeling of the one I've had for so long.
At one of the stores, one of the salesmen pointed out that because people were trying them all the time, the mattresses felt like how they'd feel if you'd been using them for several months. I pointed out they should lead with that sales pitch, or at least include it much earlier, but I doubt they'll incorporate it.
Most likely, I'll scrape through old Ikea catalogs and try to find the specs for the one I have now, and try to work from there. In the meantime, it's going to be hard to get comfortable.
I'd no idea mattresses came with so much stuff now.
This problem is worsened by my inability to communicate to mattress store staff - if I say that I'm lying down and create an impression on the bed because of how gravity works, and I move, the indentation I'll have created will make me uncomfortable. To which they said something about me not moving around while I'm sleeping. I tried to explain it'd be while I was awake, but that didn't clarify matters any.
I'd sit on the edges and the ones that were too soft I discounted right away, and I didn't much like the ones that I'd sink into or that were marketed with lots of extra features. I especially didn't like that a lot of them came with a built-in pillow layer on top. I tried most of the ones available at the two major mattress stores in my neighborhood, and then last night, when I was in bed and reading, I pressed down on the one I was sitting on, and nearly started bawling because none of the ones I'd tried managed to replicate the feeling of the one I've had for so long.
At one of the stores, one of the salesmen pointed out that because people were trying them all the time, the mattresses felt like how they'd feel if you'd been using them for several months. I pointed out they should lead with that sales pitch, or at least include it much earlier, but I doubt they'll incorporate it.
Most likely, I'll scrape through old Ikea catalogs and try to find the specs for the one I have now, and try to work from there. In the meantime, it's going to be hard to get comfortable.
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