| I Sleep On A Futon
Posted: 2/6/2009 7:29:45 PM | Mistress of Snark said...
I say you are fine. I doubt girls your age are that picky.
Welcome to 2009, Snark...they're that picky.
Danz
GK, my brother from another mother, I wouldn't sweat it too much. Futon today, king size tomorrow.
I slept on a futon while I was making money playing minor-league baseball for two years, and then playing in dive bar after dive bar for another three years. At 34, I'm finally in a queen size, and just happy that the economy hasn't made me go back to the futon (so far, thank God).
Here's to you, little bro...
Danz | |
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| I Sleep On A Futon
Posted: 2/6/2009 7:40:31 PM | Danz, whose minor-league affiiflate where you with? that's cool! 
I'm a huge baseball fan, BTW. | |
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| I Sleep On A Futon
Posted: 2/6/2009 7:56:02 PM | | Texas Rangers' Class A of the Florida State League (was then in Port Charlotte, FL, but has since moved). | |
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| I Sleep On A Futon
Posted: 2/6/2009 8:20:15 PM |
OP, if lady likes you enough, she wont care about material things. She will care if the sheets are clean, and that the futon wont break....but that's about it.
Yup. I agree with all that. Except one thing....I wouldn't care if it broke | |
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| I Sleep On A Futon
Posted: 2/6/2009 9:41:32 PM | When I left my ex in late 2001, I left with my 6 month old cat, 2 glasses, 2 plates and 2 knives and forks....AND a single bed.
I eventually "woke" up in August 2003 and looked around me...and thought OMG!!!
From that hot August day on, I acquired the needed furniture and household items that finally made my house a "home".
~~weeone~~ | |
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| Bed? Futon? I sleep on the floor.
Posted: 2/6/2009 10:22:03 PM | Not having a bed or even a futon isn't a cost or space issue for me -- it's a comfort issue. I sleep on the floor because it is nice and hard. I suppose I could sleep on a really firm mattress if I put a sheet of 1" plywood under it to firm it up a bit, but I find most beds way too soft.
I guess this means if I ever find a girlfriend, I should upgrade the shower facilities to full on hot spring, cave grotto decadence before bringing her home. Or just buy a bed just to keep up appearances, even though I won't sleep in the damn thing.  | |
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| I Sleep On A Futon
Posted: 2/6/2009 11:51:19 PM | I dunno...I dated a guy who only had an inflatable bed lol.
Made for some difficult sex...but we made do. | |
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Posted: 2/7/2009 12:01:50 AM | When I got divorced, and had nothing, I went to auctions. My living room, with leather couch, new lazyboy chair, TV stand, buffet and hutch, plus a bunch of accessories cost just over $1000.
My bed was new, but also bought at auction. cost me $250, with headboard.
Get inventive.. I have not bought a new car since 1974, and never will. Never had car payments since then either. | |
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Posted: 2/7/2009 6:18:19 AM | We could all start a new thread on creative ways to stock your home with furnishings! LOL
I wanted new living room furniture soooo badly, after my kids had flown the coop. But everything I looked at...was either totally ugly, or totally uncomfortable. I am the sort who wants their living room to be USABLE and cozy. LOL Anyway, I just kept looking in the stores every weekend and hitting up the backrooms where they hold their clearanced and damaged items. One day I went in when they had a set that was the last one, clearanced from $4K to $1700...and I NABBED IT UP.
Around me, wholesalers advertise their bedding on Craigs List ALL THE TIME. It's almost an annoyance. LOL | |
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Posted: 2/7/2009 8:42:11 AM | Back in the dark ages when I first graduated from college and joined the Navy, my first place that was not the BOQ or an extended stay hotel was a small studio apartment on the beach in Corpus Christi, TX.
I had a metal framed Futon that was my bed/couch. Only real problem was that being 6'4" I had to sleep more or less diagonal on it. Was not a problem until I started dating my now ex-wife who is 6'. Then it became a problem with 2 tall people on it.
Did manage to bend the frame once, I don't think it was designed to support a 6'4" 230 pound guy and an athletic amazon going at it on it. Was kind of comical, when the frame bent just enough for the folding mechanism to disengage and we fell about 8 inches to the floor.
Embarrasing, but HILARIOUS. | |
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| I Sleep On A Futon
Posted: 2/7/2009 8:55:43 AM | | Clean sheets are about a thousand times more important...and a clean bathroom with a toilet she won't be afraid to sit on is good too! | |
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Posted: 2/7/2009 9:48:09 AM | | Futons are comfy and make for a completely acceptable sleeping arrangement. I've dated someone who slept on a futon before, and I might get a futon next time I move and need a bed. I see no issues with this. | |
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| I Sleep On A Futon
Posted: 2/7/2009 10:04:33 AM | OP,
I may be going out on a limb here, but the futon question is more about a low self worth. Take care of yourself. Get good sleep (if the futon is uncomfortable, then get an air mattress as suggested) I live on a 3rd floor walk-up. I weigh furniture before I guy it. My mantra "3 flights of stairs" spares me from buying heavy furniture. I got an inflatable air mattress that is 2 foot high, queen size and inflates in 3 minutes. It's like sleeping on a cloud! I LOVE it and the cost savings was huge! I paid $79 canadian.
Futons can be uncomfortable for some people. Maybe YOU don't like it, thus you are projecting this feeling onto a potential girlfriend.
But it's not the reason a woman wouldn't be interested in you. If you take pride in yourself as a person, pride in your appearance, pride in your home. That means good hygene from the inside out. A clean and uncluttered "HOME" with your completed hobbies on display showing off your personality and a healthy outlook in life.
You will attract the right person. Whether you have a futon, air mattress or not.
Good luck! | |
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Posted: 2/7/2009 10:18:55 AM | | If it's where you lay your head, it's your bed. I just spent $900 on mine, it isn't all that comfy anyways. | |
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Posted: 2/7/2009 10:20:28 AM | Have dated a number of ladies who slept/made love on their futons. Never a problem. Don't see why a lady would mind. Probably would be a red flag if she did.
Last live-in we made one bedroom the "hoochie coochie" room and kept all our sensual stuff in there. We chose a futon to make love on. We did add some grip bars to the wall just above it for purchase when making love.
Check out your local hardware store, see what's available. Don't forget a stair rail can be mounted horizontally at whatever height you find convenient. Grip bars and railings offer much more purchase (i.e. FUN) than headboards. Much easier to do with a futon than with a bed.
And asking your lady to help you do test runs to find the best mounting height can be a joy in itself. | |
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Posted: 2/7/2009 12:54:04 PM | Put a 3 inch memory foam topper on it...costs about $50 dallors at Walmart.
I for one can't sleep on a hard futon...and it would be even more difficult being uncomfortable with a man next to me and disturbing him with my restlessness. | |
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Posted: 2/7/2009 1:37:00 PM | | Most college kids sleep on futons and have sex on them just fine. Why worry about it? I slept on my daughters when I stayed at her apt one nite. It was comfortable. Have sex in her bed. U don' have to have a bed cuz u might get a girlfriend. | |
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Posted: 2/12/2009 11:40:54 AM | If a woman thinks you're cheap because you have a futon, well I dunno......Aren't there like some really expensive ones out there anyway?
Like others have said, clean sheets is a must, but other than that......heck I dated a guy who was renting a room and only had a twin. It never even entered my mind to think he was cheap because of that. | |
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| I Sleep On A Futon
Posted: 2/25/2009 8:57:09 AM |
I slept on a single futon until I was 38 or so, and it saw it's fair share of visitors. I never had a guy say "No, way, you have a futon--I'm going home!"
haha would be something else if she came over and you were sleeping on an air mattress!  | |
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| I Sleep On A Futon
Posted: 2/25/2009 1:44:26 PM | | You can have sex on the floor, a desk, bathroom sink, anywhere. You don't need a bed for that. | |
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