Mattress moves; are Spirits involved?

May 17, 2017 4 Replies

We return now to Micky's rented room:



The landlady bought one of those sofas that converts to a bed. Not one with a metal frame that folds in, a simpler kind where the back folds down. I'm not sure if she bought it just so she could rent the room as a bedroom or not, but I slep on it for 3 weeks and sometimes a wood board near the surface made it uncomfortable, at least until I fell asleep. . One time I actually had a sore spot 4" in diameter that lasted all day.



So I said I needed a new bed. It's a shame because she paid $1500 for this!



She had an unused single bed in the next room, which despite her protestations I'm sure I could have easily moved into this one, but there was going to be a space problem while moving the other one out and the second one in at the same time. It dawned on me to take the mattress only and put it on the original bed, which is double-bed wide.



So now the bed is comfortable, but the added mattress keeps moving to the left, so that it overhangs the bed, at the side. Every time I go to get in it, it's at least 3" hanging over, even though I do nothing to make this happen, not getting in it, out of it, or when I'm on it. If I don't put the mattress back in place, the next time the overhang is more. If I forget it has this and rolll to the edge of the bed, I can feel the mattress bending, since there is nothing underneath it, and about to dump me on the ceramic tile floor.



That's not likely to happen but I'm sure curious why the mattress is moving. Anyone experience this?


The mattress moves because it is trying to get away from you.

A number of years ago, before changing to a water bed, our entire bed would move about 18" per month and always in the same direction. The moving force was me changing position...kind of jumping up slightly and kicking so that I remained in the same spot but on my side instead of my back (or vice versa).

I have never met a convertible couch that I liked, be it a pull out or one of those "click back" fold down styles. They are similar to a tool that tries to be good at everything. They end up being good at nothing.

It sounds like the typical "creeping throw rug" issue. DAGS

It's all about the pile, most likely of the fabric on the couch. A simple sheet between the 2 might solve the problem.

Why not just sleep in her bed? Obviously this bed is not designed for the "workout" you give it.

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