Jul
3
2011
I Don’t Know Whether I Will Live That Long
Author: siggyI don’t know whether I will live that long: the mattress we just bought is guaranteed for twenty years. Frankly I don’t know if I will outlive the mattress. In another twenty years I will be eighty-three. I know my family is long-lived. My Dad lived 91 years and my Mom was over 81 when she died. Nevertheless I am not sure I will make it that long. It gets me thinking, that is all. I need to focus on the time allotted to me. One never knows when one’s times runs out.
Tags: dad, death, family, life, living, mattress, Mom, my time, time runs out, twenty year guarantee
July 9th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
This made me laugh! We bought what I thought would be our last mattress three and a half years ago. Now we are thinking of getting a new one. Ours is a pillow-top, and the pillow has become a bit of a lump……it looks like sea waves. Of course, it cost an arm……..my husband says that it’s a good thing it didn’t cost an arm and a leg!!! Some days I wake up stiff, as if I’ve been tied in a pretzel knot all night…..it’s that darned mattress. The next one, hopefully guaranteed for 20 years, will be a plain firm double. No bells. No whistles.
July 12th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
We spent quite a bit on a mattress, which a salesman recommended. It is really hard, too hard and uncomfortable. My wife’s back does not hurt (she has a bad back) but her pressure points where the mattress meets her body hurt. We ordered a latex topper and hopeful the bed will not hurt to sleep on.