Re: [UUPoly-L] SLEEP ARRAINGMENTS

["Michael Rios" <earthfather@cfnc.us>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Malanf@aol.com
> 
> I know this may or may not be a issue for some of the str8 Polyies,
> however
> when WE, all three sleep together the bed gets very crowded, We are
> sleeping
> in  a QUEEN size bed...would a king size help or is it just three folks
> sleeping  together??

In our experience, a king-size bed was necessary for all three to have
enough room-- and we are all small people.  (I had some friends who were
large people, and for their triad, they had *two* queen mattresses side by
side.  Sleeping three in a normal queen-size bed would give each person only
20"!  A standard single/twin bed is *twice" that wide-- so this is like two
people sharing a single/twin bed

Depending on the bed arrangement, you might not have to buy new mattresses,
etc.  A queen-size bed is 60" x 80", and a king-size bed is 78" x 80".  So
we turned the queen-size mattress sideways, and put some foam cushions along
the "foot" of the mattress.  That way, no one is sleeping along a seam, and
we've found that we don't notice a seam if it occurs across the lower part
of a leg.

It has worked out *very* well.  We had a premium queen mattress before, and
just by using some scrap foam and plywood, we were able to turn it into a
spacious, top-quality king-size bed.   :-)

Another trick we have learned is that there should be one king-size sheet,
but two sets of queen-size blankets, one on each side of the bed.  That way,
each person can control how much blanket coverage they have.  Otherwise, the
person in the middle, who usually need *fewer* blankets, has to have as many
blankets as the people on the outside.  When I'm in the middle, I usually
have *no* blankets, even when my partners have two each.

Michael Rios