What age is too old for a twin bed?

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Anonymous wrote:We have queen beds in all our rooms except the master which has a king bed. When my kids were little they liked having huge beds to sleep in. It was great when we had guests visiting because an adult couple could sleep in our kid's bed and the kid could sleep with us on the king bed. If my kids wanted to have a parent nap with them, we could do that easily on a queen sized bed.

I find it ridiculous to make kids sleep on tiny beds. Why?

What a bizarre point of view.

1) Because a twin is not a tiny bed. Adults shorter than 6 feet fit just fine in them.
2) Because a twin is smalller and easier to make.
3) Because a twin is smaller and leaves more space in a bedroom.
4) Because a twin is smaller and less expensive.
5) Because not everyone lives in a mcmansion.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 47 and I sleep in a twin.

I slept in a twin until age 30 when I bought myself a queen. I was broke and the twin I had was more comfortable than the queen size futon I had, so I kept it. My kid is 10 and we just switched him to a full/double. I anticipate he will have that thru college.

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Anonymous wrote:I slept in a twin until I graduated college, then upgraded to a full.

Almost the same - I slept on a twin bed until I moved out of my parents' house at 23. Then I got a queen bed when I moved into my own apartment.

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I had a twin until my boyfriend (eventually DH) and I moved in together. The bedrooms in my previous college/grad school apartments were too small for anything else even had I wanted something bigger.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see the assumed virtue of sleeping in a twin bed. Its fine if its all you have, but if you want to be really comfortable, why not get a bigger bed? I don't see the big deal either way.

I don't see PPs responding as a virtue thing. OP asked how old is too old, and people are pointing out that twins are standard in most college dorms so clearly a twin isn't too babyish for an 8yr old. Similarly, I slept in a twin until I graduated college.

Our DS actually has a queen, but only because his room was a guest room before he was born so that's the bed we already had on-hand. It's convenient still when company comes.

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My 82 year old very tall aunt sleeps in a twin, so perhaps 83?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I slept in a twin until I graduated college, then upgraded to a full.

Same!

Same here! Twin is fine!

Same

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Anonymous wrote:Kids don't physically outgrow twins, you would be fine getting one.

However, we always do fulls or queens for kids because it gives us more versatility with guests. When cousins or friends visit, they can sleep in the bed with our kids and then we don't have to make up a trundle or sleeping bag on the floor, which takes up a lot of space. And we've also had our youngest come sleep in our bed with us when we've had friends or family visit, and then they can sleep in her full bed. You can do that with twin beds, too, of course, but a couple can't share a twin bed and I also think it's kind of weird to ask an adult to sleep in a twin.

It also makes it more comfortable for us when we read to our kids at night, to be able to stretch out in a full size bed with them, or when they are sick I will sometimes just camp out next to them with my laptop for periods of time to monitor a fever or a breathing.

You think asking an adult to sleep in a twin is bad, but asking a couple to sleep in a double/full is fine. NOPE!

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If you are thinking of guests you could opt for a twin trundle bed. I grew up with one so I had space for friends to sleep over and sometimes other family used it when visiting but on a normal day, I used just the regular twin until I went to college.

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I slept in a twin all the way until age 21

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids don't physically outgrow twins, you would be fine getting one.

However, we always do fulls or queens for kids because it gives us more versatility with guests. When cousins or friends visit, they can sleep in the bed with our kids and then we don't have to make up a trundle or sleeping bag on the floor, which takes up a lot of space. And we've also had our youngest come sleep in our bed with us when we've had friends or family visit, and then they can sleep in her full bed. You can do that with twin beds, too, of course, but a couple can't share a twin bed and I also think it's kind of weird to ask an adult to sleep in a twin.

It also makes it more comfortable for us when we read to our kids at night, to be able to stretch out in a full size bed with them, or when they are sick I will sometimes just camp out next to them with my laptop for periods of time to monitor a fever or a breathing.

You think asking an adult to sleep in a twin is bad, but asking a couple to sleep in a double/full is fine. NOPE!

lol! Very true. I would 1000% rather sleep in a twin by myself than a full with my husband.

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I still sleep on a twin. Why does one person need all that horizontal space anyway?

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Anonymous wrote:I still sleep on a twin. Why does one person need all that horizontal space anyway?

I like to spread out, I like to keep a book on my bed, I like to move "to the other side" sometimes.

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i think i was 31 when we got married.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids don't physically outgrow twins, you would be fine getting one.

However, we always do fulls or queens for kids because it gives us more versatility with guests. When cousins or friends visit, they can sleep in the bed with our kids and then we don't have to make up a trundle or sleeping bag on the floor, which takes up a lot of space. And we've also had our youngest come sleep in our bed with us when we've had friends or family visit, and then they can sleep in her full bed. You can do that with twin beds, too, of course, but a couple can't share a twin bed and I also think it's kind of weird to ask an adult to sleep in a twin.

It also makes it more comfortable for us when we read to our kids at night, to be able to stretch out in a full size bed with them, or when they are sick I will sometimes just camp out next to them with my laptop for periods of time to monitor a fever or a breathing.

You think asking an adult to sleep in a twin is bad, but asking a couple to sleep in a double/full is fine. NOPE!

My DH and I shared a full for four years, it was fine. If someone offered me one as free accommodations I’d be grateful. It’s also common in many European hotels.

But a twin would feel kind of childish to me.