Why don't people have water beds anymore?
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Anonymous
| You never see them now! They were comfortable (at least when I tried them in the 80s as a kid). Do you know anyone who has one now? |
Anonymous
| What was the original appeal (besides novelty)? |
Anonymous
| Because they were cheesy, expensive, and really not that comfortable. |
Anonymous
| made my back hurt and the heated water made my legs hurt. |
Anonymous
| No back/spine/neck support whatsoever. |
Anonymous
| I knew a lot of people whose parents had them back in the '80s. They always seemed very paranoid about them springing a leak. So I'd guess they weren't very sturdy. And I also think they were terrible for your back and I couldn't imagine sleeping on one. They made me nauseated. |
Anonymous
| Because leaks and plug-in vibrators. Dangerous. |
Anonymous
| My dad bought me a waterbed when I was a teen in the 80s. I loved that bed. |
Anonymous
| My whole family had them when I was a kid--but the ones my brother and I had had a mattress-y shell around the water bladder. When my youngest brother was born in 84 they even had a waterbed crib mattress for him! |
Anonymous
| Because memory foam. |
Anonymous
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Ugh. My husband had one before we married. One person rolls over, you both roll over. When I slept over I stayed halfway on the solid leather frame of the bed for stability. I suffered from all sorts of back and chest pain after sleeping on that thing.
And power outages? You're either sleeping on frigid water or you find somewhere else to sleep. Awful. |
Anonymous
waterbed crib mattress?? How did 80s babies ever survive 
my lil bro born in 85 slept face-down on a sheepskin. I'm convinced that the Back to Sleep campaign is a huge factor in people having smaller families these days. |
Anonymous
Waterbed crib mattress? OMG. Every lease I ever signed has had a clause banning them. I'm assuming because of leaks. |
Anonymous
One of my landlords said it was as much because of the overall weight as the possibility of a leak. |
Anonymous
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my neighbor had one when i was a kid. the jealousy was so strong! I asked my mom for one daily.
and i totally forgot about them until this post
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