Anonymous
Post 08/21/2016 01:49     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
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
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2016 00:23     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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!


Waterbed crib mattress? OMG.
Every lease I ever signed has had a clause banning them. I'm assuming because of leaks.


One of my landlords said it was as much because of the overall weight as the possibility of a leak.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2016 23:52     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
Anonymous wrote: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!


Waterbed crib mattress? OMG.
Every lease I ever signed has had a clause banning them. I'm assuming because of leaks.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2016 23:47     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
Anonymous wrote: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!


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
Post 08/20/2016 23:38     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
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
Post 08/20/2016 23:30     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
Because memory foam.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2016 23:29     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
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
Post 08/20/2016 23:17     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
My dad bought me a waterbed when I was a teen in the 80s. I loved that bed.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2016 22:19     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
Because leaks and plug-in vibrators. Dangerous.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2016 22:19     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
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
Post 08/20/2016 22:17     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
No back/spine/neck support whatsoever.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2016 22:16     Subject: Re:Why don't people have water beds anymore?
made my back hurt and the heated water made my legs hurt.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2016 22:15     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
Because they were cheesy, expensive, and really not that comfortable.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2016 22:13     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
What was the original appeal (besides novelty)?
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2016 22:12     Subject: Why don't people have water beds anymore?
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?