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Mar 22, 2025 4:01 PM
5ywjdPumpkinPrincess
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eiger3970
Aren't they bad for the back?
GreyKnightTemplar666
My parents had one of these... Until one day I decided to use it as a pin cushion for some needles my mom had from her sewing kit...
Munchman347
Had a 'waveless' model with a big sponge in the water bag. The small heater pad under it made it the favorite spot for all the kitties... Was a bit awkward getting in and out, but it was really comfy...
ameranthe
The generation of today will also never experience having the heater go out at 2 am in November, turning the entire bed into a sloshing bag of ice water. I had a waterbed when I was in high school, it was a love-hate type of thing.
zufallszahlen
also never experience the joy of turning the heater down in summer
ameranthe
Yeah, that's one thing that I really miss. Especially now that 110+ degree days have become depressingly common in my area . Last summer when our AC went out on the 4th of July when it was 115 degrees I would have killed for my old water bed.
Fallout10mm
Dad had one of those for some reason. We were both sleeping on it (I was like 6 at the time) when the northridge quake hit and the dam thing shifted so much it nearly tossed me out of the bed.
BigBuckeyeZ
I got one of these (free) in college and had the f'n audacity to install blacklights on either side of the mirror in the headboard. Then got satin sheets for it. I cringe about it still 25 years later.
CountryGuyMike
lol, I was a very small kid when one of the guys my mom was dating had one of these, I barely remember them ripping the carpet out of his tailer because it poped! xD
malachilenomade
Friends in high school had one. Sitting on the railing, trying to have a conversation, was a pain in the ass (literally).
Scar1203
They're rare now because they're awful. If a bag full of water and a small heater was actually a better alternative to stupidly expensive mattresses people would jump at the opportunity.
SodaSamtg
I’d wedge myself between the mattress and the wall as much as I could. I thought it was super comfortable and relaxing. Like a hug without the awkwardness of another person.
shameofslate
Me and my then girlfriend tried having sex on one of those back in the day and it did not go well.
LardogX
There is definitely a technique involved.
Tip: Don't get a head too close to the edge, it may get trapped between during a weight shift!
YeastInfectedWhiskerBiscuit
I effing loved my water beds! I had a few different ones growing up. F all that plush springy crap. Just wrap me up in a balloon of water!
redstaterefugee
Ah yes. Waking up thinking you had wet the bed, only to find that the bed had wet you.
BitchCake
You, hilarious. If you made this up yourself, there's a good 5min stand up bit in this, I swear.
BitchCake
...So is it that people think I was sarcastic, or? I genuinely liked the joke.
BananaForScaIe
I had one for 5 years and a big dog that slept in bed with me and never had issues. Parents were paranoid about things, so no idea why they bought it for me (for everyone!).
ThatQuietlySmirking
"In Sovyet Russia, bed wet you!"
drduffer
I had that top one from the time I was about 14 until I permanently left home.
No, it never leaked, and yes, it was on a thick slab of reinforced concrete.
Finally, yes, I did, and it really was spectacular with the wave action.
davidseavey726
I still remember waking up in the middle of the night when the heater went out talk about cold
NeverDownvoteMelBrooks
This post makes my back hurt
TerribleAwful
had one as a kid. still have one, gives me an excuse when i wet the bed
LitterBoxKing
Water beds are still being sold. Granted, not at the fever pitch they once were. And they're completely redesigned and cause much less motion sickness. But they still exist.
sfbiker
My last waterbed was in the mid-80's and even back then it was filled with some kind of foam to keep it from sloshing around too much.
MoeMoep
There are one chamber water Beds still. They will still slosh around.
NinjaCongo
Gotta find that pushback rhythm and you're golden!
LitterBoxKing
Those are still being manufactured? Then I was misinformed. TIL
PostalHeathen
I don't.
Zaboom16
Sea sick
evilspock
They were horrible. Difficult to move around in, zero support, heavier than god, and a catastrophic failure mode. Expensive, too.
ArcaneM37
My family had waterbeds for decades. Bought mattresses to fit in the waterbed frames when we finally switched out. I didn't like the water bed at all. I always ended up stuck between the water bag and the frame. And when i was out of bed at nap time and dove bsck in to bed when i heard my parents coming, the water bed rocking always gave me away.
Snooj
I saved up and used birthday money to buy one when I was 15. It was my pride and joy, like a dream come true. Until the first night I slept on it. Hated every second of it. When I left home my parents immediately disassembled it and try to give it to me. It never got filled up again and was left it the basement of my apartment building.
LariCheltsy
Thanks, Heinlein...
drunkerdrunk11
I almost forgot what caused my crippling lower back pain thanks for reminding me.
Vonmonj
Very stinky beds
invisiblemaniac
It's all fun and games until you have 200 gallons of water in the carpet. And the flooring. And the subflooring. And god help them, the downstairs neighbors....
TheGriffin
NOT THE SHAG
Thisisallyourfault
I've had several leases that forbid water beds unless you have a ground floor apartment.
Hotjoe1991
Eroen0
Or you have an intact and perfectly functional water bed, just one or more floors below where you intended to have your bedroom.
putcleverusernamehere
That's why you have a liner
MioTaalas
Liner doesn't help with the weight...
putcleverusernamehere
True. I had one for probably 20 years. They were able to sell them because even though they're heavy, they don't exceed rated floor loading. Not to say an old and/or poorly maintained floor might not be a problem
PicassoCT
Lordborgman
Wise words from Grunchlk
Gindipple
Still have one, though a modern version with baffles, dual mattress. Best sleep there is. It's like sleeping on a bed of mud when you fill it right. The old style like shown here were horrible. Sex on them was disturbing too.
jnmjnmjnm
Had one in university taken as a rent settlement with a roommate who couldn’t pay (and couldn’t rent a truck!)
bourbonandbaddecisions
First girlfriend had one. The first time we went at it on a regular bed was weird.
heywoodjabme
Push once, glide twice.
se24990
Damn straight! I loved my waterbed. Get a rhythm going and everyone was happy!!
akelamishari
Feels kinda lazy with springs vs foam, this would be even lazier than springs, no?
TheMayorOfTittyCity
I have only had sex on one waterbed and it was terrible. All your energy is just dissipated into the water. There is no bounce and nothing to push against. It like having sex on a big saturated sponge. Exhausting and unsatisfying to put it mildly. Worse than a memory foam mattress, imo. Conservation of momentum is everything, springs for the win.
Snooj
Ah yes, mud, the bedding material of kings.
judgewolfgm
I ugly laughed. Thank you.
AzaellexTytalus
Literal lol. +1 for you.
roboirishrumpelstiltskin
This. This guy thinks everybody wants to sleep in mud! Haha