Just now I was pulling off the linen on my bed and I got a long forgotten (45 years) flashback to the bed linen changing protocols my mother taught me before she died when I was 15 years old.
I had completely forgotten to flip the mattress once a week when changing the linen.
Well as I attempted to rectify this oversight, it became clear that my mattress was never intended to be flipped as the other side was covered with the same material as the box spring top and the appearance did not bode well for a comfortable platform to sleep on.
We just flipped ours last weekend, because the wife felt her side was getting a bit saggy. Years tend to go by between flips, but we have read it should be done regularly.
Yes, for a lax definition of “regularly”. The instructions that came with out mattress (bought in about 1990) said to alternate flipping and rotating. Every three months for the first year, then every six months*. We don’t do it nearly that often, but sometimes.
I have a piece of cardboard stuck between the mattress and box springs, one side says “Last time we flipped the mattress” and the other says “last time we rotated the mattress” or I’d never remember which to do.
A lot of the newer mattresses are not flippable. Well, you can flip them - it’s not like liquid is going to spill out if you flip it, but that memory foam pillow top you paid so dearly for is just that - a top and not a top and bottom.
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[li]Being tired I first saw the thread title as “Do you regularly fuck your mistress?” Which would probably have been a more interesting thread admittedly…[/li][li]This oddly enough is the first time I’ve even heard of flipping your mattress, although I see the point now that it has come up. I think it’s because I grew up with a waterbed; by the time I ended up with a regular mattress I was on my own and there was no one to tell me to do so.[/li][/ul]
The geeks emerge. I never heard of flipping or rotating your mattress either. And…go figure. Same as Der Trihs, I grew up with a waterbed too. By the time I had a regular mattress I was living on my own.
We flipped ours and put memory foam on top. The pillow top side was cratered. Still trying to decide on a new bed. You’d think as long as the human race has been sleeping, someone would have by now figured how to make a good bed. I think buying a bed is more difficult than buying a car. Mistakes are expensive.