# My daughter is sleeping in her closet. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979 "2009-08-19T18:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979/61 "2009-08-21T14:38:09Z")
We did this as young kids too. I was sixish, my brother 3 ish. Had a pretty good sized bedroom, a converted attic of a smallish house. The areas where the roof sloped down too much was made into much closet and storage space. We made a tiny bedroom out of one closets. Just enough space for a small mattress and tiny desk. Why we needed a desk in there I don’t know. But it was cosy and we liked it alot. The funny part here is we had a hamster. We put his cage on the desk. He LOVED to run on that squeaky wheel all night every night with only breaks for food or water. When we werent in the closet, we kept the door closed and the light off, so it was pretty much dark in there. This went on for a week or so before my father realized the hamster was in there too. That hamster probably wondered why this night was so damn long. That hamster was marathon material by end of the week. I always wondered how many miles he racked up… ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979/62 "2009-08-21T17:38:01Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > I think so. I certainly had those, in an edition from the mid or late 70s. It would be too wild if your comment that sparked the memory of that book was the same picture!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979/63 "2009-08-21T17:39:33Z")
I liked enclosed spaces like that when I was little too. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979/64 "2009-08-21T17:47:57Z")
> [@Never\_Say\_Dice](#): > > I wouldn’t allow it to continue. Start doing the math, and you’ll learn that the CO[sub]2[/sub] level will rise more than OSHA work limits. Really? I suppose the door has to be shut for the CO[sub]2[/sub] to accumulate to that degree. Still, that’s bit frightening. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979/65 "2009-08-21T19:24:38Z")
If anyone is worried about that, I’ll describe the set-up. The closet is one of those deals with two sliding doors. When one is pushed aside, it is either in front of or behind the other. This results in an open area and an enclosed area. My daughter sleeps with we head in the open area with her face right at the opening. Her legs are in the enclosed area. Still, if anyone wants to run the numbers, I’m always up for some impressive mathematics. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979/66 "2009-08-21T20:17:18Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Perhaps she’s going to have kittens. …or god forbid …Pigeon Eggs 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979/67 "2009-08-21T21:09:07Z")
> [@velvetjones](#): > > Really? I suppose the door has to be shut for the CO[sub]2[/sub] to accumulate to that degree. Still, that’s bit frightening. It’s completely **wrong**. In the course of testing a myth about a man who suffocated overnight on his own flatus, the Mythbusters [enclosed Jamie](http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2006/03/franklins_kite_flatulence.html) in a very small, airtight room. > [@](#): > > Breathing causes more CO2 buildup, so they put Jamie in the chamber next and measured the change in the CO2 concentration. The levels reached 0.14% in 20 minutes and 1.28% in 4 hours. At that rate it would take 36 hours to reach deadly levels. A closet is not even close to airtight, a young daughter is not an adult man, and she is not sleeping in there for three days straight. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979/68 "2009-08-22T18:00:55Z")
Isn’t it obvious? She’s practicing for a leading role in an anime romance comedy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979/69 "2009-08-22T18:57:22Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I was forced to watch some show about that a few times. Pimp my Kid Pad or something like that. A couple of girls would design a bedroom for a couple of boys, and the boys would do the same for the girls. They came up with some wild stuff. That’s the Trading Spaces show on Discovery Kids. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979/70 "2009-08-23T05:28:56Z")
My mom used to buy toilet paper in the HUGE CASE (back then it was a cardboard box) and when I was maybe 6 or 7 I grabbed one and claimed it as my own in the middle of the kitchen and slept in it for days. It was my special fort and I loved it. And then I got uncomfy and went back to my bed. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-sleeping-in-her-closet/506979/71 "2009-08-23T05:49:36Z")
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