# Serious Problem in Bed, Please Help! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836 "2011-10-26T11:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/21 "2011-11-03T17:53:28Z")
I use the square or round rubber ones, with a lip on them, as my bed is on wheels. Fine on carpet, but a bit too mobile on wood. They work great. ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/22 "2011-11-03T19:02:51Z")
The most obvious solution to the problem would be chastity ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/23 "2011-11-03T19:43:08Z")
> [@These are my own pants](#): > > The most obvious solution to the problem would be chastity How is that more obvious than solutions such as doing it up against the wall or over the kitchen table? ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/24 "2011-11-03T20:17:26Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Only we’d call those “bungee cords”. > > American English for “beer” is just “beer” though. 🆒 In this case **Dogzilla** , they should be universally referred to as “grappling hooks.” ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/25 "2011-11-03T20:20:22Z")
> [@naita](#): > > How is that more obvious than solutions such as doing it up against the wall or over the kitchen table? In France, they kiss on Main Street. ---
**Author:** ![stewartlaura67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@stewartlaura67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stewartlaura67)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/26 "2011-11-04T05:28:19Z")
The rubber pads helped us as well. Putting beer coaster is good idea. I have seen pieces of torn toy box under the furniture feet. ---
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/27 "2011-11-04T14:03:24Z")
Well, I’m not really sure that this is helpful advice because it would involve buying a new mattress but maybe for next time?.. Ugh I can’t find what I’m looking for on google which I guess isn’t a good sign BUT my mother JUST bought one I swear… They make foldable mattresses for people who change addresses a lot or for places with really tight stairwells. It’s just a regular mattress that folds up. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/28 "2011-11-04T14:55:29Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Put felt pads under the furniture feet. > > [http://www.bing.com/shopping/search?q=furniture+felt+pads&FORM=HURE](http://www.bing.com/shopping/search?q=furniture+felt+pads&FORM=HURE) Or put socks over the feet–that works, too. Looks a little funny, but it works. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/29 "2011-11-04T14:58:35Z")
> [@Aeris](#): > > Well, I’m not really sure that this is helpful advice because it would involve buying a new mattress but maybe for next time?.. > > Ugh I can’t find what I’m looking for on google which I guess isn’t a good sign BUT my mother JUST bought one I swear… > > They make foldable mattresses for people who change addresses a lot or for places with really tight stairwells. It’s just a regular mattress that folds up. We have a folding box spring (queen sized) but a regular mattress (because mattresses are floppy enough to bend around corners, generally speaking). ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/30 "2011-11-04T15:10:42Z")
Get one of those sex swings. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/31 "2011-11-04T15:30:46Z")
To join the bed halves, drill a couple of holes and bolt the frames together using round headed screws and nuts. Alternatively, use duct tape (following the angles of the frame, wound several times around the inverted “T” of the two frame pieces). I have even seen C-clamps used, although most box springs will not allow their placement. [Rubber caster cups](http://hardware.hardwarestore.com/28-454-caster-cups.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=rubber%20caster%20cup&utm_campaign=rkg) as in these ads will quietly stop the motion. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836/32 "2011-11-04T20:23:27Z")
All the double divans that I have encountered have a flat, hook shaped plate on one of the bed halves that engages a protruding screw on the other half and locks them together very effectively but simply. Easy to engage and disengage as required. [Various methods](http://www.bedbuyingadvice.co.uk/a/Split_divan_bases/33) I’m sure it wouldn’t take much to come up with a DIY solution. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-in-bed-please-help/600836.md?page=1)