# What is the size of your bed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621 "2013-04-13T18:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/1 "2013-04-13T18:14:54Z")
Inquiring minds want to know. Mine is a queen (and only one person sleeps in it currently…myself). ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/2 "2013-04-13T18:23:15Z")
We have a custom made mattress that is somewhere between a twin and full. It’s for an antique rope bed that I’m assuming was made before mattress sizes were standardized. Two of us sleep on it, but we’re both small. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/3 "2013-04-13T18:37:59Z")
Queen, and I sleep solo most of the time. I’m not sure how I’d fare in terms of sharing with someone regularly as I tend to plant myself smack dab in the middle of it. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/4 "2013-04-13T18:45:15Z")
Cal king. My hubby is tall. It’s the first time in his life his feet don’t hang off the end. Of the bed! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/5 "2013-04-13T18:48:54Z")
King, occupied most nights by my wife and I, and our two dogs, 55 and 75lbs. Sometimes I wish it were larger. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/6 "2013-04-13T18:50:18Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Inquiring minds want to know. Full. One person, mainly. Plenty of room. I’ve slept in everything from California Kings (water beds) down to a Twin XL at college (dorm) which was really a nice size for my taller friends. I suppose the residence halls decided that it was easier to standardize on the XL (to accommodate athletes perhaps?) rather than have to deal with sorting. [Big list of Mattress dimensions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattress#Mattress_dimensions). ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/7 "2013-04-13T18:56:53Z")
Steven Wright - “My girlfriend has a Queen-size bed… I have a Court Jester size bed… It’s red and green, has bells on it … and the ends curl up.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/8 "2013-04-13T19:00:30Z")
King Tempur-Pedic with minimal headboard. The spare room is a queen-sized day-bed. The RV rear area turns into a king size width wise, but not lengthwise. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/9 "2013-04-13T19:00:42Z")
Full. One only. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/10 "2013-04-13T19:01:35Z")
Full. One person (me) sleeps on it. It’s plenty big enough, but oddly I only sleep on the left side. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/11 "2013-04-13T19:13:02Z")
King, best thing I’ve ever bought. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/12 "2013-04-13T19:48:32Z")
My two dogs have a queen-sized bed, and they graciously let me sleep on one side of it. They’re good doggies. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/13 "2013-04-13T20:00:40Z")
Cal King. My wife and I are both sprawlers. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/14 "2013-04-13T20:06:55Z")
King, but I never venture off my half, so I could be comfy on a twin if alone. The dog is not allowed on our bed, but I almost always have a cat plastered against me when I wake up. The guest bed at my mom’s was a full (she’s since gotten a queen) and when we stayed there, my husband and I did not sleep well. ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/15 "2013-04-13T20:22:38Z")
King. The Lady sangfroid started us using separate (smaller) overlapping sheet sets and comforters a while back 'cuz she claimed I hoarded the covers too much at night. Apparently, I’m a ‘roller’. She claims that one fine night, I actually spun the entire bed set around myself in my sleep, cocoon-like, leaving her to wake uncovered and frozen whilst I lay comfortably bundled in the entire set of coverings. I don’t recall - slept like a baby… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/16 "2013-04-13T20:29:33Z")
Full. Anything larger wouldn’t fit in our house. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/17 "2013-04-13T20:41:27Z")
Queen. It’s me and 5 dogs, 2 cats. I still sometimes end up clinging to the edge… ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/18 "2013-04-13T20:51:24Z")
Full, but I wish I had a Queen size. Memory foam mattress though, and I love it. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/19 "2013-04-13T21:01:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > My two dogs have a queen-sized bed, and they graciously let me sleep on one side of it. They’re good doggies. Ours take their half out of the middle. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621/20 "2013-04-13T21:57:33Z")
Queen…yet I sleep alone…and, worse, I always tend to sleep on one side. (The other side tends to be cluttered with books, comic-books, and an e-reader…) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-size-of-your-bed/655621.md?page=2)