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I use a $13 mattress protector to save the memory of my mattress. Works like a charm. I envision it like a sensory deprivation chamber for my bed.
It doesn’t remember all the times the cats threw up on it. It doesn’t remember me sweating out all the liquid in my body every night for an entire summer. It doesn’t remember all the… activities… and it doesn’t remember that time I spilled spaghetti nor the time I spilled soup.
My bed remains blissfully unaware. It treats me right and I do the same.
(Also a $13 protector extends the functional life of a mattress by literally years, bodies are fucking gross and all that soaks right in and ruins the structure.)
This is the same logic as using a screen protector on your phone. You know your screen is going to take some damage throughout its life, might as well let the cheapo screen protector take all the damage and replace it every year or every few months.
I don’t do this with my mattress but after reading this I’m starting to think I should.
You 100% should because like your phone a new mattress is going to set you back a substantial amount, and while it will eventually need to be replaced, the longer you can get out of it the less waste you create :)
My logic with protection is if the thing can last a long time, and the protection thing itself is only a small fraction of the total to replace the thing (exactly like screen protectors and cases) it is financially sound to invest in the protection thing.
In the case of a mattress protector, I’ve had the same one for probs 15 yrs on different mattresses (I upgraded a few years ago, so proud of myself!), they don’t need to be replaced very often unless they get cut, melted, or don’t fit the new mattress. So very worth it for minimal spend and you can delay a new $1,500+ purchase for a few more years. I also have pillow protectors for the same reason; sweat and oils and stuff are just bad for the pillow, washing is bad for them, they last longer if you use a waterproof layer, the layer lasts forever, and tech has come a long way, other than it poofing up when you first lay on it (if you get the full zip variety rather than the fold over variety), you’d never know. They have gotten a ton quieter. (Hotels all use them, you mostly don’t notice unless they really cheaped out)
They make them for futons as well as kids size beds, too.
I heard a story once about a guy who was doing those activities with a lady friend in his bedroom. He lived with his parents. They made a bit of a mess on the bedsheets. He was loading the sheets into the washing machine when his mum asked why he was washing them in the middle of the day. His response, “I spilled my Chinese”
Your spilled spaghetti story reminded me of it, so now you get to enjoy the phrase too!
Plot twist: girlfriend was Chinese
I like that the artist put stains on the mattress. You will never be able to get that out.
And he has seen shit … SO much SHIT 😢
this almost became loss
