A funny thing happened last weekend, they don't make beds like they used to.

[good times]

We had an experiance this weekend that is pretty humerous in retrospect.

We met a couple we regularly play with for some dinner then we went to our favorite club to have a drink. The manager of the club came over to our table and was telling us how he had put all new beds in the Attached hotel and the night before a couple went to their room to play with another couple and broke the brand new bed bad enough that he had to replace the bed, frame and all. We were kind of joking with our friends about this on the way over to their house where all four of us adjorned to their bed and proceeded with some good wholesome sexual play. About the time we were really getting into it we hear this loud crack! and the bed assumed a definite "u" shaped profile. I hollered "bail out" and jumped off of the bed. Mrs. GT and the male of the other couple immediately surmised that since I bailed already they were out of immediate danger and proceeded on, myself and my partner adjorned to the nice solid floor and continued were we had left off before I made my vault off of the bed.

When everybody was completed and after a suitable rest period the two naked guys put on our bed repairman hats and made suitable repairs so that they could use the bed for its intended purpose after we left.

So, for the sake of discussion, has anybody else noticed that they don't make beds like they used to? Our old bed is good for as many couples as you can pile on.

And a related question, does anybody know of a bed that is engineered to be swingerproof?

[LikeMinds321]

My first thought: Did the frame have center leg supports?

I know that years ago when we bought our first queen size bed the warranty said the bed had to be supported in the center as well as the four corners.

Our latest bed has two center supports along with the four corners.

Could lack of support have been the problem?


We haven't broken a bed...yet.

LM

[EternallySingle]

hahahahaha

The only way to swinger-proof a bed is to go to Lowes, buy 200 feet of 2x6s, 16 feet of 4x4s, and build a special frame for play time. Place some OSB board over the frame and get rid of the box spring. They weren't meant for real...bedtime activities anyway. Just remember to take the other attachments off the power drill first. They will just get in the way when you're trying to...

uh, TMI. Nevermind.

[Spoomonkey]

Funny!

We were bed shopping some time ago - didn't buy - but our current bed squeaks and has some serious noise issues due to our "no holds barred" sort of fun. I wanted to know if a new bed was going to have that problem and I could tell that the salesman just couldn't grasp my question.

"The bed needs to be VERY sturdy." I kept saying, "I mean, we can be very hard on a bed... We have friends who can be hard on our bed too." I was in an ornery mood - but this guy just didn't get it...

Needless to say - he didn't make a sale that night because he kept talking about how firm the mattress is... Heck - I don't care about his mattress (ours is still great!) I just want a bed that I could march a band across... Twice...

Spoomonkey

[bear_and_babe]

We just bought a new waterbed and our sales guy was not getting our question on just how much "stress" the bed could take. I finally just said that sometimes there may be as many as 4-6 people on the bed at one time, depending if it was a large party or not. It was so fun to watch his face turn 10 shades of red!

Bear and I have never broken a bed before. But we have broken our share of lawn furniture.

[good times]

Originally Posted by LikeMinds321

My first thought: Did the frame have center leg supports?

Could lack of support have been the problem?

It was only supported in the center after it busted out of the frame and the center assumed a resting position on the floor. So I think you are right a little center support is needed for the future.

Originally Posted by EternallySingle

The only way to swinger-proof a bed is to go to Lowes, buy 200 feet of 2x6s, 16 feet of 4x4s, and build a special frame for play time. Place some OSB board over the frame and get rid of the box spring.

That actually pretty acurately describes our bed at home except that we have the box springs sitting on a solid sheeting of MDF with a 2X6 frame under that, it is actually an old water bed frame.

The bed at our friends house was brand new and was an angle iron frame that surounded the box springs. After thorough analysis and examination it looks like the frame spread in the middle leaving the box springs unsupported. The wood frame of the box springs then broke in the middle lowering the middle of the frame 8" to the floor.

Lowering - cool for old cars, not so cool for beds during sex.

[TNT]

What a timely thread

As a few of you know I have been on the search for a new mattress and this Friday is the day I have decided to actually purchase one as I have finally found a place with excellent prices and a good selection of different mattresses to try out. (We're strill trying to figure out how not to get arrested for indecent behavior when we try out some sexual positions, afterall we want to make sure the new mattress is going to work for sex not just sleep.)

The frame was something that Ted and I have been discussing as I have been perplexed as to how to make the new mattress/bed work with the headboard we have. It's a custom headboard that Ted built years ago, beautiful, and I don't ever want to get rid of it, but it was designed to go with a water bed frame.

After reading this thread it is evident that a metal frame will not do. Even though we don't have people come to the house for playtime due to the kids at home, there will be a day soon when they are all gone and we can. The bed has definitely got to stand up to multiple bodies and you have all given excellent suggestions on how to make sure it's strong enough.


Thanks,

Teresa

[eager4more]

We started swinging last fall, and we agreed that we would entertain by pulling out a bed in our living room, not in our own bedroom. Our dog and cats told us, in the way they know best , that we needed a new couch. We decided to get a futon couch/bed so we won't have to replace the whole couch next time. We wanted a queen-size for as much room as possible, for some reason the salesmen at 2 different places Strongly discouraged us from getting a queen, saying that full-size is often more than enough room for guests and queen frames are too big to sit on comfortably even for tall people blah blah blah. All while we were walking around the showroom test-bouncing on differnt types of mattriesses, but trying to be natural and nonchalant about it, and insisting on the queen. We finally came up with the excuse that we have extra tall relatives -true, but they rarely visit and when they did they stayed at a hotel. We should have just done what bear_and_babe did!

When pulled out, the wood futon frame creaks alot- it's supported along the middle but not as much along either side. Probably not meant to withstand too much activity!

BTW we put a water proof matress pad under the futon cover to protect against future cat incidents, but the cats have behaved whereas the cover has been more useful for other reasons

[sensuality]

Well, we haven't entertained in our home, but we have done a number on our bed...so much so, that the damn thing would squeak and the headboard would bang the damn wall everytime we got freaky...So, one day about a year ago, I took it off the frame altogether and moved it about 6 inches from the wall...Problem solved!!

GoodTimes:
That was one hell of a funny story!!

[RenoCple]

Had it not been our Bed! But we are enjoying that everyone is having some fun. The bed isn't a year old yet and I am thinking of taking it back to get a new foundation, but I hesitate knowing it is not my nature to make up a story of why it didn't hold up. As R stated he and J had already bailed out of the bed, but I didn't miss a stroke, saying to P, the damage is done and this feels good, so on we went! There was little concern for the bed until all activities had ceased.

Have fun all, and by the way, a warm hello to all of you on the site, this is our first post.

[cutecplco]

LOL that's really funny! We just bought a new queen size bed and hope it's sturdy enough for us and our friends.

[Two4funinpa]

heheheheh lol oh this brings back memorys... on our wedding night we stayed at our house because we were entertaining everyone for opening presents and help eat the leftovers before we went on our honeymoon the next day.... That night just as we were getting into the moment just he and I.. we heard a big creak and crackle..the next thing we knew the matress was on floor. Needless to say we laughed so hard as we staired at each other in dismay...we left it that way for the night and in the morning before our guests came over he proped it up and reinforced it to handle us... that was about 20 years ago.
Since then we have gotten a knew bed and it is one of the select a comfort level for each side type. We have had this for about 3 years, the place where we bought it each time we have sprung a knew leak that is beyond repair, Asks " What do you do to these things we have sold these for 12 years and every once in awhile you have one returned but you two this is 3 now." Hubby is a bigger man but I am a size six so it is not like it has an excessive amount of weight for two people on it.
Presently looking for new options cause soon the replacement warranty will be up.
Let the good times roll or bounce or whatever it takes ...

[TNT]

Originally Posted by RenoCple

Have fun all, and by the way, a warm hello to all of you on the site, this is our first post.

Welcome to the board. Now that your here, we hope you stick around. Thanks for allowing us to enjoy your adventure with you and the GT's.


Teresa

[good times]

Originally Posted by RenoCple

Have fun all, and by the way, a warm hello to all of you on the site, this is our first post.

Hello and Welcome to the board.

I think when we go shopping for a new bed we are going to take a couple of other people along and all four of us jump up and down on the bed to test it out first.

I wonder how one would explain that to the salesman, and how long it would take to get thrown out of the store.

[Atilla]

I'm not so worried about my bed standing up to the stress but the headboard can get rocking pretty hard sometimes with hubby and I.

We plan on entertaining this weekend and this headboard has me a bit concerned.