Let me tell you a story. A story about a husband. And a wife. And a bed.
You see, this bed was bought after a fire had happened in the couple's house. The first bed that the couple ever had (it was their first major furniture purchase together) had been destroyed by the smoke damage. While they were waiting for their house to be repaired, someone gave them a very nice new mattress and box springs. When they moved back into their house, they bought a bedroom set off Craig's list. Unfortunately, the bed wasn't complete, so they had to buy a bed frame as well. They didn't really like this arrangement, but for the money that they had, it was the best they could do.
After a while, the wife (let's call her "Lina") found that the bed was sagging on the husband's (let's call him "John") side. When she would sit down to put on her socks, she would almost fall to the floor! Now, Lina isn't the smallest gal in the world, but she ain't THAT big! Add to that the fact that whenever John would come to bed after the Lina was asleep, she would literally fall into him when he laid down.
Finally one day, Lina said to John, "Honey? I think maybe the box springs are broken on your side." and then she proceeded to demonstrate why she thought so. She thought maybe they would have to buy a new mattress as well, because there was an indentation where John's rear end always was. (I have been asked to refrain from calling it something else, but suffice it to say the couple's ten year old son, "Jonah" thought it was hilarious!) John just casually brushed it off and said, "Nah. They can't be broken."
Well, the couple continued to sleep on said bed for quite a while, because they just couldn't afford anything else. Finally, after doing their taxes and getting their refund, they were able to shop a little. Lina found a very nice bed, almost like the one they'd had before the fire. It was even actually the exact same price as they'd paid for their original bed more than 16 years before! They even had enough to get their son, Jonah, a headboard for his bed (since he'd been sleeping on just a mattress and box springs!)
The bed was delivered, and John went to work. Lina knew enough to stay out of his way, only to help when asked, so she was sitting in her favorite chair when she heard "well no wonder!!" yelled from the bedroom. When she asked what was going on (though she felt she already knew the answer), he answered, "The box springs are broken!"
She didn't really want to say "I told you so", but it escaped her mouth before she could stop herself.
He looked sheepish when he came out of the room, saying "I don't want to talk about it."
So they didn't.
Lina called her mother, (who has a Sam's card) and they went to Sam's at 6:00 pm that evening and bought a new box spring for their bed. Problem was, they didn't plan well enough. They thought that maybe it would fit in the back of the minivan that Lina drove; they even took out the bucket seats and folded the back seat down.
Nope. Not gonna happen. *sigh*
So, they called Lina's cousin who drives a truck. "Can you come get us, please?" An hour and a half later, he showed up. Lina and her mom finally got home, and John was finally able to get the bed together.
Oh, did I mention that their middle son, "Darren" decided to use one of the brand new cross-bars as a helicopter blade and spin it around, therefore cracking it? Yeah. The first time they laid in the bed, they heard a craaa-aack. NOT something you want to hear when you lay down in a brand new bed! Thankfully, they were able to rig it and sleep on it that night. The next day, John went to Home Depot and bought some more wood to shore up the broken cross beams.
John and Lina now have a new bed! It doesn't make squeaking noises when you get in and out, Lina doesn't fall into John when he gets into the bed, and the mattress is like new again! They are sleeping better than they have in a long time!
*****************************Disclaimer*****************************
This story is NOT purely fictional. This actually happened. You can guess who this happened to, and you'll probably be right. Names have been changed to protect the "innocent", but let's face it, everyone already knows who Darren is!
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