Single/double beds

Calamity-I have a friend older than me and on a heck lot more money and she still lives at home, all others are married or living with partners.
Even my brother and his lady both in their early 30's have only just got their own place.
I intend to choose my own bed, thats not the dilemma.

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-Hey, arnt you Norman Desmond?You used to be big.
-I AM BIG, its the pictures that got small.
I read the shot of the dead guy in the pool was achieved by placing a mirror across the floor of the pool and filming the reflection,so clever.

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I think it may be helpful to general understanding to point out that property prices (whether to buy or rent) in the UK are extremely high, relative to the income of many young(ish) people.

Therefore, in order to retain some capacity for discretionary expenditure, it's not so unusual for people to live with their parents into (at least early) adulthood.

Also, because of similar factors affecting the space within our homes, kingsize beds (6ft/180cm across) are unusual, except in larger properties.

We use the description "double" to include all beds in which two people MAY sleep. In France, this can be what most other nations would consider 1.5 people beds...but that's the French for you...just remembe that if you're travelling in France and sharing a room with someone other than your "partner"!!!

MG - you'll get it sorted and the embarrassment will be nothing to the additional comfort of a larger bed.

KP

Thanks, Im sure Im stressing over absolutely nothing, as usual.

at home we have one of these huge beds (king size?) It fits Mrs F, me, and this menagerie that all come to bed at vrious times , so by morning, we visually display the true meaning of "Three dog night" (plus a cat or two)

Are you suggesting kitchenpete, we should consider adultery when in France?

Well, other countries, other customs. In Germany, "children" usually
leave their parents house in their early 20s, in the United States
they leave for college with 18/19 years and afterwards move together
with friends/roomates. Ask Slappy.....

Theres not only adultery to consider in France, there is also the possibility of having to eat snails.

Wait. You've never tried snails?

In that case, I'll sacrifice myself and take the first option

There are certain things about both options that are related.

Annnnd.....puke!

Do tell Joe (must know both options) Nation.

Pleeeease dont encourage him Calam!!

Lovers outside of marriage are not frowned upon as much in France as in other Western nations...so joining may be preferable to "beating"...

In the UK, most of those who go to university will move out of the parental homes shortly thereafter, i.e. once they start earning, but the point still stands that there are reasons why this may be slower in the UK - probably not as slow as in Italy, where it takes marriage to separate the bambini from their mamma! :wink:

As for snails, if you've never tried them you wouldn't know what you're missing...though the German "Geschmacksache" is probably the best word to describe the chewy texture - they are nearly always served in garlic/herb butter so that's what you taste. Lecker, meiner Meinung nach!

KP

Re: Single/double beds


Tell them that you can easily sleep with guys on a single mattress, so your request has nothing to do with that. That might do the trick.

Garlicky snails, enjoyed in a king-size bed with everyone you love.

mmmmmmmmmmm

Material Girl, just make sure your parents understand that you'll need to test any mattresses under consideration, and then simply test the size you're planning to buy. I'd be amazed if they asked any questions. If they're in-tune, they may apologize for not having suggested the upsize themselves - and sooner.

Agree...

I wouldn't trade my kind size for anything. I just wish I'd have gotten it sooner!!

Hehe Bella, that was a Freudian slip "kind size"