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Miss Manners: The Bent (Sofa) Bed
Jul. 23rd, 2022 02:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ermingardenDear Miss Manners: I have two very good friends as houseguests a few times a year. They are both quite overweight.
The last time they stayed with me, they slept in our guest room, which has a pullout sofa. After they left, I noticed that they had bent the bed frame so badly that it couldn’t be bent back into place.
Of course, I did not say anything about it to them, but I have since purchased a new pullout sofa. They are planning to visit soon, and I don’t know what to do about the sleeping arrangements. My husband thinks it’s very strange to offer them our bed, and I think they would find it strange as well. Do I have any other options?
Not really. No doubt, your guests will be keenly aware of why there is a new sofa bed — and fearful of breaking the new one if it is offered. (A note to sofa bed manufacturers: Please make your products more sturdy.) Any awkwardness in suggesting the bed will likely pale in comparison to the prospect of the alternative — or the relief in not having to discuss it. Miss Manners suggests something as simple as, “We’re moving things around a bit. Why don’t you take our room?”
The last time they stayed with me, they slept in our guest room, which has a pullout sofa. After they left, I noticed that they had bent the bed frame so badly that it couldn’t be bent back into place.
Of course, I did not say anything about it to them, but I have since purchased a new pullout sofa. They are planning to visit soon, and I don’t know what to do about the sleeping arrangements. My husband thinks it’s very strange to offer them our bed, and I think they would find it strange as well. Do I have any other options?
Not really. No doubt, your guests will be keenly aware of why there is a new sofa bed — and fearful of breaking the new one if it is offered. (A note to sofa bed manufacturers: Please make your products more sturdy.) Any awkwardness in suggesting the bed will likely pale in comparison to the prospect of the alternative — or the relief in not having to discuss it. Miss Manners suggests something as simple as, “We’re moving things around a bit. Why don’t you take our room?”