On 7/24/2018 8:49 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 24 Jul 2018 05:14:59p, jmcquown told us...
>
>> On 7/24/2018 7:28 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 7/23/2018 6:11 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 5:28:23 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:07:57 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Headboards are overrated.Â* My bed doesn't have one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NONSENSE!Â* Headboards are necesesary for sitting up in bed
>>>>>> with pillows... you must use a hospital bed?
>>>>>
>>>>> Nope.Â* A simple frame made of angle iron.
>>>>>
>>>>> I sit up in bed with pillows all the time, never have any
>>>>> problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>
>>>> I didn't have a headboard for *years*.Â* Unless there isn't a
>>>> wall behind your bed there shouldn't be any problem propping up
>>>> pillows if you want to sit up in bed.
>>>>
>>>> I have a headboard but only because it's pretty. 
>>>>
>>>> https://s22.postimg.cc/73zrc5ebl/master_bedroom.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>>
>>> It is..very pretty.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> Thank you. I think so. Still, I never had a problem with
>> propping up pillows if I wanted to sit up in bed when I didn't
>> have a headboard.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> I've always had some type of headboard or full bed. The only time I
> propped myself up was when I lived alone and had a console TV in the
> bedroom. I'd also often have my meals on a tray in bed. Talk abot
> lazy. :-)
>
I'm not sure living alone has anything to do with that. I've lived
alone for years yet I never eat in bed off a tray, not even when I am
not feeling well. I don't watch TV in the bedroom, either.
I'm thinking more along the lines of reading in bed. With or without a
headboard, it's more comfortable with a propped up pillow or two.
I have vivid memories as a teenager, propping pillows up (yes, against a
headboard) to read. In the daytime, I was *on* the "made" bed reading.
I'd pull the pillows out from under the bedspread and prop them up but
still not disturb the bedspread. Night time, I was under the covers but
still propped up. When it came time to go to sleep I put the book on
the nightstand, pulled down the pillow(s) and turned out the light.
Jill