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I don't think personally faced from peers, but the social stigmas around poverty and specifically men not having bed frames drives me crazy. I think it opens a lot of doors about how ownership = status.
My brain fixates on the bed frame as unhygenic and poor. I have a mattress on the floor on wooden slats. It looks fine. I sleep best closer to the floor. I like the way it operates. I really dislike the "living in filth/loser" outlook on not having xyz furniture. I hate how it's an excuse to bully people that may or may not be financially struggling. I'm not financially struggling. But I hate how we treat impoverished people. I have met people that have the maturity/financial markers of bed frame, car, hefty savings etc that are just miserable losers to be around. It's baffling to me that people will made broad judgements on someone owning or not owning a certain item and look at it as a red flag. I'm not even an angry single guy when I write this lol, my partner feels the same as I do but it's weird to observe that /this/ is what people care about in the wild
I've occasionally been hazed by friends about my habit changes in good jest, I don't take it poorly. Part of that is because they've often asked me about changes they can make or have saw how much happier I am in certain respects for these changes. They also don't really care what lifestyle I'm in and trust that if I'm doing it, it's with my best interest at heart.
Comment by Defiant-Junket4906 at 28/02/2025 at 11:43 UTC
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I hear you on this one. It’s frustrating how people judge based on random things like bed frames or furniture. I’ve got my mattress on the floor too, and honestly, I sleep great that way. It’s crazy how much importance society puts on ownership and stuff—when it really should be about how happy or comfortable you are, not what you own. Honestly, your friends sound pretty chill about it, though, which is great.