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The only thing I can thing of is that maybe she was attributing the mattress on the floor to people in lower income areas, people that cannot afford big fancy beds.

Other than that, I don't understand what she meant behind that.

And by the way, my 10 year old sleeps on a queen mattress on the floor. The kid hated his old twin bed & we refused to get rid of it. So when my husband & I got a new mattress a few months ago, my son asked if he could have our old queen mattress & box spring. So we let him have it. We haven't bought a frame for it yet because we are planning on buying us a new bedroom set soon & my son wants our old one. Until then, he is perfectly happy sleeping "on the floor." ;)

For the record: I don't have a bed frame. I have a big fluffy queen size mattress and a box spring (that's what that thing under the mattress is called, right?) that is directly on the floor, so I sleep on the floor too! I just could never bring myself to spend money on a frame when my mattress sits plenty high all on it's own! Plus, I figured that was one less place for dust and crud to build up under! OK, I am totally lazy and cheap when it comes to decorative pieces of furniture.

And that conversation would have driven me nuts. I have a friend like that who always seems like she is judging in her tone. She swears she isn't, but the comments she makes! I get it. I would be irritated too. So irritated I would probably start doing it back to her with everything she says!

But that would not be the mature way to react... :) Give it a breather on talking to her for a few days until you calm down. People like that probably aren't ever going to change, so you kind of just have to grin and bare it if you want them in your life. Sad!

I have a solution for your friend.  Take an old picture frame, preferably a thin one, and remove the glass.  Put the frame under the mattress somewhere.  Tada...the bed is on a frame, which should satisfy your friend.  Sure, it's ridiculous, but so is her concern. 

One of the frequent recommendations for toddlers is to put their mattress on the floor so they can get in and out easily, falls don't hurt, etc, etc, etc.  It's not like you have her lying on a blanket with nothing but that between her and the floor. 

I don't view it as sleeping on the floor, but I also don't see the point in arguing about it either!  Why would she insist that you were having your child sleep on the floor? 

I think I would just ignore it and move on.  Don't mention it again and if she does, then change the subject.  You know your daughter is happy and safe and comfortable!  It's just not worth arguing over. 

I completely see why you vented though...it's just strange that she was so adament about it being "on the floor."