when I was in 5th grade, my parents decided to buy a new mattress. the idea of consulting me on the bed that I'd spend the next 7 years sleeping on never occurred to them.
they brought home the most ridiculously uncomfortable mattress that I've ever laid on. so uncomfortable that sleeping on top of a pile of blankets on the floor was a preferable choice, so that's what I did from 5th grade till I went off to college.
that first summer I was back home from school, I bought myself a new mattress and have more or less been on a bed ever since.