Samantha vs. Back Pain

When Samantha and I got married I had enjoyed almost perfect health my entire life. Samantha on the other hand, seemed to be ill or in pain on an almost weekly basis. By implementing a few minor lifestyle changes (no more sprinkling asbestos on popcorn, buying old prescription drugs at garage sales, or cutting Crystal Light with Cascade) Samantha's health has been steadily improving for the last six years. In our third year of marriage I realized that I was very unsympathetic towards her back & neck pain and frequent illnesses and I prayed that God would pass her propensity for sickness onto me. A few weeks later I got the mother of all flu bugs followed by a month of bed rest with pneumonia. Pneumonia? I was twenty-seven years old! The lesson? Never pray.
So, despite phenomenal health the last three years, Samantha still has endured significant back and neck pain. When we moved to Katy in 2001, Samantha became convinced that we needed to purchase a Tempurpedic bed. A Tempurpedic mattress will give my aching bones and stiff joints the comfort and rest they need! A Tempurpedic bed I asked? What's wrong with the bed we have? I sleep great on it every night!
And so the battle began...
Samantha brought home test foam. We received weekly mail-outs from Tempurpedic. We had to stop at the store at the mall every time we were there and lay on the bed. Since the Tempurpedic Company wanted my liver, left ear, and four of my fingers as payment it seemed like the bed would never find permanent residence in our bedroom. I could resist the normal begging and pleading the last three years but you've got to understand that now it's two against one. The baby has boosted her powers to inhuman levels. Begging and pleading turned to weeping and gnashing of teeth and then to death threats. "It's not just my back and neck Ryan! You toss and you turn all night long! Your jimmy leg thrashes about like a possessed serpent! You kick and punch imaginary foes while dreaming! If we don't buy this bed this weekend you will spend the rest of your life on the sofa with Mojo!"
It was in this tenuous moment that I decided it was the right time to invest in a Tempurpedic mattress. Mojo is soft and furry but he's no snuggler. We were off to the furniture store!
Fortunately we were able to find a Mojobrand Tempurpedic Mattress. It offers all the quality at the exact same price! That's the Mojobrand difference.



We knew we'd be happy with a Mojobrand mattress, we've been happy with our other Mojobrand products:





Now mother and baby sleep great every night and I'm the hero. The lesson is that if you wait three years to delay a purchase even if your wife's health suffers you can still make out okay in the end. You may think that's a pretty lousy lesson, but hey, I'm a pretty lousy husband.