Hope springs eternal. Box springs, on the other hand, need to be replaced every eight years. Mattresses, too. If my husband so much as sneezes in our bed, it feels like he’s having an epileptic seizure. Throw two kids and an itchy canine into the mix, and we might as well be sleeping on the San Andreas Fault. I keep waiting for The Big One.

So I asked my friend, who recently got a Sleep Number bed, whether they’re really worth the money.

She nodded emphatically, “That bed saved our marriage.”

And it should, considering the price. A deluxe King-size model will run you upwards of $5,000.

With our anniversary coming up, I start thinking of ways to sell my husband on the Sleep Number.

Surely, a bed of this quality will last us 20 years or more.
That’s 7,300 nights.
Divide $5,000 by 7,300 and we're only paying 69 cents a night!

That's a small price to pay for the best sleep of our lives! Right???

Like I said, hope springs eternal.