This is not stupid! There are no dumb questions! :thumbup: I had the same problem. My mat covers almost all the top of a queen size bed. I simply turned it around to use the other side that had not been used at all. I did put inches on it instead of the metric markings. Now, that part is doing it so I'm going to cut it apart as there are two ends that are still usable. Maybe that will last a while. Silvia