Do you care if the bed is made?

CastingCouch

Mariasofia wrote: »

.....and if I did Id rather spend it on a quickie than making the bed

Duurty!

Staff Infection

Oh yes. I'm not quite at OCD levels but I probably have a touch of it. I make the bed every morning all neat and tidy and then in the evening around 9ish I go and fold out the corner where I'll get in later. Kind of like the turn down team do in hotels (without the chocolate on the pillow sadly).

It doesn't take much effort to make it in the morning but that may be due to my "unusual sleeping position". Basically I sleep on my back with my arms by my side and I don't move at all during the night. So because I don't be rolling over during the night I wake up in exactly the same position I got into bed in. I didn't realize this was unusual until I went on a lads holiday and they took photos of me sleeping in the hostel and thought I was like a vampire.

Every second week all the sheets are changed for good measure too.

DoozerT6

My mother always told us to throw the covers back on our beds to 'air it out', which I guess makes sense, she would then make it when we were at school. So I fell out of the habit of making my own bed, I would only make it properly when I changed my sheets. Then a couple of years ago I decided (in my mid 30's) that it was time to be a big girl and make it myself Now I throw back the duvet when I get up and make it properly just before I head out for work, about a half hour later. The rest of my room is an unholy mess, but my bed is nice and neat!

humbert

Czarcasm wrote: »

:eek:


I figure nobody keeps their dirty bedclothes beside their bed, come on now, they'd stink out the bedroom! No I or my wife would put them in the laundry basket and the launderette guy collects all the stuff on a Saturday evening and drops them back Monday morning.

Probably not but I don't think having somebody come to collect your washing is the norm so changing your bedsheets every day is considerably more than ten minutes work.

Ihatecuddles-old

FloatingVoter wrote: »

..you should have left that bit out and let us use our imaginations.

Oh yeah, that too obviously!

Teyla Emmagan

I couldn't leave the room without making the bed

Boscoirl

Akrasia wrote: »

My mother in law makes her bed as though she has a secret double life as a bondage dominatrix. The sheets are so tight that you can't move and there are so many layers and sheets that if you get into it wrong, you can get tangled up. It's like a snare, the more you struggle, the tighter it gets and soon you've passed out from restricted blood pressure. Fine, you do get a good rest while you're passed out and suffering from Cerebral hypoxia, but wouldn't it be easier if she just used one simple duvet?

What you doing in your MiL's bed?


I don't dress my bed, would dress the GFs if was last up, even put the pointless cushions back on the bed

Pumpkinseeds

Yes I care if the bed isn't made. It feels great to get into a neatly made bed each night. We have a feather duvet, a flat sheet and a top sheet. It doesn't take more than a couple of minutes to straighten the bedlinen up each morning. A messy bed takes the look off the room.

Czarcasm

humbert wrote: »

Probably not but I don't think having somebody come to collect your washing is the norm so changing your bedsheets every day is considerably more than ten minutes work.

OK ok point taken humbert, but I'm sure you can imagine what they'd be like if I actually left them on the bed for the week! There'd be some hum off them! :pac:

I've always left my laundry over to the launderette though for the last 20 years, not just for the convenience of it but because it's impossible I've found for a domestic washing machine to do the same job on sheets and clothes as a launderette will.

April O Neill

Mariasofia wrote: »

.....and if I did Id rather spend it on a quickie than making the bed

Exactly!

April O Neill

Stinicker wrote: »

any man or woman who can't make a bed is pretty pathetic to be fair. One of the first things in the army is the inspection of how well you have made your bed usually by the drill sergeant.

BIG difference between can't and don't want to. And who cares what the army does with themselves?

Stinicker wrote: »

Would people here be happy if housekeeping did not make their beds in hotels I wonder?

If I'm there a few nights, I prefer the room to be left until I leave, so leave on a 'Do Not Disturb' sign even when I'm gone. Obviously it not being made when I arrive is a different matter entirely. I can't wait to muss it up though!

April O Neill

Czarcasm wrote: »

Their bed, their rules, puts me right off though

Seriously? That's kinda sad.

rubadub

rubadub wrote: »

I know a OCD lad who irons his boxer shorts & socks, I find that pathetic.

I don't think OCD (the actual condition) is pathetic. Unless like a few people on the thread you mean OCD as just "he's unusually neat". Either way is a bit insensitive.

hawkeyethenoo wrote: »

bed bugs are attracted to neatly made beds. safer to keep it messy. thats my excuse anyway

Yup. It might look nicer to have a made bed, but surely the only time you'd be in your bedroom is when you're getting in/out of bed, so you shouldn't see your bed much when you're not in it, whereas it's actually more clean in terms of bacteria/pests to keep your bed unmade, so the air can get in between the sheets. By making your bed you're creating a lovely atmosphere for germs to breed.

Renegade Mechanic

I can make a bed. (seriously if there are people here over ten who cant....) and I dare say I make a damn good bed. But can I be arsed? Im afraid not..

JohnMearsheimer

I sort of fix the bed, not sure I'd call it making the bed though.

Mysteriouschic

My bed is usually fine and not messed up when I wake up I only made the bed when it needs to be made when sheets or the duvet isn't staying on. I do like my bed made but make the bed everyday when it's going to be unmade again is a waste of time unless there's sheets/duvets not staying on or falling down .

The Backwards Man

If I didn't make my bed there'd be nowhere for Teddy to sit.

Czarcasm

April O Neill wrote: »

Seriously? That's kinda sad.

I said I wouldn't mention this because it'd be off topic, and I really didn't want to appear OCD, but what's even sadder is that because I'm a chronic insomniac, while they're asleep I get up and tidy up the whole house!

My mates tend to take advantage of this fact sometimes, lol, one of my mates when I was staying over in hers one night, she'd a loose toilet seat in her en suite, drove me frickin' bonkers, next day I called over with a screwdriver, five minutes later had it sorted and I could relax...

Ruudi_Mentari

What's to make, I just toss the duvet aside and get on with the day.

elfy4eva

tmc86 wrote: »

I never understood the "hassle" involved in making a bed. Some people are so lazy they can't even take 5 seconds to straighten out their duvet! - and that's all it is straightening out a duvet and maybe a pillow or two.

This!!

Seriously, nobodys asking you to turn your mattress and sheets just straighten out the duvet and MABYE pillows takes a few seconds and makes the whole room look a lot tidier.

I mean with this attitude why do we bother brushing our hair or having a shave.
IT LOOKS NICE thats why. There's nothing more to it.

Yes, the sight of latts and screws strewn across the bedroom floor is unpleasant.

Femme_Fatale

Only make it properly when I change the sheets. Otherwise I give it a bit of a straightening out, but not a proper one, just before I get into it. Wouldn't dream of getting up that couple of minutes earlier in the mornings to make it properly. :pac:

GLaDOS

Had to google after reading the posts regarding unmade beds being more hygienic. Low and behold, it has some truth behind it. . Better make sure my bed is extra crumpled in the morning

Akrasia

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Had to google after reading the posts regarding unmade beds being more hygienic. Low and behold, it has some truth behind it. . Better make sure my bed is extra crumpled in the morning

I think that might be a joke article. I don't think that ' Yersinisa plainstainus and Strip. bucknakedus.' are real pathogens

GLaDOS

Haha well noticed, only skimmed the article

whatdoicare

You have to air the sheets (when yr dressing the bed shake out the sheets) or the bed will be stinking that night - also it'd be all twisted and wrinkled, not very pleasant to get into!
It takes like five minutes, the pleasure of getting in between fresh cool sheets outweighs the minor inconvenience in the morning!

Kold

elfy4eva wrote: »

This!!

Seriously, nobodys asking you to turn your mattress and sheets just straighten out the duvet and MABYE pillows takes a few seconds and makes the whole room look a lot tidier.

I mean with this attitude why do we bother brushing our hair or having a shave.
IT LOOKS NICE thats why. There's nothing more to it.

If your bed was a part of your daily working life and many people would see it, you might have a point. Are you a working girl?

tmc86

Kold wrote: »

If your bed was a part of your daily working life and many people would see it, you might have a point. Are you a working girl?

Its a mental attitude and a positive one at that. I make my bed for me, I like getting into a made bed.

Its a bit sad if you do things for other people to see but then behind the scenes you don't bother because it will only be you who sees it. Some people like nice things and things to be presentable, no matter who sees it.

But then judging by your comment its obvious that you don't share the same mentality

bnt

It's actually a good thing to turn the bed down for a while after you get up, to let it air. If you make it up properly as soon as you get up, you're locking in all your ... emissions ... until the next time you use it. :rolleyes:

Samba

Don't let the bed bugs bite

Ace Attorney

Im single at the moment, so no i dont care if the bed is made or not, just hop in and pull up the sheets and away ya go!, altho in this hot weather i havent used a blanket, its too damn warm

The Cool

I hate when the bed's not made! It literally takes a few seconds - shake out the mattress, fix it out over the bed, shake and fluff up the pillows, away you go. I feel much better getting into a made bed at night time, it feels much fresher and I settle down to sleep easier and more relaxed.

December2012

bnt wrote: »

It's actually a good thing to turn the bed down for a while after you get up, to let it air. If you make it up properly as soon as you get up, you're locking in all your ... emissions ... until the next time you use it. :rolleyes:

Deliberately airing your bed is different to just leaving it as a mess. I air my bed too in the morning, then later I straighten it up.