Why are we obsessed with making our beds?

FunLover18

Is it just because it looks neat? Who's it looking neat for? I'm usually the only person in my room but I know I wouldn't judge someone else on the state of their bed.

Is their some secret I'm not aware of whereby bed bugs don't like made beds?

Do you have kids and do you insist they make their beds? Why? I never understood my own parents obsession with the tidiness of my bed, if it was to instill a sense of tidiness in me, it was completely unsuccessful.

Squall Leonhart

As my father always said, I'm not asking you to make your bed, it's already made, I'm asking you to dress your bed!!!

Alf Stewart.

Shopping in Ikea has its drawbacks.

smash

In case you get hit by a bus!



Oh wait, that's fresh underwear.... So the house looks nice for robbers?

2smiggy

a well dressed bed is more comfortable to get into, rather than dragging a crumbled up duvet(s) over yourself, IMO anyway

The Backwards Man

It's so bats can't get in under the covers and come flying out at you when you're going to bed.

Kovu

We're obsessed with making our beds?

I sleep under a quilt, I don't do sheets apart from the one on the mattress so it takes me 2 seconds to straighten the quilt.

RobertKK

Are we?

Samaris

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It's so bats can't get in under the covers and come flying out at you when you're going to bed.

You can tell you live in the country when nesting bats in your bed is a concern!

o1s1n

I assume this means you must never really take any women home.

Speedwell

I don't know either. When I was a teenager in the hot American South, and I first became conscious of sweating at night, I always wanted to air my bed, so I would fold the sheet and summer quilt over the footboard and prop the pillows vertically against the headboard. My mother saw the point, but it drove my fussy father round the bend.

If company was coming over, and I expected them to stay overnight, I would make the guest bed up fresh for them. In the meantime it has just a throw over it for dust.

gutenberg

Well, interestingly enough, there are some theories which say that not making your bed is in fact healthier overall, as the 'warm and dry' conditions of an unmade bed are unattractive to dust mites, and in fact they are unable to survive. Making the bed keeps the sheets slight damp from you having slept in them, which enables the mites to thrive.

I've never made my bed, used to drive my parents scatty :pac: Now I feel justified
I do appreciate that from an aesthetic point of view, a freshly-made bed is very appealing to climb into.

Source for dust mites claim: here

iguana

I have a bungalow and my bedroom is at the front of the house. Anyone coming to my front door will see if my bed is made or not. So if I want to open my curtains I have to make my bed.

Some days I don't open my curtains.

AnonoBoy

Ah let me tell you now lads making yoru bed will always stand to you. The amount of drop dead gorgeous women I've brought back to my house only to have them turn tail and flee as soon as they spied my unmade bed.

Sure no wonder we've so many proverbs about unmade beds in Ireland.

"You need an unmade bed like a hole in the head."
"Straighten up them sheets if you want your day to be complete."
"Pull up the duvet if you want her to get groovay."

I could go on....

Mesrine65

I never make my bed, just re-adjust the quilt when re-entering, does my OH's head in :pac::pac::pac:

The Backwards Man

You'll never win her over if you don't puff that pillow cover

RobertKK

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It's so bats can't get in under the covers and come flying out at you when you're going to bed.

Samaris wrote: »

You can tell you live in the country when nesting bats in your bed is a concern!

Around 8 or 9 years ago my mother was in bed, she had gone to bed early, next thing I heard screams. Her room was dark so not knowing what was crawling next to her head, had her terrified. :pac:
Right next to her head was this really big bat. So I came to the rescue and removed the pillow with the bat.

She had her bed made, didn't stop the bat...

fussyonion

Because it makes your room looks tidy.
I take pride in my home and like every room to be clean, tidy and presentable.
By leaving the bed unmade, it makes the room look messy.

It's all about making things look organised and in order.
I do air the bed in the morning though, by taking the duvet off, and the pillows and opening the window, but I go back in an hour or two later and make the bed.

gifted

Make the bed???...ah here next thing people will expect the sheets changed every year

Lollipops23

I find it hard to sleep in a bed that I get back into unmade. Feels slovenly.

GLaDOS

Who's we?

I never make the bed :pac:

MRledzepo

There's an interesting theory that if you make your bed then you are set up to be more successful than someone who hasn't . Think of making your bed as the very first task of the day and once you complete that task your onto your next task and so on . Making your bed gives you the Pride to pursue the next task of the day and annother and annother .

CelticRambler

Speedwell wrote: »

If company was coming over, and I expected them to stay overnight, I would make the guest bed up fresh for them. In the meantime it has just a throw over it for dust.

I give my guests a sheet and a duvet and tell them to do it themselves - that way they know no-one else has slept in it before them!

Turquoise Hexagon Sun

Makes the room so much neater. It's the easiest thing you can do improve the look of the room, especially if you are in a rush. A messed up looking bed is a bit of an eye sore.

Guffy

AnonoBoy

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You'll never win her over if you don't puff that pillow cover

"Remember to straighten that blanket if you want her to **** it."

Boom_Bap

My mammy tells me to, and it hides the stains.

maudgonner

AnonoBoy wrote: »

"Remember to straighten that blanket if you want her to **** it."

Hospital corners give a girl the horn...ers.

Harry Palmr

Its best not to make the bed when you get up as it should be aired first, tidy it but then turn down the covers and when you get home from work or whatever then make it up.

Mesrine65

gufc21 wrote: »

When in the military I used to bull my boots to a mirror shine everyday...

I'm out nearly two & a half decades now & haven't polished a pair of boots since :eek:

CelticRambler

MRledzepo wrote: »

Think of making your bed as the very first task of the day and once you complete that task your onto your next task and so on . Making your bed gives you the Pride to pursue the next task of the day and annother and annother .

What's wrong with making "get out of bed" the first task of the day? Followed by staggering to the kitchen and put the kettle on, while rubbing sleep from your eyes. I know if I can get that far, I can take on the world. :pac:

Then
- check to see if anyone sent any interesting e-mails overnight
- check New Posts on boards.ie & other forums
- check phone to see if any idiot thought I'd answer before I woke up
Along with the kettle challenge, that's four tasks done before getting dressed! :cool:

And then: check to-do list for yesterday ("make bed" probably wasn't on it :P )

maudgonner

CelticRambler wrote: »

What's wrong with making "get out of bed" the first task of the day? Followed by staggering to the kitchen and put the kettle on, while rubbing sleep from your eyes. I know if I can get that far, I can take on the world. :pac:

Jeez, I dunno. That seems like a step too far for me. I'd prefer something like:

Task 1: Groan and roll over
Task 2: Hit the snooze button
Task 3: Hit the snooze button
Task 4: Hit the snooze button...

McGrath5

An unmade bed makes the room look untidy/messy.

Making it only takes about 30 seconds.

Sam Kade

McGrath5 wrote: »

An unmade bed makes the room look untidy/messy.

Making it only takes about 30 seconds.

You can make a bed in 30 seconds that's a record, is it wood or metal that you use?

Mesrine65

McGrath5 wrote: »

An unmade bed makes the room look untidy/messy.

Is there an untidy bedroom inspector covertly checking peoples unmade beds that I am unaware of?

CelticRambler

maudgonner wrote: »

Jeez, I dunno. That seems like a step too far for me. I'd prefer something like:

Task 1: Groan and roll over
Task 2: Hit the snooze button
Task 3: Hit the snooze button
Task 4: Hit the snooze button...

That's why I'm so much more successful than you! I bet my "Still To Do From Yesterday" list is at least twice as long as yours.

Stigura

I have a steel trace wire across my ceiling. Every day, when I get up, I fold the quilt so that the corner I was under is uppermost. I hang the quilt over the wire, my corner exposed to the air.

Then, I flip the futon up against the wall. Dogs can't get on it and bite it that way. And I'm good to go

jester77

MRledzepo wrote: »

There's an interesting theory that if you make your bed then you are set up to be more successful than someone who hasn't . Think of making your bed as the very first task of the day and once you complete that task your onto your next task and so on . Making your bed gives you the Pride to pursue the next task of the day and annother and annother .

My first task of the day is successfully making it to the toilet without stubbing a toe :pac:

I don't get the obsession with making the bed. I pull the duvet down, get out of bed and get ready for the day. I'm not in the the bedroom until going to bed when I will pull the duvet back up.

Leaving the duvet down also lets the bed breathe a little.

poa

FunLover18 wrote: »

Is it just because it looks neat? Who's it looking neat for? I'm usually the only person in my room but I know I wouldn't judge someone else on the state of their bed.

Is their some secret I'm not aware of whereby bed bugs don't like made beds?

Do you have kids and do you insist they make their beds? Why? I never understood my own parents obsession with the tidiness of my bed, if it was to instill a sense of tidiness in me, it was completely unsuccessful.

I wouldn't do women's work.

whisky_galore

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

Makes the room so much neater. It's the easiest thing you can do improve the look of the room, especially if you are in a rush. A messed up looking bed is a bit of an eye sore.

Who stands around admiring the inside of a bedroom? Or spends any time in it other than to go to sleep?

Shaque attack

Sam Kade wrote: »

You can make a bed in 30 seconds that's a record, is it wood or metal that you use?

I'd say it's made of idioms...

maudgonner

whisky_galore wrote: »

Who stands around admiring the inside of a bedroom? Or spends any time in it other than to go to sleep?

Oh whisky, you have been missing out! :pac:

whisky_galore

maudgonner wrote: »

Oh whisky, you have been missing out! :pac:

Oh yeah, and that...

But you're not taking note of how nice the curtains are then, are you?

Lux23

I never used to care, but my bedroom is my living room too and I don't like looking over and seeing the bed unmade.

maudgonner

whisky_galore wrote: »

Oh yeah, and that...

But you're not taking note of how nice the curtains are then, are you?

I dunno, it depends how talented the guy is. Sometimes you need to relieve the boredom

The Raptor

MRledzepo wrote: »

There's an interesting theory that if you make your bed then you are set up to be more successful than someone who hasn't . Think of making your bed as the very first task of the day and once you complete that task your onto your next task and so on . Making your bed gives you the Pride to pursue the next task of the day and annother and annother .

I'd probably just get back into bed after making it in the morning. So no, i don't get into a made bed.

McGrath5

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Is there an untidy bedroom inspector covertly checking peoples unmade beds that I am unaware of?

I simply like to keep my bedroom and rest of the house tidy.

Kimbot

MRledzepo wrote: »

There's an interesting theory that if you make your bed then you are set up to be more successful than someone who hasn't . Think of making your bed as the very first task of the day and once you complete that task your onto your next task and so on . Making your bed gives you the Pride to pursue the next task of the day and annother and annother .

Nah, waking up when I dont want to is my first task of the day and I do it every day to the point of I think im gonna give it up soon :P

Maximus Alexander

I don't make my bed because I like to keep my bedroom untidy.

gutenberg

gutenberg wrote: »

the 'warm and dry' conditions of an unmade bed are unattractive to dust mites, and in fact they are unable to survive. Making the bed keeps the sheets slight damp from you having slept in them, which enables the mites to thrive.

Which is why "making the bed" to me means straightening the quilt and folding it back to air the bed

JupiterKid

I usually try to make my bed - it only really takes a few seconds. It just looks better.