Bed Check

Breckgirl
Breckgirl Posts: 606 Member
edited September 24 in Chit-Chat
So, I was just curious...

Do you make your bed?

If it takes you three minutes to make your bed every day, from the age of five to the age of 55 you have spent 912.5 hours or 38 days making your bed. I don't know about you but I think I can find something more fun to do with 912.5 hours of my life besides making a bed.
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  • christinslough
    christinslough Posts: 15 Member
    NOPE! We may pull the covers up and tidy a bit when we get out, but it takes less than 30 seconds and does not involve smoothing or decorative pillows :)
  • jessimacar
    jessimacar Posts: 291
    oddly enough, we make the bed right before we get in it! i have a hyper dog who loves to mess up the covers, so there's really no point.
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    I don't... I never understood why people would make the bed when they get up only to mess it up again that night. I can understand if you have guests or trying to sell your house and want it to look nice, but other than that who cares really? Only time I make my bed is after I wash the sheets and put them back on. lol
  • reese66
    reese66 Posts: 2,920 Member
    The fun comes in the unmaking... Just sayin...
  • mariapuhl
    mariapuhl Posts: 529 Member
    Nope, unless I have people come over, which is rare lol.
  • CalorieNinja
    CalorieNinja Posts: 645 Member
    I make my bed as soon as I get out of it or it calls to me all day wanting me to come nap :)
  • amuhlou
    amuhlou Posts: 693 Member
    Nope! When we started dating, my husband made his bed daily... let's just say I converted him!
  • jenniix
    jenniix Posts: 15
    LOL, no not really.
    We never sleep under the comforter or anything (too hot!), but we use a little blanket and I just fold it up the next day. Not a big deal and we don't have anything fancy. No one ever sees our room anyway, so who cares! :P

    But, I remember always getting in trouble for not making my bed when I was a kid. UGH, what's the point?! I'm just going to mess it up later anyway. :( And I work hard while I'm asleep to get my bed comfortable and how I want it... Why would I want to mess that up by making it! :P
  • fitmom4ever
    fitmom4ever Posts: 130
    My husband and i actually argue about that constantly. I see no point, the children jump on it and mess it up, we're just going to mess it up again anyway, etc. So we have compromised, I remember most days to put the pillows back on the bed and throw the cover up over it, but don't really "make" the bed. And oops, you just reminded me that I didn't even do that this morning. Time to go make it look somewhat presentable.
  • bam0904
    bam0904 Posts: 25 Member
    I make my bed everyday! If not and something horrible happens, people will see my messy room. I have OCD issues!!! And by making it, it prevents me from getting back in
  • AmberMagdalena
    AmberMagdalena Posts: 461 Member
    bump. My fiance has to see this! Best. Post. Ever.
  • Bethy25
    Bethy25 Posts: 73
    This post just made me feel WAY better about myself! I do not make my bed other than when I put on fresh bedding or have people coming over (sometimes even then I just close my bedroom door) I have often thought I was the minority but i guess not! Yippee!!

    I will happily continue to NOT make my bed!
    ~Beth
  • ShellyMacchi
    ShellyMacchi Posts: 975 Member
    i make mine.
    i think it's a control thing... if i walk into the room and bed is unmade it feels out of control... but walking in during the day and seeing it made feels calming... makes me feel like a 'grown-up' *LOL*

    go ahead and laugh..makes me laugh too *L*
  • xXAlana21Xx
    xXAlana21Xx Posts: 183 Member
    oddly enough, we make the bed right before we get in it! i have a hyper dog who loves to mess up the covers, so there's really no point.

    I do that a lot depending on how messed up the covers are... a bed that is made just feels more comfy.
  • Breckgirl
    Breckgirl Posts: 606 Member
    I don't... I never understood why people would make the bed when they get up only to mess it up again that night. I can understand if you have guests or trying to sell your house and want it to look nice, but other than that who cares really? Only time I make my bed is after I wash the sheets and put them back on. lol

    Me too. I love crawling into fresh wash sheets!
  • chanstriste13
    chanstriste13 Posts: 3,277 Member
    yep - every morning. my husband teaches and i'm unemployed, so if the bed's not made i will lay in it all day! so we make it together everyday. besides, it's pretty!
  • LarryPGH
    LarryPGH Posts: 349 Member
    Nope. Who's gonna see it, anyway?
  • Valtishia
    Valtishia Posts: 811 Member
    So, I was just curious...

    Do you make your bed?

    If it takes you three minutes to make your bed every day, from the age of five to the age of 55 you have spent 912.5 hours or 38 days making your bed. I don't know about you but I think I can find something more fun to do with 912.5 hours of my life besides making a bed.

    Nope!! I let my husband waste HIS time making the bed lol
    I have never really been one to make the bed but it drives him crazy lol
  • ♥Violette♥4Ever♥
    ♥Violette♥4Ever♥ Posts: 457 Member
    Hell no! As a teenager I promised myself I would never make my bed after moving out of my parents house and I never broke that promise. LOL!
  • Stefani74
    Stefani74 Posts: 448 Member
    As soon as we get out of it in the morning it's made! My hubby is actually the neat freak that got me into the habit. Normally we get out of bed at the same time so we make it together.
  • Breckgirl
    Breckgirl Posts: 606 Member
    LOL, no not really.
    We never sleep under the comforter or anything (too hot!), but we use a little blanket and I just fold it up the next day. Not a big deal and we don't have anything fancy. No one ever sees our room anyway, so who cares! :P

    But, I remember always getting in trouble for not making my bed when I was a kid. UGH, what's the point?! I'm just going to mess it up later anyway. :( And I work hard while I'm asleep to get my bed comfortable and how I want it... Why would I want to mess that up by making it! :P

    As a kid I never made my bed but kept the door to my room closed. My parents were constantly after me to make the bed. When I was 18 I came home one afternoon from an early date to find my matteress and all of my bedding and pillows lying in the from yard (we lived in the country back a long lane so it wasn't an eyesore for the neighbors). My dad was sitting on the front porch waiting for me. He said if I didn't make my bed I could sleep outside with the other animals! He and my date sat on the porch and watched while I wrestled the matteress back into my room and made my bed. I didn't know whether to be mad or embarrassed!
  • 2bFitNTrim
    2bFitNTrim Posts: 1,209 Member
    Yes, I do. I have a pretty regular routine I follow in the mornning. First thing, hit the bathroom. Next, water & feed the cats, make up the bed, get dressed, open curtains and/or blinds. It's a habit I don't think I could give up at this point. :flowerforyou:
  • audbbgirl
    audbbgirl Posts: 83
    Only time I make the bed is when I change the sheets and pillow cases!! My husband and I sleep with seperate blankets because we both move to much and he gets too hot all the time and I am freezing all the time.
  • mikeyml
    mikeyml Posts: 568 Member
    No most days my bed is not made like it should be. We pull the covers and the comforter up but we don't tuck them under the pillows, fluff the pillows, or smooth out the sheets. I grew up making my bed everyday and I continued to do so all through college. I just find the room to look cleaner when the bed is made and I really enjoy untucking the sheets before climbing in. I guess it's the neat freak in me. One thing I won't tolerate though is clothes on the floor. If I walked into my bedroom and there were clothes on the floor and the bed was a mess I would seriously freak out.
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    If I walked into my bedroom and there were clothes on the floor and the bed was a mess I would seriously freak out.

    You would have a heart attack if you walked into my bedroom then :laugh: :laugh:
  • edryer123
    edryer123 Posts: 502 Member
    I do just before bed if my fiance is working because when he gets home at 730am I am getting up to workout. he sleeps til 6 and i go to bed at roughly 11. I hate sheets getting uber twisted around my legs. I feel calmer with a made bed. You can tease if you wish I know I'm weird.
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    Yeap, I make the bed after we are done with the shower. I just give it an hour or so to cool the sheets. Comforter, pillows, and the whole nine yards. If I don't have time to do it, my husband will because neither of us like to see the bedroom upside down (or the house for that matter), or the bed unmade.

    We both like order, but I am a neat freak. Sorry to say that my children didn't inherit those genes....:ohwell:
  • fontaine3b
    fontaine3b Posts: 50
    All depends!!!

    Also, I too don't have enough cowboys in my life!!! and I mean the rough tough sexy horseriding ones, not the football team, although I do like a nice football player!!! lol

    Have a Wonderful Day!! :laugh:
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    Can't stand a messy bed. Love to get into nice smooth sheets and blankets at night. Have to make it before I leave for work in the morning or I am not a happy camper. I have actually been known to make the bed around my hubby while he is in it. He humors me, if I have to leave it un made he does it for me (kind of). However, I do leave dishes in the sink overnight I am not a compulsive domestic Goddess.
  • Mrs_McFadden
    Mrs_McFadden Posts: 1,139
    I forget about the bed as soon as I get out of it. It literally leaves my consciousness...I know I'm strange, but I forget about it until my husband comes home and groans because I didn't make it. The same phenomenon happens to me with my vehicles...I don't remember that I need to get gas until I get back in lol.
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