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About being clean

neverstray
neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
I'm 46, until a year or so ago, I didn't know that you're supposed to make your bed, and get this, most adults do.this bed making thing every single day.

I was having a conversation with a group of people, and some talked about making their bed, and o said that.I never make my bed. In fact, I didn't even have a bed spread, just sheets and blankets. It was brought to my attention that that's not normal. I have since asked many friends and apparently everyone in the world makes their bed, except me. Long live the outlier.
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  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I don't make my bed. So, Cheers! :drinker:
  • BillyC96
    BillyC96 Posts: 7,560 Member
    You are not alone!
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    I don't make my bed. At most I fluff the duvet and throw it over the top. I'm just gonna crawl back in it later!
  • Mallory0418
    Mallory0418 Posts: 723 Member
    If you have time to make your bed, you have time to work out.
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    No bed making for me! It will just get messed up again...and again....and again...
  • jenlarz
    jenlarz Posts: 813 Member
    I make it when I change the sheets. Thats about it
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
    I don't make my bed .
  • galegetsthin
    galegetsthin Posts: 1,340 Member
    I make mine every morning and so do the kids, but we are all kinda ocd. We are the ONLY ones I know that do this....
  • DaughterOfTheMostHighKing
    DaughterOfTheMostHighKing Posts: 1,436 Member
    I don't make my bed either! I have 2 mattresses, a fitted sheet and a comforter. My kids don't make their beds either... they fold up their blankets and put them on the pillows. pau. (done)
  • nutandbutter
    nutandbutter Posts: 447
    I just starting making my bed about a month ago. The reason? I let my kids eat on it and I was sick of laying in cracker crumbs (even worse, listening to my husband b*tch about it). Feeling like a slob now since I don't actually clean the crumbs up. :frown:
  • Zarebeth
    Zarebeth Posts: 136 Member
    The only reason I kinda straighten it up is so that if my cat decides to barf on the bed, I only have to change the comforter instead of all the sheets.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    I don't make ours unless I need to use it to fold laundry.
  • ColCul
    ColCul Posts: 53
    I prefer a rumpled bed, (although the rest of the house is immaculate). My husband makes the bed despite my preference, and I sigh every time I have to untuck those lovely corners he made and have to make a new nest for my nightly slumber.
  • katiew00t
    katiew00t Posts: 164
    I make it about every other day. But only so my comforters, blanket, and sheet are lined up perfectly to achieve maximum warmth.
  • sandrinamsilva
    sandrinamsilva Posts: 651 Member
    I always make my bed in the morning right after my shower.
  • chubby_checkers
    chubby_checkers Posts: 2,352 Member
    I make it when I change the sheets. Thats about it

    same here.
  • mnishi
    mnishi Posts: 419 Member
    I only make my bed for two reasons:
    1) I have company coming over
    2) I'm putting on new sheets

    Otherwise, what's the point of spending time doing something that no one will see and you'll mess up again in a few hours?
  • jamk1446
    jamk1446 Posts: 5,577 Member
    I don't make ours unless I need to use it to fold laundry.

    Haha, this!

    Or if I have company coming over. It feels like getting caught in your underwear when the bed's unmade when company's over for some reason.
  • silhouettes
    silhouettes Posts: 517 Member
    I used to.. pillows and everything.. then I realized I don't want people to see my bedroom.. so what was the point? I keep it clean and in nice condition, but I rarely make it anymore, I just straighten it out at night.
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    It was brought to my attention that that's not normal. I have since asked many friends and apparently everyone in the world makes their bed, except me.

    You and every non-liar in the world!
  • mandasimba
    mandasimba Posts: 782 Member
    The boyfriend makes his side of the bed, I leave mine with the sheets in a tagled mess and my comforter on the floor.

    (Although we have one bed, we have 2 sets of sheets and covers - it saved our relationship and probably one of our lives :p)
  • lorac321
    lorac321 Posts: 614 Member
    It gets made once a week when the sheets gets changed. The only reason even that gets done is because I pay someone to do it.
  • AlayshaJ
    AlayshaJ Posts: 703 Member
    I wish my bed would stay made! I don't make it because I co-sleep with my 6mo old and I have to put her in for naps multiple times a day. My husband also can't touch a made bed without completely ruining it. (In my eyes, I'm super OCD) He just sits on it and messes it up and doesn't fix it! It drives me crazy. So I don't make the bed and won't for a long while. Sighhhh. I love a made bed.
  • _snw_
    _snw_ Posts: 1,298 Member
    i never ever make my bed. except when i change the sheets.
  • houseofcarpenter
    houseofcarpenter Posts: 127 Member
    I'm the messiest person in the world in every other way but, I always make my bed in the mornings, why would you not??
  • Phoenix59
    Phoenix59 Posts: 364 Member
    When I wasn't working, I made the bed every morning. I'm now employed, so it goes unmade until I change the sheets. My husband doesn't seem to notice one way or the other!:laugh:
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    I yank everything up towards the headboard, but that's just to keep the cat hair (mostly) on the outside of the sheets. But to actually make it, all foofy-like, as if I am going to be photographed for Better Homes and Gardens? Nah. Not even if company is coming. My bedroom door stays closed (100% of the time, except for the brief moment while someone is using it), nobody is going to see it anyway.
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    I only make my bed for two reasons:
    1) I have company coming over
    2) I'm putting on new sheets

    This.
  • reedkaus
    reedkaus Posts: 250 Member
    haha i make it on the weekends...sometimes
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    I grew up with a mother who expected the bed to be made immediately upon rising. Woe unto you if you got caught trying to pee first. Consequently, I stopped making the bed as soon as I moved out.
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