making the bed

the_pen_turner

do you make the bed in the morning.
a friend of mine called round yesterday . we went into my room to get something and he was shocked that I don't make my bed.

I never make my bed unless I'm changing it or expecting visitors. not even for my GF. now its not left in a ball on top but half made .

older folk used to be on about making the bed. they said it has some magical powers to help you through the day


do you make your bed

Cutie 3.14

I cant leave the bed unmade, it just feels unnatural to me. Chaotic almost.
If a bed is unmade when I have to get into it to sleep, I have to make it first and then get in

Permabear

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DontThankMe

Nope never do the last thing I want to do in the morning when I just wake up is make my bed.

dd972

''Did you make your bed Neil?''

''Err, no, I bought it''

Stigura

I sleep on a futon. Amongst a Dog Pile.

These days, if I can just break the new, biting, pup off the quilt and chuck the lot over the wire? I'm happy.

But, yeah; I remove the bedding. But, then I just hang it off the inside 'line', for all to see. But, none come. So, it doesn't matter a f**k.

_Whimsical_

I alternate between being neat and tidy and... not.

The other night I tossed and turned so much the top of my duvet was at the bottom of my bed when I woke up. It's still there and I'm looking at the buttons right now facing me up at the top.

Other times I make it, but in the laziest way possible. My sheet is firmly fitted and doesn't move so I don't need to worry about that. On mornings I'm feeling tidy I make the rest of it while I'm still in it. That's shaking and fixing the quilt in place, fluffing pillows and then sliding out ninja style so as not to create a crumble.
Then I survey my handwork and congratulate myself on cheating time and the natural laws of the universe and housework.

The Backwards Man

Never trust a person that can't straighten their duvet in the morning

_Whimsical_

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Never trust a person that can't straighten their duvet in the morning

Ah see, I'd never trust a person who'd prioritise duvet straightening over all the good stuff waiting for them, life, toast, tea, an extra 3 min watching breakfast tv etc!

GLaDOS

Making the bed can encourage the proliferation of dust mites, which can aggravate the likes of allergies and asthma.

Personally I dont bother cause I'm only going to get back into it at the end of the day and mess it up again

The Backwards Man

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Ah see, I'd never trust a person who'd prioritise duvet straightening over all the good stuff waiting for them, life, toast, tea, an extra 3 min watching breakfast tv etc!

If it takes you three minutes to straighten your duvet you're doing it wrong

endacl

I do, but only to avoid the 'why didn't you make the bed I always make the bed when I'm last up' conversation...

r93kaey5p2izun

I only have a duvet to deal with. I usually straighten it out but leave it folded back to air out the bed. I wouldn't place a high priority on bed making. I couldn't be dealing with it if there were lots of sheets and blankets to contend with.

vegetables

Duvet. Fold it over twice, leave the window ajar. Nice and fresh for later.

No foostering.

Mountainsandh

I tend to "open" the bed rather than make it.
I just pull the duvet right up to let the inside part of duvet + fitted sheet get the fresh air when I open the window.

I do enjoy coming in to the room to see a dressed up bed occasionally, but most of the time I couldn't care less.

Arghus

I've genuinely never thought about this before.

I leave it as it is. You're dead to me now bed I think whenever I leave it in the early afternoon.

LadyMacBeth_

Sometimes I make the bed but usually only if someone is coming over (ground floor apartment so you can see into the bedrooms and a cat who forbids doors to be closed). Most of the time I just slither out and abandon it. Seems like a pointless task as I will get into bed again that night and mess it up. My OH usually makes the bed anyway because it bothers her.

The_Valeyard

Make your bee you lazy feckers. It takes less than an a minute.

Edit: bed, no bee you ninjas

Tigger

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Make your bee you lazy feckers. It takes less than an a minute.

The_Valeyard

Tigger wrote: »

I give you a c+

whoopsadoodles

My chest is tightening at the thoughts of all the unmade beds.

osarusan

It's a duvet. I'll grab the sides and do that that upward flicking action so that it unfurls and then settles down roughly flat. Takes about 5 seconds.

johnnyskeleton

Yes. I also wash myself feed myself and clothe myself.

mad muffin

As soon as I wake up, I take a piss, and make all the beds. Then go down stairs for a coffee.

Shenshen

Yes. I shake out the duvet, pull the sheets underneath tight again and fluff up the pillows.

If I can't do it in the morning (because the OH is still asleep in it when I get up), I do it at night before getting in. Why would anyone want to sleep on a flat pillow with scrunched up sheets?

Day Lewin

The bed is far more comfortable to get into if the sheets underneath are flat and smooth. And the quilt is fluffier if it is shaken out. And pillows un-squashed in the middle.
It only takes 30 seconds, honestly.
I fling back the covers and toss pillows on the floor when I'm going out to the shower or loo: on return, smooth sheet with hands, shake and replace quilt, toss pillows back on. Done. A minute, max. Bed now very comfortable to get into! Aah, the welcoming arms of sleep!

cnocbui

All those people who make their beds in the morning - have you heard the phrase "you have med your own bed, now you have to lie in it"?

Well rather you than me - ewww!

Untidy beds may keep us healthy

Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies.

A Kingston University study discovered the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed.

The average bed could be home to up to 1.5 million house dust mites.

The bugs, which are less than a millimetre long, feed on scales of human skin and produce allergens which are easily inhaled during sleep.

The warm, damp conditions created in an occupied bed are ideal for the creatures, but they are less likely to thrive when moisture is in shorter supply.

'Small glands'

The scientists developed a computer model to track how changes in the home can reduce numbers of dust mites in beds.

Something as simple as leaving a bed unmade during the day can remove moisture from the sheets and mattress so the mites will dehydrate and eventually die
Dr Stephen Pretlove

Researcher Dr Stephen Pretlove said: "We know that mites can only survive by taking in water from the atmosphere using small glands on the outside of their body.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4181629.stm

Shenshen

cnocbui wrote: »

All those people who make their beds in the morning - have you heard the phrase "you have med your own bed, now you have to lie in it"?

Well rather you than me - ewww!



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4181629.stm

Always nice to see people read articles to the end :

Professor Andrew Wardlaw, of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (says) It is true that mites need humid conditions to thrive and cannot survive in very dry (desert like) conditions.

However, most homes in the UK are sufficiently humid for the mites to do well and I find it hard to believe that simply not making your bed would have any impact on the overall humidity.

In short, if you have asthma, get a dehumidifier. It'll do a lot more for you than just leaving your bed unmade.

jester77

Making the bed.... such a weird phrase. Just picturing you all, with your timber, plains and saws every morning trying to make a bed!

chakotha

I straighten the duvet.

Sounds like a better idea to pull it back so as to air the bed tbh.

Dial Hard

An unmade bed makes the entire room look messy, imo.

I get up, fold the duvet back, go do my bathroom stuff, make my tea then make the bed when I go back upstairs. Bed gets aired, room looks tidy, win-win.

RasTa

Why on earth would you make the bed considering you're just going to mess it up again in less than 24hrs.

Lorelli!

I can't get dressed unless the bed is made.

pickarooney

RasTa wrote: »

Why on earth would you make the bed considering you're just going to mess it up again in less than 24hrs.

Why brush your teeth when you're only going to eat again in a few hours?

RasTa

pickarooney wrote: »

Why brush your teeth when you're only going to eat again in a few hours?

Well that makes no sense.

PandaPoo

Never make the bed, in fact most of the time the duvet is half on the bed half on the floor. Doesn't bother me in the slightest, whereas my mother is militant about bed making. She has all sorts of sheets and blankets folded every which way, it's like a straight jacket. No thanks.

Wake up, fling duvet off, go about my day.

razorblunt

I only use the duvet, no sheet underneath it so it's a 1 min job mostly.
Leave it folded back to air it out and make it fresh at night during the summer, lovely.

whoopsadoodles

razorblunt wrote: »

I only use the duvet, no sheet underneath it so it's a 1 min job mostly.
Leave it folded back to air it out and make it fresh at night during the summer, lovely.

You use a mattress sheet though right?.....right??

Couldn't be arsed with all the fluffy pillows and seven blankets and the likes. Duvet. Four pillows. Fitted mattress sheet.

It takes absolutely shag all time to straighten and smooth out the duvet. Two pillows under, and two pillows on top.

The room looks spotless then and getting into a made bed is far far nicer a feeling.

I hate when you go to a hotel and you come back to the room before the bed maker uppers have been. Place looks like sh*t. I'd go back out rather than get into the crumpledy bed.

Alf Veedersane

I throw the duvet back to get out of bed. Then do the reverse when I'm out et voila, the bed is made.

WoollyRedHat

Somewhat. I can't wait to get a robot that does this for me though. Don't get me started on trying to get a duvet into the sheet, it can be such an ordeal. Dante's seventh layer of hell I do believe.

Alf Veedersane

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Don't get me started on trying to get a duvet into the sheet, it can be such an ordeal. Dante's seventh layer of hell I do believe.

Turn the cover inside out, put your hands in at the bottom corner, grab the duvet by the bottom corner, shake the cover down over the duvet and win at life.

Takes about 30 seconds.

PandaPoo

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

It takes absolutely shag all time to straighten and smooth out the duvet. Two pillows under, and two pillows on top.

The room looks spotless then and getting into a made bed is far far nicer a feeling.

.

I'm the opposite. I like getting into a messy bed. It's not about time either, just what I prefer. Yes it looks messy, but nobody sees it so who cares.

whoopsadoodles

PandaPoo wrote: »

I'm the opposite. I like getting into a messy bed. It's not about time either, just what I prefer. Yes it looks messy, but nobody sees it so who cares.

I see it!

(Mine, not yours, that'd be creepy )

Kimbot

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

I see it!

(Mine, not yours, that'd be creepy )

Or exciting if your Pandapoo :P

Bambi985

Honestly it would throw off my whole day if I left the house with the bed unmade or knew that my OH had left it unmade. It's like going to work without having a shower or if you forgot to brush your teeth or something. You just feel...off.

It makes the room look like a pigsty and it makes the prospect of getting into it 100% less enticing personally. Just make your bloody bed! It takes 30 seconds and is part and parcel of being a responsible bloody human. This is actually annoying me. Why is this even a question, assuming everyone here is more than five years old. MAKE YOUR BLOODY BEDS AH!

Boom_Bap

I always straighten up the pillows (well, reclaim mine that have been stolen during the night) and shake and smooth out the duvet.
Mrs. Bap believes in an unmade bed.
I reckon it's either that or the dishwasher that will ultimately be the downfall of us

I then have to decide if I want to start a barney with the kids about getting them to do theirs or to just do it myself.

Kimbot

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I always straighten up the pillows (well, reclaim mine that have been stolen during the night) and shake and smooth out the duvet.

But you said I could have the pillows babe :P

Ah I fall out of bed in the mornings, but I do manage to make the bed and all before I dart out the door to work. I used to never make it but a few years ago I just started making it out of nowhere and its stuck ever since.

o1s1n

You'd swear duvets didn't exist and 'making a bed' involved the intricate folding of 10 layers of blankets.

It takes about a minute to to re-position a duvet and pillows. Makes the room look clean and not like a teenagers hovel :pac:

Boom_Bap

jonnycivic wrote: »

But you said I could have the pillows babe :P

Ah I fall out of bed in the mornings, but I do manage to make the bed and all before I dart out the door to work. I used to never make it but a few years ago I just started making it out of nowhere and its stuck ever since.

LadyMacBeth_

I like to cut out unnecessary tasks. I have the time for them, I just don't see the purpose or see them as a waste of time. I rarely iron either, I iron some work clothes now and then and that's about it. Couldn't be arsed. Being an adult means I can choose not to do these things, since I spent my teenage years ironing for the family in order to earn my pocket money! My mum had me iron her pyjamas and the duvet covers and table cloths, I mean who even cares? Can't see the point at all.

Dial Hard

RasTa wrote: »

Well that makes no sense.

It's the exact same logic you used.