How often do you wash your bedding?

TheSpoonyNavyReader · 2024-04-14T06:49:34+00:00

YABU Every 2 weeks YANBU Once a week. If you wash your bedding more or less please let me know why.

hottchocolatte · 17/04/2024 07:35

I don't think I'd want to know how often my friends change their sheets to be honest! I think I'd rather not know and could do without people judging one another for this.

hottchocolatte · 17/04/2024 07:34

Makes sense @nothingsforgotten that it's easier

I hate putting the duvet cover on!

hottchocolatte · 17/04/2024 07:30

Thanks @EBearhug i may try it!

@exomoon i agree with @Bigearringsbigsmile I think people think if they or their clothes don't smell of BO then they don't smell but they certainly don't smell clean. If someone who hasn't showered for a few days gets close to
me i can tell even if they don't smell of sweat you can smell scalp or just not a clean smell

wow @gonegrl every 2 nights is a commitment!

Josette77 · 16/04/2024 23:19

EBearhug · 16/04/2024 11:00

What about sex? Do you not have sex in your bed either?

So people who wash their sheets infrequently not have sex in their bed?

Some of us are single. I consider it good practice to change the sheets between different men. I just change them more often than that would necessitate.

Lol I get that.

I live alone too although I have sex on the weekends. I have always washed them once a week regardless.

I just meant for those who wash them once a month or even more rarely don't they smell of sex and sweat?

Even if they claim not to sweat at night surely they are getting dirty during sex.

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TheSpoonyNavyReader · 16/04/2024 18:11

Bloom15 · 16/04/2024 13:28

Thank god to be honest @TheSpoonyNavyReader 😂😂

Honestly I am with you but the thread I started someone wiped their arse with their hand and thought it was cleaner 😂

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Bloom15 · 16/04/2024 13:28

Thank god to be honest @TheSpoonyNavyReader 😂😂

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TheSpoonyNavyReader · 16/04/2024 13:19

Bloom15 · 16/04/2024 13:13

I have never asked nor been asked this question by friends. We talk about more interesting things than washing!

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We usually talk about much more interesting subjects it was literally a 30 second conversation but I was astonished by another thread.

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Bloom15 · 16/04/2024 13:13

guineverehadgreeneyes · 14/04/2024 14:03

"I was out with friends for dinner last night and I asked in conversation and everyone showers daily and washes their bedding weekly, so I was questioning the response on my first post."

But why ask at all?

Why do you care if other people shower more frequently or less often than you or change their bedding more frequently or less often than you?

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I have never asked nor been asked this question by friends. We talk about more interesting things than washing!

Bloom15 · 16/04/2024 13:12

Pantaloons99 · 14/04/2024 12:19

I do them about every 3 to 4 weeks. I'm a bit surprised that I'm clearly a grotter compared to most here 😆

Agreed!! If everyone did the same as OP as some other PPs the planet would be even more doomed that it is

Bloom15 · 16/04/2024 13:00

Alwaysalwayscold · 14/04/2024 08:10

Every Monday.

And FWIW I also wash towels after every use OP.

That's completely ridiculous

Jayne35 · 16/04/2024 12:38

Summer weekly, when it's colder fortnightly.

Janetime · 16/04/2024 12:35

EBearhug · 16/04/2024 11:00

What about sex? Do you not have sex in your bed either?

So people who wash their sheets infrequently not have sex in their bed?

Some of us are single. I consider it good practice to change the sheets between different men. I just change them more often than that would necessitate.

Good practice to change between men, I’d say so. Go you.😄

Bigearringsbigsmile · 16/04/2024 12:31

🤣🤣🤣🤣 at all the people claiming to be Prince Andrewesque in their lack of sweatiness!
Get your sheets changed you dirty mingers!🤣🤣

KreedKafer · 16/04/2024 11:01

DP does all the laundry. He doesn't have a particular bedding washing schedule, he just does it when they feel like they need refreshing, if that makes sense. So in hot weather when we sweat more, the bedding gets changed more often than it does in winter. And the other week he changed them after we'd both been ill with a cold and somehow it all just felt a bit germy and gross. Sometimes they're probably only on for a week and other times they might stay on for three or four, but it's not something I really keep tabs on.

EBearhug · 16/04/2024 11:00

What about sex? Do you not have sex in your bed either?

So people who wash their sheets infrequently not have sex in their bed?

Some of us are single. I consider it good practice to change the sheets between different men. I just change them more often than that would necessitate.

K0OLA1D · 16/04/2024 10:52

user1471523870 · 16/04/2024 09:44

I started using a top sheet too and it makes my life so much easier! I no longer strip the duvet cover every single time, I just wash the top sheet, which is not a pain to remove and put back.

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I get all tangled up in sheets. If I ever stay at a hotel, my bed looks like someone has tried to wrestle in it 🤣

user1471523870 · 16/04/2024 09:44

nothingsforgotten · 15/04/2024 22:23

None that I'm aware of. I don't live in the UK and people usually use two sheets here, in fact most sheets are sold in packs of two, one fitted and one flat. Having to constantly take a duvet cover off, wash it, then put it back on sounds like utter madness to me.

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I started using a top sheet too and it makes my life so much easier! I no longer strip the duvet cover every single time, I just wash the top sheet, which is not a pain to remove and put back.

user1471523870 · 16/04/2024 09:41

Generally speaking every two weeks, but in reality more often if there is an accident in DS' bed, or if we have guests around/sleepovers or in summer when it's hot.
I always wash the pillow cases at least once a week.

Catastropher · 16/04/2024 09:24

What about sex? Do you not have sex in your bed either?
Thankfully it doesn’t happen very often. When it does, yes I change the sheets. But I can easily avoid it for six months.

But when it comes down to it, its smell and dirt vs the hassle and difficulty of changing and washing the bedding. I’m usually happier to tolerate the smell and dirt; changing the bedding is so hard.

Josette77 · 16/04/2024 09:20

PrincessTeaSet · 15/04/2024 23:16

No. We don't seem to be smelly people. Probably as we're not overweight, do plenty of exercise, eat healthily, don't smoke or drink excessively, don't have pets or eat or drink in bed. Also we wear underwear in bed.

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What about sex? Do you not have sex in your bed either?

So people who wash their sheets infrequently not have sex in their bed?

My in-laws used to be quite confident they didn't smell. They did. They just lost their sense of smell as they got older. I had to air the guest room out every time they stayed with us.

PrincessTeaSet · 15/04/2024 23:16

Bigearringsbigsmile · 14/04/2024 23:07

🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
Doesn't it SMELL?

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No. We don't seem to be smelly people. Probably as we're not overweight, do plenty of exercise, eat healthily, don't smoke or drink excessively, don't have pets or eat or drink in bed. Also we wear underwear in bed.

PrincessTeaSet · 15/04/2024 23:09

SabreIsMyFave · 15/04/2024 12:44

Yeah this ... I don't really like the 'competitive cleanliness,' that you get on these types of threads, and I think washing the bedding every 4 - 7 days (as a few people have said,) is a bit much. I can't imagine anybody needing to do it that often, unless it's very, very hot and they're sweating a lot. And washing towels once a day? WTF? Who does that? No-one I know!

But the other end of the scale is batshit. Only washing your bedding every 3 months? Really?! That is actually gross. There's no way in hell that the bedding won't stink after that amount of time ... No matter what time of year it is, and no matter who you are/what age/what weight etc...

I know this word's overused on Mumsnet, but it is actually grim to only wash your bedding* *four times a year. God, it must stink by then. 😬

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No it doesn't stink actually. We are obviously not as stinky and sweaty as you! Anyway what do you think is happening to it after a couple of months that doesn't happen in a couple of weeks?

Things that actually stink start doing so quite quickly. For example sports kit. I wouldn't wear that more than once.

Onelifeonly · 15/04/2024 23:00

Why do you need to keep asking us OP? There isn't a right or wrong, just personal views. There will be a tendency to err on the cleaner side when assessing one's habits even if it's not true because no one wants to say they are dirty.

Honest answer - when it occurs to me or I notice they need a change. My life is full of other concerns, activities and interests, so counting the days between changing bedding is low (not on) my list. I would always put on clean bedding for guests, if that helps.

ChicagoBears · 15/04/2024 22:52

Cleaner changes all of the beds once a week.

Starsandflowers · 15/04/2024 22:51

People are probably going to say I'm disgusting but I only wash the bedding when I remember which is probably around once a month tbh. Got 5 people in this house I'm doing washing for.. no way I'm washing bedding every single week.
Same with towels. I wash after they seem like they need washing not after every use.