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How often do you wash your bedding?

213 replies

TheSpoonyNavyReader · 14/04/2024 07:49

YABU Every 2 weeks

YANBU Once a week.

If you wash your bedding more or less please let me know why.

OP posts:
theduchessofspork · 15/04/2024 08:27

Alwaysalwayscold · 14/04/2024 08:10

Every Monday.

And FWIW I also wash towels after every use OP.

Generally I think people need to do what they need to do with washing - it’s such a personal thing.

But washing towels every time you use them really is inexcusable - just hang them up to dry for heavens sake. You are clean when you use them.

SpamFritterSandwich · 15/04/2024 08:21

And they say feminism is dead. What a depressing thread,....

INeedToClingToSomething · 15/04/2024 04:40

I aim for once a fortnight but it's often longer.

crockofshite · 15/04/2024 01:43

When I start to stick to the sheets.

MissingMoominMamma · 15/04/2024 01:41

Once a week. My (non-shedding) small dog sleeps with me.

Resisterance · 15/04/2024 01:30

Every Sunday morning without fail. Feels mucky otherwise

itsalwaysthesame · 15/04/2024 00:58

Every 2 weeks but pillowcases weekly

nothingsforgotten · 15/04/2024 00:57

SwordToFlamethrower · 15/04/2024 00:52

Every Friday for top sheet, bottom sheet and pullow cases. I got fed up of having to wash the whole duvet cover every week so invested in a top sheet to make the duvet cover last longer.

Game changer!

I've only recently discovered that people in the UK only use a bottom sheet, and for the life of me can't understand why. It is so much easier to change two sheets.

SnowFrogJelly · 15/04/2024 00:55

Xmas and birthdays

SwordToFlamethrower · 15/04/2024 00:52

Every Friday for top sheet, bottom sheet and pullow cases. I got fed up of having to wash the whole duvet cover every week so invested in a top sheet to make the duvet cover last longer.

Game changer!

bradpittsbathwater · 15/04/2024 00:46

ApricotsAndPlums · 14/04/2024 21:25

Once every 3 weeks or so (sooner if I have a bad cold). Once a week seems mental to me! I never sleep naked though.

Same here. I'd imagine sheets would need changing more often I slept nude. Feels really uncomfortable to me.

nothingsforgotten · 15/04/2024 00:34

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 😆

No, you're really not. Some MNers seem to think we are living in the 50s and housewives are being judged, and they take such pride in boasting of their extreme cleaning. The rest of us have enough clues to realise that it really doesn't matter if the sheets aren't washed weekly, the towels daily, and clothing after it has been worn once.

nothingsforgotten · 15/04/2024 00:26

Every two or three weeks in summer, monthly in winter. There is just me, and I use two sheets each time so the duvet cover is washed infrequently.

bradpittsbathwater · 15/04/2024 00:24

I find every week a bit much. I'm don't have the time/drying space. Every 2 weeks is the most I can manage.

Catastropher · 15/04/2024 00:21

It’s such a hassle, I can’t be bothered. It’s physically taxing to strip the bed and even more taxing to put the clean duvet cover and sheet back on. Thats before you even consider the faff of ironing it and doing an extra 4-5 loads of laundry. I don’t know how the nutters who do it every week have time? I change it when it looks or feels dirty, maybe every 2-3 months.

bradpittsbathwater · 15/04/2024 00:21

I was at a nice pub today and all they had was a hand towel to dry your hands with in the toilets. I swerved that and just dried them on my dress Envy

MyricaGale · 15/04/2024 00:20

Every 2/3 days, I’m going through the menopause and wake up dripping in sweat.

Normally once every week for everyone else.

SabreIsMyFave · 15/04/2024 00:19

Twice a month (unless I have been ill/sick, OR I have been hot, and have sweated more on them.... Sorry for gross image. Blush )

So, some months it's more. Hard to give an actual figure as it depends when they need it. I never have the bedding on more than 2 weeks without washing it though.

Through June, July, and August it tends to be 3-4 times a month - every 8-10 days.

I sleep alone in a single bed. Me and DH stopped sharing a bed about 15 years ago. BLISS!Grin His bedding gets washed twice a month.

DyslexicPoster · 15/04/2024 00:19

Every two weeks as there's six of us. However if I don't write which beds I changed on the set day I sometimes miss that week by mistake ( do half the beds one week and the rest the next but no set way of who's I do when hence diary). Would make more sence to do eg ours and eldest week 1 and the youngest on week 2 but I'm not that organised and a bit random. Kids should really have clean pillows every week ideally. I'm a slob

Lilyscotswolds · 15/04/2024 00:13

Once a week — every Sunday :)
Such a chore but it is sooo worth it!

heavencakes · 14/04/2024 23:23

At least once a week, more if needed. I also wash my towel after 1 use but I don't wash it separately so it goes in with the wash I'd be doing anyway.

Hand towels and tea towels also changed daily.

Copperoliverbear · 14/04/2024 23:21

Once a week

friendlycat · 14/04/2024 23:17

Always once a week without fail. In summer bottom sheet and pillow cases get a change midweek as well. Mattress protectors and pillow protectors about every 3 weeks.

Motheranddaughter · 14/04/2024 23:11

If i was a millionaire it would be every day
Love a clean bed

Motheranddaughter · 14/04/2024 23:10

Every 6 days