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How often do you wash your bedding?

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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.

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ichundich · 14/04/2024 23:07

At least every couple of hours.

Bigearringsbigsmile · 14/04/2024 23:07

PrincessTeaSet · 14/04/2024 22:11

Every month or 2? Or 3? I don't keep track but it must be more than 4x a year.

I used to be a lot more bothered about this sort of thing but then I realised it doesn't actually make any difference.

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Doesn't it SMELL?

hulahooper2 · 14/04/2024 23:06

Once a week in winter , couple of times a week in warmer weather

EBearhug · 14/04/2024 23:05

PrincessTeaSet · 14/04/2024 22:11

Every month or 2? Or 3? I don't keep track but it must be more than 4x a year.

I used to be a lot more bothered about this sort of thing but then I realised it doesn't actually make any difference.

Oh it does. Clean sheets feel way better.

MrsToothyBitch · 14/04/2024 23:00

Every other week on Tuesdays, alternated with dressing gowns. And we sleep naked. I won't do it more often as we both hate changing the duvet cover and I don't want that much ironing - duvet cover plus 8 pillowcases. We have a sheet under our fitted sheet and plain white pillowcases under our regular ones. I prefer ironed sheets hence why I do it rather than DH.

Assorted towels and wash cloth use-spans range from every other day to weekly. We do have set days for domestic washes - I'm dyspraxic and rigid routine is my coping mechanism. I can "deviate" but this way I have a baseline I can go back to/use as standard. DH finds it handy to follow too now he's in the swing.

Theoldwoman · 14/04/2024 22:28

Twice a week due to big dog climbing in on the sheets plus very sweaty, plus we live in a very hot climate.

PrincessTeaSet · 14/04/2024 22:11

Every month or 2? Or 3? I don't keep track but it must be more than 4x a year.

I used to be a lot more bothered about this sort of thing but then I realised it doesn't actually make any difference.

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TheSpoonyNavyReader · 14/04/2024 22:02

SummersSoon · 14/04/2024 21:49

Because it would be wasted on someone who worries about how many times other people's towels are washed. But yes I'll bow out and leave you to it. Yawn.

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Yet you came on again.

Yawn

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SummersSoon · 14/04/2024 21:49

TheSpoonyNavyReader · 14/04/2024 21:46

And yet you have taken the time to comment.

What a dull comment, maybe think of something better to say, and a little bit deeper.

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Because it would be wasted on someone who worries about how many times other people's towels are washed. But yes I'll bow out and leave you to it. Yawn.

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TheSpoonyNavyReader · 14/04/2024 21:46

SummersSoon · 14/04/2024 21:38

First World problems, what a dull thread. Maybe think about something a bit deeper in life.

And yet you have taken the time to comment.

What a dull comment, maybe think of something better to say, and a little bit deeper.

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ApricotsAndPlums · 14/04/2024 21:43

SummersSoon · 14/04/2024 21:38

First World problems, what a dull thread. Maybe think about something a bit deeper in life.

Then why on earth would you take the time to read and comment on it? Baffling!

hottchocolatte · 14/04/2024 21:40

What a dull comment @SummersSoon

Why not find something that interests you instead?

SummersSoon · 14/04/2024 21:38

First World problems, what a dull thread. Maybe think about something a bit deeper in life.

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.

ScarletWitchM · 14/04/2024 21:25

Probably more like monthly for me unless it’s a hot summer - then it’s fortnightly.

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hottchocolatte · 14/04/2024 17:49

Wonkypictureframe · 14/04/2024 11:51

Why should I wash towels after a tradesperson or neighbour has used them? I don’t understand. I’d wash a towel if it had got, say, lots of dirt on it, but not on principle just because a non-family member had used it.

Personally I change towels if anyone not from our household has used them and I have to clean the bathroom too but I have a bit of OCD

kitsuneghost · 14/04/2024 17:40

Once every 2 months. No-one has died

hottchocolatte · 14/04/2024 16:26

I commented above I'm every 1-2 weeks (pillowcases more often) but this thread inspired me to do the protectors as well today!

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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TheSpoonyNavyReader · 14/04/2024 13:04

guineverehadgreeneyes · 14/04/2024 12:50

She also has a thread asking how frequently people have a bath/shower.

I can't think why she is so interested in how often other people shower/bathe/change their sheets/wash their clothes/run their washing machine.

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I am interested as I had a another thread where poster after poster (vipers) told me how unreasonable I was to shower daily, washing bed more than fornightly.

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.

You do know that people can ask for opinions on MN.

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coastalhawk · 14/04/2024 12:53

Every two weeks or less

Girliefriendlikespuppies · 14/04/2024 12:53

Big towels get washed weekly, hand towels a couple of times a week.

Bedding fortnightly (but it's only me in it!)

Clothes do tend to get washed after every use but again it's only me and dd so that's manageable.

Everything gets washed on an eco 30 degree wash though as can't afford the electricity!

Everything looks/smells fresh and we're not dead yet so 🤷‍♀️