Page 5 | 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.

guineverehadgreeneyes · 14/04/2024 12:50

Youcancallmeirrelevant · 14/04/2024 08:02

You should read OP's other thread where she says she does 25 loads of washing a week, including towels after 1wash, and every item of clothing after 1 wear...

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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.

Pickled21 · 14/04/2024 12:45

I change them once a fortnight in the winter and once a week in the spring or Summer. I don't care what other people do as I don't stay in other people's homes apart from my mum's. My mum does hers once a week and I strip the bed once I leave hers. I wash towels in general once a week but hand towels get changed over at least twice a week.

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 😆

EBearhug · 14/04/2024 12:17

Fortnightly unless I have a floody period. Woukd probably do it if i was ill, but to date, I'm rarely ill. Occasionally go to 3 weeks. I do love clean sheets, though.

I live alone (and no pets), which is also why I don't worry about tradespeople using my towels - I usually have a clear idea of exactly who and how often my towels have been used. So the towel in the guest loo won't get washed so often, because it might have only been used twice in a month.

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.

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 14/04/2024 11:45

Scottishgirl85 · 14/04/2024 10:09

Aim for fortnightly, but monthly in reality! There really is more to life...

If I'm honest me too

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 14/04/2024 11:42

When I remember every few weeks. Sometimes longer.

SaltyGod · 14/04/2024 11:35

Fortnightly in winter, roughly weekly in summer but influenced by good weather / drying days as we try not to use the tumble drier.

Our towel and hand towel situation might be giving some posters nightmares 🤣

MyWhoHa · 14/04/2024 11:35

Weekly for sheets, duvet cover,pillowcases. I always turn the duvet back open the windows and let the bed air our for a couple of hours before making it. I wash pillow and mattress protectors when I remember to.

Whowhatwherewhenwhy1 · 14/04/2024 11:30

Once a fortnight in winter and when the line drying weather starts probably weeklyish. Also varies depending how busy we are

Etoile41 · 14/04/2024 11:20

Every other week. Shower before bed and in the morning do get into bed all nice and clean

Motnight · 14/04/2024 10:16

Fortnightly in the winter. Our bedsheets and blankets take up at least 4 loads of washing each time. Husband insists on 2 blankets in the winter (still using them now!). In the summer months I try and change the bedsheets weekly as fewer washing machine loads.

spacehoppercommuter · 14/04/2024 10:10

TheSpoonyNavyReader · 14/04/2024 10:09

I am on a roll because a bunch of posters (vipers) actually made me question why I showered every day according to them I should only shower once a week in rain water and air dry!!

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I know- and I agree 🤗

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TheSpoonyNavyReader · 14/04/2024 10:10

Scottishgirl85 · 14/04/2024 10:09

Aim for fortnightly, but monthly in reality! There really is more to life...

It only takes me 5 mins max to change each bed, not really taking up much time in my week.

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TheSpoonyNavyReader · 14/04/2024 10:09

spacehoppercommuter · 14/04/2024 10:06

haha! You're on a roll this morning 😃

Weekly. In the winter if I cant dry outside, I just change the pillowcases so then it's usually every two weeks. But we shower a lot in our house 😏

I am on a roll because a bunch of posters (vipers) actually made me question why I showered every day according to them I should only shower once a week in rain water and air dry!!

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Scottishgirl85 · 14/04/2024 10:09

Aim for fortnightly, but monthly in reality! There really is more to life...

Calamitousness · 14/04/2024 10:07

I’ve just bought us a super king coverless duvet. It goes in the washing once a week and dries in an hour in tumble drier. No hassle making up beds. It’s just a sheet to put on. I’m in process of changing all beds in house over to them.

spacehoppercommuter · 14/04/2024 10:06

haha! You're on a roll this morning 😃

Weekly. In the winter if I cant dry outside, I just change the pillowcases so then it's usually every two weeks. But we shower a lot in our house 😏

IHateLegDay · 14/04/2024 10:06

When I remember 😅

Emeraldsrock · 14/04/2024 10:05

Bottom sheets every two weeks. Duvets every 3-4 weeks. Have coverless fevers on every bed that go straight in the washing machine.

Alwaysalwayscold · 14/04/2024 10:05

YeahComeOnThen · 14/04/2024 09:21

@Alwaysalwayscold

why are your towels damp?

I hang mine on the towel rail & they're dry by my next shower (if daily) when showering again the same day, if it's not yet dry I'll get a fresh towel & alternate Until they all go in the wash.

no need to put the damp one in the washing

do you air your bathroom?

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Mine aren't but yours are.

You've said they're dry by your next shower, so yes you are leaving damp towels lying around.

Yes I air my bathroom and clean it daily with... Bleach. Shock horror on here I know.

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TheSpoonyNavyReader · 14/04/2024 10:04

shoppingshamed · 14/04/2024 10:00

Not the only one, I'm surprised on these type of threads how regimented posters lives are, they know exactly how many loads they do each week, how often they carry out specific cleaning tasks how many bottles of cleaning spray they buy per month etc.

Its a very different world to mine where everything happens when necessary not to a timetable

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It makes my life easier to know that all bedding is changed on a Monday morning, and that I have all week to get them washed and ironed, just like when the kids were little all their uniform was washed on a Friday night.

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Mactoba · 14/04/2024 10:03

Every other week. Alternating so I do half the beds one week and half the next.

Towels are also washed every other week - our towels one week, the dc’s the next but hand towels are changed once or twice a week depending on use and tea towel and kitchen cloth changed daily.

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TheSpoonyNavyReader · 14/04/2024 10:02

TipsyKoala · 14/04/2024 09:57

Once a month or when I remember. Actually I’ve changed them today because your post reminded me 😁 . Actually I’ve read your other posts OP and although we’re poles apart on our approach to these things, I say each to their own. You received a pile on for your previous post and you took it in a really good natured way, I don’t think you deserved so much shit. Just do you.

Thank you for your post, I am not saying that what I do is right and as you say each to their own.

I was astonished with some of those comments and think most posters were just egging each other on, I started the other threads just to see if I was completely in the wrong with showering everyday and washing bedding once a week., it would seem that I am not and a very small amount of posters were on my other thread.

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shoppingshamed · 14/04/2024 10:00

Iusedtobeapenguin · 14/04/2024 09:30

Am I the only person who doesn't have a routine for this kind of thing? I haven't got a clue what day I last changed the bedsheets, just that I do it when I think they need it 🤷‍♀️

Not the only one, I'm surprised on these type of threads how regimented posters lives are, they know exactly how many loads they do each week, how often they carry out specific cleaning tasks how many bottles of cleaning spray they buy per month etc.

Its a very different world to mine where everything happens when necessary not to a timetable