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To leave bedding on for two weeks?

347 replies

Eliza22 · 17/08/2015 15:44

Not riveting this topic, I know!

I've been unwell recently, still not great but a bit better. I'm a SAHM and care for my ds who is 14 with autism and OCD. It can be exhausting.

Obviously, as I'm not working, I do all household jobs/gardening/errand running etc and DH is often away. This weekend, I though f**k it! I'm NOT changing the beds (I usually do all beds on a Sunday). My question is: do you strip and change your beds weekly? Also towels... We each have bath sheets which get changed twice weekly. My niece recently stayed and went through 4 bath sheets in 2 days. We shower morning and evening (though ds just showers and hair wash each morning).

OP posts:
Weebirdie · 18/08/2015 08:41

I would feel so bad about wasting all that water, electricity and putting all that detergent in the water if I did it much more.

Here at home and in the Uk I have water meters so Im aware of just how much water is being used monthly and I don't waste a drop given how precious it is where I live. So how can I do my sheets and towels daily? Well, its like everything else you make other savings elsewhere. Its like when it comes to the cars being washed - we use a green waterless system. Its also the same with the garden - I removed our lawn because it was a huge waste of water.

There's also alternatives to the traditional soap powders people can use and it what I do. I use eco friendly products and Im even known to clean with vinegar. Wink

Starbrite00 · 18/08/2015 08:44

I agree with weebiedie

So many people slagging us for changing our sheets and towels often.
Are we calling the people that leave them so long revolting and disgusting!! No.
Get over yourselves.
Everyone has their own way of doing things.

elementofsurprise · 18/08/2015 08:45

Anyone else get seriously annoyed at partners putting their arm outside the duvet, so the duvet is clamped in their sweaty armpit? Apparently it's unreasonable to be annoyed about this Hmm even though it means having to change the bedding or sleep with a skanky sweat smell. Especially annoying when it's your bed and they are just staying over!

Maybe this is the cause of the daily bed changes!

Men with no sense of smell (and a refusal to accept that to a woman, it does smell because we have a better sense of smell!) with the entitled attitude that we should just have to clean up their crap if it bothers us. Grr.

elizadolittlechoc · 18/08/2015 08:45

We don't wash our cars-it rains too much and are spending too much time washing sheetsGrin

Starbrite00 · 18/08/2015 08:46

00100001

obviously isn't normal to change sheets every day
Not common but its perfect normal if you do.

Its obviously more common to wallow in your own filth.

hellsbellsmelons · 18/08/2015 08:46

I, like MARTIN am also very environmentally friendly.
Or I'm just a smeggy bitch

Bakeoffcake · 18/08/2015 08:49

Every 5-7 days here for bedsheets.

And I always iron the duvet cover and pillow cases- it looks and feels so much nicer imo. DH and I remake the bed together- it takes about 3 minutes if two of you do it.

Towels- we all have our own big bath and hair towels and they get washed about every 3 days. Hand towels in the bathrooms get changed daily.

Queenbean · 18/08/2015 08:51

I really hope there are no new mothers here, struggling at the lack of sleep, barely able to get dressed let alone a frequent changing of bedding who now feel really shit from the "lazy", "disgusting" posts

Bakeoffcake · 18/08/2015 08:52

I rotate my pillows too. We have 3 pillows each, so I have a "new" pillowcase every night, for 6 nights.

00100001 · 18/08/2015 08:56

How is something that is not common normal??

Normal means normal conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.

Weebirdie · 18/08/2015 08:57

We don't wash our cars-it rains too much and are spending too much time washing sheets

Where I live it can be very dusty and having a dirty car is a traffic offence with spot fines of about 150 pounds being issued.

Not that I'd ever be fined for my car or my sheets (inserts hoity toity smilie and goes off to eat the last fondant fancy) Grin

Binkybix · 18/08/2015 09:03

Here at home and in the Uk I have water meters so Im aware of just how much water is being used monthly and I don't waste a drop given how precious it is where I live

But I would say that you are wasting several drops by washing your sheets every day! Although obviously great that you make savings in other ways, you are still using water that could be saved. And even Eco products have a cost in terms of energy, rubbish etc as well as the electricity.

Don't get me wrong - I don't really make myself care that much and I'm sure I do things that are wasteful in other ways. My wish to not do it is driven by wanting to save money as much as environmental concern!

WizardOfToss · 18/08/2015 09:05

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Weebirdie · 18/08/2015 09:07

Although obviously great that you make savings in other ways, you are still using water that could be saved.

Yes, thats true but I do my share and thats all I intend to do.

And the meters aren't about finances, they're about being aware of what we use. I have a set amount of units I think are acceptable according to what people are told is good water usage and as long as we are within that Im happy.

Weebirdie · 18/08/2015 09:08

I nominate this thread as the biggest load of bollocks I've ever read on MN

I'll second you.

MamaLazarou · 18/08/2015 09:26

anyone else feel a bit sad for the poster who has her carpets shampooed twice a week? It sounds like one of those houses you're scared to sit down in.

We wash our bedding every 5-6 days here, just personal preference.

Nabootique · 18/08/2015 09:26

I haven't read the full thread as it's really, REALLY long and got boring after five pages but just stating that I am a total slattern with bedding. Once a month at best. I have no tumble drier so have to dry outside, which would mean doing a load in the morning before work and it being a nice day. I don't know how the rest of you do it unless you all have tumble driers!

Queenbean · 18/08/2015 09:27

Weebirdie where do you live? South Africa? India?

alibubbles · 18/08/2015 09:29

I My housekeeper take mine off once a week, put them in a special box outside the front door and they come back the following week, crisp, ironed and in tissue. I couldn't get a 1000 count emperor size sheet in my machine and the bugger sheet would take forever to iron. It is a lot cheaper than you think, she you take into account washing and drying and then ironing. I wouldn't do it for less than £2.50 a sheet which is what I pay.

Weebirdie · 18/08/2015 09:32

Weebirdie where do you live? South Africa? India?

No.

Weebirdie · 18/08/2015 09:37

I couldn't get a 1000 count emperor size sheet in my machine and the bugger sheet would take forever to iron.

You can get really big and heavy sheets in the LG that hold 11 or 12 kilos. The 12 kilo one has a steam feature as well. Im not sure about the steam on the 11kg one.

Holberg · 18/08/2015 09:40

Imagine whole sets of bedding drying in just thirty minutes? That's the truly amazing bit.
It's thick black cloud here in the middle of August. A set of bedding takes about thirty HOURS to dry. No tumble dryer for environmental reasons, but I think now the children have swimming and several sports per week, I'm going to have to give in.

Nabootique · 18/08/2015 10:12

Thanks Mama for trying to help me with my slatternly ways Grin

LittleLionMansMummy · 18/08/2015 10:30

You've shamed me into washing all my towels and bedding today. I dare not 'come clean' (pardon the pun) on how often I usually wash them Blush

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