To think changing bedsheets once a week is ott

[Moomoomango]

Another week has whizzed past, feels like yesterday I changed all the beds. They look and smell fine, surely if I only change beds once every 2 weeks we will still all survive. I could spend 30 minutes with my feet up drinking tea once in a while. Aibu?

I do mine weekly and mire often in between thanks to hot flushes that mean I sweat some nights.
If you're happy that with what you do then that's fine. You could turn the duvet over half way through to help.

Every Christmas.

Every week. When I win the lottery the housemaid will change them every day. Same applies to towels.

My parents change their sheets once every 2 weeks. I don't know how often they used to do them, but I have distinct memories of going into their bed and it smelling. I think people become 'nose-blind' as the advert says.

Fortnightly. Why on earth are people so disgusted by their own sweat and skin? If it smells fresh, I don't care if there happens to be microscopic evidence of my existence on it.... Bath towels also fortnightly - all they do is dry squeaky clean bodies... What do people who think it is gross not to wash them weekly or more often actually think will happen if they wash these things less often, other than saving on washing powder, water, electricity and (if no tumble dryer) hanging space?

Two weekly. Kids beds (16mo and 4yo) every three weeks or so - they dont sweat or sick or anything)

Bottom sheets and top pillowcases every week.

Duvet cover every 2 weeks - flip it over on sheet changing day so the other side is in contact with the body.

I also wash at 30 degrees and don't tumble dry or iron. Because I care about the environment (and our electricity bills).

Kids beds get done every 2 weeks.

They wear pyjamas and go to bed clean.

When ds sheet looks bad, I chuck it away and buy him a new one...

Fortnightly for me. I could get away with further apart were it not for dh. He spent several weeks using our sofa bed recently as he had the worst cough "in the world" and was disturbing absolutely everyone. When it got to bed changing day I noticed my bed was still neat and tidy and just didn't look like it had been two weeks since changing.
I wish I had the energy for more often, but I just don't. To be honest, I could change my toddlers bed maybe once every two months as he spends so little time in it.

Yanbu. Nothing wrong with Lying in two weeks of skin flakes and dribble!

I do ours when they start getting a bit shiney

Doesn't it depend a bit if you wear pyjamas? We all do and I change our sheets every 2 weeks. Ds sometimes every week as he's smellier than we are (13 year old boy!). If you don't wear anything in bed you would need to change more often.

I only iron the bedding if guests are staying. My girlfriend irons tea towels and my pyjamas too (I've told her she's mad).

Every two weeks. I don't have time to change it several times a week and where am I meant to put endless wet sheets? No tumble dryer and it rains most days. We're far too obsessive about our own sweat when we're asleep,

You won't die. The yearly bathers, more recently the folks who only bathed on a Sunday, they were all fine too.

Yanbu Nothing wrong with Lying in two weeks of skin flakes and dribble*

If you think of it like that then surely even an hours worth of skin flakes and dribble becomes disgusting so maybe we should start changing the sheets hourly, or why not just skin ourselves and dehydrate what's left, far more hygienic.
If only there was a way to clean our bodies after lying in bed...

getting into clean bedsheets is lovely, so in an ideal work every week would be nice.

However we aim for every 2 weeks although that sometimes slips to 3.

I dont have a rigid routine...i change mine and the kids when i can be arsed or when they start to smell a bit iffy.....same for towels...I do not believe in making work for myself....life is hard enough as it is.....to the poster who is doing hers every 3 days....get a life !!!!

Every 2-3 weeks here. I shower before bed and change pyjamas most nights so the amount of grim is limited.

Apart from anything else I don't have the space to be constantly drying bedsheets, especially in the winter (no tumble dryer).

I meant grime, but grim works too.

I do what my mum did for her entire life - every two weeks, maybe a bit more in summer. Never killed anyone. Bacteria is EVERYWHERE. Life is toxic, I think people should get over it

YANBU

2-3 weeks here.

More often for one of my teens who sweats loads.

Every week here. It does not take long and the washing machine does the hard work.

I'm happy with two weeks or more in winter because we use pjs. Pillowcases every week.
In summer it's every week, although I could do less for mine as I don't sweat in bed, whereas DS does.