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..to let the bed "air"

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AnythingConsidered · 02/01/2017 21:19

Help settle an argument between my DH & I...

We strip the beds every Saturday (I know some MN'erst will think this is disgusting, but this is not the AIBU!).

I like to strip the beds and leave the bed to "Air" for the day. DH thinks this is a ridiculous notion and likes to get the bed stripped and re-made at the same time.

He gets irrationally annoyed when we come up to bed & rather than collapsing straight in, we have to make it. Whereas I love making it after the 'air-ing' and then collapsing into soft, beautifully smelling bed.

So, who is being unreasonable?

OP posts:
1horatio · 02/01/2017 23:14

choccy

My mother does this as well (Switzerland),
We just open the windows for 5-10 minutes (in a way that there is a windpull (???) going and hang the bedding over the doors every morning.

Our beds get stripped once a week.

NoFuckingRoomOnMyBroom · 02/01/2017 23:18

I strip beds first thing then leave them to air all day, so no YANBU.

goingmadinthecountry · 02/01/2017 23:18

Airing is good but just went upstairs - dh has obviously stripped the bed today but not made it. He doesn't go to bed till ages after me and I hate making the bed last thing at night. I sleep really really badly and it will wake me up. Sigh. V tempted to sleep somewhere else -where there's no snoring so I'm not shattered for work tomorrow-

Ohyesiam · 02/01/2017 23:21

If any of out mattresses get significantly wet, my oh always wants to stand them up to dry. I slightly get it, but does more evaporation really happen with the mattress at a semi vertical?
I am both a daily sheet airer, and a weekly mattress air er BTW.

DubiousCredentials · 02/01/2017 23:27

I have never vacuumed a mattress. Or intentionally aired a bed.

1horatio · 02/01/2017 23:39

Your mattresses get turned as well, do they?

Klaphat · 02/01/2017 23:40

in a way that there is a windpull

A draught. Wink

ChickenVindaloo2 · 02/01/2017 23:50

Leave duvet pulled back whilst at work.
Pull it up when I get home long before bedtime.
Nothing worse than an unmade bed - looks untidy and feels nasty getting in.
I have a handheld vacuum I keep just for the mattress.
I have just bought a spare set of bedding so that I can avoid having to wait until bedding dry before remaking. I spritz lavender on to pretend it's just washed.

DeleteOrDecay · 02/01/2017 23:54

Yes to airing a bed, I think I once read that it's good for the mattress to have a good airing, could be a load of rubbish though. However I can see how it is annoying to come up to bed only to find it needs to be made first, we've done this a few times in the pastBlush

Could you compromise and air the bed for a few hours then get it made up say an hour or two before heading to bed for the night? Best of both worlds?

1horatio · 02/01/2017 23:56

klaphat

A draught? I thought that was when there's no rain?

I'll let google translate that...;)

llangennith · 03/01/2017 00:02

Draught is pronounced 'draft'. Lack of rain is drought.

AcrossthePond55 · 03/01/2017 00:09

Strip the bed in the morning, spray with linen spray, air until bed gets made up around 3pm.

Mattress gets turned 4 times a year.

DailyFail1 · 03/01/2017 00:10

No to airing. I hate seeing a bare bed when I go to my room. I do turn the mattress weekly though.

JamButtyLand · 03/01/2017 00:14

They put them out of the windows in the Netherlands too. Visited my uncle 20 years ago and was surprised to see everyone's bedding hanging out of the front of the house. I have always made the bed before leaving for work. Hate coming home to a crumpled mess. May try throwing covers back though (as long as it looks neat)

1horatio · 03/01/2017 00:14

llangenith

Thanks :)
Makes about as much sense as the German word, throughpull (well, the literal translation)...

dudsville · 03/01/2017 06:16

We also sleep with the windows open. It was a new concept to me when oh introduced it. On the few occassions that I've sneakily shut the windows, the room was noticeably less fresh in the morning!

I like the idea of hanging duvets out but I won't for fear of rain or damp. I only use 4.5 tog man made duvets that are easy to wash and quick to dry.

And we also have a super king, I'm sure it takes less than 5 min to make the bed, and that's with separate duvets (yes, heaven IS having your very own duvet!).

MelanieCheeks · 03/01/2017 06:58

I think there's a difference in what is meant by airing and stripping the bed.

Airing - leave the duvet pulled back. Making the bed takes about 2 seconds.

Stripping - remove all sheets covers and pillowcases for washing. Air the bare mattress. Making the bed requires fighting with duvet covers and fitted sheets, and takes about 20 minutes.

MardAsSnails · 03/01/2017 07:24

Bed gets duvet pulled back for 3-4 hours each morning or rather, doesn't get made for that length of time and a full 'airing' every 3-4 days when it's changed

I also insist of pulling back the duvets with a window open for a day each week --ok
so sometimes it's every fortnight on the spare beds - they're always cleaned after guests, but I imagine them being a bit stale if left made up for a couple of months at a time. For planned guests I always make sure it's all washed the day before arrival - and I'm sure unplanned guests wouldn't give a fuck about slight staleness in their bedroom because they're usually just too pussed to get home and therefore don't care about much--

KayTee87 · 03/01/2017 07:46

Yanbu op - I fold my duvet down in the morning and plump the pillows. Bedroom window open for at least an hour (or all day depending on weather).
On cleaning day (either Saturday or Sunday) bed is stripped and left for a few hours to air.
I open all of my windows while I'm cleaning the house and open the windows of the rooms we use every day for a short time so obviously I think airing is important Grin

WetNovemberDay · 03/01/2017 07:54

Irene air every day but on bed change day i strip the bed first thing and leave it airing all day. I make it up around tea time usually insurance the 15/20 minutes tea/evening meal is cooking.
I too hate going upto bed and realising the bed needs making up.

LouBlue1507 · 03/01/2017 09:06

I barely change my sheets once a month if that Blush I never air, if I do, it's because I've got distracted or simply cba fighting with the duvet!

Purplebluebird · 03/01/2017 12:44

I air mine, but always put bedding on a few hours before going to bed, as I hate wanting to go to sleep but having to make the bed first.

Sparkesx · 03/01/2017 12:48

I strip my bed on a Sunday morning, hoover the mattress and open the windows to 'air' it out. I then remake it that night.

Magicpaintbrush · 03/01/2017 12:49

You could let it air all day but still re make the bed well before bedtime, no need to leave it right until the second you want to actually sleep? Eg, start the airing off first thing in the morning and re make the bed at 5pm or whenever suits you, it still will have aired for about 9 hours......then you won't be faffing about putting duvet covers on at bedtime (that would really drive me mad if I was tired, don't blame your OH for being put out).

DonutParade · 03/01/2017 13:48

Air bed every day. On bedding laundry day I strip the bed, dust it with a mixture of bicarb and lavender oil, rub that in, leave it for the day, then vac it off in the evening before making the bed. ( Cats also end up smelling nice as they invariably park their substantial behinds on the stripped bed during the day ).

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