Is my DH demented?

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My DH calls bedding bedclothes. AIBU to think that he needs professional help?

My Dh does too .. he also calls trainers 'training shoes'!

I remember my mum calling it that years ago. It is quite old fashioned now though.

Your husband is correct. Sorry.

DH says “ I need some new clothing “ instead of clothes. Drives me mad.

I heard a very proper gent use the term bedclothes and I thought he meant pyjamas.

But that's what it is? "Bedding" makes me think of hamsters 🐭

Bedclothes is correct

My DH used to call food ‘foodstuffs’ it was so pretentious-sounding and it made me absolutely livid. He’s stopped now because I kept pulling him up on it, Still no clue why he did it - and he doesn’t even know why. I think he must have been possessed by the spirit of a pompous bastard

so do I.

Bedclothes to me sounds like a posh persons way of saying pyjamas
Bedding is bedding!

My dad says "bathing costume" for swimwear.

There are different words for things. They vary from generation to generation, from area to area, from class to class. Bedclothes is a pretty normal word. So is bedding. Neither of them is incorrect.

I call it 'bed linen'. I'll get my coat ...

Bedclothes is totally normal.

Foodstuffs, on the other hand...

Was he partial to a hot beverage too?

Does he dress the bed?

My friend calls her dressing gown her 'night jacket', bearing in mind we were very early 20's when we met, now in mid thirties and has always said it.

I did ask her once why but she never really answered.

I thought bedclothes were Pj's. Then again I thought private ambulances were for rich people so I'm probably not one to ask.

I say bedclothes, and bathing costume/bathers/cossie .

We call the whole lot sheets. Yet somehow we always (To date anyway) kniw whether the other person is referring to the actual "sheets" or the duvet cover/pillows.

I also say bed linen.

YABU. Your DH is right. Bedclothes = sheets, blankets etc. On Sunday evenings I change all the bedclothes. Or sometimes I change the sheets, but I have definitely never ever changed the bedding.

Oh and I grew up with "bathing costume" too.

I’ve always said bedclothes.

Dressing gown or housecoat?

Or just “linen” , as in “do we have clean linen for dd’s bed ?” .
I now feel 103.

Bedstuff here. Best of both worlds