Instagrammer reminding followers to change bedding on last day of month 🤢

[Travelfairy]

This page I follow, she said she always changes her bedding on the last day of the month and reminded her followers to do the same....
I commented does she only change them once a month and she said yes unless they need before that.

I thought this was completely gross!!! I change mine once a week. Absolute max maybe 9 days if particularly busy etc

YABU- once a month is fine
YANBU - thats gross

I sleep naked standing up to avoid dirtying my sheets.

I used to be a 'whenever I remember' person but now it's weekly and I couldn't go back. I absolutely love the feeling of being freshly showered and getting into clean sheets. It's a little treat at the end of a routine day. I know the hot water use isn't great but we use eco-friendly detergent without any of those nasty scent products, we don't tumble dry and we haven't bought new bedding in 3.5 years. We also minimise our consumption in lots of other ways

I just think it's not very pleasant.

On a Sunday (my usual bed change day) I can tell my bedding smells a bit, and I quite like the ritual of changing my bedding, putting all my washing away and then having a nice long hot shower, and getting into fresh pyjamas.

We change our bedding whenever we can be arsed.
It might be once a fortnight, or once every 6 weeks - or longer, we don't keep track or have a routine.
We typically shower daily, and sleep with the windows open even in minus degrees, so we aren't really sweating.
It's not killed us yet anyway.

Well I suppose you could say that about a lot of things. What would happen if you didn't regularly change your towels, vacuum your carpets, wash your kitchen floor. Probably nothing, but it's not a pleasant experience to sleep in a minging bed, use a musty towel, walk on carpets with grit, things brought in on your feet, you don't eat off or prepare food on your kitchen floor, so what does it matter if it's dirty? It's a matter of making your home comfortable, keeping it clean and, probably has a lot to do with how you think visitors may perceive your home.

Our Grandmothers used to scrub their door steps every day - no particular reason why, but I think they wanted people to know that they kept clean house and anyone could happily visit or eat in their house without catching fleas or being poisoned.

Absolutely nothing probably. People shower and bathe so much more regularly nowadays I can’t imagine sheets getting that dirty even if they are only washed once a month. Best thing I ever did is start sending my bedding to the local laundry. It’s lovely getting it back all washed and ironed. It’s worth every penny. The PP’s who mentioned bedding changes when they were children I honestly can’t remember our beds being changed! I am sure they must have been at some point but I have no recollection of it whatsoever. I remember when nylon sheets came out. My Mam loved those😂 I had some natty dark purple and lilac striped ones.

I’m a weekly girl. Always on a Friday so a clean fresh bed Fridays night and lie in Saturday (or as much of a lie in with an 8yr)

Once a fortnight for me

You mean you had wood fires, not coal? (Everything else was totally ringing a bell to me!) Bloody luxury.

I change mine when I think I'll be able to wash them and get them dried within a reasonable amount of time. So more often in summer if the weather is dry, less often in winter.

I'd like to clean them a bit more often, but logistically it's a bit of a nightmare.

Once a week is far too often and wasteful, to me. We do every two weeks in summer and once a month in winter. Ish. It can vary, depending on the weather outside.

The only tired old trope on this thread is the op. “Ewwww! Once a month! That’s gross / minging / grim / skanky” etc etc.

I remember when nylon sheets came out. My Mam loved those😂 I had some natty dark purple and lilac striped ones.

OMG I remember them 😱My maternal grandmother had them. Horrible scratchy, sweaty things. As you say they came in purple, loud flowers & stripes or yellows & pinks that I swear glowed in the dark. When you got into them in your poly-cotton nightie sparks would fly.😂

🤣

But it is

Wasteful of what?

Visitors aren’t getting into my bed so I don’t need to worry about making it comfortable for them

Once a week, on a Sunday for me. Regular as clockwork. Can't beat the feeling of getting into a clean bed

Energy 🫠 Ours get an extra wash when it's sunny snd batteries are fully loaded. Also can get them out to dry.

We do ours once a month. We both shower daily and wear nightclothes in bed. We have a bedspread that is pulled over once bed is aired in the day.

I am considering investing in some nice new bedding and getting them laundered and pressed each payday at a local laundry and ironing shop. They do a king size deal for laundry and press for around £11 and we have busy lives and jobs.

I don’t think this timeline is odd really

That's an interesting way to look at it - they were 'deprived' because they didn't get to experience the novelty factor of being clean for a change. It's like not feeding a kid enough Monday-Saturday because then they'll really appreciate having food on Sunday, IMO.

I change mine when the clocks go forward/ back.

Electricity - both in terms of saving money and saving the planet.

Surely it's washing and boiling everything everyday!
You skank 😂

Surely it depends massively who's in the bed, what they’re wearing to bed and what they’re doing in it.

On OPs sheet washing views, I can only assume rampant orgies on a regular basis.