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Bedsheets and sex

298 replies

harerunner · 31/01/2024 16:22

I'm currently enjoying a new relationship, and we're having a lot of sex 🙂... every night we're together. I've not had that for a very long time!

Do those of you lucky enough to be in my position change your bedsheets every night (like I currently do), or put up with a "wet patch" and crusty sheets the next evening, or do something different (I used to put a towel down in my last relationship but sex was more planned then - now it's spontaneous and stopping to go get a towel kinda breaks the mood!)

I've only got two sheets and with work and other pressures, one of these days I'm. It going to have a clean sheet to put on! I may have to buy more! I can't be the only one with this dilemma.

OP posts:
Lavender14 · 31/01/2024 16:26

For me it depends on how badly the sheets need done... but then we've no tumble dryer so if I had to wash full bedding every night I'd never keep control of the general laundry! So truthfully I'd probably go with it until I felt they really needed it. Or I'd wash just the sheet and leave the rest of the bedding until they really needed done? And just buy an extra sheet so you've got one for the bed, one for the wash and a spare? How often are you seeing them in a week?

harerunner · 31/01/2024 16:32

Or I'd wash just the sheet and leave the rest of the bedding until they really needed done?

I only wash the sheet itself, not everything - our sex isn't so wild that it gets on the pillowcases 😂

OP posts:
BruceAndNosh · 31/01/2024 16:34

Stealth boast!

OhItsOnlyCynthia · 31/01/2024 16:35

Could you keep the sex towel by the bed?

TraitorsGate · 31/01/2024 16:36

Top and tail the bottom sheet, no need to wash it every day

AliciaTried · 31/01/2024 16:37

Oh, you're just showing off! Get another couple of sheets. 😄

CherryPiePiePie · 31/01/2024 16:37

Do people really use sex towels thought that was a joke! Only on MN 🤣 And no I don’t wash the bedding every time.

ZekeZeke · 31/01/2024 16:39

Go to his?

CharlotteLightandDark · 31/01/2024 16:39

OhItsOnlyCynthia · 31/01/2024 16:35

Could you keep the sex towel by the bed?

This is what I do. It has its own hook on the back of the headboard!

TraitorsGate · 31/01/2024 16:39

CherryPiePiePie · 31/01/2024 16:37

Do people really use sex towels thought that was a joke! Only on MN 🤣 And no I don’t wash the bedding every time.

Clearly they do and penis beakers too

KissTheRains · 31/01/2024 16:41

Put some newspaper down..
Or some puppy pads..

Tomatoketchupred · 31/01/2024 16:43

We have sex most nights, live together, I change the sheets once a week. I mean yes We get the odd wet patch but 🤷🏻‍♀️ I wouldn’t be changing them every day, no way.

Marineboy67 · 31/01/2024 16:44

You needs a trip to IKEA

MrTumbleDryer · 31/01/2024 16:44

I would change the bed. Dribbles abd leaks affect the duvet too, plus 2 sweaty bodies, pillows sweaty and musty.
My DC would want to climb into my bed, Id hate their bare feet or hands touch sexual liquids. The room will smell of semen and bum if the bedding isn't changed and room aired. One solution is sex in the bathroom or a large towel on chair or standing up quicky.

Workwhat · 31/01/2024 16:44

Mop up the main liquid immediately afterwards. Then it's not just left to go crusty.

CornishTiger · 31/01/2024 16:47

New relationship- hopefully using condoms?

Otherwise extra sheets.

AMuser · 31/01/2024 16:47

I think I’ve heard it all now

“The room will smell of semen and bum if the bedding isn't changed and room aired. One solution is sex in the bathroom or a large towel on chair or standing up quicky.” The smell of bum indeed @MrTumbleDryer 😂😂

Haretodayswantomorrow · 31/01/2024 16:48

bum?

Standingchair1 · 31/01/2024 16:48

Have you considered sex on the dining table?

HavfrueDenizKisi · 31/01/2024 16:49

Sex on the kitchen worktops is so much easier to wipe up. I'd recommend that.

Standingchair1 · 31/01/2024 16:50

smell of bum?

OhItsOnlyCynthia · 31/01/2024 16:52

The room will smell of semen and bum

I'd suggest someone needs swabbing if they're leaving this stench in their wake.

SecondUsername4me · 31/01/2024 16:52

New relationship = condoms surely?

Other than that, a weekly change is fine right? Unless there's a night he isn't staying over in which case I'd put fresh on for me.

What does he do about his own sheets?

altmember · 31/01/2024 16:52

You should change the sheets when they start to get crunchy.

MrsToriCostner · 31/01/2024 16:53

Sex towel? I've heard it all now ... 🤣

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