Do you make your bed?

[JulesMaximus]

I make the bed after we wash the sheets every couple weeks. I might do it periodically in between but most days I don't bother making the bed. My wife almost NEVER makes the bed so if I don't, it just doesn't get done.

Unless you're in the military, which is a control thing, it really isn't that important.

 

[z1ggy]

I only do when I know my g/f is coming over. Otherwise heeeelllllll naw.

But she makes her bed everyday. Typical type A woman.

 

[Exterous]

Yep, I make mine from scratch every morning. Sure it takes time to make and place the pocket coils and stitch the cover but the satisfaction is well worth it

 

[nageov3t]

nope... my boyfriend makes it when he gets home from work, though (it's part of his "let's walk around the house and move all of Loki8481's stuff to the 'correct' locations" routine to ensure that I can't find anything when I come home 2 hours later)

 

[rh71]

no, and it helps with dust mites if you don't.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4181629.stm (link is safe)

 

[Platypus]

nope

 

[alkemyst]

I have my bed made

 

[DrPizza]

Doggy door in the house. The dogs sleep on the bed a lot during the day. So, yes, I make the bed. And, we have an extra bed spread on top of everything for the dogs to lay on. It's a lot more convenient to simply have to remove that bed spread and wash it when it gets dirty. And, if it rains during the day, that bed spread is getting dirty.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I only do when I know my g/f is coming over. Otherwise heeeelllllll naw.

But she makes her bed everyday. Typical type A woman.

My wife is kind of funny. She obsesses over making sure the kitchen is superficially clean, dishes put away, counter wiped but she NEVER deep cleans anything. She will clean the toilets and the cat boxes but when it comes to cleaning the shower or windows or scrubbing the floors or deep cleaning anything it's always me who does that.

 

[nageov3t]

My wife is kind of funny. She obsesses over making sure the kitchen is superficially clean, dishes put away, counter wiped but she NEVER deep cleans anything. She will clean the toilets and the cat boxes but when it comes to cleaning the shower or windows or scrubbing the floors or deep cleaning anything it's always me who does that.

funny, that's almost how my boyfriend and I divide up the housework.

I do most of the day-to-day stuff (other than making the bed) like cleaning out the litter box, sweeping the kitchen/bathroom floors, wiping down the kitchen counters, doing laundry, etc.

he's the one who will do nothing all week but spend all morning Saturday giving the bathroom a serious deep-cleaning.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Someone told me this a long time ago, and it kind of stuck:

"If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another.

By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter."

The same could be said of any task. Starting your day with 100 situps or doing the dishes or just putting on the coffee means you've accomplished the first task of the day. And unlike the making the bed, those other tasks can actually accomplish something. Situps improve your health, the dishes need to be done, coffee needs to be brewed, so you've not only accomplished the first task of the day, you've spent your time well doing little things that truly do matter. If your first act is making your bed you've gotten the day off to a miserable start by wasting your time on a task that doesn't matter in the slightest and doesn't need to be done at all. Making your bed is the definition of futile, not only is the effort 100% wasted, but it wastes even more time later when you have to unmake it. Trying to pass it off as some meaningful event is military nonsense. They have to do it, they don't know why they have to do it and they're trying to rationalize it as something more than it is.

 

[KeithTalent]

Only after I wash my sheets, so at least twice a week.

KT

 

[Fritzo]

The same could be said of any task. Starting your day with 100 situps or doing the dishes or just putting on the coffee means you've accomplished the first task of the day. And unlike the making the bed, those other tasks can actually accomplish something. Situps improve your health, the dishes need to be done, coffee needs to be brewed, so you've not only accomplished the first task of the day, you've spent your time well doing little things that truly do matter. If your first act is making your bed you've gotten the day off to a miserable start by wasting your time on a task that doesn't matter in the slightest and doesn't need to be done at all. Making your bed is the definition of futile, not only is the effort 100% wasted, but it wastes even more time later when you have to unmake it. Trying to pass it off as some meaningful event is military nonsense. They have to do it, they don't know why they have to do it and they're trying to rationalize it as something more than it is.

Making your bed makes your room look neater and organized, and therefore more relaxing. You can't relax in chaos.

 

[Chaotic42]

Not at all. I'm one of those people who wakes up just early enough to get dressed, brush my teeth, grab my wallet/keys/phone, and go. It's the only way I actually enjoy work. If I wake up early enough to knock about the house, drink coffee, watch the news, make my bed, and generally get "settled in" at home, I resent having to go to work. I don't like the idea of having already been up for a while doing things before I even get started doing more things at work. I know it's kind of weird, but I feel like I have a set amount of productivity every day and I want to expend all of it at work rather than at home.

I'm the same way.

 

[Murloc]

I just open it up so that the sweat dries up without making it grow mold, and smash the pillow a bit so that the feathers reacquire their softness and aren't still smashed down when I lay in at night. This increases the life of the pillow. Also this way I don't have to do it when I lay in bed.

 

[JodiBrown]

Never, i dont have any bed, i sleep on a couch

 

[poofyhairguy]

Someone told me this a long time ago, and it kind of stuck:

"If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another.

By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter."

Sounds like a real Type A kind of lifestyle.

 

[Chaotic42]

Making your bed makes your room look neater and organized, and therefore more relaxing. You can't relax in chaos.

Man, you'd have a heart attack if you ever saw my house. I don't like filth, like rotting food and whatnot, but it's total chaos. I think I've made my bed maybe five times in the six years I've lived here.

 

[Ruptga]

You can't relax in chaos.

If that were true I would have died of stroke when I was twelve.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Making your bed makes your room look neater and organized, and therefore more relaxing. You can't relax in chaos.

Hmmmm, I thought it was about accomplishing a task.


But okay, you saw the silliness of that and came up with a new excuse for your obsessive/compulsive disorder. Let's talk about relaxing. A bed by definition is the place to be at your most relaxed, i.e. asleep, and to be best suited for that level of relaxation the bed should be in an unmade state. Very few people sleep atop a made bed. So you look at an unmade bed, say "I can't relax, arrgghhhh!", then make the bed, feel, "phew, now I can relax" and unmake the bed to get into it and relax fully? Really think that through for a moment and maybe you'll want to go back to it being about accomplishing a task however menial and useless the task might be. If you truly see an unmade bed as chaos that has you on such an edge that you find it impossible to relax you might need to see a professional about that and I don't mean a maid service.

 

[lxskllr]

You can't relax in chaos.

I can relax anywhere, and I thrive in chaos. I haven't made a bed since I was single digits in age, aside from freshly washed bed stuff. I still wouldn't call that "made", but it's more orderly than usual.

 

[Slick Mcflicken]

For my wife, Yes. To make it look good. For me, nope.

 

[wabbitslayer]

Nope, don't have to.

My wife not only makes the bed, but every day, but when I get home from work I find that she has just changed the sheets and has the old ones in the washing machine. Not only that, she has always just gotten out of the shower as well, and has raised the toilet seat for me in case I need to pee as soon as I get home. Doing all that work must take a lot out of her, b/c I think I have noticed her limping several times, or at least walking sort of funny.

She's so considerate :thumbsup:

 

[lxskllr]

Nope, don't have to.

My wife not only makes the bed, but every day, but when I get home from work I find that she has just changed the sheets and has the old ones in the wasing machine. Not only that, she has always just gotten out of the shower as well, and has raised the toilet seat for me in case I need to pee as soon as I get home. Doing all that work must take a lot out of her, b/c I think I have noticed her limping several times, or at least walking sort of funny.

She's so considerate :thumbsup:

Lucky...

:^D

 

[Raizinman]

Someone told me this a long time ago, and it kind of stuck:

"If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another.

By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter."

Someone told me this a long time ago, and it kind of stuck:

"If you make your bed every morning you will only witness your construction failure every night when it comes apart." It will give you a sense of failure when you go to bed and you will have bad dreams all night." Best not to make your bed.

No, don't make the bed.

But a friend of mine irons her sheets. I found that very odd. She says it gives a much better feeling getting into ironed sheets.