Your Bedsheets and These Changing Times: A Poll

And please include a photo of said sheets taken under a blacklight.

Closer to 22-30 days cuz I live alone. I washed and changed them yesterday.

i used to do this weekly. rather less frequently now that i have to go to a laundromat

For a while now we have had a housekeeper who comes bi-weekly and changes the sheets. Now that I am soon to be unemployed, I will be doing this myself. On about the same schedule.

Clean sheets feel so nice.

I recognize that for many of us, revealing this sort of intimate information, apart from the anonymity of a bare vote, silently cast, would be far too embarassing. So, feel free to just vote and then skulk away under cover of darkness. It's what all the best ilxors are doing even as you read this.

But discussion is ok, too.

John Hodgman said something about people with dark sheets being filthy slobs who never wash their sheets, and I felt the shame of self-recognition.

i love clean sheets but i don't mind dirty sheets so much, depends on how they're dirty, my own dander is ok, poo stains are not.

if i feel like i could use them to sand down a piece of furniture that needs to be repainted it's probably time

really love this thread title btw

In those rare times when i'm expecting overnight company, every 4-6 days. The rest of the time, you don't want to know....

(aaah, every 1-2 months. I really need to change this)

The last time I washed my sheets was bcz I'd fucked like 4 different people on them over the course of several weeks and there was this little *ding* that went off in my head that went "You really should wash your sheets"

my practice was every 2 weeks but it has drifted to 3-4 weeks, but if i am sick and feverish i will change it right after a good nightsweat

weekly

this just happens, tbh, no idea when. I like to think that my tolerance isn't too far beyond hers but i'd happily go a couple months without changing if it was cool weather and there wasn't anything showing.

I voted 11-15 days, but I should really be honest and admit it's more like 16-21 days.

When I worked mon-fri it was evedry weekemd. Now I'm home w/babies so it's a more fluid schedule but I still aim for weekly changings.

Once a week but that usually winds up being once every two weeks tbh.

Yeah I've been single for the last few years so standards have slipped... Always pleased when I do get round to it though, nothing like fresh sheets.

I don't even know how often it is because my husband always changes them, I probably haven't changed sheets on a bed in over ten years.

every four or five days. no other choice since it's really warm and humid all the time and if i don't wash the sheets in that time period, they really start to stink.

was helping a friend move once (only a block over, so we were walking things to the new place) and we were stripping down the bed so I asked if he wanted us to leave the mattress pad on to protect it during the move or take it off. he started to say "I don't think I have a mattress pad.." as I was pulling the clean-looking fitted sheet off, only to reveal what looked like a soot-stained mattress pad

omg

yes, that was my reaction. it was around that time I realized while I have bad kitchen tidiness issues, etc. that I can only ever pretend that I live dirtbag style

Every 4-6 days. I actually have someone do this for me, but I have someone do nearly everything for me (ALS, it's a hell of a disease) so I voted for the 4-6 day option rather than the "we have the luxury of a housekeeper" option.

In my bachelor days, I was still picky about clean sheets. You can go a month or more without actually washing them if you own several sets. I always used to need white sheets, because I used benzyl peroxide for acne and it bleaches colored fabrics. Sleeping at a friend's was complicated.

Weekly.

let's just say fortnightly

*looks away, whistling*

Every morning and then again every evening.

dammit I should have read all of the options before voting

our sheets are changed every other week by a cleaning service

clean sheets feel so nice but changing sheets and duvet covers is so frustrating it sometimes makes me hyperventilate with anxiety while i'm doing it. it needs to people to make it an acceptable task and i'm only one person and can't imagine any time again that i'll be one of a couple. even so i change mine weekly or if i miss the slot then fortnightly, never any more.

our sheets are changed every other week by a cleaning service

well ooh la di fuckin da

lol

look at big man there with his professionally cleaned sheets and his dignity

I've changed sheets by myself since I was a kid? I don't know, not that difficult.

single bed?

queen

btw thanking ilx for this thread, reminded me I was going to wash sheets today

queen ladidah

^^^holy shit

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Pillows once a week after turning both of them for fresh side each night. Sheets, probably a fortnight unless i spill red wine on them like tonight. Both sets are white cotton and feel great when changed.
The hassle of changing them is less than the feeling of comfy and fresh i like when changed.

**hands not goodwin his "I voted" button**

not goodwin his her "I voted" button

oops

his.

and thanks

I feel like several keystone cops.

weekly, at least. wife is a big fan of clean sheets and a nicely made bed.
when i lived by myself, god i used to go a month or more.

i don't even have sheets on my bed right now

i'd like to say this is some kinda new low but

i've just put on clean sheets. simple pleasures.

i mean getting into them will be. putting them on was horrible.

:D

also so the bedbugs slide right off the side of the bed instead of climbing onto you and eating you alive

Yes. After a scare a couple years ago (mysterious, very itchy welts; no bedbugs; dermatologist said "probably just pigeon mites" !!!) I sealed up my mattress b/c if the bed bugs ever do come, at least I won't have to buy a new mattress. Plus I won't collect pounds and pounds of dead skin in the mattress over the years.

dont those covers rustle

The one I got is an allergy bag, made of very tightly woven material, and it does not rustle. TBF, I have not tested it for water-proofness, and I doubt it would pass that test.

I admire your interest in owning black things, but if you have dry skin or pets or any other source of contrasts-with-black, you're going to immediately see it on black sheets.

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I want black sheets bcz this is my duvet cover and I think they'd look v nice w/ it

http://bedzine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0111642_PE262577_S4.jpg

Well, I can't argue that

*says nothing*

Its worth noting that no sexual activity takes place on this bed. I don't leak. Most of the time I pass out fully clothed (no shoes) on top of the bed cover. So its not like I'm creating sweat/dead skin cell fed bacteriological cultures here.

When things improve (socially) of course I'll wash the sheets more regularly. I'll probably also wash the dishes, mop the floors, dust the shelves, and light scented candles more frequently.

stevie's duvet cover looks like a zs gif

I stripped the bed yesterday and washed everything at a friend's house while watching TV. But then when I got home, I tired and I hated the idea of making the bed, but I didn't want to sleep on the mattress pad, so I slept on a heap of clean sheets.

This is why I infrequently change my sheets, because it just means I'll have to put them back on, which is a task I hate more than any other.

what is wrong with you people?

NICE DISPLAY NAME JESSE

It actually confused me. I thought it was weird that you were saying that you did laundry at a friend's house and slept on a pile of sheets.

On the same schedule as dog baths, and for similar reasons.

time for a revive in These Changing Times

OK so I used to change the sheets every other week. By which I mean a person we pay to do this sort of thing did it. Now I am that person.

I am losing track of whether it is sheet changing week or not sheet changing week.

I try to do once a week but probably every couple weeks ends up being the way. over 30 days is crazy to me and literally was how I rolled when I was a 20 something bachelor dirtbag

Usually once a week but can go up to 2 weeks depending on several variables.

xpost Usually remember to change sheets because it happens on the same day or in preparation for long weekends because clean sheets are magic. Also white sheets, dark hair, one can usually tell.

1-2 weeks. the only chore/cleaning i do properly. i enjoy doing laundry and i enjoy the feeling and smell of clean sheetz

things are stretching out because i'd like to reduce my laundromat trips during 'this troubled time'

oh yeah i should have added this is only since i bought a w/d last year. when i had to go to the laundromat it was just an aspiration to have clean sheets.

i feel like if you leave it long enough to tell you need to do it, it's too long. which it usually is with me.

but like okay okay, you weekly or 10-day sheet washers, do you wash your PILLOWS on the reg? because that too is something you're mashing your face into every night for several hours.

pillowcases sure, pillows themselves maybe every couple years

yea pillows! i saw some thing recently where somebody was like, all these people spending thousands on every flavour of cleanser there is and every night they let the oils and... you know, sloughage.. of their face just mash into the same absorbent pad that they've probably never washed in their lifetime

better not to think about it obv - i am not one of the cleanser people

My pillows are in pillow protectors under the pillow cases, both get washed and the pillows themselves get at least an annual cleansing.

About once a week for both sheets and duvet cover. I do 2 or 3 general washes a week and bang 1 of them into that.
But days may vary so only roughly about a week can be more cab be less. But somewhere around that frequency.

I've avoided washing pillows if possible because whenever I do they seem to emerge all clumpy. Am I doing something wrong? Synthetic fill pillows if it matters.

I am being more of a dirtbag than usual (with bedding and clothes) because I have to use the adjacent building’s laundry room that costs £3.50 a wash and I don’t want to keep having to go out and get change before using a space shared by over a hundred people. This is probably contributing to my general sense of malaise.

I've avoided washing pillows if possible because whenever I do they seem to emerge all clumpy. Am I doing something wrong? Synthetic fill pillows if it matters.

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Tennis ball in the dryer really helps with this one. Also taking pillows and duvets down to the laundrette to use the big dryer.

Washing duvets, pillows and puffer jackets is pretty much the only time I use the dryer.

Yeah something(s) heavyish to clomp around in the dry with the pillows is u&k

i have 3 pillows I rotate because I prefer to sleep on my stomach but it sometimes irritates my lower back so I have to switch to my side or back and the type of pillow really makes a difference to me.

I wash my pillow cases and sheets about once a week, my duvet cover less frequently

my understanding is a lot of people don't even use a top sheet now, just a duvet? I still have been using a top sheet, a thin cotton blanket over it and a light down duvet over that, which I throw off in summertime. I keep an extra blanket at the bottom of the bed to use if I'm really cold

I've never had a top sheet under the duvet, just a duvet cover. Top sheet has only ever been for when I have had blankets (hospital, elderly relatives, some hotels)

One annoyance of staying in hotels is they have a top sheet duvet, second top sheet sandwich which turns into a Gordian knot by morning.

some hotels

jeez i thought i was a dirtbag for sometimes going 2 weeks without washing my sheets

the duvet cover is once a month though

putting a cover on a duvet on might be my least favorite chore

it's my least favorite too, but I learned that my duvet cover has ties inside at the top which I can secure to the top of the duvet and then shimmy the cover over the rest of it, which makes it much easier to put on

xp agree top sheet/blanket/duvet can become tangled and it is annoying, but in summer weather (at least here) having a top sheet allows you to ditch the duvet and still feel covered

I don't know. I'm still trying to figure out the best configuration

*secure to the top of the duvet* by just tying them around the corners of the top of the duvet

like Ed the idea of duvet PLUS a top sheet is completely bizarre to me. like wearing two pairs of socks. however - you then run into a problem if you only have a “button close” cover: your feet stick out. in france they mainly have “chiminée” covers with no buttons and an extra long flap of fabric at the bottom which tucks entirely under the mattress, facilitating that sweet no-topsheet lyfe

in hot weather i take the duvet out of the cover and just sleep with the cover. it’s like an extra thick sheet i guess.

/ cool story

Tracer that is what my partner does! I, however, have challenging temperature control needs (lol menopause, maybe?) and am most comfortable under a woven cotton blanket, no sheet. So while we do not have separate beds, we do have separate bedclothes.

the correct answer is once a week. wtf is 7-14 days. this is like when my friend got done for possession and they asked him how often he did heroin and the least frequent answer he could give was 'several times a month.'

plax it says 7-10

Ok same, 7 is non negotiable

Finally ready to wash my stinky lockdown sheets and of course cash no longer being a thing so I don't have the usual stash of pound coins for the machines. So I have just hand washed the fuckers and hung then indoors. Feel like I'm on the Ganges or something.

nice

Think about your life choices

I am very much at ease both with having avoided the launderette and now having clean sheets and see no need to ruminate further on either. If you would like to spend time pondering my "life choices" i guess that's your life choice.

you can handwash

damn, the lockdown started in mid-march my guy.

I just in fact put on new sheets, no better feeling really