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You might want to stop making your bed in the morning
- dmd 2y agoI (46, male, USian) was unaware that anyone did this outside of 20th century sitcoms.
- dyauspitr 2y agoAnyone make their beds in the morning? A lot of people, myself included will take 15 seconds to flatten out the comforter.
- wjnc 2y agoWell more than obviously yes and scandalized by the HN-ers above. Never considered people not making their bed. Grandfather was in the Navy, mother ran and wife runs a tight ship. Me I’m along for the ride. I could expand a few hundred words about the enjoyment an acquired skill like keeping your house tidy can bring.
- LeafItAlone 2y agoSurely you’ve visited other people’s homes and seen their beds are made, no?
- Tarball10 2y agoI don't usually snoop around other people's bedrooms when visiting.
- LeafItAlone 2y agoMe neither, but it doesn’t take snooping to notice a made bed while walking past a room.
- Ekaros 2y agoOnly do it when someone is going to visit... Like proper cleaning.
- euroderf 2y agoSure, because they allocated the bed to storing people's coats.
- yungporko 2y agoi don't think i've made my bed once in my entire adult life to be honest
- marssaxman 2y agoThat's funny. I generally do feel that the lives depicted in TV shows belong to a strange, foreign culture, even when the show is set in a familiar place, but it is not the tidiness of the set which gives me that impression! A room always feels much better after it's been set to rights; why wouldn't I want to enjoy the home I live in? Little maintenance tasks like making one's bed really don't take much time or effort once you choose to make a habit of them.
- randomcarbloke 2y agomale, USian Male, european, but admittedly grew up in a military family, I make my bed every day.
- 1123581321 2y agoWe air out our bed in the morning, but we do it in a way that still makes the bedroom look nice, removing the top blanket and folding down the top sheet. Sometimes we hang them up and leave just the fitted sheet on the bed. We aren’t worried about mites; we just like the freshness when we reassemble the bed later that day.
- weiwio 2y agoMy way: leave it unfolded when you wake up and go through your morning routine. Make it before leaving home.
- gruez 2y ago>However, experts including Heather Proctor, a professor of biological diversity at the University of Alberta, note they haven’t encountered any published research suggesting leaving our beds uncovered can discourage dust mite growth.
- aaron695 2y ago[dead]
- 1ark 2y agoThere are handheld vacuum cleaners for sucking up virus, bacteria, pollen, and killing mites. Stuffy nose in the morning, gone! Do it once in a while, and keep making your bed.
- euroderf 2y agoWhen I make my bed every morning, I seal in the mite juices and last night's sweat. Q.E.D.
- alexalx666 2y agoone of the easiest way to get to "something 100% complete" confidence boost before 12
- neuralRiot 2y agoVacuum clean the bed (and mattress topper) every other day, change sheets once a week. I hope that’s enough to keep the “mite problem” at bay.