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Making the Bed

Sweetbay magnolia — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:59:38 GMT

Silly me, I think. If the beds are not made the day is not complete - but does it matter? I really don't like doing the chore.

For most of my adult life I did not (make beds). Then I phased into, wow, this looks good! Now, again, I do not care. Should I? Do you?

(of course I regularly launder the bedding - maybe that will be the day the beds get "made").

And yes, I understand that this is a small thing. But why live a life, if the small things cannot be appreciated, when one has the ability to do so?

Re: Making the Bed

Bri36 — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:01:43 GMT

Yes, the bed gets made every day. It bugs me if it isn't.

I can't get into an unmade bed. Lol. When we stay in a hotel, I don't make it, but I straighten it out. My husband is the same way

Re: Making the Bed

game-on — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:03:21 GMT

@Sweetbay magnolia..... this is a question of priorities.... it is a choice.... I rarely make my bed .... it doesnt bother me.... if someone sees it and it bothers them, I consider it their problem.... I guess I go by the old saying " dont sweat the small stuff"....

Re: Making the Bed

muttmom — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:07:08 GMT

I make the bed as soon as it's empty. I cannot stand looking at or getting into an unmade bed.

Re: Making the Bed

gidgetgh — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:08:08 GMT

I make it on the day I change the sheets!

Other than that, I don't care if it's made. It looks better made, but it isn't a big deal to me.

Now, to my husband, it IS a big deal, so he makes it every day. And it looks good. If he didn't make it, would I? I'm not so sure.

Re: Making the Bed

abbeythe 8th — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:12:38 GMT

Beds are always made

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beckyb1012 — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:18:15 GMT

Unless I have had tons and tons of water the night before I make up my bed as soon as I get up then go about and do my "business" then hit the coffee pot.

Re: Making the Bed

ALRATIBA — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:18:09 GMT

I'm OCD about making the bed.

I can't think of any day that I haven't made the bed in the last ???? years.

Re: Making the Bed

Spurt — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:21:20 GMT

Yep, I vote with the BEDS ARE ALWAYS MADE! It makes my bedroom look nice, and when you go to bed at night, it's nice to turn down the comforter and sheets and a nice neat bed helps set the tone and prepares you for a good nights sleep................

Re: Making the Bed

MickD — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:20:03 GMT

I make the beds everyday, except an occasional Sunday...my day off!

Re: Making the Bed

2blonde — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:20:43 GMT

I also can't stand the sight of an unmade bed. My condo might not always be the cleanest, but I always make the bed as soon as I get out of it in the a.m.

It's just me and the cat, so no one would know but us! Besides, I don't relish finding clumps of fur under the sheets......it's bad enough on top of the bed!

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I am still oxox — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:21:52 GMT

My bed is made every day, I have gotten DH into this habit, it you look left when you walk in you can see the bedroom so I want my bed made.

Re: Making the Bed

151949 — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:24:42 GMT

I hate making the bed but I like getting into a nice smooth bed so - I have a top sheet and a quilt only on the bed - just flip up the sheet and quilt in one motion slight moment to smooth it and it's done. When I worked I made beds a dozen times a day - and I've always hated doing it. It's even worse when there is a patient occupying the bed while you change it - now that can get pretty darn tricky.

Re: Making the Bed

Mominohio — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:29:55 GMT

There is all the stuff out in the media now that leaving a bed unmade is healthier, at least for a couple of hours after getting up. Lets it get air and keeps the germs down.

I can't stand an unmade bed. I have to do it relatively shortly after rising. The entire room is a mess, if the bed isn't made.

Re: Making the Bed

Sweetbay magnolia — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:30:03 GMT

Guess I'll go make the beds (really at this late hour?).

If I could have some of yours' husbands, and they would do it? That would be nice!

Re: Making the Bed

magicmoodz — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:30:03 GMT

I cannot imagine an unmade bed in my home. We get up at 3:45 am M-F. If one of us needs to use the bathroom we better have done it at 3:40 am when the first alarm goes off or hold until the bed is made magazine-worthy style.

I sound so militant, but that's the way I roll.

Re: Making the Bed

Sweetbay magnolia — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:33:37 GMT

I have a friend, @magicmoodz, who has a husband and a son in military service.

I'm sure she is appalled at the sloppiness 'round here!

Re: Making the Bed

Caligurll — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:38:36 GMT

I don't make my bed every day like I do when I change the bedding, but I do pull up the bedding so it is somewhat neat and inviting looking to get into again.

Re: Making the Bed

RedTop — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:39:35 GMT

I smooth the cover over the pillows every morning; also cannot stand to look at a bed that looks like someone just crawled out of it.

Re: Making the Bed

Full of it — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:39:58 GMT

It is a must for me that my bed is made every day! It takes so little of my time!