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New Generations Not Using Top Sheets on the Bed????

ciao_bella — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:28:07 GMT

Okay... maybe it's me because I'm older, but I think not! I've read and also heard some sales people say that younger generations are not using top sheets when they make their beds. My question would be, why not? I can think of more cons than pros on not using one.

What is your thought on this?

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ahoymate — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:35:40 GMT

Lazy attitude IMO.Yes top sheets. Wash bedsheets weekly, hot H20. I know 'new generations' don't wash hot nor weekly

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stevieb — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:36:10 GMT

After many years of religiously making the bed with all of what were considered the 'appropriate' layers, I have to admit that I now often skip the top sheet too. I enjoy a fresh bed but absolutely hate changing out bedding. I have enough quilts, comforters and so on that I don't feel compelled to always use (and launder) a top sheet.

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ID2 — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:38:50 GMT

Oh I have to use a top sheet! One of my kids is like me and the other just kicks it off when visiting us.

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Desertdi — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:38:55 GMT

I don't sleep "in the buff"...and have never used a top sheet...

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insomniac2 — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:49:49 GMT

I love using the top sheet! It's VITAL.

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AFWIFE — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:51:14 GMT

My 19 year old son has never liked a top sheet. He prefers a nice soft blanket and a quilt. He is most certainly not lazy...

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hopi — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:56:39 GMT

They do not like the feel of them.

It has nothing to do with lazy.

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I am still oxox — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:01:06 GMT

Never used a top sheet and did not grow up using one. I really do not see the reason

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Trinity11 — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:02:19 GMT

@ciao_bella wrote:
Okay... maybe it's me because I'm older, but I think not! I've read and also heard some sales people say that younger generations are not using top sheets when they make their beds. My question would be, why not? I can think of more cons than pros on not using one.

What is your thought on this?

I guess if you have a comforter with a washable duvet cover it may work? We are old school and do use a top sheet, though.

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geezerette — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:04:45 GMT

@AFWIFE wrote:
My 19 year old son has never liked a top sheet. He prefers a nice soft blanket and a quilt. He is most certainly not lazy...

I got out of the habit of using using top sheets when I started using a comforter instead. In the summer I just use throws instead of blankets and prefer the soft feel of the throw against my skin instead of a sheet.

The only time I use a top sheet now is in the winter when I use my electric blanket.

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Trinity11 — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:05:46 GMT

@I am still oxox wrote:
Never used a top sheet and did not grow up using one. I really do not see the reason

Just curious...then you wash your comforter or blanket once a week @I am still oxox ? My washing machine won't wash a queen comforter. It just won't fit, so the top sheet keeps it fresh.🙂

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Krimpette — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:07:01 GMT

I always use a top sheet. I'd rather launder the top sheet than a blanket or quilt that has been directly on my skin. Plus, I like to sleep cool and my sheets give me that feeling.

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I am still oxox — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:12:04 GMT

@Trinity11 wrote:
@I am still oxox wrote:
Never used a top sheet and did not grow up using one. I really do not see the reason
Just curious...then you wash your comforter or blanket once a week @I am still oxox ? My washing machine won't wash a queen comforter. It just won't fit, so the top sheet keeps it fresh.🙂

@Trinity11 You can not be serious I do not sweat when I sleep

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OKPrincess — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:12:08 GMT

We always use a top sheet.

During the summer we also use a lightweight thermal blanket.

During the winter we use flannel sheets a cuddle duds blanket.

Thats it. No bedspread and fancy bed pillows.

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cindyNC — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:12:27 GMT

Actually, I used to use 2 top sheets plus a blanket. Having issues w/temperature regularion........sometimes 1 sheet was not enough but 1 sheet and a blanket was too much. I'm allergic to down.

I washed the second top sheet every other week. The other bedding weekly. The issue with some of the bamboo fabrics is that they should be washed in cold water.

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beckyb1012 — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:13:53 GMT

I always felt like I was trapped under the top sheet even as a girl. I probably started sleeping on top of it back in the '70's. When I married I tried to stay under it since the idiot I married did but soon just went back to my regular way of sleeping. He too changed his need for a top sheet.

In my '60's now and I still do not get under it. Just means more laundering of bedding but since it is just me I do not mind. It is kind of like having to have at least one foot cover free completely. I cannot stand to feel smothered.

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Carmie — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:14:14 GMT

I always use a top sheet at home, but when I go to Europe, I noticed that the finest hotels did not, especially at the Sofitel ones.

They use a bottom sheet and a washable duvet covering a goose down comforter.

At first I thought it was weird, but when I slept with that type of bedding, it was wonderful.

I would sleep like that at home, but the thought of trying to stuff a comforter into a duvet is scary. I change my bed sheet once and sometimes twice a week, that would be way too much work for me to deal with a duvet.

But, don't knock it until you try it.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:14:20 GMT

I haven't used a top sheet since I don't know when. I like the feel of soft blankets on my skin.

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Meowingkitty — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:33:06 GMT

I haven't used a top sheet in years and I sleep in pajamas. It's not being lazy, it's just because they are to hot. I use a lightweight throw that I can kick off or stick my feet out for a blanket and I wash it when it needs it. I also don't have a quilt, duvet, comforter or whatever for a bedspread. No need for that heavy stuff in Arizona. I bought these huge fluffy blankets (they're like the throws in material) from Costco (I think they are around 100x100) and I use that as my bedspread. Easy to wash and the cats love them. I use them instead of a traditional covering because I was tired of getting snags in my quilts, I can change the colors anytime as they aren't expensive plus I can wash them in my own washer.