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You might want to stop making your bed in the morning

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28 pointsamichail18 comments

I (46, male, USian) was unaware that anyone did this outside of 20th century sitcoms.

Anyone make their beds in the morning? A lot of people, myself included will take 15 seconds to flatten out the comforter.

Well 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.

Surely you’ve visited other people’s homes and seen their beds are made, no?

I don't usually snoop around other people's bedrooms when visiting.

Me neither, but it doesn’t take snooping to notice a made bed while walking past a room.

Only do it when someone is going to visit... Like proper cleaning.

Sure, because they allocated the bed to storing people's coats.

i don't think i've made my bed once in my entire adult life to be honest

That'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.

male, USian

Male, european, but admittedly grew up in a military family, I make my bed every day.

>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.

We 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.

My way: leave it unfolded when you wake up and go through your morning routine. Make it before leaving home.

There 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.

Vacuum 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.

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When I make my bed every morning, I seal in the mite juices and last night's sweat. Q.E.D.

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