Making Your Bed! Do You Make Your Bed Each Morning??

....Hi there dandan07, I think you and I think alike. A visitor makes one want to give a good impression. So I, like you, will take the time to make my bed, if I am expecting company. If it is only me, then the bed stays the same. I learned today about dust getting on the bed during the day, if you don't make it up, never thought about it before, so I might just start doing as you do and cover the bed, to keep the dust away, Thanks so much for your reply. Take care.

...Hi there BART78, Happy 2010. Every day there is some new insight I gain from the people on this site. Now I never thought about the bed getting dust on the linens, if you don't make it up in the morning. That is a point well taken. I have to remember, and at least take the time to cover the entire bed, even if I don't make it up completely. Thanks for sharing. Take good care.

If you had an emergency, the last thing you'd be worrying about is whether your beds are made up. Anyway... I normally don't make my bed up in the morning; it's a bit tedious trying to make up a waterbed, so I either don't make it up or I just throw blankets and coverlets up to the pillow so it looks like it's made up.

....Hi there whiteheather39. Happy 2010. Your response made me think of parents who say wear clean everything,so that you would not be embarrassed if you have an accident. What you speak of is certainly something to think about. There is an impression one gives if their home is scattered to the wind so to speak. Thanks for your response. Take care.

...Hi there coolcoder, Happy 2010. Now, I am picturing a waterbed, and I can't determine how you make it up. Would not a sheet on it with a blanket or spread on the top of it be considered made up? Are you able to tuck things in under a waterbed. I would think bed linens lying on top would be considered made up for a waterbed?? Anyway, you do what most of us do. If I expect company I will make up my bed. Otherwise, I leave it. Take care. Thanks for responding.

...Hi, hi mysdianait, So it sounds to me like you are a hybrid. Half and half. "o) I think that whatever works for an individul, that is what they should do. We have four sisters in our family, two are neat freaks, so to speak, one is in between and the other is totally unconcerned with conventional wisdom. The last one would be moi. I stopped making my bed a long time ago, and when I was traveling and staying in hotels on my job, I got spoiled having the maid come everyday and change the linens, then I wanted that at home :o). Thanks for your response. Take good care.

haha, u'r right, i'm not in the USA, but how did u guess it? i saw such contest in the tv. well, i learned making bed from the military trainging. we began to have short military training when in the senior middle school, and then longer time when entering the university.

...Hi yolanda19191, Happy 2010. Well, I think it is a good habit to have, if you want to do it. I am glad that you learned how to make a bed. Over here, I am assuming you are in another country besides the USA, maybe not. But at any rate, each year I think they have some kind of contest, where hotel workers try to see who can make a bed the fastest. It is very funny, looking at all of them running to be the first one finished. So anyway, good that you learned. Take care. Thanks for your response.

...Hi again yolanda, Sometimes I just pick up things. Because I am sensitive to people I guess, and I didn't have a sneak peek at your profile. Take care, have a good day "o).

Hiya artistry, Well now I´m glad I made you laugh that´s good that´s great what am I saying? What did I say to make you laugh? Anyway I usually air all the blankets and sheets right away from the mattress itself. I don´t use spray as such I let the sunlight stream in and do it´s work. If you put blankets outside even if you can´t wash them you are doing yourself a favour because it kills bacterias say if everyone has a cold this is what I do if I can of course. Also those big bath towels go outside too as soon as the Weather picks up as they don´t always need to be washed the same day. Hey but I do wash them (grin).

...Hi there lovinangelsinstead21, You gave me a good laugh for my morning and I love to laugh. It's good for the soul. "o). Having said that, it is a good thing that you want to let the sun hit the bed. Probably a good idea as well, as long as you have time afterwards to let it air out for a good while, to spray the mattress with an air santizer, we can't wash them, so the next best thing I guess would be to spray away, or as you want to do, let the sunshiine in. Thanks for the laugh and for your response. Take care.

...Hi there, You made me laugh when you talked about the barrage of protests, from the clan...that's funny to me. Sunlight is good for many things. It even heals. Take good care.

I went in to my room this morning at 10am and noticed my untidy unmade bed. I thought of your discussion and made it immediately. Perhaps I would have made it anyway...now we will never know and I fear I am forever doomed to look at my unmade bed (or anyone else's unmade bed) and I will think of you and your discussion and guilt will coerce me to make that bed.

...Hi there MsTickle, Hope that all is going well with you and the animals all. Sounds like flexibility and contentment to me :o). Which is a good thing. When I used to make my bed religously in the morning I was fine, when I stopped doing it every morning I was better. So I think ones comfort zone at home should be just that, whatever it takes to make and keep one happy is the way to go. Thanks so much for stopping by and take good care. Have a great week-end.

...MsTickle, You have made my week-end, I will be laughing until Monday about what you said, you are so funny. If you do make your bed when you look at it from now on, when it is messy, at least you will have the satisfaction of having a neat bedroom. I am still laughing. "o) Take good care. Enjoy your day, you made mine.

...Hi cinderella2007, Making your bed does make the entire room look tidy, I do agree. Hmmm, hadn't thought about the part about the bed being warmer when you get back in it at night, that's a good point as well. I say that if you make your bed in the morning or if you don't make it, it is what makes you happy in the comfort of your home that is important. It is your snuggle space and what works for you is the real deal. "o) Take it easy and thanks for your response.

...Hi 1hopefulman, Now I have my perfect answer, my bed is being aired out. :o) That is totally great. It works. I do the saame thing with making up the bed if I expect visitors, who may have a look in the bedroom. That is not very often. Thanks so much for supplying me with a logical answer for my unmade bed. Take it easy.

Glad to give you a good exc... eh reason not to make it!

...Hi ank_47, I can't rememner just how long it has been since I stopped making my bed in the morning. I thought after a while, that it was a waste of time to make the bed in the morning, only to mess it up again at night. If someone is coming over to my place, I will make the bed for appearances sake only. Someone mentioned that they cover their bed to keep the dust off of it, which I think is a good idea. Thanks so much for your reply, take it easy.

Thanks for the reply, my friend. Have a nice day!!!

...Hi there aerous, Good for you to take the time to make the bed. It does, as some have mentioned, make the room look much neater when the bed has been made. It is understandable that at times you would forget to do it, as you are in a hurry or just don't have thetime. Whatever one's choice regarding making up one's bed is the right one for them. Our home is supposed to be our comfort zone, as far as I am concerned Thanks for your reply, and take care.

I never thought about the chromosomes factor, you are probably right.

...hi lelin1123, You make me laugh out loud, which is a good thing. You must have things in place and so you order your life that way. Many, many people do, you don't have to have OCD, to want things in place. I am in your daughters' camp, my sisters are with you. Your daughters came out that way, as I am sure you know, if you think about it, because of the other half of the chromosomes. Thanks for making my evening fun. Take care.

Happy 2010 to you as well. Yes life does mean getting used to new habits. Adjusting is somewhat hard, but its manageable. I do usually get up and try to straighten my side of the bed when I get up. That way It looks a little neat when I get out. But its all about getting used to new things.

...Hi nrn2003, Happy 2010. Life brings about changes, and so we adjust. I am one who thinks that we do become creatures of habit. When things change a bit, we get thrown a little. But I would guess that you still get up in the morning, or did for a while, and reach to make the bed, forgetting that you can't do it? Just out of habit. Thanks so much for your response. Take care.

...Hi there saphrina, Happy 2010. Well, aren't you the one? :o). It is a very good thing to have a willing partner who relieves one of the task of making up the bed. Good for you, now my question to you would be, if he didn't, would you make the bed or would it not matter to you? I am in the camp of leaving the bed as it is, freedom is.... I also think that, what makes one happy is what one should do. Either way is good. Take care. Thanks very much.

Hi, sweatie, you now, if he doesn,t want to make the bed, i will definately only make my side of it. But just to think of what his expression would be, i can just imagine it. But you go and have yourself a nice day.

.....Hi derek_a, Happy 2010. This sounds awfully easy to me, and it helps you to move along with the rest of your day. Let's hear it for the time saving bed. I just don't see the need to make up a bed, pull and tuck and fix it up, all neat and nice, and come back in a few hours and undo all that work. Time is priceless, you can't get it back, so I save some of mine by letting my bed stay unmade in the morning and move on down the line. I do say that if one wants to make their bed in the morning, that's all good as well. Thanks so much. Take care.

...Hi there jezzmay, All the points that you make are quite good and make very good sense. Someone else had mentioned the same thing, some emergency happened and the paramedics were there, and they were happy afterwards that the bed was made and things were neat. Things happen. As another person said as well, when your bed is made, the room looks neater as a whole. Thanks so much for stopping by. Take care.

...Hi there 4ofmyown, I think making one's bed in the morning is a sign of a person who likes order. Now whether they get it out not is another question. But that person, in my opinion would like to have their desk orderly if they work at a desk, their car not junky, and other things pretty much in decent order. Might not be the case all the time, but that is what I think. Thanks so much for stopping by. Take care.

...Hi my125125, Happy 2010. I think you have your priorities in order. If you have the time, you will make the bed. If you do not, then the bed is left until. I think that I would call that a hybrid method. You have great intentions, unless time gets in your way and stops you cold. Sounds like it's working pretty good for you. Thanks so much for stopping by. Take good care.

...Hi there shuying8710, Happy 2010. There you go, you have everything working for you the way you want. Nothing is going to happen to your bed, that will effect you while you are gone. I do the same as you do during the week, but also on the weekend "o) I call it freedom. Thanks so much for your response. Take good care.

...Hi craftyhomebody, Welcome to the ranch, it's a lot of fun. Happy 2010. The things you say about the house being cleaned, are certainly worth noting. Making your bed in the morning is a good thing, by all accounts. It's just if you want to take the time to do it. The point about getting a good night's sleep in a neatly made bed is a subjective one, I do think. What I mean by that is, if you are a person who needs to have your bed made up before you get into it at night to sleep well, otherwise you toss and turn, then your mind has gotten into that mode. Not that it necessarily helps all people to sleep better in a neat bed, but that person who it is important to suffers, if they do not have the bed all neat and nice at night. Arm chair psychology on my part "o). Thanks so much for your response. Take care.