Category: Let's talk
How do you like your sheets and blankets? Are you prissy and want the sheets to remain tucked in at the end of the bed or do your feet feel insecure and cold without the sheet and blankets pulled out and wrapped snugly around them?
The former.
I leave the sheet tucked in at the end of the bed but I like the blanket wrapped around me. I get cold pretty easily so in the winter I sometimes have two blankets and even in the summer I sometimes have a thin blanket.
This kind of reminds me of my poast from a few years ago about one pillow or two pillows and the one about one sheet or two sheets.
Tucked in except for the corners.
Same as prev poster.
I like my sheet and blanket tucked in very neatly at the end of the bed.
Same as poster above me. I also like the sides to line up when my bed is made.
Honestly, I like to have the lines of my blanket and sheets very neet at the end of the bed. I also like to make these corners, which I don't remember the name but they do them in Hospitals and hotels. They look nice. I don't sleep under the blanket, but under the sheets. I keep the blanket and bedspread over the sheet. I just got used to it, I guess. lol!
I am a sheet/blanket hog. I need to be warm because I can't fall asleep when I'm cold. I make the bed everyday but when it's time the ends get untucked.
well thank goodness for DistanceRunner! I'd hate to be the only oddball in my own thread!
I like to be wrapped up in my covers, too. Got to be warm.
I however don't make my bed every day. The only time my bed is made on a regular basis is once a week when I change the sheets. I do make the bed if company is coming. Lies and deception, making my company believe I'm better than I am! For shame!
I bought a new down comforter and it arrived today.
Yay!
Same here, about making the bed.
Make mine daily. When I get out, after my sweat, I come back and make my bed.
If I'm not working out that day, I make it when I get out.
Something momma insisted on, not I'm stuck with it.
Love to be warm too, so I've got the sheet, down blanket, another blanket and the confiter. I can pull these around me, but still, my ends at the foot have to be tucked. Can't sleep with cold feet.
When I have company, well I unmake the bed, but that's a different subject, and for a different reason.
Still need my bottom tuck though. Smile.
for shame! the children might read that!
You mean the part about how it is that beds should be made and neat before you leave the house?
Yes, they might. Its good learnin.
Ok, I have to admit when I was away at school there were some days where I would get up and say screw making the bed, or it would be kind of late because I kept hitting the snooze button on my alarm. But when I am back at home I get back in to the habit of it.
You're all just better people than I am.
It's okay, I'm fine with my unmade bed self!
You know, I live alone, so if I didn't make my bed nobody sees unless I have someone come home with me.
But there is something about rolling back the covers, and their all neat and unwrinkled when you slide in that just feels good.
I know my bed is clean and all, but if I leave it unmade, it just doesn't feel right when I get in at night.
Momma's fault.
oh I actually agree with you but my mother never made me make my bed
all her fault! :P
I have to agree with wayne. My grandma always insisted on me making it, until she didn't have to. I of course was 16-17 at the time, but yeah. I just feel good about making it, not to mention how neet it looks, and how nice it feels to go to bed at night. .
Just wish I had room for a queen-sized, I'm six-3 tall and my feet always pull the covers out from under the end on my double.
sort of feeling guilty now as I have a queen size and I'm 5'3"
you people are hard on me!
Girls always like big beds.. I mean, a 5 3 girl could have plenty room in a twin. even enough for company.
But she wants a full and up.
Prehaps they want to be prepared? Smile.
Trying to be, um cute, I forgot my reason for coming here to this board.
I actually told my momma about it this morning.
She agreed beds felt better made when you get in.
She said what I didn't want to say, that when you left them unmade they some how feel dirty when you get back in, even though you know perfectly well there not.
Guess she trained me up in the way she wanted me to go, huh? Smile.
Now, back to the reason girls like big beds.
Ki left off at the company.
It starts when she’s a baby, and starts collecting teddy bears and dolls.
Some even collect trucks, cars, motorcycles. You know about Barbie, right?
Next, it’s her pets. City girls like dogs, cats, sometimes a snake or two, but when you get to the country girl, you have to add calf’s, lambs, goats, and piglets, to name a few.
Next comes companions. The status of the companion changes as she gets older, but they need to be added.
Next, she might have babies. Babies come with their own sets of teddy bears, dolls, pets, and sometimes even companions.
My ex wife is a teddy bear burl, so I just got added. She likes animals too, but luckily, she thinks they should sleep in their own beds. The reason I say luckily, is because she likes big ones. Something about the country.
My daughter is an all-around girl, so I had to put a basketball net behind her bed, for her collection, so she could have room to make her bed.
Some of the collection had permanent space on the bed, and the rest would jump down and in at night. Neither have changed.
The only two women I know that didn’t collect anything but the companions, and not until they were grown, are one of my sisters, and my mother.
Wayne, I'm 5 feet and I don't like big beds. I have a queen size, and I only use half of it, the other remains intact until I change the sheets. lol! :)
You need some guest, pets, and companions. Lol
Barbie, Wayne? I remember thinking the Sunshine Dolls were a lot more lifeline.
oh, but you think you're so smart!
when I said I was 5'3" you assumed I meant tall when I really menat wide!
And I bet your mama warned you about bad girls who never make the bed!
Lol I have never heard of such a warning. So, how does that myth go? Will she turn me into a newt? Will I get better?
I don't know about the other dolls. I can ask? My daughter would. Lol
Now to what my mother warmed me about.
On second thought!
Seems you need a king, or do you sleep with your arms hanging over the side, or sideways?
Now, figuring a queen sized bed is 5 foot wide and 6 foot long....
OK, figured I'd add my bit to this. I agree with Wayne back in Post 7, I like the sheets tucked in, including the corners, and it lined up neatly on both sides. I do very much agree that getting into a made bed at night does feel better: it does feel cleaner somehow, even though if it's unmade it's not that the sheets are anymore dirty. However, despite that, I don't make mine every day either. I usually just don't think about it, or run out of time as I get ready for work. But it's a good habit to get into, and does make the bed feel better to get into at night, so maybe I should work on that.
Wayne, not so on all girls liking big beds. I have a queen, but that's because I was dating someone when I bought it. But sometimes it stil felt too big even with him there, and it sure feels too big now that I'm alone. I was with a guy long-term who has a full-sized bed, or I guess what you'd call a double, and that was fine with me. Meant he was closer to cuddle with. king beds are just way too big, even when I'm with someone. I've said before I'm not your typical female, and I guess here's another way I'm not.
We are hearing from the non typical females.
We have learned we have to much wasted bed space in America!
What should we do about this possible epicdimic?
Should we send them all the typical girl trappings, or smaller beds?
Typical girl trappings? What would you define those as?
Warnings about females who don't make the bed
She'll probably leave dirty dishes in the sink, wet towels on the floor, sleep in on her days off, then have to drag her sleepy self back to workwhen the time comes.
She'll wait til the last minute to do laundry, probably the night before she has to go back to work and because she left it so late, she'll go to bed even later than usual waiting for the dryer to finish.
And the kitchen floor? Oh, why bother scrubbing it today when she knows it will just keep getting more snow and salt tracked in every day?
I'm sometimes guilty of all of the above but one.
I live alone, so I see no reason to make my bed daily. the sheets always get messed up anyway, so why bother?
that being said, though, I keep my sheets tucked on every corner.
I'd not try. You were the one that said you were not a Typical girl, plus you have waisted bed space,so I'd let you do it.
I just gave a pretty good list of things most of the girls I know slept with. Not all, but most.
I left out girls that lived in swamp, or jungle places. I was afraid to think about what I might have to get added with.
I'd get a smaller bed, or share the other half, I have no problem doing both! Good post, VH. lol! It's true. I was brought up with the mentality that the way you keep your things says a lot about yourself. It's like dressing very neetln to go out, and doing all of the above. I don't know, but appearances can lie. :)
Well, momma never warned me about girls like that VH, she just taught household duties, were the responsibility of anyone that lived there. She even taught my dad this. Smile.
I've always tucked them in at the end of the bed. Until a few weeks ago I was using two blankets but one of them was an absolute magnet for static electricity and so I'd often shock myself when I touched it.
I guess I'm different from most then, because I'd rather have a bigger bed especially if I am sharing it with someone. Like I say I tend to use a lot of blanket and I would feel bad if I woke up to find she had no blanket to stay warm. Plus when I'm tired I want my personal space. Cuddling is nice but I'd rather not be all over each other all night. At least all the time.
since we're also talking about beds, I'll add that I prefer having a big bed over a small one.
if a person doesn't consistently make their bed, that probably says a lot about their other poor habits? oh, please.
actually, I'd say it says more about the people who would judge someone based on that sort of thing alone.
Just a joke, Chels. Sometimes I only amuse myself, but that's okay.
as to bed size there are advantages to large and small
with a small bed, you've got the advantage of if you want something on the nightstand, no matter where you are on the bed, it's within an arms reach
on the other hand, if you roll over too exuberantly, you could wind up on the floor
when you're in abig bed, sometimes ya gotta roll over and over and over just to get to the edge! all that work can be exhausting
This time you had company. I was amused. Smile.
Never judged anyone from the madeness or unmadeness of there beds, only the size.
Ryan, no cuddling all night? Sad, sad.
a close friend is only 5'1" and her hubby is 5'3"
it cracks me up that they have a king size bed
Maybe they don't like cuddling? They could put up a wall in the middle even.
Don'tcha hate when the other person rolls over, stealing the covers in the process?
Actually, if you have the proper sized covers for the bed, simply rolling over won't take them off the other person. You have to grab and pull lots to do that.
When you do, you end up with lots on the floor on your side, so it probably won't happen so badly in this case.
The covers should drop to the bed rails on each side, even with bodies in the bed, so that is lots of cover down the side of the bed on your side. Even if you sleep on the edge and the other person does the same on the other side.
Of course, if you both are on the edges of the bed, you probably need separate rooms, or 2 single beds in the same room. Smile.
VH, my comment about judging people who don't make their bed was directed at Dolce, not you.
I'm sooooo not a fan of small beds, I must say. considering I toss and turn a lot, the security of not falling on the floor that a big bed gives me is much needed.
Chelsea, I said I was braught up with that mentallitty, not that I buy it. Nice try there, missy. I'd like to hear some real input for once.
Ok guys. Here's some real input from a bad, bad, bad bad girl. Yes. That's me indeed. I'm bad. Know why?
well...Let's see. For starters...Making my bed? What's that? I haven't thought of that term since I was what--a teenager? What's the point? Although, I do have to agree that sliding into a previously-made bed does seem fresher. But...Nah. This mama here has more important things to do than making her queen-size every morning--like chasing, or bribing, a rambunxious toddler into his highchair for breakfast. Besides, I don't have the same covers as most you traditional americans have--the blanket, the bottom sheet, and the flatsheet--and then maybe the comforter. No. My bed clothes consist of a bottom sheet--normal--then two duvets--because my partner and I must each have our own...he's a meaniehead and does not like to cuddle whatsoever at night--even flinches in his sleep if someone touches him...but I digress. And then, aside from the duvets and bottom sheet I have a gazillion blankets--all soft, all warm, all so sweetly inviting--because I'm the blanket queen. lol. No kidding. I love blankets.
But anyway. When I get a new bed after this one runs it's course, we've both decreed we're getting a king size. All because I need a lot of room to sprawl out, and my Meaniehead Man doesn't like cuddling or even touching as he sleeps--as I've said before.
Oh, and about the original intent of this topic...Tucked in on the bottom or corners?Oh, no no no. Not I. My duvet and sheets are all tucked in snuggly around me and I can care less about the corners and creases--whatever.
Even when I'm at a hotel--I confess--I'm the one giving the housekeeping service extra work because I dishevel the entire bed before I go to sleep in order to get comfortable. The creases and tucks seem so...what can I say...sterile and proper, too much so for my liking, and not homelike. And I hate the blanket, sheet, comforter arrangement. Give me my nice, european duvet anyday--plus a pile of blankets. Really. I have a hard time falling asleep without my duvet when I'm not sleeping at home.
Ah, well. what do you know. My bed was made when I was little, but my momma never made me do it. I did it when I pleased--and then my grandma, who lived with us when I was little, would go in and make it for me after I left for school if I left it an untucked, disheveled mess. See what indulging grandma's do to good girls? They make them bad.. lol.
as a kid, adults around me always tried to stress the importance of making one's bed daily. however, when I noticed they never did it themselves, and as I got older, started asking various people if they made their beds and the answer was a resounding "no," I saw it as personal choice, and nothing more.
Now we've heard from bad girls. Is she tipical?
She doesn't even get to cuddle, but keeps a mate, a good thing.
Twin beds would be wonderful. You can visit each other for family time, then get in your European covers alone. More room in the room for other stuff, or just space to ramble in.
LOL I don't always make up my bed nice and neat every morning either. But I have a queen size myself, which is pretty handyy considering I have a rather large cat who sometimes likes to take up more than her share of space.
Oh no, wayne. We'd never consent to sleeping in separate beds. That's so--impersonal and crude. lol. And just because he doesnt' like to cuddle doesn't mean he doesn't like to sleep with someone in his bed. Before we got together, he said he hated sharing a bed with anyone--for sleeping that is. Now, he cant' fall asleep without me in the bed next to him. I'm dead serious. lol
Sometimes I try to stay up longer at night to work or clean or do laundry, and then I hear about it the next morning.
Damn. why weren't you in bed last night--I didnt' fall asleep for two hours.
lol. I think it's kind of cute in a sappy way, actually.
Nope. no twin beds in our future--unless one of us seriously screws up somehow. hahahahaha
Besides, I hate sleeping in a bed alone. Even though he doesn't like ot cuddle, I know he's there and that's enough for me. lol.
Ah VH I had never heard of such things about a girl that didn't make the bed. Guess, like Wayne, I grew up everyone doing things, so.
Chelsea, I have no idea about why adults tell kids to make the bed. Why did II do it sometimes? I don't actually know. The Chick says it make syou feel freshetr at night and all that.
Lol to your posts Bernadetta. I personally never mind being enfolded under Her wing, or holding her, or even mind if accidentally wing flapped at night. And yeah I'm a softie too, she can take or leave affection more than me, but if she's not in the bed I don't really like it either. Lol She is more likely to stay awake until I have gotten to bed, mainly because it makes Her feel mor e comfortable knowing all is in order. Not quite using all her words right but something like that.
Oh and VH, I assume you got the Monty Python reference in my other post. But yeah I have never heard of such warnings.
Lol once a self-described feminist activist asked me why it was I was, as she put it, so good at doing the housework. I think I kinda disappointed her though, I just said, well, the housework's not gonna do itself now, is it?
Between the two of us, usually the Chick and I each sort of make our own side of the queen sized bed we have. We had a king but that was too much room. We have the queen because of her height. I'm kinda more casual about that stuff, she likes everything to be in its place. For the delicate and sensitive, I am not saying it's gender, her dad is like that and more so.
She has changed a man folks. Is that tipical girl or untypical girl?
He can't sleep with out his companion! MMM! Sounds like a really guy to me.
As an adult, I tell kids to make beds, for the same reasons I tell them to brush teeth, comb hair, take baths, do dishes, wash clothes, and bring me a beer! Smile!
Sorry, Leo, didn't get the Monty Python reference. I've barely skimmed the surface.
But it is good to know I'm not the only bad person in the world.
Oh, and to defend my poor mama's honor, while she never made me make my own bed, she makes hers every day.
in other words, you tell kids those things cause you're lazy, huh, Wayne?
at least you admit it, though.
VH, if you care about the Monty python reference, the faux witch hunt scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grale, one of the accusers claimed the witch had turned him into a newt, but quickly said, "But I got better."
In response to the question about the faux accusations about people who don't make beds. That was it. Guess the joke is on the teller if he has to explain it, though.
I noed somebody would say I was lazy!
I didn't say they brushed my teeth, combed my hair, bathed me washed only my dishes, and clothes now.
Oh, the beer!
That is to teach them that sometimes it is good to do something for someone.
When the beer is brought to me I reward. I send them back for the chips! Smile.
I have for most of my life slept without a topsheet. I can tolerate one, but if I had my way I probably wouldn't use one. I'm not a blanket hog, I don't make my bed too regularly but I do agree that a nice, freshly-made bed is sweet to slip into.
Ditto on the not-falling-asleep-without-her thing. I've awoken to find she's gotten up, or never come to bed, and been disappointed for a moment. Or I'll drop off right away when she's next to me, while I struggle to sleep right away when I know she's close by but not in bed with me. I dunno, call me silly.
I have a double, and I do like cuddling...though usually by the time the night's half done I've rolled away and cuddling up close isn't in the cards.
I usually tuck the blanket in around my feet, but I like being able to kick my feet loose if I overheat.
You've been keeping secrets Shep. You have a sleeping she?
Not regularly, sadly. I only wish I did. Damned distance.
Hahaha Wayne, don't you see that sometimes doing something for someone is being too generous, and that brushing teeth and such is too much responsibility? No way!, how could we do that? Not for me. I'm too lazy. Come bathe me. Lol! :)
Differing parenting styles, I guess. I never asked my daughter to do things for me when she was growing up. Maybe this is wrong, maybe right, maybe neither one. I did have her take care of her own stuff though, but never asked her to do stuff for just me. Some would say that's spoiling, I guess.
Get the beer. We can start with me learning. Lol
On the serious side. My dad and grand mother once told me what I was teasing about.
Having a child do things teaches them to give, or do things for others.
Now, that lesson had to go both ways, and they would offten times get things for me.
My uncles and aunts were the same.
Now it is something I just am, or a part of me. I will just do things for forks, and would teach my the same.
Interesting concept.
Now, serious over. hahaha.
if someone can come up with a scheme where I can sleep while my hair is washed and my teeth brushed I'm all for it
provided of course that the sheets don't get wet or foamy from the toothpaste cause that would be yucky
Train a man, or woman if that's your thing.
Of course, sleeping through such things would mean you sleep hard, but if you can do that, and you train your man right, you've got it.
I never make my bed either as I also live by myself and I figure no-one comes to visit most of the time. When they do however, yes I do make my bed.
And for the record, people who don't clean their teeth are gross. Lol
Or their armpits.
I don't like to go to sleep with my hair wet. I dry it. And if you rinse your mouth right there isn't supposed to be any tooth paste on the bed. And someone not cleaning their teeth? Yuck!...
I'm the same going to bed with wet hair just wets the pillow so it's all cold and wet when you turn over. :)
maybe if it's hot? lol! :)