… And at worst, actively making your bedroom less functional and more cumbersome to use. The arguments I hear in favor of it are completely asinine and I will address them one by one.
- It makes it more comfortable to sleep in.
I have absolutely no idea where that comes from. Do you all sleep like Dracula? My bedding is usually tussled about within minutes of me laying in bed. Blankets balled up for knee support, one leg sticking out for temperature venting. I couldn’t imagine sliding under the covers and laying perfectly supine like Vladimir Lenin.
- It doesn’t take much time, so you might as well do it.
I find any task not worth my time to be a waste, so unless it has a purpose, it is actively infuriating to do.
- It looks nice. And an unmade bed looks lazy
Given that this is an entirely subjective reason, I can’t exactly “disagree” with it. But if there was someone I trust enough to be in my bedroom, I’m not going to waste my time convincing you that I do not, in fact, sleep in my bed.
Not to mention that if you want to nap or even sit on the end of the bed, you have to make it again. It is an incredibly unstable artwork, making me avoid using my bed unless I really need to.
If you make your bed, I have no judgment for you. Just like people who fold designs into the ends of their toilet paper. I couldn’t imagine caring about something like that, but it literally doesn’t affect me at all, so go nuts.
But I think we should be honest and call it what it is: some kind of shameful cleaning ritual that is probably some vestigial military chore, and I want nothing to do with it.
Unpopular maybe, but I agree with you.
I leave my bedroom in the morning and don’t really come back until I am ready to go to bed. So the appearance doesn’t matter to me.
I prefer my bedding to be how I left it, not all flat and tucked in.
My partner disagrees, so the bed is usually made by them because even if I do it it’s not up to standards and I get up and leave for work earlier anyways.
But I get it. The only reason I do it is to be nice to my partner, I could give two shits personally.
If I had an efficiency apartment or something I might do things differently because it’s like, cluttered in the whole living space, but otherwise I think it’s a waste of time unless you’re trying to impress someone.
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Because science.
It looks nicer and a nice home that looks cared for is worth it on its own. I find it much easier to relax when things around me are tidy. Not making your bed is no different than leaving everything lying around after you’re done using it. If you want to live like that, you do you, no judgement, but I don’t.
No matter how shitty my day is, at least the bed is made.
Also, the texture of the sheets on your body feels smoother if the bed was made hours before going to bed, than that feeling of untidy sheets. My sleeping position is sideways, the blanket below me, back is cold, feet over the edge, only one leg covered.
I air my bedsheets outside 3 days after changing them, I change them once a week. Also, my bed is for sleeping and the nasty only.
And from personal experience, partners who didn’t make their bed tended to not have their shit together, so I’m kind of biased.
I used to think like this but then at one point I looked at my bed and I can’t stand it. It eventually reflects on how you treat the rest of your home and outside as well . If you find a 10 second task infuriating and pointless that’s not too far off from thinking mopping , cleaning toilet , ironing clothes are a waste of time as well.
The ritual of unmaking the bed can help some people, who experience difficulties sleeping, mentally prepare for sleep.
I’m with you here. It does look nicer when it’s all “setup” but for its purpose, I agree… makes no sense if I’m going to be under the covers anyway. Society plays stupid games and well… you know the rest.
Most of our daily routines are.
It is also actually not healthy to make it right after you slept in it.
Yes, ideally you air it out first before letting the moisture get trapped. But between waking up and getting out of the bathroom is all the time I am willing to delay making the bed. I wanna move on and not be stuck in “morning mode” forever (unless it’s the weekend).
It makes it more comfortable to sleep in.
I have absolutely no idea where that comes from. Do you all sleep like Dracula? My bedding is usually tussled about within minutes of me laying in bed. Blankets balled up for knee support, one leg sticking out for temperature venting. I couldn’t imagine sliding under the covers and laying perfectly supine like Vladimir Lenin.
You fold your clothes after you clean them? Why, your clothes are just going to get wrinkled anyway.
You eat your food without blending it all up in a blender first? Why, your stomach mixes it all up anyway.
You take a shower? Why, you’re just going to get dirty again anyway.
You wash your hands after you shit? Why, you’re just going to shit again the next day.
You make slippery slope arguments? Why, you can just frame them as unpopular opinions.
Same argument could be made for sweeping/vacuuming the floor or combing your hair. It will just get messy again.
For me making the bed makes things a little nicer and gets me rolling on doing other tasks. First accomplishment of the day and it takes 10 seconds.
Also and maybe more importantly, it will keep dust and spiders and other insects off the sheets I lay on/in. If you’ve ever got dressed or folded laundry in a sunny room yoh will see how much dust everyday moving around generates. Those dust particles are skin cells (human and animal), bits of fabric, hair, and plastic microparticles since so many clothes are made from plastic.
I don’t think that it’s useless because it will just get “messed up” again. I just feel the “messed up” state is equivalent or even better than the “clean” state.
Folded clothes, which I’ve heard some people mention in the comments, are better than unfolded clothes for two simple reasons: They take up less space, and they can be retrieved easily. Ive lived out of laundry baskets for a time and it is inarguably less efficient and consumes more space.
I like sleeping with spiders tyvm
I thought the one thing to worry about with the bedsheets is not to grow a large population of mites in them. So you mainly want to keep it ventilated.
I had one of those sleep number mattresses once, they have inflatable air bags inside so they zip open and you can get at all the layers of foam too. If you saw how much moisture gets trapped in there you’d do like I do and turn your covers down for the day so everything can dry and air out.
Making your bed all nice and tight just traps a whole lot of moisture.
Making your bed, is not the same chore for everyone. Some people have many layers and pillows on a fully accessorized sleeping platform. Yes it would be a chore to do that daily (personal opinion). And some people have a duvet, in a duvet cover on a mattress with a fitted sheet on it. Very easy to just shake that duvet over the bed and move on. 30 seconds and done. For some people, making the bed means folding up the duvet and leaving it across the foot of the bed so the mattress can air out all day. And then there is this interesting setup from Germany
However, I think the real subject here is… it’s no one else’s business what happens in your bedroom. Paint it plaid, sleep on a pile of plushies, have orgies, do your taxes in a corner chair, hang all your underwear on pants hangers from a rod suspended from the ceiling. Whatever. Your bedroom, your privacy.
If you’re having orgies it’s at least a few other people’s business.
