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Anonymous wrote:You can't smell your own bed because you've gotten used to the smell. But, those of us with sensitive noses can. Don't worry, we're too polite to say anything to your face.

That's okay, I'd think you were a slob for not making yours.

You know, you can still "make" your bed, but with the duvet folded down so as to air out the sheet and mattress. It still looks neat and solves the problem of the odor.

-Neat person with sensitive nose

I am sorry but really? I have a sensitive nose and have never smelled someone's bed. I have had friends in the past who had the potential to be stinky, their clothes smelled, or their home had an odor, even their car can stank.... but for you to say that you can smell someone's made bed? Maybe someone who really has a body odor issue I might be able to believe but everyone who makes their bed? That sounds like the most absurd notion I have encountered on this site in a while and that is saying something!

I actually prefer getting into an unmade bed. It feels cozier to me. I also leave my bed unmade for the pets--they like to sleep there during the day. They can't make their little sleeping nest areas if the bed is made. So since the animals prefer the bed unmade, I don't make the bed.

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Anonymous wrote:13:14, I hope you make your bed if you're spending 45 minutes on personal grooming Talk about time consuming!

Seriously? Is 45 minutes ridiculous? It takes me 10 minutes just to shower. Then get dressed ( 5min.) Then I have to dry my hair (at least 15 minutes), then makeup and styling hair (15 minutes), I guess I need to go butch. If anyone one else has a shorter routine, let me know!!

5 min shower, 2 or 3 mins to get dressed. I wash my hair, then let it partially air dry before blow drying it completely dry and then curling. 25 minutes, start to finish. Do you drink coffee? If so, try to drink it as soon as you get up, and you'll zoom through the morning toilette.

I have long, thick hair. If I let it air dry it would take 2 hours minimum. Even partially air drying would not work. I have to brush and blow for 15-20 min. Then curl and style, at least 10 min. Believe me I am pounding the coffee all morning.

But I don't have an odor problem.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't smell your own bed because you've gotten used to the smell. But, those of us with sensitive noses can. Don't worry, we're too polite to say anything to your face.

That's okay, I'd think you were a slob for not making yours.

You know, you can still "make" your bed, but with the duvet folded down so as to air out the sheet and mattress. It still looks neat and solves the problem of the odor.

-Neat person with sensitive nose

Our house is medium clean (as in, never gross dirty like dirty dishes, but sometimes we don't declutter every day). DH and I are both naturally untidy people who really work hard to keep things tidy. We both work but stagger our hours so we don't need daycare and it's hard. Sometimes all-consuming. So while I like a made bed, and think it has an affect on how I feel about the state of our home, sometimes we slip. When that happens, we don't see it as the end of the world! I think people who are really into other people's bed making or lack there of are super, duper weird.

Anonymous wrote:You can't smell your own bed because you've gotten used to the smell. But, those of us with sensitive noses can. Don't worry, we're too polite to say anything to your face.

That's okay, I'd think you were a slob for not making yours.

You can't smell your own bed because you've gotten used to the smell. But, those of us with sensitive noses can. Don't worry, we're too polite to say anything to your face.

Does making the bed have to include the fancy pillows or just the sleep pillows? Or can you have a "half made" bed?

I think 15:42 has a medical condition.

I make my bed in the morning, before I leave the bedroom. I shower daily, don't re-wear my dirty clothes, and change sheets weekly. No one, not even cuckoo bird 15:42, can smell my sheets.

I don't know if this has been said, since I have not read through the thread but I remember when I was younger thinking my Mom was crazy for making beds. However now that I am older, I get it - I like to have them all made before I go downstairs in the morning. It just looks so much better, plus I get to make sure everybody's lovies, bears etc are all there for that night. I am thankful for duvets and duvet covers, so no top sheets or blankets which makes the process fairly effortless.

"maid or call girl" - BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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Anonymous wrote:It is not healthy to make your bed too soon after waking up. It needs to air out. We sweat at night. You need to straighten the sheet and bed spread and then pull them down to expose the bottom sheet. Leave it like this for an hour, then make the bed. That way, your body soil can evaporate. Yuck!! Your bed will stay fresher, longer.

I agree. I can smell when people don't air out their beds. Their bedrooms have a sour, musty, body odor that lingers.

Why are you snuffing around in other people's bedrooms?

Maid or call girl?

Feeling insecure about that stink coming from your made bed?

I can smell it when I've been asked to leave my coat in the bedroom during a party, offered the bedroom to nurse, given a tour of a house, opened the wrong door trying to find the bathroom, etc. Sorry, chances are, if you make your bed regularly without the top folded down, I can smell it.

Anonymous wrote:I make the bed right before getting into it at night. DH thinks it's crazy.

If it's not made when I get home from work, I make it then. I can't stand to get into an unmade bed.

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Anonymous wrote:we don't make beds either. It is a royal waste of my time and no one appreicates it when I did make the beds. No one complains and I have better things to do than to spend 30 mins roaming from bedroom to bedroom to do something that will be undone in 12 hours.

+1

Just how many beds would you be making? Making our king size bed takes 3 minutes, and the kids make their own. You all are incredibly slow or just overestimate how much time everything would take.