Making the bed

Napoleon54 · 06-21-2007, 01:01 AM

Do you make your bed every day?

ShawnLee · 06-21-2007, 01:46 AM

Sometimes, but that usually just means smoothing out the blanket once. I'm horrible with it. Maybe if I had nicer sheets or something. Maybe if I get married.

I got used to doing it when I've had to (Army, or camps), but otherwise never of my own volition.

Kevster · 06-21-2007, 05:48 AM

Every day here (Mom would be proud).

Sirrich3 · 06-21-2007, 08:46 AM

yep! as for the pillows, they are never organized...

oblongmelon · 06-21-2007, 09:32 AM

Absolutely!....unmade beds freak me out..it's so untidy.

Airencracken · 06-21-2007, 09:33 AM

No. Why would I?

Markel · 06-21-2007, 09:37 AM

My wife takes care of it. But I usually try to "make the bed" before I get out of it (pull the sheet and comforter more-or-less into place, slide out the side and tidy up that spot).

chrissy · 06-21-2007, 10:37 AM

Every day.

I have to- it's the first thing I do unless patrick crawled into bed with us and is still asleep. Then I make it around him and when he gets up I finish

utcpal · 06-21-2007, 04:53 PM

my wife does usually. I do occasionally

Mommypooh · 06-21-2007, 04:56 PM

I only make the bed when I change the sheets, and even then it is not really made. I have my own blanket and so does Bigjon. Then the kids bed is pushed up to ours and it has 2 sets of blankets on it for them. So yes and no, but not really.

Napoleon54 · 06-21-2007, 05:11 PM

I do it almost every morning but I don't spend more than 20 seconds on it, just straighten the pillows and pull everything over the top of them.

For those of you who make the bed compulsively, and/or are driven nuts by an unmade bed, where do you think the motivation behind that behavior came from? Is the rest of your home kept tidy as well?

faither · 06-21-2007, 08:27 PM

Isn't that why I have a wife???

Sorry, gotta go and run for cover.

renovation · 06-21-2007, 10:22 PM

wife makes the bed . if it was up to me . i change the sheets and wash the blankets. toss them on the bed and only put the bottom sheet on the mattress .the top sheet stay loose .as i can't stand the sheets tucked in .even when i spend a night at a hotel. i have to free up the top sheet to fall a sleep. and i alway sleep on my side with the sheets balled up between my knees . or my wife i have boney knees i guess .and i hate the closed in feeling of tucked in bedding . i do like the look of a made up bed when i enter a bedroom do . what can i say im odd i guess !

oblongmelon · 06-22-2007, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Napoleon54

I do it almost every morning but I don't spend more than 20 seconds on it, just straighten the pillows and pull everything over the top of them.

For those of you who make the bed compulsively, and/or are driven nuts by an unmade bed, where do you think the motivation behind that behavior came from? Is the rest of your home kept tidy as well?

Yes. The motivation behind it is that dirty homes are gross, breeding grounds for allergies, diseases, bugs,vermin,and in general a poor reflection of the character of the person who is in charge of taking care of the home.
Look, I raised a whole bunch of kids, worked, volunteered for civic organizations, and my church etc..and my house was always clean. When the kids were small, sure there were toys about the place and kid mess in general. But did I allow dishes to pile up in the sink? Or writing on the walls, cereal all over the floors..etc..HELL NO. For one, it's disgusting, secondly, why let the mess pile up when it would only take me longer to clean it when I did. I had rules. And they were followed. And still are. Do I love dusting? nope.Washing Dishes-of course not.. Vacuuming-not my favorite. Does it need to be done. Yes. I have a big old house with lots of stuff that needs to be looked after-If I don't do SOMETHING on a daily basis it would take me forever to give it a good once over..

avlena · 06-22-2007, 09:07 AM

no, i don't bother. Our bedroom is our sanctuary - if guests are over, the door is closed. The curtains never get opened, the bed is never made.

we're just going to curl back up in it a few hours after we've been home, so why bother? We do clean it of course, though probably not as often as the rest of the condo since guests don't see it.

I will make the bed if I'm staying as a guest in someone's home, because it's just polite, if that counts.

InfiniteNothing · 06-22-2007, 10:04 AM

The thread/poll on this subject had a really great discussion on how not making ones bed was cleaner.
http://www.gotapex.com/off-topic/140...bed-daily.html (do you make your bed daily?)
Edit: looking back it was just one post I think

Markel · 06-22-2007, 10:17 AM

Wait a minute! How can Mojo never get out of two peoples' beds?

Napoleon54 · 06-22-2007, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by InfiniteNothing

The thread/poll on this subject had a really great discussion on how not making ones bed was cleaner.
http://www.gotapex.com/off-topic/140...bed-daily.html (do you make your bed daily?)
Edit: looking back it was just one post I think

gaah, missed that one. sorry for the HRP.

BigJon · 06-22-2007, 10:59 AM

I don't like my sheets tucked in and the wifey and I can't share a blanket. So therefore we each sleep with our own blanket and never make the bed.

molecularfire · 06-22-2007, 05:03 PM

I never make the bed. See absolutely no point in it.

The Happy Squirrel · 06-23-2007, 12:04 AM

hehe yea i do but usuallyt right before i get in
leave it in th morn <orwhatever time i roll out>
then make it at night
do the whole get undressed brush my teeth post on apex in my underwear thing
then go crawl into the 20 min made bed

Thesifer · 06-23-2007, 01:29 PM

I only make my bed when people are coming over for the first time and I clean the house. Me and Girlfriend use too different blankets, and we never lay those out to "make it" in the morning.

KIISQueen · 06-23-2007, 07:13 PM

everyday

Showtime · 06-23-2007, 08:17 PM

View Poll Results: Which is most often true?
Yes, I do	8	21.05%
Yes, but my spouse (or other bedmate) does it	2	5.26%
Eh, sometimes.	9	23.68%
No.	15	39.47%
No, 'cause Mojo never gets out of it.	4	10.53%
Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll

06-21-2007, 01:01 AM	#1
Napoleon54 Vice Admiral Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: floating inside of a giant egg made of stars Posts: 4,861	Making the bed Do you make your bed every day? __________________ There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. - Friedrich Hayek

06-21-2007, 05:48 AM	#3
Kevster Admiral Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NorCal Posts: 6,124	Every day here (Mom would be proud). __________________ I think over again My small adventures, my fears. The small ones that seemed so big, For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, the only thing: To live to see the great day that dawns, And the light that fills the world. -old Inuit song

06-21-2007, 08:46 AM	#4
Sirrich3 Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In Sunny Southern California Posts: 3,950	yep! as for the pillows, they are never organized... __________________

06-21-2007, 09:33 AM	#6
Airencracken Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: California Posts: 6,681	No. Why would I? __________________ "I remember my first orgasm, I just wish someone was there to share it with me..."11-05-2003 05:33 AM - Topane They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, & the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opiate of the masses. - Karl Marx Hell is other people - Jean-Paul Sartre

06-21-2007, 09:32 AM	#5
oblongmelon Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: In a nutshell Posts: 9,678	Absolutely!....unmade beds freak me out..it's so untidy.

06-21-2007, 09:37 AM	#7
Markel Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 11,733	My wife takes care of it. But I usually try to "make the bed" before I get out of it (pull the sheet and comforter more-or-less into place, slide out the side and tidy up that spot). __________________ stay low... keep moving...

06-21-2007, 10:37 AM	#8
chrissy Admiral Join Date: May 2000 Location: OKC Posts: 5,046	Every day. I have to- it's the first thing I do unless patrick crawled into bed with us and is still asleep. Then I make it around him and when he gets up I finish

06-21-2007, 04:53 PM	#9
utcpal Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 654	my wife does usually. I do occasionally

06-21-2007, 04:56 PM	#10
Mommypooh Commander Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 1,425	I only make the bed when I change the sheets, and even then it is not really made. I have my own blanket and so does Bigjon. Then the kids bed is pushed up to ours and it has 2 sets of blankets on it for them. So yes and no, but not really. __________________ Married to my High School sweetheart and Best Friend BigJon Mommy to Gabby (03/03), Cameron (01/05), and Magnus (09/07)

06-21-2007, 05:11 PM	#11
Napoleon54 Vice Admiral Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: floating inside of a giant egg made of stars Posts: 4,861	I do it almost every morning but I don't spend more than 20 seconds on it, just straighten the pillows and pull everything over the top of them. For those of you who make the bed compulsively, and/or are driven nuts by an unmade bed, where do you think the motivation behind that behavior came from? Is the rest of your home kept tidy as well?

06-21-2007, 08:27 PM	#12
faither Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: FL Posts: 3,240	Isn't that why I have a wife??? Sorry, gotta go and run for cover.

06-21-2007, 10:22 PM	#13
renovation Admiral Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: You could pick up Lindsay Lohan for less than a intel 990x, and still have money left over to bail her outta jail Posts: 5,029	wife makes the bed . if it was up to me . i change the sheets and wash the blankets. toss them on the bed and only put the bottom sheet on the mattress .the top sheet stay loose .as i can't stand the sheets tucked in .even when i spend a night at a hotel. i have to free up the top sheet to fall a sleep. and i alway sleep on my side with the sheets balled up between my knees . or my wife i have boney knees i guess .and i hate the closed in feeling of tucked in bedding . i do like the look of a made up bed when i enter a bedroom do . what can i say im odd i guess ! __________________ You could pick up Lindsay Lohan for less than a intel 990x, and still have money left over to bail her outta jail

06-22-2007, 09:07 AM	#15
avlena Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: So-Cal Posts: 1,691	no, i don't bother. Our bedroom is our sanctuary - if guests are over, the door is closed. The curtains never get opened, the bed is never made. we're just going to curl back up in it a few hours after we've been home, so why bother? We do clean it of course, though probably not as often as the rest of the condo since guests don't see it. I will make the bed if I'm staying as a guest in someone's home, because it's just polite, if that counts. __________________ Have a groovy day!

06-22-2007, 10:04 AM	#16
InfiniteNothing Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: San Diego Posts: 10,086	The thread/poll on this subject had a really great discussion on how not making ones bed was cleaner. http://www.gotapex.com/off-topic/140...bed-daily.html (do you make your bed daily?) Edit: looking back it was just one post I think __________________ As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.

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06-22-2007, 10:17 AM	#17
Markel Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 11,733	Wait a minute! How can Mojo never get out of two peoples' beds?

06-22-2007, 10:59 AM	#19
BigJon Vice Admiral Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In the kitchen...skinning onions... Posts: 4,946	I don't like my sheets tucked in and the wifey and I can't share a blanket. So therefore we each sleep with our own blanket and never make the bed. __________________

06-22-2007, 05:03 PM	#20
molecularfire Admiral Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Walking through a lemon grove looking for one good orange Posts: 6,134	I never make the bed. See absolutely no point in it. __________________ Disclaimer - The above opinion should not be taken as medical advise. My only advise is to talk to your doctor. If you are stupid enough to take anything I say seriously, you have nobody to blame for your cranio-anal inversion but your stupid self. I may not be smart enough to do everything but I am dumb enough to try anything. - Beastboy.

06-23-2007, 12:04 AM	#21
The Happy Squirrel Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: the castle beyond the goblin city Posts: 2,913	hehe yea i do but usuallyt right before i get in leave it in th morn <orwhatever time i roll out> then make it at night do the whole get undressed brush my teeth post on apex in my underwear thing then go crawl into the 20 min made bed __________________ Lion face / lemon face!

06-23-2007, 01:29 PM	#22
Thesifer Vice Admiral Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,338	I only make my bed when people are coming over for the first time and I clean the house. Me and Girlfriend use too different blankets, and we never lay those out to "make it" in the morning. __________________

06-23-2007, 07:13 PM	#23
KIISQueen Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,985	everyday __________________

06-23-2007, 08:17 PM	#24
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