Making the bed in the morning

@bamakelly (5191)
United States
February 3, 2009 12:06pm CST
Do you feel that it is important to have your bed made in the morning? I usually don't function too well with my other chores unless I know that I made the bed.
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@Aira09 (8)
• United States
3 Feb 09
I may be lazy, but I rarely ever make my bed. I don't see the purpose of making it when I am only going to mess it up again.
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
22 Apr 09
I understand that some feel like not making the bed. In my case I do like to make the beds because I feel a sense of completion when I do. I have heard that statement before about the bed only getting messed up again however I know that the dishes are going to get dirty again but I still try to keep the plates and the like clean so my sink looks clean. It is just important to me that some chores have been finished before I start my day.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
4 Feb 09
The only time I ever make my bed is when I am putting clean linens on it. Other than that it stays the way it looked when I got out of it. The door gets shut anway, so it does not matter to me.
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@as2006 (5040)
• Israel
17 Apr 09
I make the bed every morning.
@jsitko (1169)
• United States
3 Feb 09
Hi babakelly, I have to make my bed fist thing in the am. It drives me crazy if it is not made. I usually make it before I even get dressed for work. When it is time to wash the bedding, I still make the bed in the morning and when it is time to start the wash, I will go and grab the bedding then. That is when my husband thinks I am a little crazy. He always asks why I make it if I am planning on ashing it later in the day. I just have to.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
17 Apr 09
My fiance and I don't make the bed first thing in the morning but do it before we go to bed. We stay in our room or are in the room for a lot of the day so that's why we don't make our bed right away. Our habit might change once we have real jobs.
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@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
4 Feb 09
I make the bed every morning, but not when I just woke up because I get up first before my Husband, but as soon as he wakes up and then I do the bed.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
3 Feb 09
I don't make my bed in the morning because I am unable to move, am disabled and my back really hurts all the time. I am lucky if I get help to even change it which nearly kills me when I have to do it.
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• United States
3 Feb 09
I make my bed every morning. I use my bed to fold my clothes on so I like a nice clean surface. When I was little I used to battle with my mom about it because I was only gonna mess it up again so what was the point? Now, I have the same debate with my own kids. I guess turn about is fair play!
@Carolyn63 (1403)
• United States
3 Feb 09
I make my bed first thing in the morning but not for the usual reasons. I have a cat with allergies and she likes to curl up under the covers if she can get under them. I really don't want her hair and itchy self there. So I have to tuck the covers under the pillows and then wrap the pillows with a blanket to keep her off of them. Why not lock her out of the room? We have 6 cats. 6 cats at the door yowling and scratching isn't the most pleasant noise in the world. We have a bed for her at the foot of the bed. She will lay there given no other choice. We don't get a lot of company so I don't have to worry about others seeing the bed. Many people here still believe cats carry deadly diseases. Keeps the in laws out, lol.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
4 Feb 09
I can't stand a messy bed,it's so nice getting into a made bed.
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@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
3 Feb 09
I don't make my bed in the morning. Mainly because i dont have time to. THe last thing i do in the morning is wake my son up and dress him then rush out the door. I never have time to do anything between that.
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@eichs1 (1934)
• Philippines
17 Apr 09
I feel the same. I don't feel good going on with my other chores without fixing my bed. My mother had raised us this way and it became our habit. My sisters' kids are also trained this way. They never get out of their room without making their bed.
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• United States
4 Feb 09
HAHA, I never make my bed. I know in a few hours I will be back so why bother. The only time I make it is when I change the sheets....so about once a week I'll make it but then it stays messy until I have to change them again.
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• United States
17 Apr 09
Every morning I get up get my kids dressed and sit them down for breakfast and then go in make my bed when my 3 year old son is done eating we go in and make his bed and then onto the crib. All the beds in the house are made with in 30 minutes of being up. People think it is nuts to make the kids bed since they go down for a nap in a few hours. But even when they get up from there naps I remake the beds. I might be wierd but I feel better knowing they are made.
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• United States
18 Apr 09
I never make the bed. No one is going to see it and it is not that important in my eyes to make the bed. If someone happens to come over and visit all I do is close the door. It doesnt' bother me at all for the bed not to be made.
• United States
23 Apr 09
I NEVER make my bed. Unless I just cleaned my room, which really is not all that frequent. I have 4 kids and my living room TV is always being used so I spend a lot of time in my bedroom on the bed in the evenings just so I can watch TV.