I’m Sorry, but I Must Make my Bed Every Single Morning

@DianneN (254926)
United States
April 7, 2020 9:57am CST
Pillows and all! I have always made my bed first thing every single morning. I do it the second I wake up. It takes time running back and forth around our king size bed, but I do it anyway. My husband removes and stacks the pillows neatly on a chair every night. I change the sheets weekly. It’s as important to us as brushing our teeth despite the virus. What about you? Be honest!
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@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
7 Apr 20
I wait about one hour after we get up to make my bed. When I get up I wide open the window, remove the blanket and let the bed there until after our breakfast. When I come back upstairs I do my bed every morning. I also change the sheets weekly. I did yesterday.
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@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
7 Apr 20
@DianneN We are living thousand of miles apart and we do the same things.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@LadyDuck Twins will do that no matter where in the world they are!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
It’s good that you air your sheets out before making the bed. Our mattress and mattress cover are vented just for that reason. Twins! Lol! I changed the sheets yesterday, too.
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@garymarsh6 (24028)
• United Kingdom
7 Apr 20
We usually leave it open to air while we are in the bathroom once that is done then we would tidy up the bed. If I had my way I would love to get into a completely freshly made bed each day but like you bed changes on Saturday. I get my weekly work out trying to put the duvet into the quilt cover with a lot of huffing and puffing punching and taking it out and putting it back in sometimes even climbing in to it to make sure the corners are in the corner. Then collapse in a heap once it is done. As you can tell changing the quilt cover is not my greatest forte!
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@garymarsh6 (24028)
• United Kingdom
7 Apr 20
@DianneN ours is too I guess we are just creatures of habit! You know what they say. Old habits are hard to die !
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
I just mentioned to Anna that our mattress is one made for hot weather. It and the mattress cover are ventilated, so no airing out is necessary. We only use a duvet up north, but hubs found a system that works perfectly for him - not for me!
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• United States
7 Apr 20
My husband has been sleeping til at least the afternoon and Little Miss destroys her bed after I make it. So, I wait for the hubby to get up and I make it. The sheets do get changes once a week regardless. Keeping the bed made with Little Miss playing in her room is next to impossible.
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• United States
8 Apr 20
@DianneN even if her room were bigger that would be a plus. It is more like a walk-in closet!!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
It’s difficult to make a bed with a husband still in it. Some days I have to wait for hubs to wake up, but he usually beats me to it. I can understand L.M. messing up her bed, especially if she doesn’t have a playroom like my grandkids.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Apr 20
@ElusiveButterfly That certainly can be a problem.
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@FourWalls (86829)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Don’t be sorry about your habits! No, I don’t. I make it when I change the sheets. I figure folding a fitted sheet is enough exercise with bed clothing.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Oooooo! Thanks for being so honest!
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Apr 20
Have you ever encountered that your beds are burning?
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@FourWalls (86829)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@JohnRoberts — only when the Midnight Oil is burning......
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Apr 20
Yes, I tidy the bed every morning but it's a small one.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Glad to hear you tidy it every morning, no matter the size!
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
7 Apr 20
I am on the same page. I do it second thing in morning or rather third thing.... After drinking water and freshening up. But I don't leave my room without doing it. I change the bedsheets every Saturday.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
I wait until after I say my prayers, and freshen up immediately afterwards. That’s why my pillows look a little crooked.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
7 Apr 20
@DianneN So it's not the first thing... On deeper thought, might be nth thing... I blink, yawn, stretch... etc...
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
7 Apr 20
I also do clean our bed every morning and change sheets once a week because I want my husband to feel good with his sleep in a clean bed
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• Germany
7 Apr 20
@DianneN Oh yes
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
We are so alike!
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Nope, I am a throw the comforter on the bed type--always have been
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• United States
8 Apr 20
@DianneN I am that, if a slob!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Apr 20
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
You’re honest, Diva!
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@jstory07 (148764)
• Roseburg, Oregon
8 Apr 20
I make my husband help me make the bed every day and yes I wash the sheets every single week. We only have two pillows . Blackie and Buttercup run to the front door every day after the bed is made.
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@jstory07 (148764)
• Roseburg, Oregon
8 Apr 20
@DianneN They are two years old this month on the 15th.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Apr 20
The kitties know when you are finished making the bed! How cute is that!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
9 Apr 20
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@sallypup (69217)
• Centralia, Washington
7 Apr 20
Motel Dianne is fine by me. Enjoy!
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@sallypup (69217)
• Centralia, Washington
7 Apr 20
@DianneN Scuuze me. My bad.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
It’s a highly sanitized hotel, not motel.
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@WorDazza (15826)
• Manchester, England
7 Apr 20
When I lived on my own I figured what was the point of making the bed if I was just getting back into it later that day. I'm well trained now!!
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@WorDazza (15826)
• Manchester, England
7 Apr 20
@DianneN Indeed I am. I never get on the sofa unless I'm told I can!!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@WorDazza It’s good you know your place.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
I’m certain you are very well trained now!
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@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
7 Apr 20
When I get up, I have to open the window and let my bed have fresh air for 2 hours before I make them. That is what I do every morning and change the bedsheets weekly as well.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
I told Anna and Gary that we have a ventilated mattress and mattress cover here in Florida that’s made so that we don’t need to air the bedding before making the bed. Anna only does it for one hour. It’s too warm outside here in the morning.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@thelme55 We have had our air conditioner running steadily for a month now - morning, noon, and night!
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@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
7 Apr 20
@DianneN This is the first time I heard of the ventilated mattress and mattress cover. It sounds cool. I don't think we have a ventilated mattress and mattress cover her in Germany. I am glad that you have a warm weather in the morning already.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
8 Apr 20
I also do my bed every day, usually I let it open for one hour and then I do it after breakfast. I keep my house clean and tidy, it is important for our family health.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Apr 20
I’m so glad to hear it! Cleanliness is godliness!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Apr 20
@nela13 I feel the same way. I love to keep a clean and tidy home for my husband.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
8 Apr 20
@DianneN I couldn't live in a messed home, I really enjoy seeing my house tidy.
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@Nicolla (1456)
• Serbia
7 Apr 20
I do not make when a wake up,I make after coffe :))))) but some people they never make :))))
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
At least you make it unlike others who don’t make it at all!
@Nicolla (1456)
• Serbia
7 Apr 20
@DianneN you have nice bed,I like it :)))
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@Nicolla Thanks! We tried to keep a tropical look here in Florida. Our home up north is more formal.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
8 Apr 20
I make my bed many times a day, especially since my husband and I have been away from work lately. Because my husband likes to play with his phone or computer in bed, I have to make the bed for him every time he messes it up.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
9 Apr 20
@DianneN He is lazy at this point, but at other times he is diligent. The point is that he doesn't feel the need to make the bed.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
9 Apr 20
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Apr 20
Oh, so much extra work for you! I think he should make the bed himself.
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@moffittjc (128840)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Apr 20
I'm a slacker when it comes to making my bed. I guess I got spoiled with my girlfriend, because I would get up much earlier than her to go to work, so she would make the bed when she got up several hours later. However, with the virus crisis going on, she's not here and hasn't been here for more than two weeks now, and I haven't made my bed once! When she finally does come back to Gainesville after the quarantine is lifted, I'll have to remember to make my bed before she arrives so she can think I was a good boy this whole time making the bed every morning!
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@moffittjc (128840)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Apr 20
@DianneN I am a little bit spoiled, aren't I? But it's not my fault, I have to get up so much earlier than her for work.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Apr 20
@moffittjc When I taught, hubs was retired, so he made the bed first thing every day. That’s how it should work.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Apr 20
You are spoiled rotten!
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
8 Apr 20
@DianneN I make my bed too.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Apr 20
Glad to hear it!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Apr 20
@Hannihar Happy Pesach!
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
8 Apr 20
@DianneN Thanks.
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• Agra, India
7 Apr 20
It is definitely a well arranged bed
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Thanks, but I did rush the pillows a bit, because I needed to use the bathroom.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@amitkokiladitya Thanks! It’s good enough.
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• Agra, India
7 Apr 20
@DianneN it is still perfect
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@mrki444 (15162)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
7 Apr 20
No bad I sleep on couch.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Really? I’m sorry you don’t have a bed.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@mrki444 Yikes!
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@mrki444 (15162)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
7 Apr 20
@DianneN I have it but it is bad so I sleep on couch.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
7 Apr 20
I always have and always will make mine every day as well. I feel incomplete until it is made. Sheets are changed weekly as well.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Glad to hear it. I’m not at all surprised.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@CarolDM Lol! Doodles used to love getting under the sheets attacking them when I changed them. He made us laugh so hard. We were just talking about that.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
7 Apr 20
@DianneN I cannot leave it unmade. I have made it up while Brendel was sleeping on it many times.
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