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... 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago
  1. I rotate when I sleep so if the sheets etc aren't tucked in I'll rotate them off the bed then wake up cold.
  2. I have dogs and having the comforter covering the entire bed keeps the parts I touch clean and comfortable
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

It is actually generally better to not make your bed, particularly if you have asthma or allergies. Making the bed creates a warm, humid environment in which dust mites and bacteria better thrive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I'll go you a step further on point number 1. When i get out of bed, my bedding is still mostly in the position that i slept in. So when i don't make the bed i can go into again with everything mostly how i like it arranged for sleep. If i "make" the bed then later when I'm getting ready for sleep i have to do a bunch of rearranging the bedding to get stuff how i like it positioned. It's massively better to just be able to get right back into my perfect sleep position when it's time for bed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where it is nice is when you want to lie down you don't have to untangle the sheets.

You just lie down and the sheets are perfect.

Also its nice to tuck them in at least partially to make it easier to make.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think y'all have a fundamental misunderstanding of why beds were 'made' in the first place. Tight sheets prevent vermin from slipping between the sheets and waiting until you climb in to experience nightmare fuel. It's a great thing that this doesn't happen often in our first world experience.. but let things slip a little and this becomes a necessity, not a weird habit.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm with ya, but if you have critters roaming around inside, you have bigger issues to address, like the critters roaming around inside.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 2 days ago (3 children)

You make the mistake of assuming that someone makes it look nice for someone else and not themselves.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Another reason: I tend to perspire in my sleep. And if I were to make my bed in the morning and cover up the sweaty sheets, that's a recipe for a real bad time when I go back to bed.
Gross as it may be, that's the life of a sweaty sleeper.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I pull mine down for the same reason

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I make the bed to prevent bugs and spiders from crawling into the sheets

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I never thought of that. It could explain why I've woken up with a spider in my bed more than once.

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I have 2 dogs, and I’d prefer their shed hair ON the bed, rather than IN the bed.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is something that's recently been changing my tune towards making my bed. And it's not just hair, but dirt and schmutz they drag in from outside.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

That too, for sure.

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