Average American Washes Sheets Every 24 Days

[good-shepherd]

Meanwhile, those who admit they drool

Quote from the article- "Meanwhile, those who admit they drool when they sleep don’t seem to mind the browning of their pillows. Those folks change their pillowcases every 31.8 days on average".

Well, I may be one of those people that drool when sleeping, but no way am I going a month+ on the same pillow case!

 

[helicaldrive]

And we also don’t want to know

How many days the average person goes between showers, and how many times they re-wear garments before washing them in overloaded machines on cold, and how many times they re-use towels...

 

[helicaldrive]

Not to mention the crazy trend of not washing jeans often

Revolting to me. Jeans should be worn once, period. Otherwise can you spell crotch odor???

Google something like celebrities wth poor hygiene if you’re in the mood to be grossed out. I was surprised that Anderson Cooper popped up on the list. He looks so squeaky clean. Not so at all.

 

[mrsalvo]

Sheets are changed weekly here (Friday is laundry day). Try to clean both bathrooms and dust the bedroom and get everything freshened up on those days too. Funny, but I think of how the maids in the hotels clean everything when a guest leaves.

My mother used to iron the guest bed sheets, but not for the other beds. She kept the bathroom(s) so clean all the time. Fixed meals everyday. I don't know how she did it!!!

After visiting relatives this year, I really appreciate my laundry and home. You all hit the nail right on the head concerning what others do. Then again, they wouldn't understand collecting and appreciating vintage appliances.

 

[maytag85]

I always clean ALL of my bedding every week! I can't stand dirty bedding! I wash my bedding every Thursday, and I dry most of my bedding on high heat. I can't stand dirty bedding!

 

[polkanut]

Sheets and pillowcases changed weekly.  Mattress pad washed monthly.  Washed in hot water, rinsed in warm water, and dried on high in the dryer or line dried weather permitting.

 

[launderess]

Children first. Then mother. And lastly father using the sam

Actually IIRC it was other way round; father, children then mother.

In all things the bread winner and provider went first. He got the lion share of food, waited on hand and foot, word was law, etc...

Thus it would be natural that His Nibbs went first at bath time. Water was not only cleanest but hottest as well. Ever self sacrificing mothers would go last after seeing to it husband and children were sorted.

Some mothers got round this by simply bathing their children earlier in day while His Nibbs was out.

 

[lakewebsterkid]

Jeans

I wear my jeans until there is some form of visible soil. No odor ever. It normally is three times worn, albeit not in a row. I always wash them in cold with Tide PurClean and I have no issues. I am not a sweaty or dirty person, and only wear them for a few hours at a time. My family wears them once and done. I do prefer lighter jeans so they can be washed in warm or hot, but most of our pairs are dark.

 

[rolls_rapide]

Vile

What a disgusting read (in the link)!

Do they even teach 'Home Economics' at school these days? If they do, they'll probably have dumbed that that down too.

I blame all the crap about washing at 30 deg C and lower, peddled by detergent makers and clothing manufacturers, on useless politicians, who wouldn't know the difference between one end of a thermometer and the other.

 

[kd12]

Kids Today

I don't understand where the millennials get this from. Maybe their parents are to blame, but their parents are my age, and we grew up knowing better. Tom, I'm afraid many of them have already stopped bathing. Kids today are like the Baby Boomers at their worst in the 60s/early 70s. Millennials remind me of the crowd at the Ozark Music Festival in '74.

 

[petek]

We each do our own laundry.

Recall I was saying about my other half. He used to jam the washer so full there wasn't room for water and then throw it all in the dryer to bake for an hour or more.. What a pong. Smelled like a locker room in the laundry room as the clothes dried. Even days later when he wore that "freshly washed clothes" it had a faint smell like sour milk. I don't think he could smell it or he'd gone nose blind. Finally got him wised up.

 

[panthera]

Well,

We wash the dog's queen size bed every week. More often if she has been rolling in the dirt. Ours never more than every seven days and face clothes and towels get used once, ditto kitchen towels.

And I feel as though we're not the least bit overly tidy or unusual.

Once a month? Seriously?

Igitt.

I flat out don't want to know how often they change underwear. Is there nothing nicer than coming home, taking a relaxing shower and putting on fresh clothes for the rest of the evening? Getting out of a (clean) bed to fresh towels and a shower and fresh clothes?

 

 

 

[circlew]

I wash bedding at least every 10 days, and more often in hot weather. I almost always take a shower before bed, so sheets stay pretty clean. I use hot water for sheets, underwear and socks.

 

[angus]

Here, bed linens are changed weekly and a new towel for every shower (sorry, but I and my dermatologist agree on that one). Hot water, 15 minute soak and a full wash. Since all bed and bath linens are white, a little Clorox and some bluing in the rinse water. Since I work in NYC, I end up showering at night and again in the morning so sheets don't get that grungy - but still we all sweat during the night. I also spread a towel across my pillows just in case of a sweat attack. Keeps both pillow cases and the zipper covers underneath whiter longer. Also hate changing pillowcases during the night if I sweat too much...

Sadly I have friends who consider themselves fastidious and use the same towel for 3-4 showers ("after all, I hang it in the bathroom to dry"). Really!!! And another who only changes sheets every three weeks. I simply don't understand that!!! Of course this is the same person who prides himself on the fact that he is still using the same 50/50 blend sheets since 1978... Hate to break this to him but any last vestige of cotton was probably worn away a long time ago. But then every quote begins with "as an engineer, I know all about these things"...

 

[cuffs054]

Angus, I too have started wrapping a towel around my pillow. I find it comfortable and easy to change.