UK survey: single men don't change bed sheets

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Not in this house…

I’m a single bloke and almost paranoid about having a clean bed, so I change mine once a week with out fail and wash the sheets and covers at 60c plus, white ones at 95c.

The thought of sleeping in a bed that hasn’t been changed for three months is disgusting.
 
There are some gross single men out there......

Growing up in the family home the beds were changed weekly, a habit that was ingrained and has never left me. Given that we spend a third of our lives in bed (and given some of the things we get up to in them and in younger years the number of people who passed through them), I figure that once a week is necessary!!
 
I have met a guy who febreezed his bedding and told me it was as good as washing it!!!!!

I change our bedding every two to three days. If it were up to me I'd change it daily but I think hubby would have a fit :-)
 
I would agree that 2 to 3 months is gross but changing twice a week seems OTT. When I was young we had a bath once a week and that was fairly typical of British working class families. Now some people think it's essential to shower twice a day. Were all our ancestors disgustingly filthy, with no concept of personal hygiene? The truth is that we do extra washing these days because it is easy. If we had to carry every pail of water from a well and build a fire to heat it up I don't think we would be talking about needing clean bed linen twice a week.
 
Once weekly for me--After 2-3 months of sleeping on them--surprized there was any sheets left!Nothing like turning your bed into a hazardous waste dump!SUPER GROSS!!!And I take a shower BEFORE going to bed-at least wash off the dirt before sleeping!And the shower helps relax you.
 
Mine gets changed every ten days when the house keeper comes.She would do it every 5 days but I am a terrible when it comes to sleeping.I either don't sleep or I will hyper sleep like 19 hours or so.So if that labels me as a slob so be it.The thing I am nuts about is

my kitchen, bathroom and vacuuming.I can't stand for there to be a glass or anything in the sink in the morning.
 
Mercy!

The most they would stay on around here is 10 days, but they are usually changed weekly, and I can't stand the thoughts of going to bed without at least a quick shower.  I know of one person who left them on for about 6 months, they were like burlap (so I heard) and that person got the itch!
 
I don't just change the sheets often

But the blankets, bedspread, mattress pad and I vacuum the mattress before putting everything back. I think the absolute LONGEST without doing this has been two weeks......but it's usually once per week.

But that article doesn't surprise me at all really.
 
We change our sheets every 5 to 6 days.

My aunt one told my mom this story about her son, my cousin. He went off to the an out of state school for college. His mother gave him a brand new pack of JC Penny sheets. She told him to wash the sheets before he put them on the bed at school. He
came home in November for Thanksgiving holiday and brought his laundry home with him. When she unpacked the laundry the odor of the sheets almost knocked her down. She said he not only never washed the bedsheets, but he left them on the bed the entire quarter at school (Sept-November) without washing them. She asked him about this and he said that since he was the only one who slept in his bed he didn't even think about it. He did get a lesson about washing sheets. It never happened again!
 
same ritual as....

whirlykenmore78, sheets once a week, blankets once a month. I also use mattress pads and pillow ticks that I wash / change every season along with flipping the mattress.
 
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When Peter's not home I sleep the first night on the right side, the next night in the middle and the third night on the left. Then I change the sheets after 3 nights of sleeping on fresh, crispy sheets. When we're together I change them daily because I don't like wallowing in body juice. I don't quite sleep naked, I have a fur coat. Doing sheets gives me a chance to use the Maytag and after all isn't that what's its all about. I must confess after growing up with no running water a shower every other day seems just fine.
 
Weekly

Weekly, without fail, but it ain't 'cause me or the boyfriend are overly fastidious or overly messy. It's entirely because of my beagle who sheds and refuses to sleep anywhere else. All night, all day, lazy and hairy. Those sheets are always headed to the Filter Flo.
 

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