This is gross. They must stink.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/23/single-guys-hardly-ever-change-their-bed-sheets/?hpt=hp_t3
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/23/single-guys-hardly-ever-change-their-bed-sheets/?hpt=hp_t3
UK survey: single men don't change bed sheets
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hotpoint95622
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hotpoint95622
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.
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.
hoovermatic
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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!!
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!!
That's disgusting!
What kind of a lazy slob would do that? Yuck! I wash the sheets every week in hot water and use bleach. Blankets are washed monthly. I would bet most of these guys don't shower daily either or use a dirty towel afterwards.
WK78
What kind of a lazy slob would do that? Yuck! I wash the sheets every week in hot water and use bleach. Blankets are washed monthly. I would bet most of these guys don't shower daily either or use a dirty towel afterwards.
WK78
aquacycle
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Another singleton here and just for the record, my bedding is washed weekly. Whilst it's been hot, I have been changing it twice a week.
maytagbear
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To put it simply--
No wonder these blokes are single!
Lawrence/Maytagbear
No wonder these blokes are single!
Lawrence/Maytagbear
danemodsandy
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Doubly Gross....
....When you consider how many guys sleep naked.
....When you consider how many guys sleep naked.
Panasonic conducted a survey as well
Full survey: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_...ashers+Cleanliness+Survey/12633868/index.html
Full survey: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_...ashers+Cleanliness+Survey/12633868/index.html
paulc
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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 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
RE: "No wonder those blokes are single."
That's right Maytagbear because their girlfriends/boyfriends left them because of the stench and filth. Who want's to have sex in pure biohazard residue?
WK78
That's right Maytagbear because their girlfriends/boyfriends left them because of the stench and filth. Who want's to have sex in pure biohazard residue?
WK78
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.
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!
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!
mark_wpduet
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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.
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.
whirlcool
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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!
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!
statenislandgwm
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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.
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.
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.
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.
I usually change sheets twice a week---Thursday and Sunday. I was completely spoiled by my mom, who changed them every two or three days when I was growing up. She loved having crisp, fresh sheets on the beds, as do I.
Can't imagine going 8-12 weeks...yikes!
Can't imagine going 8-12 weeks...yikes!
optima
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Bed linen
Every Monday Morning, washed on Fast colours @ 60g.
Every Monday Morning, washed on Fast colours @ 60g.
whirlaway
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Clean Beds
I have a beagle his beds get washed every week,and my bed every 5days and I shower every night before bed.I cant imagine folks not washing bedding.I worked at the phone company for 30 years and sometimes I would go into peoples bedrooms to check a jack,you wouldnt believe the old sheet smell and sometimes they smelled like a locker room.If you had to move a bed no telling what you might find under it,Nasty!!!! By the way my beagle luvs his clean bedding,he will pat it and almost smile if he could.
I have a beagle his beds get washed every week,and my bed every 5days and I shower every night before bed.I cant imagine folks not washing bedding.I worked at the phone company for 30 years and sometimes I would go into peoples bedrooms to check a jack,you wouldnt believe the old sheet smell and sometimes they smelled like a locker room.If you had to move a bed no telling what you might find under it,Nasty!!!! By the way my beagle luvs his clean bedding,he will pat it and almost smile if he could.
ptcruiser51
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This info has to be the most disgusting things I've ever read!
MONTHS? WEEKS? Really, people.
When I was a child we were poor and lived in a tenement. My OL changed sheets every week (or "sent them out" if the weather was nasty). If I was sick, my OL changed my sheets every day, and usually washed the blanket too. My sister (infant) had the thrush and had to be treated with gentian violet. One holy mess every day. Me, having the tonsillitis or high-fever measles or other long-gone 50s diseases, it was such a comfort to have fresh sheets and linens.
I would like to think we live in an enlightened society of cleanliness and hygiene.
Oof.
Guess I'm wrong.
This info has to be the most disgusting things I've ever read!
MONTHS? WEEKS? Really, people.
When I was a child we were poor and lived in a tenement. My OL changed sheets every week (or "sent them out" if the weather was nasty). If I was sick, my OL changed my sheets every day, and usually washed the blanket too. My sister (infant) had the thrush and had to be treated with gentian violet. One holy mess every day. Me, having the tonsillitis or high-fever measles or other long-gone 50s diseases, it was such a comfort to have fresh sheets and linens.
I would like to think we live in an enlightened society of cleanliness and hygiene.
Oof.
Guess I'm wrong.
electron1100
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The Same
I am the same as Optima here Monday morning I do my bedding, it either gets a 60 or a 90 alternately, I once new a guy who told me he turned his sheets over to save washing them frequently..........that to me is grim ;-(
I am the same as Optima here Monday morning I do my bedding, it either gets a 60 or a 90 alternately, I once new a guy who told me he turned his sheets over to save washing them frequently..........that to me is grim ;-(
jerrod6
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Not surprising and not only in the UK. All you have to do is go into a USA gym (MY GYM part of a chain of gyms all over New York city down to Washington DC.) Go into the locker room and look at how the guys treat everything. They shower, leave their towels laying on the floor for the cleaning crew to pick up. They walk around buck naked showing their saggy floppy parts no one wants to see.
I've even seen guys shaving in the steam room. They shave, shake their razor toward the wet floor, then keep on shaving. If you say anything to them about this they think you are a lunatic.
They cut their toenails and leave them all over the locker room floor.
They are pigs.
I've even seen guys shaving in the steam room. They shave, shake their razor toward the wet floor, then keep on shaving. If you say anything to them about this they think you are a lunatic.
They cut their toenails and leave them all over the locker room floor.
They are pigs.
mark_wpduet
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When I upgraded
my DSL from 12 to 24,
the phone guy was here and he was mentioning how clean my house was and how it was a nice change to working and not being in complete grossness. He said MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, it's disgusting the houses he goes in......I think the really clean people are in the minority quite honestly.
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my DSL from 12 to 24,
the phone guy was here and he was mentioning how clean my house was and how it was a nice change to working and not being in complete grossness. He said MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, it's disgusting the houses he goes in......I think the really clean people are in the minority quite honestly.
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whirlcool
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We keep clean dog towels on our sofa. That's one place our 4 dogs like to lay on. We change out the towels weekly. When we put new ones down the dogs immediately jump up there and bury their noses in the clean towels. We wash their dog beds in the bedroom once a month and they do the same thing. I really think they like clean bedding too.
There is only room for one or two on the bed with us. We usually have Sammy and Abbey up there. The comforter gets washed every two weeks at the Chinese coin op. The comforter has a fabric on top kind of like cotton twill. We've had it five years and even with all that washing and dogs sleeping on it, it still looks great.
Even though our dogs want to get under the sheets with you they are trained not to. The dogs lay out in the grass in the back yard, etc. We don't want that grit and dirt on our bedsheets. We do have friends who let their dogs sleep under the covers with them, but I think that's going too far.
There is only room for one or two on the bed with us. We usually have Sammy and Abbey up there. The comforter gets washed every two weeks at the Chinese coin op. The comforter has a fabric on top kind of like cotton twill. We've had it five years and even with all that washing and dogs sleeping on it, it still looks great.
Even though our dogs want to get under the sheets with you they are trained not to. The dogs lay out in the grass in the back yard, etc. We don't want that grit and dirt on our bedsheets. We do have friends who let their dogs sleep under the covers with them, but I think that's going too far.
mickeyd
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Depends on the day, but they come off every week, more like 5 or 6 days, and once in a while, 8. I shower ever night before bed, having read long ago that such a practice induces sleep--it does!--and have separate linens for solitary love juice when expressed, LOL.
When Athena stays over, she cries and cries if I don't let her in the bedroom, then in the bed, then right up next to me, and finally under the covers. She is way too irresistible for my so-called doggie discipline. So now, whenever she stays, she showers with me and it's so fun in there with her antics, I nearly choke laughing. God, how I love that little girl !
Should a human stay, he or she is required to sleep in the guest room, with the sheets then boiled, (laughing).
Athena and Paul, (She's prettier in person and PINK).[this post was last edited: 8/28/2013-00:31]
Depends on the day, but they come off every week, more like 5 or 6 days, and once in a while, 8. I shower ever night before bed, having read long ago that such a practice induces sleep--it does!--and have separate linens for solitary love juice when expressed, LOL.
When Athena stays over, she cries and cries if I don't let her in the bedroom, then in the bed, then right up next to me, and finally under the covers. She is way too irresistible for my so-called doggie discipline. So now, whenever she stays, she showers with me and it's so fun in there with her antics, I nearly choke laughing. God, how I love that little girl !
Should a human stay, he or she is required to sleep in the guest room, with the sheets then boiled, (laughing).
Athena and Paul, (She's prettier in person and PINK).[this post was last edited: 8/28/2013-00:31]
dustin92
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I'm single and I wash my sheets AT LEAST every two weeks in the winter, and usually every week in the summer. Sometimes more if they start getting a whiff to them (Yes, it has happened in less than a week), Always in HOT water, with plenty of good detergent, and bleach on white sheets. I have a couple friends that don't wash their sheets nearly enough (one admitted to leaving them on a month, and the other, 6 MONTHS!!!!! How disgusting!
I shower every evening...
<span style="font-size: medium;">change the sheets every week without fail, unless there were some spirited shenanigans, then they get changed immediately afterwards. There's nothing better than clean, soft, sweet smelling sheets. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">I have been in some guys bedrooms that had that unmistakable funky gym locker room smell, you know, feet and nether regions. I bet that stench emanated from dirty bed linens. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Men walking around naked in a locker room is to be expected, but really, leaving nail clippings behind and shaving in the steam room is just plain bad manners. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">change the sheets every week without fail, unless there were some spirited shenanigans, then they get changed immediately afterwards. There's nothing better than clean, soft, sweet smelling sheets. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">I have been in some guys bedrooms that had that unmistakable funky gym locker room smell, you know, feet and nether regions. I bet that stench emanated from dirty bed linens. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Men walking around naked in a locker room is to be expected, but really, leaving nail clippings behind and shaving in the steam room is just plain bad manners. </span>
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