washing bedding - how often?

red_devil

1sttimer wrote: »

Because of all the time saving electronic gadgets we have these days, plus the fact that more women who work are also married and have children, we (women that is) still seem to be obsessed by the housework routine. Do men worry about it just as much as us women? I know my OH wouldn't even know HOW to change the bed, let alone WHEN!!!!

My mum used to do top sheet became bottom sheet, and she washed them every week, so we had at least 1/2 a set of clean sheets. No duvets then, just blankets and eiderdowns. She had a twin tub and no dryer so sometimes in winter it got left till we had a decent day to try to dry them outside.

How on earth did the Victorians and further back get on? They didn't even have running water most of them - now that's scary! It would have been very hard work and even if they were SAHM's their families were much larger (my mum was one of 10 - although much later than the Victorians I must say!)

i suspect they didnt change their clothes very often and smelt abit.

teabythesea

Every 5days here! I'm 5'2 with a kingsize bed, my oh is 6'3 haha. I love clean sheets, I always iron them too!

bestpud

About once a week for the sheet (I don't have a set day) and every other time for the duvet cover.

I sometimes wash the pillow cases more often as I like them to smell nice.

I have a super kingsize bed too and I agree it's a pain changing it, especially as mine is against the wall! I've got it off to a fine art now but I'm sure I look very funny clambering over the bed to get the sheet on the far corner!

On a different note: what I'd really like to know is how I end up perched on the edge of a 6' wide bed, while my small Jack Russell has the remaining 5' of bed all to himself, and he still feels the need to stretch out and kick me during the night...? :cool:

And on another note: a few have said they have memory foam mattresses - I can't get on with them at all! My mum and dad have one and the night I stayed there I found I couldn't move! I had to kind of throw myself over rather than roll somehow!

Awful things imo!

Matt_T

Not quite sure the best place to post this warning but:

Just a warning to other MoneySavers ..... steer clear of Dawson's .... online bedding sellers .... prices might look OK but attitude to customers is absolutely terrible. Beware!

skiTTish

Every week here but we all have spare of everything incase we have a lot of washing and its not possible to wash and dry them same day .
I find they smell unfresh if left any longer ,maybe we are just smellier than you:rotfl:

jennihen

teabythesea wrote: »

Every 5days here! I'm 5'2 with a kingsize bed, my oh is 6'3 haha. I love clean sheets, I always iron them too!

I love ironing all our sheets and duvet covers - although its all down to the shaking and the folding otherwise its too much hard work.

I used to 'do' for a lovely family who had a king-size four poster bed and Egyptian cotton bedlinen - what a nightmare!

Another poster mentioned about shaving their legs. I always have a long soak in the bath and de-fuzz my legs. I love clean-sheets night!:)

MarieAAP

Haha we are 3-4 weekly, but then again, my OH goes Kickboxing x4 / week, and he showers afterwards. And as I am a coolish lass in bed, it doesn't get that sweaty :P

Steel_2

I change them every week and if I didn't feel so guilty at wasting water on extra washing I'd change them more often than that.

I love the feeling of clean, crisp sheets and I iron all my sheets and pillowcases with eau de cologne in the ironing water (I get all my eau de colognes from car boot sales during the summer). The crisp feeling only lasts about two days though, hence the desire to change the bed more often.

I know it sounds silly, but it's a tiny weeny luxury.

Offer me a take away and a bottle of wine or clean crisp sheets and a good book and I'm up the stairs in a flash...

Souk08

Another once a week washer here and I iron mine too...lovely X

rubytuesday

Don't ask!! But I did wash the sheets today and put them in the garden to dry.