peabay
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Post by peabay on Jul 22, 2014 10:48:48 GMT
I grew into using a top sheet. Hated them, always kicked them down to the bottom of the bed. I don't think it was til I was in my 20s that I could tolerate it. My kids are the same way. Washable duvet - the only way to go in that scenario.
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Post by fruitysuet on Jul 22, 2014 11:19:27 GMT
I have a duvet in a cover and no top sheet. I don't know why you'd need one. If I was using blankets I would definitely have a top sheet though. Same here. Can't remember last time I slept in a bed without a duvet and there is definitely no need for a sheet as well, given that the duvet cover is swapped out and washed just as frequently.
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Post by gar on Jul 22, 2014 11:23:13 GMT
A question for you duvet users: Don't you get too warm sleeping under the duvet? I use a top sheet because I like to be covered but I usually get too warm under a blanket. The top sheet is comfortable for me. I think I would sweat to death under a duvet. Please enlighten me I have a set of the 'button together all seasons' feather duvets. So one is very lightweight, the other is quite a bit heavier (higher tog rating) so in summer I use the very light one, the heavy one in spring/autumn and button them together to use both in winter. Occasionally it's too warm but not enough to take it off, I just push it off for a little while.
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Post by moodyblue on Jul 22, 2014 11:35:54 GMT
We use a top sheet and a comforter. I like to have something covering at least part of my body when sleeping, and sometimes that's only a sheet because that's all that is needed or wanted. Our comforter is big and would be a pain to launder as often as a sheet.
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Post by lightetc on Jul 22, 2014 11:36:06 GMT
I use a doona and wash the cover instead of a top sheet.
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Post by dulcemama on Jul 22, 2014 11:41:52 GMT
DH and I use separate blankets so a top sheet is just not workable for us.
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Post by gloryjoy on Jul 22, 2014 12:07:51 GMT
We use a top sheet, and we have a duvet. Keeps me from having to wash the duvet cover all the time. It might be easy to wash the duvet cover, but I hate putting the king size duvet back in the cover.
Our top sheet never ends up at the bottom of the bed.
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Post by Merge on Jul 22, 2014 12:11:26 GMT
Top sheet. Sometimes the duvet is too heavy in this climate, and also, taking the cover off to wash it every week and then putting it back on is a PITA.
I love the feeling of clean, crisp sheets.
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Post by Nanner on Jul 22, 2014 12:22:13 GMT
We do not. We use a bottom sheet and a duvet. The duvet cover is very good quality cotton and is washed often. Using a top sheet would be more or less duplicating it!
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Post by Jubel on Jul 22, 2014 12:48:46 GMT
We use a bottom sheet and duvet. A lightweight duvet for summer and a heavier one for the winter. I have several duvet covers, they get changed and washed when i change sheets.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 12:54:50 GMT
We use a top sheet all the time. However, both boys have one (12 and 13) and have rarely used theirs. One says his comforter is enough. Another says he prefers his fuzzy blanket. They have them if they want them but most of the time, it's stuffed in the corner of their bed.
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Post by melonhead on Jul 22, 2014 12:58:02 GMT
My DD never used the top sheet. I think I may have kept her in her crib too long and she never developed the habit.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 13:01:45 GMT
I use top sheet and lightweight comforter. In the summer, the comforter gets pushed aside and the sheet is enough. In the winter, I use a heavier comforter or an extra blanket, but must always have a top sheet. I get the skeevies if there is no top sheet and my body must touch the blanket or comforter.
Seems to me that those that use a duvet with washable cover are doing more work than those of us that use a top sheet?!
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Post by lbp on Jul 22, 2014 13:04:17 GMT
My DS refuses to use a top sheet and it drives me crazy and I don't know why! It should have absolutely nothing to do with me how he chooses to sleep but I cringe when I see there is no top sheet on his bed.
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Post by myshelly on Jul 22, 2014 13:52:40 GMT
We use a top sheet.
But I don't really understand your post.
Are you saying that if they had used a top sheet you wouldn't be washing all the blankets and comforters? That's gross. I would be washing all of it regardless of top sheet usage.
Even if they had used a top sheet they would still touch the blankets and comforters. The blankets and comforters would still absorb oil and sweat and smells.
They still could have drooled or sneezed or other things on the blankets.
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Post by snappinsami on Jul 22, 2014 14:03:01 GMT
We actually use TWO top sheets. One is between the fitted sheet and the quilt - nothing unusual there. The other is on TOP of the quilt. We use that because our Lab sleeps on the bed with us, and it helps keep the quilt from getting filthy. It's super easy to just throw that sheet in the wash when it needs it, and we fold it down during the day so the quilt shows.
Our using two balances out my parents, who never use top sheets at all. I've never understood that. Seems like the comforter (or whatever) would get dirty quickly (um, armpit gunk when you put your arm over the blanket?), and they're rarely washed. Eew.
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Post by Scrappyhappy on Jul 22, 2014 14:11:45 GMT
Top sheet. Sometimes the duvet is too heavy in this climate, and also, taking the cover off to wash it every week and then putting it back on is a PITA. I love the feeling of clean, crisp sheets. I totally agree!
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Post by bdawnb on Jul 22, 2014 14:14:02 GMT
I get too bot not to use top sheets and I have to have something over me or the monsters will get me. And yes, I know logically there are no monsters, but try convincing that to the little girl who was afraid of the darks who apparently still lives inside my head at times.
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Post by janeliz on Jul 22, 2014 14:16:15 GMT
I always use a top sheet on my bed, but we've stopped putting one on my oldest daughter's bed. She just uses the fitted sheet and her quilt. She has these very soft, slippery sheets that she loves, but that top sheet never stayed put no matter how tight we tried to make those hospital corners. She always kicked it off to the floor as she slept, so I finally just folded the damn thing and put it in the linen closet.
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Post by DinCA on Jul 22, 2014 14:16:43 GMT
Neither of my kids use them either even though I put one on their beds when we moved them out of the crib. I still put one on my daughter's bed when she's home and she lies on top of it! It drives me insane! Eventually, it ends up on floor between the wall and the bed. My son doesn't live at home anymore and my husband told me a few days ago that he didn't have any sheets on his bed when he visited him recently. I can't worry about it because he's grown but that is not how I raised him. I have never slept without one. And right now I have two on the bed because the duvet is too hot at times. I will admit, though, that I don't move around much when I sleep so I don't get tangled in them.
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Post by loco coco on Jul 22, 2014 14:27:13 GMT
duvet in a cover and no top sheet, husband hates them getting tangled
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Post by Jubel on Jul 22, 2014 14:50:21 GMT
Seems to me that those that use a duvet with washable cover are doing more work than those of us that use a top sheet?! Not really, both need to be washed and put back on the bed. It takes me all but a minute or two to put the cover back on.
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Post by cmpeter on Jul 22, 2014 14:58:18 GMT
Dh and I always use a top sheet. It's a lot easier to wash a top sheet than remove the cover from your duvet when it's time to wash the bedding. We have a duvet w/ cover, cotton blanket and a top sheet on our bed. I like the various layers because I can fold them down or up based on the temperature. Our top sheet doesn't get tangled up, it's tucked in at the foot of the bed.
Both kids have the same set up, but neither of them uses their top sheet. They tend to pull up their duvet and cocoon in it, so their top sheet and blanket come un-tucked.
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Post by love2scrap101 on Jul 22, 2014 15:02:40 GMT
I've always used a top sheet. I don't think I could sleep without one. My parents don't use one, I don't remember growing up if they used one or not.
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Post by ReneeH20 on Jul 22, 2014 15:04:01 GMT
I make our bed everyday and use a top sheet. My DH doesn't care for the top sheet so piles it on top of me.
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Post by gar on Jul 22, 2014 15:07:38 GMT
Dh and I always use a top sheet. It's a lot easier to wash a top sheet than remove the cover from your duvet when it's time to wash the bedding. Is it? I just don't find putting a duvet cover back on very taxing and for me it might take a few more seconds but no more.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 22, 2014 15:09:57 GMT
We always use a top sheet. I just wish I could get DH to actually sleep under a comforter. He says he gets too hot. Even in the winter. So in the summer all I have is a top sheet on my bed to cover up with. And in the winter, I have a blanket I put on the bed. I keep an extra blanket on my side of the bed in case I get too cold. And my pretty, decorative comforter is balled up in a pile next to the bed because DH won't use it.
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Post by sabmom on Jul 22, 2014 15:11:48 GMT
My DH is very tall so his feet hang off the end of the bed. As such, he finds a top sheep annoying as he can't stretch out all the way. I missed it at first but now am adjusted to just a fitted sheet and a duvet with cover.
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Post by gar on Jul 22, 2014 15:23:04 GMT
We always use a top sheet. I just wish I could get DH to actually sleep under a comforter. He says he gets too hot. Even in the winter. So in the summer all I have is a top sheet on my bed to cover up with. And in the winter, I have a blanket I put on the bed. I keep an extra blanket on my side of the bed in case I get too cold. And my pretty, decorative comforter is balled up in a pile next to the bed because DH won't use it. Could you get a single size comforter?
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Post by myshelly on Jul 22, 2014 15:24:59 GMT
Are you guys really saying that if you use a top sheet you don't wash the blankets, comforter, duvet cover, etc. This is the first I have ever heard of anything like that. I wash everything every week. Yuck.
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