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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 22, 2014 15:28:02 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? I could but then my bed wouldn't look pretty...lol... I don't even bother to put the comforter on because when we first moved in together, I kept putting it on and he kept taking it off. He is so tall that I can't just roll it down, he seems to kick it onto the floor. I know...first world problems...lol... So i just put another blanket on my side of the bed. But I always liked the coziness of a comforter.
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Post by meowgal on Jul 22, 2014 15:28:31 GMT
I love a top sheet, but I noticed when I lived in England that it wasn't really the norm. They used duvet covers over their duvet..and it matched the bottom sheet too! THAT was how it came in the packaging! When I go to visit, I actually enjoy sleeping with just the duvet, as I'm now more hot natured and can slip my hot feet out for a breath of fresh air! Stateside though, I still use a top sheet (it was always a bugger to get that duvet in the cover and I certainly felt it should be washed weekly with the bottom sheet and the pillowcases).
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Post by Katie on Jul 22, 2014 15:28:54 GMT
The duvet (which I think you call a comforter) is always in a cover (like a big pillowcase) so why would you need a top sheet? I would if I was making up the bed with blankets though. Because then I'd have to wash my duvet cover every week and that would be a royal PITA. Much easier to wash a top sheet than a duvet cover.
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Post by refupea on Jul 22, 2014 15:29:30 GMT
I never realized that there were people that didn't use a top sheet until a friend of our passed away. I was helping his widow get settled into her new home and while we were making the bed, the subject came up that her husband never liked using the top sheet. I swear, I must have looked like a deer in the headlights when she said that. I have been friends with her husband for 28 years and never knew that. I asked what he would do with the top sheet and she said he would cut them up for rags!!!!! What? My hubby and all of our siblings (I have ten and he has three) use both the top and fitted sheets.
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Post by Judie in Oz on Jul 22, 2014 15:31:28 GMT
We never have a top sheet on, unless it's been stinky hot and we haven't run the air at all. Usually it's just a doona in a cover and a fitted bottom sheet. Our doonas are wool, and are adaptable to varying temperature. All the beds in the house have doonas (3 bedrooms in use plus 2 spares). In winter we add a fleece blanket and use electric blankets to warm the beds up (I think they are called heated mattress pads in the US). I also don't make my bed until bedtime - it's good to the bedding to air out.
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Post by gar on Jul 22, 2014 15:31:48 GMT
The duvet (which I think you call a comforter) is always in a cover (like a big pillowcase) so why would you need a top sheet? I would if I was making up the bed with blankets though. Because then I'd have to wash my duvet cover every week and that would be a royal PITA. Much easier to wash a top sheet than a duvet cover. Why? Unless we're talking about different things there's no difference in washing them at all. Stuff it in the machine and turn it on...maybe I'm missing something
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Post by Judie in Oz on Jul 22, 2014 15:34:43 GMT
The duvet (which I think you call a comforter) is always in a cover (like a big pillowcase) so why would you need a top sheet? I would if I was making up the bed with blankets though. Because then I'd have to wash my duvet cover every week and that would be a royal PITA. Much easier to wash a top sheet than a duvet cover. It's no harder to wash a doona cover than it is a sheet. Yes, it can be a pain getting the doona back in the cover, but I find if I use clothes pegs to hold the corners together when re-making the bed it's much easier.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 22, 2014 15:35:00 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. I use a top sheet...and no, I don't wash the comforter every week. I switch mine around all the time (based on my mood-I probably have seven or eight different comforters of varying weight LOL) and will wash before I put it away, but I don't wash it every week. It doesn't ever actually touch my body, so I guess I don't see it as getting icky to the point of needing to wash it that regularly. Sheets and pillow cases of course, but the stuff that mostly just hangs out, not so much.
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 22, 2014 15:40:52 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. I don't wash my blankets or comforter every week.... very rarely unless something icky gets on them... why would I? they are basically not touching us with a top sheet (heck even if the top sheet gets kicked down to the bottom... but we are not gross people either.. I just wash them at random or needed.
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Post by violet on Jul 22, 2014 15:42:13 GMT
I've always used both a top and bottom sheet. The comforter, I wash regularly.
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Post by kckckc on Jul 22, 2014 15:55:26 GMT
I always use a top sheet. In the summer that is all we sleep under. I can't imagine sleeping under even the lightest duvet/cover - we do keep our air turned up to a higher temperature than most people I know.
I'm also another one who thinks it is much easier to wash the sheets than wash the duvet cover and then wrestle it back on.
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Post by krispin41 on Jul 22, 2014 16:02:17 GMT
We don't use a top sheet here either...it gets kicked off so I don't bother with it. If I get a set of sheets, I don't even unfold it. We used them when moving.
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Post by bomo on Jul 22, 2014 16:04:48 GMT
We use a top sheet and another flat sheet over the blankets. I think it keeps the heat in and we use less blankets. Plus I don't have to wash the blankets as often.
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Post by winogirl on Jul 22, 2014 16:07:13 GMT
I never use a top sheet; that's too restricting. Sometimes I don't want the cover on my legs and feet.
We have the fitted sheet and dh has his own sheet and I have my own sheet for cover. In the winter I switch them out and we each have our own blanket/s.
I never make the bed unless we are having company. And that's the only time I use the comforter is to make the bed. That thing is too bulky to use for a cover.
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Post by angel97701 on Jul 22, 2014 17:00:05 GMT
Wow, didn't realize I would open a huge can of worms here! We wash sheets on beds weekly, but not blankets or comforters. In my opinion it is less wear and tear on the blankets and comforters! The blankets and comforters are washed as needed. In DS's case it almost weekly. With the cyclists guests I am now on load Number 10 and have at least 6 more to go . . . I did 8 loads of towels while they were here. I knew this when I signed up, but am now in the midst of being tied to my washer! When I had the 5 guests 2 years ago, I did 8 loads after they left. When we have adult guests for our business I wash the sheets between every guest and the blanket & bedspread quilt as needed. On a similar note, hotels do not wash everything every day or between every guest. The reputable hotels wash everything that touches guests Hotel Laundry policies, but not necessarily blankets or comforters.
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Post by elaine on Jul 22, 2014 17:03:36 GMT
Me - top sheet all the time. My 12 & 14 yo boys, kick the top sheet off immediately and would rather sleep without it.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jul 22, 2014 17:30:31 GMT
We don't have AC, it is too hot to sleep with the duvet in the summer. We always have the top sheet on our bed. In the summer it is the only covering we use while we sleep, the duvet gets pulled back and usually ends up on the floor.
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Post by cmpeter on Jul 22, 2014 17:50:20 GMT
We have a king sized feather comforter inside our duvet cover. It's a lot harder to get that puppy stuffed back into the duvet cover than it is to wash the top sheet. It's also hard to wash it, even in our front loader and move over to the dryer when wet (it's heavy!). Plus, I am not crazy about the amount of wear and tear that would put on the feathers if we washed it weekly.
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Post by ~Susan~ on Jul 22, 2014 17:50:42 GMT
For some unknown reason DSO put a top sheet on our bed last week after a lifetime of NOT using a top sheet. I HATE it! It gets all tangled up and is an extra step when making the bed in the morning. The only time I use a top sheet is in summer when it is too hot for a doona. Then we use a sheet instead of the doona. But never both. Well, until last week anyway. Okay what's a doona? I love learning new things
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Post by paigepea on Jul 22, 2014 17:53:24 GMT
We don't use a top sheet. We used to, but dh kicked it out all of the time and it drove me crazy. He likes a messy bed, and I like a neat bed. I removed the top sheer, got a larger duvet that he can't kicked around, and I'm much happier So happy in fact that I removed the girls' top sheets and they're happier because the beds are easier to make. Both of their beds are against walls so tucking in the top sheet was a pain for them. Paige.
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Post by cmpeter on Jul 22, 2014 17:53:40 GMT
Those with tangled sheets must be doing some serious tossing and turning. Our sheet, blanket, duvet rarely come untucked. Making the bed in the morning is super easy. I just pull everything up and smooth it down on both sides of the bed. Most mornings dh is up first and pulls his side of the bed up and then when I get up, I just need to pull up my side and arrange the pillows and the bed is made. Takes like 2 minutes.
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Post by paigepea on Jul 22, 2014 17:54:22 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 In the warmer months, I change the down duvet to a soft cotton duvet and it's perfect.
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Post by flypea1 on Jul 22, 2014 18:00:28 GMT
I grew up using the top sheet. But when I got married and on my own I stopped using it. Now its just the fitted sheet and blankets and everything gets washed weekly.
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Post by Merge on Jul 22, 2014 18:08:17 GMT
My comforter is dry clean only and spends most of its life on the floor at the foot of the bed. We sleep under a top sheet and blanket which are washed regularly. I dry clean the comforter rarely, but I do take it out to air in the sun periodically (when the weather is not so humid as it is now) just to freshen it up. I don't care who thinks this method is "ick;" you're not invited to sleep in my bed anyway.
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Post by kelkel on Jul 22, 2014 18:21:10 GMT
We don't use a top sheet. I can't wait to go home and tell my husband that we're "completely and totally insane"
We are far from lazy or dirty - and all bedding gets washed weekly.
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Post by ~Susan~ on Jul 22, 2014 18:30:48 GMT
I use top and bottom sheets. I change them weekly. I only wash my blanket and quilt about every 3 months or so. It is just too much wear and tear for something that is so expensive.
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Post by scrappersue on Jul 22, 2014 18:54:45 GMT
My DD is such a rough sleeper we gave up on the top sheet years ago. Just bottom sheet and duvet cover. Works for her. The rest of the family uses top sheets.
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Post by styxgirl on Jul 22, 2014 19:02:07 GMT
We make our bed with a top sheet and the OLD comforter. The pretty one is folded up and sat aside most of the time. We put it on if company is over that will see our room. Which is once a year ... maybe! LOL at night, I steal the top sheet and DH steals the comforter. I am warmer and like less blankets. DH is cooler and likes the warmth of the comforter. So, it works out!
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Post by Zee on Jul 22, 2014 19:22:30 GMT
The duvet (which I think you call a comforter) is always in a cover (like a big pillowcase) so why would you need a top sheet? I would if I was making up the bed with blankets though. Neither here nor there, but a comforter is not the same as a duvet. A duvet is plain and has a case for it that is separate, while a comforter is not meant to have to have a case. You could, but they're usually decorated. I have a down duvet but I hate struggling to get that thing in a duvet cover. I much prefer comforters.
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Post by gar on Jul 22, 2014 20:04:25 GMT
The duvet (which I think you call a comforter) is always in a cover (like a big pillowcase) so why would you need a top sheet? I would if I was making up the bed with blankets though. Neither here nor there, but a comforter is not the same as a duvet. A duvet is plain and has a case for it that is separate, while a comforter is not meant to have to have a case. You could, but they're usually decorated. I have a down duvet but I hate struggling to get that thing in a duvet cover. I much prefer comforters. Ah, ok. We are talking about different things then....or, some of us are, apparently
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