Poll of the Day > How long have you gone without changing your sheets?

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Look, I have always had a simple method of changing my sheets. I use a fitted sheet, and then 2 non-fitted sheets on top. I then just change the top sheets every time I do a laundry, and it works great.

But today I realized I had not done a laundry in awhile (like 3 weeks) because.....I have not been going out. I had not changed the top sheets in all that time.

So I am washing all of em right now (I put a new fitted sheet on until the top sheets are ready.

That would be the longest I have ever gone, and honestly I didn't even need to do a laundry yet, but I moved a mini fridge and it spilled water, so I used a towel to dry it up and decided to wash/dry it, and threw sweat pants/tshirts I wore the few times I did go out, and of course my sheets.

Gonna wash my comforter/blanket next (it's heavy so I wash it by itself. I threw in my pillow cases already as well.

Anyway just curious if anyone else has kinda let things like that go during the SaH stuff, or if anyone has ever not washed sheets for more than a week before.

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I simply wait until christmas until I receive a new set

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Joshs Name posted...

I simply wait until christmas until I receive a new set

Lol, that would be one way to make yourself look forward to xmas, and REALLY appreciate new sheets.

Your body gets used to the sheets as days go on, but the new sheet feel, when you put new sheets on a bad, it lasts for a day or two.

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17 years.
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Each week is too much. Then again I shower at night so I keep things cleaner for longer.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

17 years.

the fuck

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A few days. Well... actually I strip my bed, clean the sheets, and put em back on once dry. I double-wash them, once with detergent and then with white vinegar, when it's time for a cleaning, which is about once a week. I don't have a second set of sheets to swap in or out with, so I wouldn't really call it changing my sheets. *shrugs*

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

17 years.

That's how long it's been since Lunatic Pandora was submerged deep into the ocean by Laguna Loire with the assistance of the Estharians, before it was excavated by Seifer and the Galbadians.
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DPsx7 posted...

Each week is too much. Then again I shower at night so I keep things cleaner for longer.

I shower both before bed, and when I wake up (not always right when I wake up now since not working though).

A hot shower helps me relax so I can fall asleep AND it helps my body feel cooler (especialy useful in the summer if you don't have good air conditioning). I can't fall asleep if I feel hot.

It also helps me wake up in the morning. My eyes feel crusty/tired and my brain foggy until I take a shower (Even tea dosn't cure that).

As I just proved you can certainly go longer than 1 week, but sheets are light and don't take up much room in a wash, so if you wash your clothes once a week (which I normally do if I am going out often), might as well wash the sheets, and by using top sheets, it's fast and easy.

And yeah, seriously, sheets feel better for the first few days after you wash them (I still have high quality/expensive thread count sheets from when I was married. I probably wouldn't spend that much anymore on new ones though).

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Entity13 posted...

A few days. Well... actually I strip my bed, clean the sheets, and put em back on once dry. I double-wash them, once with detergent and then with white vinegar, when it's time for a cleaning, which is about once a week. I don't have a second set of sheets to swap in or out with, so I wouldn't really call it changing my sheets. *shrugs*

Jeez, I just use detergent (arm and hammer or tide, I forget which...maybe it's both?), and it works fine.

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wolfy42 posted...

Jeez, I just use detergent (arm and hammer or tide, I forget which...maybe it's both?), and it works fine.

I would as well, but detergent doesn't disinfect. Considering I need all the restful sleep I can get before going to work, especially on days with morning shifts demanding me to wake up at 4:30 am, well... I think you can get the picture here. =p

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Like, in my life or as a relatively well adjusted adult? Cause as a kid I did not give a fuck

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Smarkil posted...

Like, in my life or as a relatively well adjusted adult? Cause as a kid I did not give a fuck

I mean, I guess as an adult?

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I once went 3 weeks although I normally wait between a week and a week and a half.

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What year is it now? Seriously though I cannot remember the last time I changed the current sheets on my bed....or dusted....or really did any kind of 'housework'.

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the longest I have ever gone is like three or four months.

I generally wash them every four weeks or so

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Wow, I am amazed, honestly I thought most people probably washed them multiple times a week lol.

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At the longest, several months.

But I usually change them at the beginning of each month.

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The longest two months. Usually 1 month when single 2 weeks now that my gf changes them

wolfy42 posted...

I shower both before bed, and when I wake up (not always right when I wake up now since not working though).

A hot shower helps me relax so I can fall asleep AND it helps my body feel cooler (especialy useful in the summer if you don't have good air conditioning). I can't fall asleep if I feel hot.

It also helps me wake up in the morning. My eyes feel crusty/tired and my brain foggy until I take a shower (Even tea dosn't cure that).

As I just proved you can certainly go longer than 1 week, but sheets are light and don't take up much room in a wash, so if you wash your clothes once a week (which I normally do if I am going out often), might as well wash the sheets, and by using top sheets, it's fast and easy.

And yeah, seriously, sheets feel better for the first few days after you wash them (I still have high quality/expensive thread count sheets from when I was married. I probably wouldn't spend that much anymore on new ones though).

Ugh, that's SO the same for me. I kinda dislike waiting to shower after work in the summer but the longer I wait (within reason) the cooler I'll be later. I don't have the right kind of window for AC.

A good glass of OJ is all I need in the morning, breakfast too of course.

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We don't even use sheets.
I'm not physically capable of wrangling a fitted sheet on a queen sized bed, and apparently no one else finds it worth it. Tbh I toss and turn so much when it was tried before the sheet never stayed on.

I wash them at the end of each month.

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Too long. I like to eat snacks in my bed too...

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Over a year, I never really bothered cleaning them until my wife started riding me ass about us cleaning them since she has problems with her allergies.

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If anything I wanna glue the sheets down so I don't have to keep pulling the mattress out to refit them

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I don't wash them very often, once a month or so, but I usually take a bath just before going to bed so I'm clean and the sheets stay clean.

I have several sets of sheets so when I change them, I pull off the old set, throw it in the wash, then put on a clean set out of the drawer. When the old sheets are dry, I fold them up and put them in the drawer.

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I wash my sheets once a week. Anyone who regularly goes longer than two weeks without washing them has some seriously questionable hygiene standards.

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I'm a light sweater so I can usually go for a while before changing them but I try to keep it at a month. are you guys pressure washing your couches biweekly while your at it?

I wash them when I hear a crunchy sound when I roll over....

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Lol @ some of the responses.

I don't wear clothes while in bed, but no, I don't sweat at all either (hence not being able to sleep when it's hot).

I actually have a hard time sleeping while anything abrasive is touching me, I can't even sleep at most hotels unless I bring my sheets with me.

I'm like a Really big and bearlike princess and the pea kinda guy.

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wolfy42 posted...

Lol @ some of the responses

If you really want a good laugh my scrawny, weak ass somehow tosses and turns so much in my sleep sometimes the bed ends up like a couple-few inches away from the wall.