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That's exactly why you should not blindly follow things though. There is literally no advantage to a nicely made bed except that it looks nice. If that is not worth the effort of making the bed, then why would you do it?
it has an advantage for your mental health, because it helps your mood to know you have finished a task, have a routine, and cleaning.
Making my bed does nothing for me.
Having to make my bed has a negative effect on my mental health. But yes, that's why I said to evaluate it individually.
Doing unnecessary stuff irks me in ways I can’t describe.
Because we are smart and value time.
I can't stand actual pointless crap that wastes our lives.
But if it makes you happy, go for it I say.
It might for you. It does nothing for me.
I can see this, for certain folks. To me, I'd be mad that I'm wasting time on something totally pointless when I could be doing anything else far higher up on my importance meter.
It doesn't help my mental health to do a pointless task.
Contrary to what JP says mental health isn't tied to a clean bedroom, or in this case a made bed.
This really depends on the person. For some, there's benefit to the ritual and then again for the "tidy" bed occupying their space. For others, it doesn't matter.
My personal opinion is if you tend to not be in your bedroom except to sleep then it doesn't matter, but if you spend much time in there then making the bed is beneficial.
Its the routine not the time bedroom that natters
I make my bed purely because my wife likes it that way. I'm not bothered either way, but I do it because it's important to her.
She wakes up before I do and goes to bed before I do. I make the bed nice and tidy when I eventually wake up so she has a nice neat bed to climb into at night.
Keep being an awesome husband brother
Is a husband-brother something they have in the South?
In fact not doing it allows the mattress to dry better, after all it absorbs sweat during the night.
it feels nice to me anyway, a cluttered bed makes me anxious. plus tucking yourself into a made bed is such a nice feeling rather than trying to find your sheets in the mess
Lmao, some bitter sadsack downvoted the fact that you like a made bed.
crazy world we live in
I make mine to keep cat hair and the occasional litter rock off of the bottom sheet.
The process of making your bed confers several hygiene benefits.
For starters, we release a ton of water when we sleep, both through sweat and exhalation. A made bed dries more efficiently
Making the bed also has the effect of shaking loose skin and hair that came off us throughout the night, and casting it to the floor. This is especially true if you use the objectively correct technique of grabbing the corners and flipping your bedding up into the air so that it settles down into place like a parachute
Takes five seconds, looks nice as you noted, and has many other mental and social benefits we haven’t even touched on. For one of many examples, if I go to a guy’s place, I’m not gonna be inclined to get into his bed if he “won” the bed-making argument with his parents and stuck with that philosophy ever since
It's also good to not make your bed, the warmth keeps the little pesky allergy generating beasts alive and reproductive (they still do, but less or so I have heard).
If you sweat like a pig (I sometimes do), don't make your bed but hang your comforter(I guess that is the word, duvet ?) on some chair instead, and wash it when needed.
That said, do as you please, the cops can't stop you!
Wait what? Making the bed does the opposite. It traps the moisture in the bed, meaning it dries less, causing it to smell more. How the hell would making the bed cause it to dry better, that’s complete nonsense.
Edit: for those that don't believe me, this has already been studied. Making your bed traps moisture. It's honestly crazy to think that closing up a damp environment somehow makes it dry faster.
Think of it this way, if you soaked your entire mattress in water and then put it out in the sun, is it going to dry faster if you just leave it there or if you cut it open and expose all the insides?
You’re wondering why a completely flat piece of fabric with maximal surface area exposed to the air dries faster than one that’s bunched up and covering itself multiple times? Are there any other situations you can think of where things dry better bunched up rather than splayed out? Towels, swimsuits, tarps, tents?
Who mentioned smell by the way? Is your bedding noticeably smelly?
Huh? Maybe this is a country difference. If I make the bed, there’s going to be more than 3 layers of fabric on top of the sheets that were actually touching my body. There is zero chance in hell of those sheets drying faster covered up. The sheets being pulled back to expose the area that was actually touching my body is what allows it to dry.
I just counted, if I made the bed each morning I’d be trapping the bed sheets under at least 8 other layers of fabric. A comforter, a weighted blanket, and sometimes another blanket. The weighted blanket alone has 5 layers to it, the comforter 3.
How exactly are there fewer layers to trap moisture when your sheets and blankets are bunched and piled up?
Where do you think the person’s body was? The spot where all the moisture would be? Probably the big gaping area where there’s a person shaped layback of the sheets.
The options aren’t “let the moisture out by making the bed” or “let the moisture out by leaving the bed unmade”… the options are “don’t let the moisture out at all by making the bed” or “let most of the moisture out by leaving the bed unmade”.
What in the ever loving fuck are you trying to communicate with that disgusting bed 😂 Needs more cigarette cartons and used tissues
You can leave your sheets folded down while you're in the shower or eating breakfast and then just pull them up when you're done. I do this every day. Seriously, this takes less than 10 seconds. I also wash my sheets once per week. Do y'all find people who want to have sex with you in a bed like this?
I don’t know why you’re spamming my inbox with multiple replies to the same comment. I also see you’re posting a random unrelated study about dehumidifiers at other people, while misrepresenting it as a study about bed making vs. not.
You are simply incorrect about the facts, even to the point of advocating for leaving wet towels in a pile. Amazing. Beyond that I’m not particularly interested in spending any more time arguing with you over the most basic hygiene habits that indicate to others whether you are a child or an adult.
I can however empathize with the additional complexity of the task if you sleep under a four inch thick 160 pound sheet of lead along with multiple auxiliary comforters. In that situation you’re supposed to fold the heavy items up towards the foot of your bed. Best of luck to you
The study is about trapping moisture. It references mites in your bed from making it vs not. It’s a simple thing, closing something up traps moisture.
Stating “you’re incorrect about the facts” when you are the one that doesn’t understand basic physics is the amazing thing.
For me living in a space that's clean and looks nice does have a pretty big positive impact on my mental health. I feel better walking into my room to the bed being made than I do when it's messy. Maybe everyone doesn't get that but I would bet there are a lot of people that think they are in the "there's no advantage" camp who actually aren't. I thought I was that way when I was younger but when I actually started keeping up with it there was a noticeable improvement I had to acknowledge.