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Own more than one set? I have 3 so I can just swap it out and afford to forget to wash the other one for a week
Fucking Richie Rich over here with 3 sets of sheets. Next thing you know we’ll be eating 3 meals each day, too!
Once upon a time, I could not afford a 2nd set, so I feel this is for those that don’t have the means to do so just yet.
Plus, a quality set can be pricey depending on your standards.
And the overwhelming urge to take a nap before the dryer is done rocking.
I eventually got a second bed set just to help me out on that front
But unfortunately they’ve got a different thread count so they have a different skin feel then the old ones so I absolutely can’t mix the sheets with the other ones because the difference is too jarring
I’m going to do it but only because I want to and not because you called me out
I tell my spouse I can change the sheets in seconds, and pre-swap the sheets to accomplish it. This makes it a “fun” thing, that my brain is more than happy to focus on because it’s “fun”. It also happens with just the right frequency that it doesn’t become boring.
However, if my spouse ever found out the trick (or told me they did) the magic would be lost.
I don’t really get what you mean by preswapping, like you changed the sheets on a spare duvet and just swapped out the entire duvet, but then what about the sheets on the mattress? Or do you just mean you do the entire task of changing the bedsheets unobserved and then tell your wife you’re about to change them and announce that you’ve finished a few seconds later?
Pretty much the second.
Alright that’s fucking hilarious
Lmao, currently sat in my bed that’s had no sheets for 2 days.
Or…now hear me out…get a 2nd set of sheets. Straight swap. One on…one off. Then you can forget about the “off” set, until it’s time to change the sheets again.
Wait, there are people who only one set of sheets? To me it sounds like having one set of clothes
It’s more like having only one pair of shoes. There isn’t usually a compelling reason to change them frequently, so you only need one.
I have seen this before it’s US americans, they all have dryers and can wash and dry in the same day.
I would never, I have sheet that are cozier for winter etc, also I dry on a clothesline
I also have a dryer, but I have like 3 or 4 sets of sheets. They don’t have to buy the fancy ones, just buy the $30 set from IKEA.
Oh they IS what she meant? she really has only one set of sheets? I was having trouble working out how this was ever a problem for her.
I was already assuming they did have a second set. Taking off the dirty ones and putting on the clean ones is bloody well hard enough. Are people out there really trying to turn around a single set in a day? That’s just setting yourself up to fail, I don’t care how neurotypical you think you are.
I now have dirty sheets and damp sheets that have been in the dryer for a week.
What now?
Buy two more sheets and try again, repeat until desired results are achieved or death.
Instructions unclear; all bedsheets are now dirty and I’ve been sleeping on a bare ass mattress for a month.
I caught this, too. If I forget about them until the next set is dirty…
The discomfort I feel at the thought of sleeping on a bare matress ensures that I will put the sheet on. Of course, only just before going to sleep when I want to do nothing more but flop onto my bed after staying up too long again
Nothing I love more than coming upstairs after my day of chores, exhausted, to find a ball of sheets on my bed. THANKS earlier me.
And earlier me is like “have fun, future me who will be very unhappy about this :D”
Put the old sheet in the doorway. Now you can’t leave the room until you are done because the doorway is blocked.
JRPG rules FTW!
I did the sheets and have been able to leave my house, thanks, but now I can’t leave my town because there’s a single small shrub blocking the only path. Any ideas?
See if there’s a quest involving the river and a boat.
have two sheets, put the new one on right after taking the old one off. put the old one in the laundry pile and wash it with your clothes.
Yup, except wash them separate so you can use warm water and not ruin cloths. Unless you’re lucky enough to have durable cloths from 10 years ago. And wash them right away, or you’ll end up in the no-sheet situation anyway.
I’m not so lucky and I wash everything in cold water and together, except if I have enough linens built up, then I wash them in separate loads.
Hah, my washer is small, hadn’t considered that. A set of sheets and pillow cases fills mine as it is 😃
Then I’d have to learn the black magic that is folding a fitted sheet AND actually fold them every time I change my bed/wash the old set.
Can’t just leave clean laundry in a pile either… That’s just going to bother me; are they clean or not? If it’s clean, it’s gotta be put away neatly, but It’s gonna have to stay in the dryer until I work up that kind of courage.
Nope, just gonna fight myself to put them back on the bed once they’re clean…
For the fitted sheet, what I do is roll it up instead of folding, then shove it inside the matching pillowcase. When it’s time to change sheets it makes it super easy to grab and have the whole fresh set, no fussing around.
Now, actually putting them ON the bed? Still can be a struggle lol
I have a shelf in one of my closets where I just mindlessly shove all my sheets, blankets, pillow cases, etc. It actually works surprisingly better than you’d expect; I’ve never had any issues finding things
The trick is to swap it after washing so that you never have to fold it and it just lives in the laundry hamper
I mitigate this by having bins for clean laundry. I have underclothes in one, outer clothes in another, and linens in a third in my closet. If folding is a strong need for you that’s probably not going to work but it does keep the dryer clear (mostly) so reduces friction for doing new laundry.
You need a backup too in case of spills and so you’re not at the mercy of executive dysfunction when it comes time to replace one of them.
True, however my dysfunction is around not washing the sheets as often as i should so I just kind of accept small stains. Don’t really have a process for that yet. I’ve got other more pressing chores to learn to manage atm so it will probably be a while before I figure that out.
I have two sets of sheets. Adapt and overcome.
Three. One to put on. One to have at the ready. One to wash.
Oh you mean one already on, one to wash, one to wash?
That’s why I also have an extra clean one, uhm, somewhere in one of these piles.
Luxury. 😅😶
When the one being washed is finished what do you do with it? Do you rotate sheets every day?
Emphatically wrong! Sleeping on a bare mattress is crazy. I just use the couch like I do many nights anyway.
Just wash the pillowcases and not the sheets
I’ve been sleeping on a blanket for a while now, come to think of it…
Hear me out: no bed sheets, only blanket on air matress
We can’t all be
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This is why we have two sets and I have a day just for doing the sheets. Sheets off, pillows off, into washing machine, grab the clean sheets from the pile. Sheets do not get folded, that’s a nightmare. There’s just a pile of clean clothes. And the sheets. There’s also like fifty pillow covers they just accumulated somehow.
I have like 4 sets so I can do a full load while still having some on my bed. Have two little cubes to separate flat and fitted sheets.
Granted, I also generally take off the old ones in the morning to force me to put new ones on in the evening. Only like 10-20% of the time do I end up just putting a flat sheet or blanket down to lay on instead.
By brother in-law can invoke something and actually fold fitted sheets
Everything happens in the morning so I can collapse afterwards for a nap!
I too have spares of all the things I hate to clean. It’s gotten to the point where I plan on building a spare house…
That and my current one has mold that if removed, might cause a structural failure.
