Airehead Posted January 26, 2021 Share #1 Posted January 26, 2021 Do you make your bed each day? Does someone else make it for you? Or do you jut get into the rumpled covers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 26, 2021 Share #2 Posted January 26, 2021 Just now, Airehead said: Do you make your bed each day? Does someone else make it for you? Or do you jut get into the rumpled covers? I generally spread the comforter out flat after I get out of bed. My wife is always up ahead of me, so I try to leave the bed looking "orderly" but definitely not "made". The pillows are up at the top, the comforter and sheet below are relatively smooth and flattened out, and my pups throw blanket is spread on top so she can relax some part of the day on the bed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 26, 2021 Share #3 Posted January 26, 2021 I pull the covers back up and make the bed look presentable each morning. Jocelyn comes in my room each day because that’s where I keep the bedding, towels, and gowns for my wife. I don’t want the room looking too much like a train wreck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2021 Share #4 Posted January 26, 2021 WoZack makes the bed and i make the coffee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted January 26, 2021 Share #5 Posted January 26, 2021 Sometimes...I use to be religious about it..but not so much anymore..I pull the covers up.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Some Old Guy Posted January 26, 2021 Popular Post Share #6 Posted January 26, 2021 Luckily, my bedroom has a door. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted January 26, 2021 Share #7 Posted January 26, 2021 I'll pull the comforter up but won't make any effort to smooth it out or arrange the pillows. The only time the bed looks good is when the sheets are changed on Sundays. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted January 26, 2021 Share #8 Posted January 26, 2021 14 minutes ago, Airehead said: Do you make your bed each day? Does someone else make it for you? Or do you jut get into the rumpled covers? no, no, yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 26, 2021 Share #9 Posted January 26, 2021 I get up around 4:15 on any given day. My wife gets up about 3 hours later. If I tried to make the bed I may get shot. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted January 26, 2021 Share #10 Posted January 26, 2021 When I get up from the couch, I make a bed for Molly from one of the blankets. That is her downstairs bed, and her upstairs bed is a pad from a crate on the back of the couch. She spends time in both when she is not sitting in the window. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted January 26, 2021 Share #11 Posted January 26, 2021 Yes, every day "If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter. If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right." Admiral William H. McRaven https://jamesclear.com/great-speeches/make-your-bed-by-admiral-william-h-mcraven https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Bed-Little-Things/dp/1455570249 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted January 26, 2021 Share #12 Posted January 26, 2021 Yes, I make it each day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted January 26, 2021 Share #13 Posted January 26, 2021 My wife is still in it when I get up, so making it would be awkward 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14 Posted January 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Airehead said: Do you make your bed each day? Does someone else make it for you? Or do you jut get into the rumpled covers? sometimes. I either make it in the AM or in the PM. I do nto like getting in a rumpled bed. Romeo prefers it when I leave it unmade, so he can find a good curl up and wait for my humans to come home spot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted January 26, 2021 Share #15 Posted January 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Parr8hed said: I get up around 4:15 on any given day. My wife gets up about 3 hours later. If I tried to make the bed I may get shot. BuffCarla once in a while makes the bed while I’m in it. Not my favorite thing. 9 times out of 10, I’m up before her. She makes the bed about 5 times a week. I make the coffee most every day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted January 26, 2021 Share #16 Posted January 26, 2021 My wife is WFH, so she’s still in bed when I leave, sometimes still asleep. She usually makes it. On the weekends, she has me help, even though it doesn’t matter to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 26, 2021 Share #17 Posted January 26, 2021 Um...barely spread duvet flat. That's all we do for many years... besides no one visiting us hardly at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Longjohn ★ Posted January 26, 2021 Popular Post Share #18 Posted January 26, 2021 6 hours ago, Zephyr said: My wife is still in it when I get up, so making it would be awkward My wife is always in her bed when I make it and it is awkward. A complete bedding change takes a lot of skill. When possible I try to wait until I have help. Jocelyn makes it look easy but I am helping her. Doing it by yourself you have to use one hand to keep her from rolling back over and the other hand to position all the bedding, outgoing and fresh sheets and pads. The goal is to try to do it with one roll each direction. Sometime it takes me about four rolls. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted January 27, 2021 Share #19 Posted January 27, 2021 As long as I have a warm spot to lay I'm happy My wife will get up, make the bed and get back in, rumpled covers bother her. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 27, 2021 Share #20 Posted January 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Longjohn said: I pull the covers back up and make the bed look presentable each morning. Jocelyn comes in my room each day because that’s where I keep the bedding, towels, and gowns for my wife. I don’t want the room looking too much like a train wreck. I am going for the webbie award. No bike tires or wheels, but everything else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 27, 2021 Share #21 Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Philander Seabury said: I am going for the webbie award. No bike tires or wheels, but everything else. I liked the race wheels mounted on the wall over his bed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted January 27, 2021 Share #22 Posted January 27, 2021 yes, no, no 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted January 27, 2021 Share #23 Posted January 27, 2021 I've learned a life lesson it's not a good idea to make the bed. Because sometimes once you've made your own bed, then you have to lie in it too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share #24 Posted January 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said: I've learned a life lesson it's not a good idea to make the bed. Because sometimes once you've made your own bed, then you have to lie in it too. well then wouldn't it be best to make it well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted January 27, 2021 Share #25 Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Airehead said: well then wouldn't it be best to make it well? Spot on! Although I do have to admit there were times when I thought I'd made that bed so very well, and climbed back in to find it so very uncomfortable. And since the bed was entirely of my own making, I only could fault myself. On the plus side, an uncomfortable bed provides the impetus to rise early and take another shot at making the bed better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 27, 2021 Share #26 Posted January 27, 2021 It depends on whether I have company or not, or if I feel motivated to make. I feel better if it is made. Today I didn't make it, as I am going to do laundry after I host a webinar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 27, 2021 Share #27 Posted January 27, 2021 13 hours ago, Airehead said: well then wouldn't it be best to make it well? Sort of a "ground rules" question here - what is a made bed? See, if my bed is made, the fitted sheet is tight, the flat sheet is pulled up almost to the top, but folded over a little bit. Then the regular pillows are laid flat across the top. The comforter comes next and covers the bed and pillows and then the big pillows go at the top. For a final flourish, an accent pillow may be added and the pup's knit blanket gets draped artfully across the bottom area. If that is "made", then no, that is NOT the bed I want to be laying on, and to lay in it, I have to deconstruct it!! When I wake up, it is already in the perfect state for me to continue to or return to sleeping, relaxing, or - with an adjustment of bringing the big pillows back onto the bed - ready for reading. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted January 27, 2021 Share #28 Posted January 27, 2021 Wife makes it. I for one don't care. I'm gonna un make it in some hours anyways. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted January 27, 2021 Share #29 Posted January 27, 2021 I leave for work most days before WoW is out of bed so she usually makes it when she gets up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted January 27, 2021 Share #30 Posted January 27, 2021 23 hours ago, Kzoo said: Yes, every day "If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter. If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right." Admiral William H. McRaven That sounds like a lot of work and is why I half-ass it when I make my bed. If you can't half-ass the little things then you'll never be able to half-ass the big things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 27, 2021 Share #31 Posted January 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Mr. Silly said: That sounds like a lot of work and is why I half-ass it when I make my bed. If you can't half-ass the little things then you'll never be able to half-ass the big things. Waking up - alive - is the first task I accomplish everyday! Likely, a trip to the bathroom to pee is another task I am prioritizing and accomplishing well before considering making the bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted January 27, 2021 Share #32 Posted January 27, 2021 We make our beds every morning. Especially important during winter months. We have electric blankets; when we turn the blankets on to pre-heat the beds, it's best if the blanket is flat. Snuggly warm bed to crawl into at night. mmmmmm..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 27, 2021 Share #33 Posted January 27, 2021 So you folks who make a bed each day must have one hell of a furniture store. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted January 27, 2021 Share #34 Posted January 27, 2021 I think it's a dumb idea. You're only going to mess it up again at night. But at some point during my work at home stint, the chore became mine. So I do it every day. Because keeping the wife happy is a smart idea. It often gets done about 5 minutes before she gets home from work. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 27, 2021 Share #35 Posted January 27, 2021 I fix it before I get back in it. In the morning we leave it a disaster. We just get out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 27, 2021 Share #36 Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, 12string said: I think it's a dumb idea. You're only going to mess it up again at night. But at some point during my work at home stint, the chore became mine. So I do it every day. Because keeping the wife happy is a smart idea. It often gets done about 5 minutes before she gets home from work. Here's an idea: When she is pulling in the driveway, get up and run to the bedroom. Plop down on the bed, under the covers, and when she finds you, hop up and get back to whatever you were doing. She can't expect the bed to be made if you are still using it when she gets home, can she? Since she's home, she can make it if it bothers her that it is unmade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted January 27, 2021 Share #37 Posted January 27, 2021 12 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Here's an idea: When she is pulling in the driveway, get up and run to the bedroom. Plop down on the bed, under the covers, and when she finds you, hop up and get back to whatever you were doing. She can't expect the bed to be made if you are still using it when she gets home, can she? Since she's home, she can make it if it bothers her that it is unmade. No way, not doing that again! Not even at my own house this time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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