… And at worst, actively making your bedroom less functional and more cumbersome to use. The arguments I hear in favor of it are completely asinine and I will address them one by one.
- It makes it more comfortable to sleep in.
I have absolutely no idea where that comes from. Do you all sleep like Dracula? My bedding is usually tussled about within minutes of me laying in bed. Blankets balled up for knee support, one leg sticking out for temperature venting. I couldn’t imagine sliding under the covers and laying perfectly supine like Vladimir Lenin.
- It doesn’t take much time, so you might as well do it.
I find any task not worth my time to be a waste, so unless it has a purpose, it is actively infuriating to do.
- It looks nice. And an unmade bed looks lazy
Given that this is an entirely subjective reason, I can’t exactly “disagree” with it. But if there was someone I trust enough to be in my bedroom, I’m not going to waste my time convincing you that I do not, in fact, sleep in my bed.
Not to mention that if you want to nap or even sit on the end of the bed, you have to make it again. It is an incredibly unstable artwork, making me avoid using my bed unless I really need to.
If you make your bed, I have no judgment for you. Just like people who fold designs into the ends of their toilet paper. I couldn’t imagine caring about something like that, but it literally doesn’t affect me at all, so go nuts.
But I think we should be honest and call it what it is: some kind of shameful cleaning ritual that is probably some vestigial military chore, and I want nothing to do with it.
You do you but making your bed will get you laid
I do it because when my house is neat and tidy, I’m motivated to do other things.
having a dirty room is a pile of work that goes on my backlog. if the backlog is too big, I can’t get anything done.
making my bed is an easy way to knock things off my list and stay motivated.
Back in the days, mattresses were made of straw or other natural materials. Blankets and pillows were stuffed with feathers until recently. And people were not able to heat their bedrooms sufficiently during winter. Back in those days, you had to make your bed in order to air it and dry it from sweat. Otherwise it would start to get moldy really quickly.
Today, synthetic materials and central heating / air conditioning have eliminated the need for a strict humidity management in the bedroom. But it’s still stuck in people’s heads that making your bed is absolutely vital. I guess it’ll take another one or two generations for it to become irrelevant.
On point three, many find it soothing to tear into something neat and clean. Some get comfort from the act of making something pristine, then get comfort again by surrounding themselves with it right at bedtime. It even helps some sleep.
That said, this is unpopular opinion and it doesn’t help you so we understand your based take.
Personally, I like my bed about 80-90% pristine. I don’t want to waste a ton of time neatening it up in the morning, and I don’t want to have to fight with a fully tucked sheet to get into bed, but I do get a little comfort out of having it be relatively presentable and not having to struggle at 2am to unoragami my bedspread when my feet are cold.
To me, “making my bed” is only done when the bedding needs to be removed from the bed to be washed and then put back on the bed again.
Does anyone really give a shit seeing a bed with the covers just left where they were after waking up and getting out of bed?
Like if you were gonna sleep with someone, would you be turned off if when you got to their bedroom, the blanket was crumpled off to one side?
For me, it’s a huge headache saver. We have a 60 lb dog who likes to get into bed with us, along with one of our cats. If I don’t make my side of the bed prior to my wife and the dog getting in, I’m probably not going to have usable sheets and blankets for the night. Wherever the sheets are when he decides to hop in, that’s where they’re staying.
So, I definitely make at least my side of the bed every day, at some point. Not usually right away in the morning, but it definitely gets done. I don’t go all out on it, just get the sheet and blanket (and comforter, in winter) in essentially the right position for me. It’s critical for a good night of sleep.
And, yes, we probably shouldn’t have let him in the bed in the first place. Lesson learned. That’s a whole other story. But the damage is done.
Shaking your pillow and blanket has the effect of disturbing microorganisms that are nesting in there. Yes, there are many of them. Just because you can’t see them with the naked eye does not mean that they wouldn’t be there. There’s so many of them, in fact, they can make people’s skin rash and itch. It has happened to me. Shaking the blanket does indeed help. It helps remove moisture from the blanket, which is what microorganisms need to breed. Moisture is transported away through the fresh air. That’s why it helps.
It took you longer to write this post then it does for me to fix my bed in the morning.
Don’t make your bed then? I hope you’re being facetious, cuz all I’m getting from this is two things:
You are obsessively preoccupied with other people
You are irrationally critical of people’s behavior that has literally nothing to do with you.
Truthfully; no one gives a fuck about you or your bed. Go outside
I agree people are not allowed to talk about things other people say are important, and if they do they are obsessed or irrational.
Might just be a kid being Rebellious
Probably just hating on Jordan Peterson and venting. I get it - I don’t like making the bed, but it’s not like there just aren’t benefits of doing so lol
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Having a tidy living space helps to provide some, and myself, with mental clarity. Honestly not sure how much of this is backed by science, and I’m lazy and don’t want to look it up, but it seems to be true from personal experience.
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If you have a thin sheet and a duvet, that stupid thin sheet can get all fucked up over time and you have to take the whole duvet off to fix the thin sheet and then making the bed becomes a much more annoying process. Doing at least a quick tidy up each night helps prevent having to do all of that.
Like you said, they should just leave others to living life the way they want to if it helps them and isn’t hurting anyone else. That’s like if someone said they hate it if someone eats broccoli from the stem first instead of the top. Like, who cares they’re eating healthy, leave them alone lol
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Some people function better when things are organized and orderly, some function better when things are disorganized and in disarray, some function the same either way.
It is what it is. An orderly, organized bedroom feels great to sleep in to me, and might not matter at all to someone else.
Whatever the case, anyone judging me because my bed is either made or not made can fuck right off.
Edit: upvoted for unpopularity, as one does.
fediverse moment
When I get the care to do it, its nice having a neat room.
I make my bed because my cats will absolutely shed all their hairs on my side of the bed that one time I forgot to do it. Slightly allergic, so I learned fast lol.
It’s also a pain in the ass if you don’t have a lot of space around your bed. My parent’s “camp” has a queen bed in basically a cubby and the only way to completely change the sheets to to hunch down on what’s basically a side sill for the bed and contort yourself over it to stretch the sheets from corner to corner without having to kneel on the bed for support. I just stopped using a fitted sheet and throw a new top sheet on it once a week or so. works fine. plus its in a cubby so nobody sees the mess.
… said someone who isn’t interested in having a relationship?
