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I rarely make my bed (I go in spurts), so I can't be expected to make theirs!
Or how old were you when your parents stopped making yours?
I seem to suffer from the "Do too much for my kids" syndrome.
My oldest has a full time job and I think it's nice for him to come home to a made bed if he didn't have time to make it himself.
For my youngest I do it during the school year.
What age do you just shut the door and let them deal with it? (I do shut the door on the mess all over their rooms, it's just the bed making I still find myself doing.)
Your thoughts?
I rarely make my bed (I go in spurts), so I can't be expected to make theirs!
On the rare occasions my boys' beds are made (ha ha) they do it themselves. They're five and seven.
That's some bull , my parents never make my bed.
I never make my bed though, it.
I make my bed every day mainly because we have a dog and a cat that are very opportunistic! I've been able to get my kids to get their beds made about 50% of the time this summer, but once school starts
I'll end up doing it myself!
i never got the fuss over parents wanting the beds made... ok it's for appearance or whatever... but if youre not having company over... it... why waste time doing something that will be undone in a few hours and go actually enjoy that time doing something you like?
All our bedrooms are upstairs, which is one reason I'm not that anal about it. If I lived in a one story, I'm sure the beds would be made.
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It's not about appearances to me.
I think it's just more comfortable to get in a bed that's made rather than have to fight to straighten the covers after a long day.
And it takes one minute.
I am the wife/mother so I guess that's why I'm the one asking!
And I'm so glad my husband has a different opinion, he's made our bed at least as much as I have.
i think it's more uncomfortable to get into a made bed... if it's too tight you have to make a hassle to get the sheets untucked and to get under them. i sleep diagonally so my sheets end up ed no matter what.
my mom used to make me do that when i was like 5 years old...
I agree; I think a made bed feels "fresher" to climb into. With my kids rooms, although they are all upstairs, it just seems like the room is a little neater if the bed is made when I close the door on all the other mess. It's all for myself I guess.
I guess that's me too.
Same thing, their rooms are upstairs, I shut the doors when the mess is beyond my tolerence level.
But I still make their beds sometimes, like you said it's neater. And nicer to climb into.
And they both seem to appreciate it when I do it. They never say anything when I don't but they always say thanks when I do.
It goes by so fast. Maybe a part of me likes that I still can make their bed. All too soon they'll be out on their own and the rooms will be empty. And those beds will be made forever.
I always made my own bed.
But not because I was told to. I was (am) just a bit of an OCD child.
Sometimes that can be a good thing.
Sometimes not.
I make the beds every day because I like them that way. I learned long ago not to expect others to perform to the same level of neatness that I like-- so if I want it that way, I do it. My house is always neat; poeple tell me it looks like no one lives there.
My girls are 1 and 3 - they share a full sized platform mattress (no innerspring) on the floor.
and they make thier bed themselves.
ofcourse, their is not much to it. the fitted sheet stays put of course, and thier is no top sheet - just thier personal blankets which they usually lay out in the exact middle of the bed an put their baby dolls on.
I think they make thier bed more than I make my own.
I have a comforter that stays permantly folded onteh bench at the end of the bed, and we just sleep in the flannel sheets. So even tho I only have to straighten a sheet in the morning - I rarely do.
The way I always felt about making my bed, and tried to pitch to my mother but she never took my side, was that if I'm going to sleep in the same bed the next night and it up all over again, what's the point of making it in the first place?
These days I live alone, and I pass out more than I fall asleep, so I don't really care. I'm sure my mother still wouldn't approve.
my parents stopped cleaning my room when I was 11. I've cleaned my room, and made my bed ever since then.
My parents don't make me make my bed anymore, unless we have company coming over. I explained to them that the reason I didn't make it was because I liked to be able to go up to bed at night, click my bedside lamp off, and just throw the covers over myself without having to un-make a made bed. Same with cleaning my room...unless it's really bad, or we have company....I dunno. My mom's kind of a neat freak, but as long as you can walk through my room, I call that good enough.
That's good enough for my kids too. If they leave me a clear path to the closet, I'm okay with it.
Yeah. I just need to be able to get to my closet, my bed, and my desk if I have Fate (Yeah, I named my laptop) up there.
The clear path on the floor matters to me. I like not tripping if I need to go in there.
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