Bed sheets; tucked, untucked, none?

[Bravo Company]

I was making the guest room bed in my house and I decided to tuck the sheets in because it just made the room look nicer and I figured that if someone prefers to have their bed sheets tucked in then they could be more comfortable. Whereas if someone prefers them not to be tucked in, it doesn't take too much to pull them out.

I then began to ponder, who actually enjoys having their bed sheets tucked in? I'm 6 feet tall, so my feet are usually always near the end of the bed. A tucked bed sheet pulls my feet down and causes discomfort. Therefor whenever I get in bed and the sheets are tucked in, I immediately have to untuck them. Some of my friends don't even bother to make their bed, or have a fitted sheet that hugs the mattress, but none of them prefer to have their sheets tucked in.


Edit:

To clarify any confusion

Spoiler: tucked in bed sheets

Spoiler: Un-tucked bed sheets

 

[Roxas1359]

I guess I'll go with none. By that, I mean that I don't use bed sheets at all. I do put on sheets because my parents tell me to, but I only use one blanket at night and just sleep on top of the comforter. This all stems from the fact that I'm lazy and don't want to make me bed later. Well that and the sheets go everywhere since I unconsciously toss and turn when I sleep.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Tucked at the back, but only with the flappy bit. I like having the sides at the end untucked so my feet can get some fresh air if I so desire, and when it gets too nippy it's right back to the middle where it's warm and tucked.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Untucked? I never knew that you can tuck in your bedsheet in the first place!

 

[shootthebandit]

Untucked. Also I never make my bed, whats the point when you are just about to climb into it again? I have fitted sheets too because its way easier

 

[Bravo Company]

Untucked? I never knew that you can tuck in your bedsheet in the first place!

Spoiler: are you ready to behold such a thing?

Ta da! The more annoying and immensely uncomfortable tucked in bed sheet!

Comes with a buff to room tidiness

 

[Scarim Coral]

Untucked? I never knew that you can tuck in your bedsheet in the first place!

Spoiler: are you ready to behold such a thing?

Ta da! The more annoying and immensely uncomfortable tucked in bed sheet!

Comes with a buff to room tidiness

Oh wait my bad! I was thinking of the blanket being tucked in! In saying so however I didn't know there are loose bedsheet (the sheet that goes above the mattress right before I act more like an idiot). The ones I always seen are the elastic at the the edge meaning it's meant to be tucked in!

Ok in that case, I always have it tucked in!

 

[MysticSlayer]

I tuck it in tightly at the foot of the bed but leave the sides untucked. By the morning, though, the sheets have often become fully untucked due to how restless of a sleeper I apparently am.

 

[Norithics]

Tucking in sheets is for soulless automatons who don't need to reposition themselves 57 times before sleeping.

Like my boyfriend, who I swear to fucking god is a vampire. Over a decade together, he never moved once while sleeping.

 

[Happiness Assassin]

Tucked in, because I am not an animal. Next you are going to ask whether toilet paper rolls go under or over.

 

[CpT_x_Killsteal]

We're talking about the sheets that are the closest layer to the mattress right? Of course they're tucked in, how else would they stay there?

Actually, the ones in Australia are made so they don't really have to be "tucked". The have corners and just stretch over the corners of my mattress. There's literally no tucking involved.

 

[michael87cn]

Untucked, I have big feet, like, really big feet. My feet hurt if the sheets are tucked in. Also, I generate a lot of body heat so I don't need much bedding to keep me warm, even in winter. I often times just have some sheets draped over my thighs/belly and leave everything else uncovered.

If a bed is tucked in, I yank it all out.

I also never make my bed... noticing a pattern. Big feet pplz in the house, yo!

 

[Bravo Company]

Untucked? I never knew that you can tuck in your bedsheet in the first place!

Spoiler: are you ready to behold such a thing?

Ta da! The more annoying and immensely uncomfortable tucked in bed sheet!

Comes with a buff to room tidiness

Oh wait my bad! I was thinking of the blanket being tucked in! In saying so however I didn't know there are loose bedsheet (the sheet that goes above the mattress right before I act more like an idiot). The ones I always seen are the elastic at the the edge meaning it's meant to be tucked in!

Ok in that case, I always have it tucked in!

The sheet with the elastic is the fitted sheet, or that's what I've been told its called all my life. I could have been lied too the whole time.

We're talking about the sheets that are the closest layer to the mattress right? Of course they're tucked in, how else would they stay there?

Actually, the ones in Australia are made so they don't really have to be "tucked". The have corners and just stretch over the corners of my mattress. There's literally no tucking involved.

I'm talking about the comforter/sheets in between the comforter and the sheet with elastic. The fitted sheet (the one with elastic) obviously stays on the mattress, unless you're my friend that I was referring to in my OP. He doesn't sleep with a fitted sheet, just sleeps on the mattress and with blankets on that.

 

[seventy two]

I sleep between my comforter and the fitted sheet, everything else is not necessary for me.

 

[CpT_x_Killsteal]

Untucked? I never knew that you can tuck in your bedsheet in the first place!

Spoiler: are you ready to behold such a thing?

Ta da! The more annoying and immensely uncomfortable tucked in bed sheet!

Comes with a buff to room tidiness

Oh wait my bad! I was thinking of the blanket being tucked in! In saying so however I didn't know there are loose bedsheet (the sheet that goes above the mattress right before I act more like an idiot). The ones I always seen are the elastic at the the edge meaning it's meant to be tucked in!

Ok in that case, I always have it tucked in!

The sheet with the elastic is the fitted sheet, or that's what I've been told its called all my life. I could have been lied too the whole time.

We're talking about the sheets that are the closest layer to the mattress right? Of course they're tucked in, how else would they stay there?

Actually, the ones in Australia are made so they don't really have to be "tucked". The have corners and just stretch over the corners of my mattress. There's literally no tucking involved.

I'm talking about the comforter/sheets in between the comforter and the sheet with elastic. The fitted sheet (the one with elastic) obviously stays on the mattress, unless you're my friend that I was referring to in my OP. He doesn't sleep with a fitted sheet, just sleeps on the mattress and with blankets on that.

Wait a sec, so people sleep under a sheet? I always figured it was just, doonahs(comforter?), blankets, or nothing. A sheet wouldn't be very warm to sleep under, and if it's hot, I can't see sleeping under it then either.

 

[DirgeNovak]

I often go without during the summer, and when it's cold I just grab a blanket and/or comforter and pull it over me.
I haven't really made my bed in years. Seems kind of pointless to me. I'm just going to mess it up again in 15-18 hours.

 

[Quoth]

If people insist on making me sleep in a bed with sheets they get untucked. I hate that feeling of having my feet pressed down. But on my own bed I use a duvet.

 

[Lethos]

I'm so confused. Here is my (and everyone I know) bed layout in crappy diagram form:

---Duvet---
---Sheet---
-Mattress--

The sheet having elastic that goes around the mattress.

So some people sleep with another layer between the sheet and mattress? I've seen that at hotels, but never people's houses.

 

[Red Mammoth]

I never understand how, or more to the point, why, some people sleep with/in/under (all at the same time) several layers of fabric and cloth. It's sleeping, why do people want to complicate it.

#-You need a Mattress, because the Floor is all mean and uncomfortable, so we lay on top of that.
#-But since we're dirty people and cleaning a Mattress is really, really hard, we have a removable and washable Sheet that protects that fancy Mattress from all our filthyness and keeps us bein lazy.
#-Then we have our snuzzly Blanket/Doona/Hessian Sack that we cover ourselves with/in to keep us all snuggly and warm while we explore Dreamland.

Why is it some people have/want you to have a sheet that protects the blanket, or a sheet that protects the other sheet from being a sheet between it and the Mattress...MADNESS I SAY!

It's a bed...you sleep on it. Simple...

 

[Bravo Company]

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Wait a sec, so people sleep under a sheet? I always figured it was just, doonahs(comforter?), blankets, or nothing. A sheet wouldn't be very warm to sleep under, and if it's hot, I can't see sleeping under it then either.

Every set of bed linens I've ever bought has had a fitted sheet and then a thinner sheet that goes over that. Maybe its an American thing? Everyone I know has their bed setup in a similar fashion.


Perhaps its a pass down from history. Back when comforters had to be used to provide maximum warmth but not necessarily the best in comfort. I imagine having a thinner sheet in between you and a heavy wool blanket would make sleeping a nicer experience.

As for me, sometimes when its excessively hot I'll sleep under only the bed sheet. Sleeping under something makes falling asleep easier for me, I'm not sure why.



Aaaacctually, I just google'd what a doonah was since I've never heard of it. Apparently a donnah replaces the need for bed sheets all together. What I'm calling a comforter is also call an elderdown (according to wikipedia at least). That could explain some of the confusion.