Poll: Do you make your bed? Why?

[Caligulove]

When I can, most of the time I'm out the door pretty quickly to notice it.

But if I have company... that I think might be in the proximity of my bed... or possibly in it. I always make sure to have the bed made

 

[Claymorez]

Some very interesting results so far!

I had expected most people to say they made their bed!

Any other reasons people can find for or for not making their bed?

 

[Mechsoap]

im forced to thats why

 

[Kenjitsuka]

Making it traps heat and that is beneficial to the mites that live there.
So keep it off your bed

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

I make my bed if someone's coming round and they'll be going into my room for some reason, but otherwise I don't bother. I tend to use my bed as a dumping ground for stuff I use during the day (work related items, books, guitars, other assorted crap), so making it, only to then dump things on it, seems like a waste of my time really, when I could just leave it.

 

[steampunk42]

it makes me feel like my room is not a total pig-sty

 

['Aredor]

I'm too lazy to check whether someone's already said that but here goes: making your bed is actually quite a bad idea, since it provides ideal living conditions for mites, according to some scientists [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4181629.stm]

But that's not the (main) reason I don't do it, I'm just too lazy. I do agree that it makes the room look tidier, though, so I tend to do it right before I have some friends over, if only to hide some of my used clothing under the blanket.

But I do hang it out to air regularly (since that's also bad for the mites) and change the sheets every three to four weeks.

 

[dmjewelle]

"Making the bed" has always been defined as folding my blanket and that's it.

So that's what I do every morning.

 

[JudgeRicand]

No, mostly because I'm going to sleep in it again in a few hours. Sort of a waste of time.

 

[sogortheogre]

No, because it is just going to get messed up again that night anyway; I will make it up if my grandparents are coming to visit or something like that.

 

[breadlord]

My bed is already made when I wake up. My bed is too short for me. when I sleep under the covers, my feet stick out and get cold. Then I wake up. Turn myself into a ball, and repeat.

So I just let them get cold.

 

[Arfreid]

I do it because my room looks like a mess when I dont, even if everything else is in order.

And besides, I think is an eyesore to see an unmade bed.

 

[Always_Remain]

Why would I? So I could mess it up later?

 

[SeanTheSheep]

Yeah, I make it every day before I leave the house. I rarely change the sheets though.

Why?
Because it looks nicer and more comforting when I go into my bedroom to find it immaculate.
It's one of the two rooms in my house I keep properly tidy, and even then, the coffee table in the living room has stuff scattered across it.
And it only takes half a minute to do properly, maybe two minutes if someone is visiting and will be in our bedroom for whatever reason.

 

[Sodoff]

YEs every day

its look nice!

 

[dontcallmemuffin]

no, never have the time

 

[The Bum]

i make my bed due to sheer force of habit.

but i always perfer the couch or the floor to a bed.