Never, ever, ever, make your bed.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Making your bed in the morning provides protection and security for bugs.

The mighty house dust mite. Actually, it’s not mighty at all. These microscopic little buggers are running rampant in your bed (sorry, but it’s true). In fact, the average bed can be home to 1.5 million of them. House dust mites feed on human skin scales (ew), so they love to take up residence with us under the sheets. The allergens they produce (which are actually the mites’ poop) are easily inhaled during sleep and are a major cause of illnesses like asthma. They don’t exactly help dust allergies, either.

It only makes sense, then, that when we sweat and roll around during the night, our skin is flaking off everywhere, the sheets are dampening, and the mites are having a feast. In the morning, if we pull up the sheets and make our beds immediately, all of the skin scales, sweat and mites will be trapped underneath.

But, friends, if we don’t make our bed, the mites, the scales, the sweat, all of it, will be exposed to fresh air and light.

If company's coming at least wait till the end of the day to make it tidy.

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1,500,000 of...

[Clodfobble]

This is a battle I've been waging with Mr. Clod since the day we first shared a bed. The end result is we fold the sheet and blanket down very neatly half way, like turn down service at a fancy hotel.

[Griff]

Pete and I are anti-makers but at bed time she likes some organization. I'd rather sleep in a nest of leaves.

[Gravdigr]

Never, ever, ever, make your bed.

I never, ever, ever, do. But I change my sheets more often than most guys do, though.

[BigV]

Like much of the rest of our personal lives, Twil and I are of complimentary attitudes about bedmaking. Unlike much of the rest of our lives, I am regularly teased about my need to "specify" the sheets and blankets before bedtime (preferably upon rising). Like you Griff, she'd be happy to sleep in a nest of (1000 count Egyptian cotton) leaves.

[BigV]

So they die of dehydration in the course of one exposed day.

*scoff*

[xoxoxoBruce]

Preventive Strategies for Dust Mites
Use a dehumidifier or air conditioner to maintain relative humidity at about 50% or below.
Encase your mattress and pillows in dust-proof or allergen impermeable covers (available from specialty supply mail order companies, bedding and some department stores).
Wash all bedding and blankets once a week in hot water (at least 130 - 140°F) to kill dust mites. Non-washable bedding can be frozen overnight to kill dust mites.
Replace wool or feathered bedding with synthetic materials and traditional stuffed animals with washable ones.
If possible, replace wall-to-wall carpets in bedrooms with bare floors (linoleum, tile or wood) and remove fabric curtains and upholstered furniture.
Use a damp mop or rag to remove dust. Never use a dry cloth since this just stirs up mite allergens.
Use a vacuum cleaner with either a double-layered microfilter bag or a HEPA filter to trap allergens that pass through a vacuum's exhaust.
Wear a mask while vacuuming to avoid inhaling allergens, and stay out of the vacuumed area for 20 minutes to allow any dust and allergens to settle after vacuuming.

SOURCE: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - National Institutes of Health. Dust Mites..

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[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by BigV

So they die of dehydration in the course of one exposed day.

*scoff*

You might not kill them, but you might decrease their reproductive rate.

[Sundae]

I don't have any allergies I'm aware of. Oh - occasional hayfever, which affects me outside of my bedroom.
My main reason for sneezin' is only ever sunlight.

So if I want to share my bed with a cast of 1,500,000, I will.

[it]

...I do realize that wasn't the OP point, but I am not high enough on self-preservation body-temple thing to really engage with the point. It's like watching documentaries about facebugs, my reaction is somewhere between a "cool" and a *shrug* .Now, the discomfort of having to actually make your bed, that I can relate too.

[elSicomoro]

Originally Posted by Griff

Pete and I are anti-makers but at bed time she likes some organization. I'd rather sleep in a nest of leaves.

My ex-wife started me on this. Sometimes I do it, most of the time not.

[bbro]

Finally - an excuse for me to continue being lazy

[monster]

when will you people discover duvets?

[classicman]

I have one - King sized. Its like sleeping under dead hobos ... weighs a ton and makes one 1000 degrees. no no no

[monster]

then you need a lighter one, duh!