Do you use a top sheet?

[MACKTEXAS]

I use a top sheet and never thought of not doing so.

 

[Jules]

Yes. It’s much easier to change the bedding with a top sheet and blanket or duvet. My present duvet cover is dry clean or wash carefully. As season change I go from sheet, to sheet with light blanket, to sheet with two blankets, then sheet with duvet.

 

[Trade]

"You get two sheets. Every Saturday, you put the clean sheet on the top... the top sheet on the bottom... and the bottom sheet you turn in to the laundry boy. Any man turns in the wrong sheet spends a night in the box."

 

[Llynn]

I stopped using a top sheet in the Navy and continued that practice when I became a civilian. I wear pajamas so they protect my comforter. I only use one high quality down pillow too. Making my bed in the morning is a cinch.

 

[Brookswood]

I don’t care for the feel of most blankets on my skin. A 100% cotton sheet feels the best, especially after it’s been laundered a few times.

 

[Murrmurr]

Seems much more common in US then or perhaps in older age group. Very common here to use only a fitted sheet and a duvet.
You can buy fitted sheets singly, you don't have to buy them in a set.

I think you're right; it's common in the US but not so much elsewhere.

We don't use a top sheet. My wife (of 4yrs) thought that was weird at first, but she adjusted. I stopped using a top sheet when I was in a serious relationship with a lady from Syria...who thought top sheets were weird.

I'm pretty sure the idea of top sheets is so you don't have to wash your blankets very often. But modern blankets hold up to washing better than home-made quilts and wool blankets of the old days.

 

[LadyEmeraude]

I use a top sheet…

Don’t have to wash blankets as often..

 

[GoodEnuff]

I, too, use a top sheet. Currently, there are three blankets on the bed. A very thin, lightweight blanket for those barely cool nights. On top of that, a 100% wool, heavy one for cold nights. Then another fuzzy, soft WalMart blanket for the very cold nights. I place another sheet on top of that to keep it protected from the dogs. I never know how much will be needed so they're all "just in case".

 

[jujube]

I really like a top sheet. I've noticed that a lot of hotels have gotten away from using top sheets. I don't like that. GIVE ME TOP SHEETS OR GIVE ME DEATH!!! I'll bet Patrick Henry liked top sheets, too.

 

[Lilac]

Yes.

 

[January]

"You get two sheets. Every Saturday, you put the clean sheet on the top... the top sheet on the bottom...

thats what we used to do in our family when we were growing up (but not neccesarily Saturday) - put the top sheet to the bottom and the bottom sheet out to wash , put fresh sheet on as top sheet- the advent of fitted sheets has meant top and bottom sheets aren't interchangeable now though

 

[January]

I use a top sheet…

Don’t have to wash blankets as often..

in response to this and similar comments - people who don't use top sheets tend not to use blankets but to use duvets with removable covers - these are usually made from washable cotton, same as sheets, and just get washed with the sheet.