Do you use a top sheet?
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Llynn
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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
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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
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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
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I use a top sheet…
Don’t have to wash blankets as often..
Don’t have to wash blankets as often..
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
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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
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Yes.
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
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.
Tommy
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- New Hampshire
We inherited a goose down duvet with a removable cover when my mother passed away. I agree with @DebraMae. Stuffing the duvet back into the cover is a major pain.Having to wash and put back on that duvet cover sucks. I will always have a top sheet.
We used it for a very short time and then gave it away.
debodun
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- way upstate in New York, USA
I don't use any sheets. I sleep between two comforters.
RedAlert76
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- Ashland Ks
We do use top sheet- he thinks it is necessary , not me.
Also I really think doing this is good..having your own covers on the bed for each of you is good is idea.
I read about it, but he probably would not like that either..sigh
Also I really think doing this is good..having your own covers on the bed for each of you is good is idea.
I read about it, but he probably would not like that either..sigh
StarSong
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Same for me - both comments.
RadishRose
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Yes
jujube
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Speaking of sheets.....the unfitted ones, which were all we had in the olden days.
My mother was very frugal and when the sheets started to wear out in the middle, she'd cut them in two and sew the two former outside edges together and make a new hem on the new outside edges.
The sheet would be good for a few more years. Then they'd either be made into pillowcases or relegated to the carefully-curated ragbag.
Remember when you'd get a tiny little hole in the sheet and your big toe was drawn to that hole like a bee to nectar? We'd have to remember to tell Mom about the hole before it got bigger, so she could darn it or put on a patch.
As I said, Mom was frugal.
My mother was very frugal and when the sheets started to wear out in the middle, she'd cut them in two and sew the two former outside edges together and make a new hem on the new outside edges.
The sheet would be good for a few more years. Then they'd either be made into pillowcases or relegated to the carefully-curated ragbag.
Remember when you'd get a tiny little hole in the sheet and your big toe was drawn to that hole like a bee to nectar? We'd have to remember to tell Mom about the hole before it got bigger, so she could darn it or put on a patch.
As I said, Mom was frugal.
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We just can't walk into Walmart and find duvets with fitted covers, the way you can go in Marks and Sparks and find them. Here sheets are sold in sets with one fitted bottom sheet, one fitted top sheet and two pillow cases. Duvets are harder to find and pretty expensive.
So we Americans usually sleep between both sheets, with either blankets or comforters or quilts on top. We then wash the two sheets and pillow cases once a week and the blanket/comforters/ quilts just a few times a year.
Unless you sleep with an incontinent old dog and have to wash the whole set up right down through the mattress pad every few days.
Teacher Terry
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Yes of course. It sounds like a lot more work to use the duvet and I’ve never done it.
Teacher Terry
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Isn’t that a lot of work having to wash 2 comforters frequently?
Darn right! I'm amazed at people who can sleep in the summertime with nothing over them at all!Yes, everybody knows the boogyman won't get you if youre covered with a top sheet.
I use both fitted on bottom, top sheet above. Right now the only other cover on my be is a down comforter. In summer I was using a very thin lightweigh comforter.