Shocking poll shows 30 % of people wash their bedding once a year

As for my clothes, one and done. Upon coming home, they go into the wash. Not so much because I'm concerned about dirt or grime but because I'm concerned about covid germs and other naughtiness. I wash my floors with Pine Sol every time I go outside my apartment even if it's just to check my mail or to dump the garbage.

Re my bedsheets, I do them once a month. I would do them every two weeks but do not have a washer machine so I wash them and all my garments by hand. I drip dry the sheets in the bathroom and use my electric fan to dry them as quickly as possible.
 

oldiebutgoody said:
As for my clothes, one and done. Upon coming home, they go into the wash. Not so much because I'm concerned about dirt or grime but because I'm concerned about covid germs and other naughtiness. I wash my floors with Pine Sol every time I go outside my apartment even if it's just to check my mail or to dump the garbage.

Re my bedsheets, I do them once a month. I would do them every two weeks but do not have a washer machine so I wash them and all my garments by hand. I drip dry the sheets in the bathroom and use my electric fan to dry them as quickly as possible.
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You wash your floors every time you go out? That's a little over the top for me.
 
Packerjohn said:
OH MY! You want to sleep in a stinky bed I guess you can. Not this ole' Packer! I love fresh laundered clothes and bed sheets. I do laundry every Saturday morning. One Saturday I do all my personal laundry and the next Saturday I do my bed sheets; including pillow cases. Simple Math will tell you that I wash my own clothes 26 X every year and I wash my bedding 26 X every year. Love to go to sleep in fresh bedsheets.

I still miss my cottage days when the bed sheets were hung outside to dry. That was heaven. You know when I see men with those huge unkept beards that need washing, I imagine that their beds are pretty much the same. It is a shame that so many people show absolutely no shame in the clothes they wear, the dirty cars they drive, the beards they carry and the beds they sleep in. Even "Porky the Pig" showed some class!

By the way, ladies, how would you like a blind date with the guy in the photo?
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Id have to be blind to go outwith this. šŸ˜‚
 
Gaer said:
You know hotels only wash their bedspreads once a year or so, don't you?
Think of all the bodies and stuff that have sat on them!
If I stay at a hotel, the first thing I do is pull off the spread.
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Those hotels with the old-style heavily patterned spreads were creepy.

Now most hotels have triple sheeting. Fitted bottom sheet, and two flats around the duvet. All three sheets get washed.
 
Between different people, there is a significant difference in the degree of how dirty or smelly people may make their clothes or bed sheets. Personally I'm naturally near the extreme clean end of the Bell Curve and have a high threshold for sweating. When I wear the same socks for a few days hiking, little smell results. In groups, mosquitoes bother me the least. Have a strong sense of smell and do not like body odors. Am much aware of how some people have naturally strong body odors even soon after say showering. For such people washing frequently is a wise practice.

Also where one lives can make a significant difference. I've lived in warm humid climates like the Gulf Coast where even I was sweaty. Dry cool climates like here in the SF Bay Area are much easier to stay clean in. Here I may wear under clothes just a day or two while outer clothing like blue jeans may wash infrequently. I don't sleep between bed sheets but rather on top of one that gets washed every few weeks.

I've backpacked in wilderness each summer an average of 4 trips averaging 4 days over decades. Hiking on dusty horse trails can indeed be a grubby activity and this small old guy of 138# carrying 60 pounds on my back up mountain trails does make me sweat. The majority of Western backpackers don't wash during trips because mountain water is chilly even in summer. Being someone that dislikes being grubby, smelly, or sticky, this person dunks into even the coldest lake or stream every day. Thus my $300 goose down sleeping bag can be used without ever washing for a few years of two dozen days per year sleeping, without ever developing smell or dirt except around the head end.
 
hollydolly said:
OMG... ! :oops:

In a survey of 2,000 people last year, 30 per cent of those asked confessed they wash their bedding once a year or less, while a further 38 per cent said they washed their coats the same amount.
Over a quarter of those asked admitted they only washed their cushions and blankets once a year, while a further 18 per cent washed their jeans just as infrequently.
When it comes to washing underwear, the majority of women said they washed their undergarments after every wear, while a quarter of men admitted to washing their underwear after every five washes.
When it comes to age, millennials are the cleanest with 17 per cent washing clothing after one wear, while 65+ year-olds have the lowest percentage of those who wash after one use with 13 per cent.


I can't even imagine this... ! I wash bedding every week... the comforters get done every 4 weeks, cushions, pillows and throws every 4 weeks ... my jeans every 2nd wear... my coats get washed several times a year... and of course my underwear after every wear..

How on earth are a massive 1 in 3 people being so dirty ?>.ugh!!:sick:
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hollydolly said:
In a survey of 2,000 people last year, 30 per cent of those asked confessed they wash their bedding once a year or less
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Well no wonder no one has bothered to invent sheets that are easier to put on the bed. I wash my sheets on average every other week, but I really don't like having to tug the mattress out enough to reach the corners, and the horrible way one corner pops up when I do another corner. When I get older I think I will pay someone to come in once a month and put 4 sheets on and then I'll just peel one off each week!
 
HoneyNut said:
Well no wonder no one has bothered to invent sheets that are easier to put on the bed. I wash my sheets on average every other week, but I really don't like having to tug the mattress out enough to reach the corners, and the horrible way one corner pops up when I do another corner. When I get older I think I will pay someone to come in once a month and put 4 sheets on and then I'll just peel one off each week!
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What a brilliant idea why has no-one thought of that before now ? šŸ˜œ...but you're so right, it's the lifting of each corner of a heavy mattress to try and fit the sheets that puts me off changing bedding on a daily basis so it has to stay at weekly...
 
oldiebutgoody said:
I leave my apartment only about 2 or 3 times per week. When I do, I check my mail, throw out garbage, and dispose of recycles. Thus, this is not a daily task. But remember ~ cleanliness is next to godliness! :)
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Forgot to mention that I live in a small apartment - therefore, it is no great task to mop the floors. Very easy and done within a matter of minutes.
 
Awww it just builds character.
timoc said:

Shocking poll shows 30 % of people wash their bedding once a year​


Reading this thread makes me wonder why 'naturism' isn't more popular. Bedrooms could be a thing of the past with everyone sleeping in a hot tub, then the population would then all be nice and clean.
Well, I'd give it a go. :)
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I shower a couple times a day and wash the towels daily. ;)

Carpets in hotel rooms bother me more than the bed sheets, I wonder if they ever get deep cleaned.
 
hollydolly said:
OMG... ! :oops:

In a survey of 2,000 people last year, 30 per cent of those asked confessed they wash their bedding once a year or less, while a further 38 per cent said they washed their coats the same amount.
Over a quarter of those asked admitted they only washed their cushions and blankets once a year, while a further 18 per cent washed their jeans just as infrequently.
When it comes to washing underwear, the majority of women said they washed their undergarments after every wear, while a quarter of men admitted to washing their underwear after every five washes.
When it comes to age, millennials are the cleanest with 17 per cent washing clothing after one wear, while 65+ year-olds have the lowest percentage of those who wash after one use with 13 per cent.


I can't even imagine this... ! I wash bedding every week... the comforters get done every 4 weeks, cushions, pillows and throws every 4 weeks ... my jeans every 2nd wear... my coats get washed several times a year... and of course my underwear after every wear..

How on earth are a massive 1 in 3 people being so dirty ?>.ugh!!:sick:
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Same for me, but I usually wash bedding every 10 days.
 
Gardenlover said:
What did people do before washing machines were invented?
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well washing machines had been invented but until I was about 9 years old when my mother could eventually afford a single tub washer , and a separate wringer which clamped on the sink ( she had 6 to wash for )... she did the washing in the Bath.... and we all helped to try and wring out the clothing with our little hands, and then they were hung outside, sometimes took days to get dry enough to be brought in to hang on the kitchen pulley ..

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