# Is your bed made? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 19, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828 "2025-06-19T01:13:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/1 "2025-06-19T01:13:24Z")
Right this minute, is your bed made? Is it normally made? Do you make it or does someone else? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/2 "2025-06-19T01:23:01Z")
Always made. I sleep on top of the comforter, sometimes putting a blanket on me. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/3 "2025-06-19T01:23:31Z")
Yup, either my wife or I make it every morning. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/4 "2025-06-19T01:25:17Z")
Nope, it gets made on Sunday when I change the sheets. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/5 "2025-06-19T01:25:52Z")
Sheets are pulled back airing out, after I spritz the linens this evening I remake it tuck it in plump the pillows and dive in diagonally across my QLM. What about you? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/6 "2025-06-19T01:26:00Z")
I got in the habit of making my bed every morning in US Navy boot camp. That particular habit never left me. It’s the first thing I usually do. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/7 "2025-06-19T01:27:59Z")
Nope. The bed is pretty much never made. Never saw the point. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/8 "2025-06-19T01:28:18Z")
Not exactly. Very roughly squared up is it’s usual state (comforter, sheets, plus thin fleece blanket as a topper to contain cat hair to an easily washed item). I will fully make it up only when doing a full sheet change which I do every mumble days. Occasionally when I’m feeling a wee bit more slovenly, it doesn’t even get the very rough squared up treatment ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/9 "2025-06-19T01:29:41Z")
I almost never bother to make my bed. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/10 "2025-06-19T01:29:51Z")
Nope. When i wash the sheets, i make the bed. That’s pretty much the only time i make the bed. If I’m going to use the bed as a clean surface for sorting laundry or packing, I’ll smooth out the covers, but i won’t actually tuck anything in, or even smooth out my husband’s side ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/11 "2025-06-19T01:34:00Z")
Yes. Nearly always. Made before breakfast as a rule. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/12 "2025-06-19T01:36:04Z")
Yes, and now I have to lie in it. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/13 "2025-06-19T01:37:58Z")
Sorta made. We pull the sheet and cover(s) mostly smooth when we get up. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/14 "2025-06-19T01:38:52Z")
Yes, it’s always made except when I am in it sleeping. I’ve been making my bed every day for over 60 years. Some habits are hard to break. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/15 "2025-06-19T01:42:11Z")
Nope, though because I use a weighted blanket, my side kind of looks a bit like it’s turned down for the night as I just flip one corner over to get up. My husband’s side is much more rumpled. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/16 "2025-06-19T01:48:33Z")
Yes, made. I didn’t used to, but then discovered I sleep much better in a bed that’s straight. So I worked to develop the habit and never lost it. It takes about 45 seconds to do. Worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/17 "2025-06-19T01:49:29Z")
Nope and I stopped using sheets years ago. Just use multiple blankets and a comforter. Sleep between blankets, the amount depends on the weather. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/18 "2025-06-19T01:53:19Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Nope. The bed is pretty much never made. Never saw the point. Ditto…I’m part chimp I think which I guess is actually true and my bed is a **nest** of silk pillows and light covers. I particularly hate going into hotels with tight sheets that confine my feet 🤬 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/19 "2025-06-19T02:17:14Z")
An unmade bed is inviting, I can go upstairs & get right in; don’t need to remove decorative pillow or take off comforters. & hotel operators, I do not want to sleep in an envelope, sealed up on three sides; before I get in I have to untuck everything so that my feet can move. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828/20 "2025-06-19T02:21:00Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > & hotel operators, I do not want to sleep in an envelope, sealed up on three sides; before I get in I have to untuck everything so that my feet can move. I get that, but I once had a good friend who insisted on making the bed very tightly every day because she felt the constriction was comforting when she was going to sleep. Kind of a similar concept to swaddling an infant. I’ve never liked it, but I get it. Hotels can’t really win on this one, so they go the neater route for presentation’s sake. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828.md?page=2)