You don't need to remake the bed just for sitting on it, you just need to adjust the bed sheets for five seconds.
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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- I rotate when I sleep so if the sheets etc aren't tucked in I'll rotate them off the bed then wake up cold.
- I have dogs and having the comforter covering the entire bed keeps the parts I touch clean and comfortable
But have you considered not wanting to lose something you toss on the bed?
Only if you get nothing from it.
I'll go you a step further on point number 1. When i get out of bed, my bedding is still mostly in the position that i slept in. So when i don't make the bed i can go into again with everything mostly how i like it arranged for sleep. If i "make" the bed then later when I'm getting ready for sleep i have to do a bunch of rearranging the bedding to get stuff how i like it positioned. It's massively better to just be able to get right back into my perfect sleep position when it's time for bed
My SO hates sheet wrinkles so for them it’s not performative.
I’d be fine with an assortment or flat sheets and blankets loosely rolled into a ball that I could both lay inside or on top of.
Don't make your bed then? I hope you're being facetious, cuz all I'm getting from this is two things:
You are obsessively preoccupied with other people
You are irrationally critical of people's behavior that has literally nothing to do with you.
Truthfully; no one gives a fuck about you or your bed. Go outside
Might just be a kid being Rebellious
Probably just hating on Jordan Peterson and venting. I get it - I don't like making the bed, but it's not like there just aren't benefits of doing so lol
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Having a tidy living space helps to provide some, and myself, with mental clarity. Honestly not sure how much of this is backed by science, and I'm lazy and don't want to look it up, but it seems to be true from personal experience.
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If you have a thin sheet and a duvet, that stupid thin sheet can get all fucked up over time and you have to take the whole duvet off to fix the thin sheet and then making the bed becomes a much more annoying process. Doing at least a quick tidy up each night helps prevent having to do all of that.
Like you said, they should just leave others to living life the way they want to if it helps them and isn't hurting anyone else. That's like if someone said they hate it if someone eats broccoli from the stem first instead of the top. Like, who cares they're eating healthy, leave them alone lol
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I do it because when my house is neat and tidy, I'm motivated to do other things.
having a dirty room is a pile of work that goes on my backlog. if the backlog is too big, I can't get anything done.
making my bed is an easy way to knock things off my list and stay motivated.
But if you just decided to never do it instead, your backlog would be smaller...
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It makes it more comfortable to sleep in.
I have absolutely no idea where that comes from. Do you all sleep like Dracula? My bedding is usually tussled about within minutes of me laying in bed. Blankets balled up for knee support, one leg sticking out for temperature venting. I couldn't imagine sliding under the covers and laying perfectly supine like Vladimir Lenin.
Lol, it's not about "laying perfectly supine", it's about what you are laying on. Yes, you will probably get a couple of small wrinkles by just getting in bed and getting comfortable, but if you never make your bed you will be laying on hundreds of very big wrinkles. To me the comfort level of laying in a made bed and a super messy one is night and day. If you can't tell a difference, consider yourself lucky.
Pro tip: instead of balling up your blankets for knee support, keep an extra pillow on your bed specifically for that purpose. I have an old "king size" pillow I use that supports me from balls to ankles. It has helped my back tremendously.
One way to solve that would be get linen bed sheets. Expensive, yes, but linen is basically pre-wrinkled and gets softer with age. Instead of hundreds of very big wrinkles you'll have thousands of basically permanent small wrinkles. If it really gets bad you can just throw em in the dryer on cool and let that de-wrinkle them but I find it easier to just lean into the wrinkled "cottage" look.
If you tuck in your bed every morning you have a nice tucked bed with fewer wrinkles at night. Yes I am a princess, yes that is a pea, and so I am making my bed and tucking the edges. Grandma would be proud.
I make my bed because my dog likes to lie in my bed during the day and this keeps the majority of his hair/dirt/dander off my sheets and on top of an easily washable blanket. Also, it prevents lots of wrinkles and lumps in the sheets/blankets when sleeping. Both bother me and my sensory issues, especially because I sleep in the buff and my skin is sensitive to whatever is directly touching it. I can't even leave my room in the morning without making my bed because it feels wrong in my head, I don't make it for anyone but myself
On point three, many find it soothing to tear into something neat and clean. Some get comfort from the act of making something pristine, then get comfort again by surrounding themselves with it right at bedtime. It even helps some sleep.
That said, this is unpopular opinion and it doesn't help you so we understand your based take.
Personally, I like my bed about 80-90% pristine. I don't want to waste a ton of time neatening it up in the morning, and I don't want to have to fight with a fully tucked sheet to get into bed, but I do get a little comfort out of having it be relatively presentable and not having to struggle at 2am to unoragami my bedspread when my feet are cold.
I don't do it because I'm lazy, and I'm just going to pull it apart again in a few hours.
You do you but making your bed will get you laid
unpopular opinion: beds are overrated, just get a bunch of blankets as a mattress and cover and sleep on the floor.
but also there's a difference between "putting the pillow and cover back into place" and "spending half an hour removing every wrinkle and imperfection". The former is so quick that one might as well do it, the latter feels neurotic
… said someone who isn’t interested in having a relationship?