Nrealy 1/3 of People Wash Their Sheets Just Once Per Year!

Why NOT wash them though? It's easy to wash them and not a big deal to put them back on the bed?

If they have pillowcases all that dead skin embeds itself in them.

Herein lies the reason I don't sleep naked either. Nasty.

I like clean bedding. It's easier to sleep in.

Once a year get a box of baking soda and sprinkle it on your mattress generously. Rub it in and let sit for 24 hours. Vacuum.

I do mine after my annual bath, an as a conservation effort, I use the same water.
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Slow news day?

Yes. I put a few drops of tea tree oil in it to dry before sprinkling- to sanitize even more. It's part of the spring cleaning routine.

One thing I never do is wash walls. Baseboards yes, walls no. I just paint them every so many years.

I wash mine four times per year, my jeans twice per year and shower every other day, only using soap in strategic areas (no shampoo). My hair is not greasy and my skin is not oily or dry. Haven't been sick in five years and look 10 years younger than my age. Haven't had the flu shot in 25 years and haven't had the flu since then, either.

I'm a professional and a conservative and have had many long term relationships with beautiful women. Only one has taken issue with my hygiene only because she has OCD.

People who get the annual flu and Covid shots are disgusting. They are also the ones who are hyper concerned with cleanliness and are more often sick. My ex with OCD over contamination issues was sick all the time. Needless to say, I ended that relationship. Not worth the stress and her high cortisone level was likely a major factor why she was always sick, despite her obsessive compulsive cleaning with disinfectants.

The UK bathes less too.. don't lie. Here in the USA, the average is probably closer to every week to once per month. Less than every two months is absolutely gross!

Do you never put anything on your hair?

Just bathe, shower, or wipe yourself with a damp cloth and it's fine. I sleep naked all the time.

"Wipe and wipe 'til the brown leaves town."

I had no idea that so many wash jeans so seldom. The only clothes I don't wash every time I wear them are things that have to be dry cleaned or hand washed- which I seldom have anymore because I don't like to mess with them.

Hair products are bad for you and can give you cancer.

a small percentage of 2,000 from the shithole in London,
i bet that a huge percentage of the 2000 surveyed are not even british nationals.

im no fucking tramp
my family are not tramps.
washing cleaning is a daily routine like many british families. but not all thats for sure.

i work daily in homes of people and believe me ive seen some hellish sights

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i shower 4 times weekly.
thats plenty

Modern plumbing with chlorinated water and healthy diet are the main reasons why our society is less prone to disease, not personal hygiene. Ask any bum who eats halfway decent and never washed his hands.

Wow! So many people have forgotten the reasons why we do things.

You're supposed to wash sheets to avoid getting diseases like meningitis.

It's not hard. You make sure you have at least a couple of sets of sheets. Take the old ones off, put the clean new ones on, then wash the old ones and repeat the process again next week.

You're also supposed to flip the mattress occasionally too.

I make my own shampoo and put lavender and a little lemon and jalapeno pepper juice in it. It makes my scalp healthy and hair grow like crazy.

Same here, we never stop bloomin' gardening.

Jeans get washed as soon as they get grubby, usually about a week or 10 days.

Wtf. 1/3.

You gross bastards.

Many men basically have had to re-learn all the domestic duties these last decades because wifey is too busy on her smartphone after work.

Oh, and rosemary too- the rosemary and lavender are essential oils.

That a big reason why I stopped: It's a waste of time and prematurely wears out your cloths. Of course, change your underwear and use wet wipes, and nobody will know the difference. We are bombarded with personal hygiene and household cleaning products because it is a trillion dollar industry on a global scale. Most of these products do more harm than good to the human body and that causes the "need" for pharmaceuticals, which puts more money in the PTB's pockets.

It's an unnecessary, costly vicious cycle.

I never even thought of it like that. The way I was raised is to wash clothes every time you wear them except for outer garments like coats and jackets.

Reminds me of this...

Life in the 1500's
Next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be...

Here are some facts about life in the 1500's:

1) Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children--last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it -- hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."

2) Houses had thatched roofs--thick straw, piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and other small animals (mice rats, and bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof -- hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

3) There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

4) The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, -- hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entry way -- hence, a "thresh hold."

5) They cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while -- hence the rhyme, "peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old."

6) Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man "could bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."

7) Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with a high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning and death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

8) Most people did not have pewter plates, but had trenchers, a piece of wood with the middle scooped out like a bowl. Often trenchers were made from stale paysan bread which was so old and hard that they could use them for quite some time. Trenchers were never washed and a lot of times worms and mold got into the wood and old bread. After eating off wormy moldy trenchers, one would get "trench mouth."

9) Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust."

10) Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would some times knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up -- hence the custom of holding a "wake."

11) England is old and small and they started out running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, one out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."

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this plus not having a washing machine is a pain. only one set of landlord provided sheets is also. would love to know how many of that 1/3 are poor and or living in rented property

Comparing basic generally hygiene to getting vaccinations? Bit of a stretch.

I don’t understand your reason and apparent pride in not baiting nor cleaning your sheets on a more regular basis. Are you trying to prove a point? Save money on water?

I’m sry but that’s just gross, I don’t care how many women you’ve been with who think you are amazing. Sweat and bacteria accumulate daily, you lay your dirty ass in the same spread you don’t clean for months? That’s gross dude.

That is really interesting. My family did extensive genealogy and some of my long ago ancestors lived in Appalachia (early to mid 1800s). There is a story about an old woman in the family doing the #5 thing- always leaving stuff in the pot and adding to it the next day.

Landlords provide sheets? I have never heard of that in the US.