Never feel alone again in bed ....

Yeah, my OCD says "fuck off" to the scientists.

You don't have to tell me twice! Or once, for that matter. Ha!

My own asthma was pretty bloody bad until I read about the self-same article some 7 years ago, now I only make my bed completely when I change the bedding and my asthma has reduced in severity to quite a noticeable lower level and I even include vacuuming the mattress and bed base once per month, letting sunlight in through the window and onto my unmade bed as well.
I'd definitely advocate for not making your bed every morning given the results I've experienced plus adding a dusting of ordinary talcum powder over your carpets after vacuuming as well since that seems to be quite good at controlling the dust mites present in every home no matter strict and thorough you are at cleaning it.

Works for me!!

This totally works for me. How liberating!

You don't miss what you got , till it's gone .....

Way ahead of you lol. Other things that are unnecessary wastes of time that Ive eliminated: matching/folding socks (bought all 1 or 2 kinds max), and folding or hanging up anything other than dress clothes. I get mostly shirts and pants that won't hold wrinkles and just live out of the dryer. Also a balding man wasting time and money on haircuts and shampoo is silly. Shave it off and showers take 2-5 mins max.

Doesn't seem that surprising - doesn't everyone "air" out the sheets when they get "moist and humid" or at least change them frequently?

It certainly sounds good. Another excuse to support my lax housekeeping standards.

Always gratifying to have science catch up and validate what I've known all along. If mom could see this now.

When I was little my mom taught me to make my bed one day. I asked her why I should do it, when I'm just going to mess it up the next night. I forgot what her answer was, but let's just say I was not convinced, and I've never heard any reason beyond "it looks nice". Well... I don't have dozens of guests coming into my bedroom, and the ones who are coming in do not care! Since moving out, I've never done it and never will!

I learned about this years ago. I do have a reaction to these critters in that dust mites interfere with my sinuses. I have a regime in using natural things like wool carpets, Latex mattress pad, and dust mite covers for everything. Every couple of weeks everything gets vacuumed (including the curtains) and washed and I iron the sheets and put the used ones in an airtight plastic bag. The bed is never made and I leave the door closed. All this work has really helped.

OMG!! I am so ahead of the times!! Making the bed is very low priority for me, always has been. When I had hot flashes I had good reason to leave the bed open, it had to dry out. Now I realize I was killing dust mites too! Wow, I will keep up my healthy habit!

When I got divorced I promised myself that I wouldn't turn into a slob. So making the bed every morning and washing the linens regularly has become essential!

Do not care what the scientists say - Mom said make your bed & I have been doing that every single day since I was 5. I love pulling back the covers at night and everything is nice, smooth & tight - perfection!

almost never do

Thank you!

Scientists are no different from the rest of us. Just looking for an excuse to be lazy.

I let my sheets air out before the bed gets made. If you don’t at least cover them they will get dusty and I hate the smell of dusty sheets.

I like it!

When this appeared on my Facebook feed three stories up was a report on why scientists say you should regularly clean your bedsheets

Great.

Yes!!!