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How often do you change & wash your bed linen?

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CrazyMazy Wed 23-Dec-15 23:32:46

My DH objects to me changing our bed linen every fortnight!! Ew! I would love to change it every day if I could! But .........weekly would be my choice. Am I being unreasonable? I think he is lucky that I do change and launder the bed linen!
How often do you change your bed linen ..........and personal towels? (Another complaint from DH that I change them too often!)

Coolgran65 Thu 24-Dec-15 00:04:05

I aim to change bed linen weekly but it may go to 10 days. Sometimes I change the pillow cases mid cycle.

Wrt personal towels.... there is always a general hand towel in use in the bathroom with a spare on hand. Wrt larger towels for shower we each have our own towel which use several times as we wish,, and each changes their own shower towel when they feel the need. We are responsible for putting our own shower towel in the laundry basket.

Why would it be your responsibility to change dh' s personal towel?

CrazyMazy Thu 24-Dec-15 00:30:39

I take the responsibility to change DH bathroom/shower towels because he never changes them!

loopylou Thu 24-Dec-15 06:52:15

Bed linen is changed every week, hand towels every couple of days and bath towels weekly, sometimes more often.

Nelliemoser Thu 24-Dec-15 07:08:17

Crazymazy I don't think changing bedding daily is necessary unless there are health issues. It is a terrible waste of resouces to wash and dry all that laundry daily.

Anya Thu 24-Dec-15 07:24:09

I operate the same system as Coolgran and I also have a paper kitchen roll in the bathroom as an option for hand drying. These get binned and composted.

kittylester Thu 24-Dec-15 07:25:40

I change bedding fortnightly, shower towels weekly (on the basis that we are clean when we use them!) hand towels in the bathrooms, kitchen and loos, twice weekly and tea towels (which are really only used to dry glasses) twice weekly. Dishcloths I change about 3 times a day. blush

Iam64 Thu 24-Dec-15 07:33:20

bedding weekly, hand towels and bath mats weekly, shower/bath towels every other day.

Marelli Thu 24-Dec-15 07:34:31

I change bedding fortnightly (mid- month and end of month). All towels are changed on Mondays and Thursdays. As we bath/shower every day, I don't see the need to change bedding more often.tchsmile

suzied Thu 24-Dec-15 07:37:37

Bedding weekly along with the towels and bathrobes. Hand towels every couple of days. One of my DSs had a bedbug infestation once brought in by a second hand bed they were given. It took ages to get rid of them, cost a lot as they had to buy lots of new stuff, pay pest control etc, and was very distressing for my dil who was the only one they seemed to bite. Consequently I change bedding more often than is strictly always necessary as I have this horror of bedbugs.

LullyDully Thu 24-Dec-15 08:06:02

Bed linen weekly and towels. Hand towel every few days. DH changes and remakes the beds, I wash.

Long live my trusty washing machine.

Pittcity Thu 24-Dec-15 08:21:51

Bedding weekly here. I strip and wash on a weekend morning and make later in the day. Just ours to make as DS makes his own.
Towels twice a week.

hildajenniJ Thu 24-Dec-15 08:24:43

Fortnightly. We usually sleep in separate rooms. I am too hot for DH these days.

Katek Thu 24-Dec-15 08:29:26

tchgrin Hilda!!

downtoearth Thu 24-Dec-15 08:34:31

I aim for weekly,for bedding sometimes goes 10 days,last few months it has been fortnightly was feeling ashamed to admit this,as I have always done weekly and if hot twice weekly,but for some reason have fallen behind....GN maybe blush ..towels 2-3 times a week teatowels/dishcloths have clean ones 2-3 times a day and wash 2-3 times week

ginny Thu 24-Dec-15 08:57:21

Beds..10 -12 days
Bath/shower towels...once a week
Hand towels....about 3 times a week (depends on visitors).
Tea towels....every day.
Washing up cloths...wash every few days..soaked every night it water with bleach.

glammanana Thu 24-Dec-15 09:02:02

Bedding changed every week sometimes sheets changed twice during summer months along with pillowcases,I have an ongoing supply of large bathtowels which are used twice at the most then put in wash along with everyday handtowels,I have some posh hand towels for "show" but everyone knows to not use them at their periltchgrin

TerriBull Thu 24-Dec-15 09:34:09

Bottom sheet and pillow cases every week, duvet cover every other week, shameful, but we are both very clean, we shower a lot, grin I don't think the cover needs to be changed as often as the sheets where there is more body contact, unless the duvet cover gets a coffee stain on it then it's changed pronto because all my linen is white. Towels once to twice a week.

Lilygran Thu 24-Dec-15 09:53:56

Every week. Unless I've poured tea on the bed. Bath towels after use. Hand towels when they need it, usually whenever the washing machine's on. DGS are here at the moment so they need it every time I look.tchshock

Teetime Thu 24-Dec-15 09:53:57

Bedding 10 days to a fortnight depending on if we have been away/if they are rumpled/ kits summer and all hot and sweaty.

Towels all of them twice a week and we never share towels.
Several tea towels per day.

Jayh Thu 24-Dec-15 09:56:41

Bedlinen - top and bottom sheet, pillowcases weekly. Duvet cover monthly.
Towels weekly
Dish towels daily
Dish cloths soak in bleach daily

SheenaF Thu 24-Dec-15 14:55:34

Once a fortnight for the bed, towels as and when needed otherwise weekly, flannels one use only.

TwiceAsNice Thu 24-Dec-15 16:51:20

Pillow cases and bottom sheet every week . Duvet is reversible so swap/reversed every week. Bath towel for me only as I live alone usually every week sometimes sooner. Hand towels twice a week tea towels several times a week dishcloths the same

TriciaF Thu 24-Dec-15 17:42:13

Bedding - blush but I do wash the pillowcases probably weekly.
Towels etc weekly.

Ana Thu 24-Dec-15 17:44:07

All this washing...tchshock