What is the ‘optimal’ amount of time before you should change your bedsheets?

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Roscoe_Hilltopple@reddit

My bedding gets changed weekly. There's no better feeling than getting into a fresh bed after a big shower on a Sunday evening

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the_tartanunicorn@reddit

i do mine every friday so i get the full effect of the freshness on a saturday lay in!

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Longjumping-Fill-132@reddit

This is the way. I have multiple sets on rotation. So wash on Thursday, change on Friday and get maximum freshness for the weekend

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CharacterSweaty3977@reddit

I do mine every Friday and Monday

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Dietcokeisgod@reddit

Same. My 6 year old helps now, it's his 'job'. So he will learn that some things are weekly chores.

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No_Scheme5951@reddit

When they stop smelling like the washing pods. Usually around 2 weeks I think?

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Doomergeneration@reddit

I change mine every other Sunday

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Autumnleaves144@reddit

Really? What if you’re doing something else that particular Sunday? Do you just skip that wash or be a rebel and wash it on Monday?

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Previous-Ad7618@reddit

It's a 3 minute job...you don't have to watch it in the machine you know 😂

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Autumnleaves144@reddit

Is that a new discovery for you? Most of us already know that, bless ya. I’m glad you caught up though.

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illbepedro@reddit

Bed gets stripped once we get up, gets re-made generally mid afternoon, but the sheets don't need to be washed that day so it's not a major drama

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Terrible_Tap_4385@reddit

What a great song. It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it?

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thesteelmaker@reddit

We used to change them after a bit of nookie, so 2-3 times a week. If we changed them now after sex, the sheets would have been there for 5 years.

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Equal_Cod_177@reddit

I had a colleague who did hers once a year. Rank. Change them every week, more if I feel like it.

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A year is impressive. I've had periods where I probably only changed sheets every 7 or 8 months or so, thanks to depression. Still not doing it as often as I should, at probably around 2-3 months at the moment.

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Digital_Palpitation@reddit

Same, I don't know if I ever got to 7 or 8 months, but I've definitely got to "literally don't remember", so I wouldn't be surprised. Right now I know I last changed my sheets on boxing day and this post has actually reminded me I should probably do something about that It doesn't help that laundry generally gets backed up when I'm depressed and having clean clothes is more important than clean sheets, towels more important than sheets, etc, so if I have 2 weeks worth of dirty laundry and I'm on 3/4 of the towels I own I have like 4 loads of laundry before I can even consider the sheet, but I have literally gotten to the point where the sheets I changed 3 months ago are still at the bottom of the laundry pile, so even if I was having a good day and would have been able to change the sheets I actually can't. (Pillow cases are a little easier, I own like 6 of those for my sanity and at least changed that minimum every 2 or 3 weeks which is still bad but I'd rotate the pillow I actually put my head on). I'm mostly okay right now, manageable depression, and I do have clean sheets, so I'm going to get off my phone and do it now before I lose the will to move from my chair

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MontanaMinuteman@reddit

It's a 5 min job, really easy to do. You should be doing it weekly. Cleanliness is next to Godliness

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Quiet_surprise79@reddit

I mean, if people were still capable of doing normal tasks when they're depressed, it wouldn't be a whole medical diagnoses. Plus it's like 30 min+ once you add up washing the sheets, hanging them, putting them away when they're dry and putting the fresh ones on. Takes me at least 10 minutes as a short ass just to strip my double bed and get fresh sheets on. Depression and the resulting inactivity can also contribute to muscle weakness which makes getting the duvet cover on more difficult, takes more energy. It feels good when it's done, but people with severe depression often just don't have the energy to do it regularly

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MontanaMinuteman@reddit

Go out for a walk in nature and eat healthy

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Mikon_Youji@reddit

Great advice! If only this solved all problems 🙄

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altopowder@reddit

Guy reminds me of all my shitty GPs 😅

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Quiet_surprise79@reddit

I think you just healed depression! I can't believe nobody thought of that before!...oh wait...

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Real-Box-7144@reddit

I hope you never experience true depression. You’d never say something so ignorant.

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callumh6@reddit

Lol, thanks Dr Minuteman

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TipsyPhippsy@reddit

I would say the majority of Brits are now Atheist.

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katandthefiddle@reddit

It is not a 5 minute job cmon like ok it's probably only a 15 minute job to change the bedding but it's not light work to change a double or king sized duvet cover by yourself. Then if you don't own a dryer you'll have bedding hung around your house/flat for days. If you're changing it more than once a week you'll just permanently have sheets hung all over.

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yedhead@reddit

As someone who has a child and has lived in flats with no dryer or outside space, you get used to living with washing permanently hung up drying. Sheets have always been changed every other week.

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nathderbyshire@reddit

I got a king sized duvet and immediately regretted it, didn't last long before I went back to a double it was heavy and huge, changing it genuinely takes your breath away and makes you need to have a rest. I was like it's an extra 90cm, how bad can it be??? Lol I tried to talk my pregnant friend out of it but she wasn't having it. I brought it up recently and she was like 'yeah I was midway through changing it and just started to cry I just couldn't do it'

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BrieflyVerbose@reddit

We know. Unlike you, not knowing how depression works.

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Squeak_Stormborn@reddit

I do mine weekly. It takes 5 minutes to strip the bed but it takes a good 10 minutes to remake it. Not sure how being clean makes you a psychopathic, homophobic, misogynistic mass murderer but i'm very clean and don't feel like god!

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DrH1983@reddit

I don't disagree but It definitely takes me longer than 5 minutes.

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Autumnleaves144@reddit

How often should you be changing them and did you make this rule up or did you copy it from someone else?

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BertieBus@reddit

It's wild how depression stops people doing the very things that naturally make us feel better. I always feel better after a nice hot bath and crawl into fresh streets, but severe depression stops all that. It makes those simple tasks so much harder and you feel worse because you can't do what you need to do.

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TehDragonGuy@reddit

Depression makes people kill themselves. When you think of it that way, it stopping people from caring for themselves really isn't that wild.

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theslowrunningexpert@reddit

‘I had a colleague who did hers once a year’ That’s just not true is it mate

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nathderbyshire@reddit

There are people who don't use sheets and covers and just sleep on the mattress, so why wouldn't people do it with bedding? My brother slept on just a mattress for years and was extremely sweaty, shit was fucking grim

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sparklychestnut@reddit

Oh yes! I was just thinking this, it's so disgusting - you can't clean all the sweat, skin cells and anything else a body produces off a mattress. It must have smelt really bad. I have a waterproof mattress protector, so mine is spotless. I saw someone on a documentary about extremely obese people, who couldn't easily move around and spent their whole life in their bed. They didn't have any bed sheets and they lived in a hot climate. The lack of bed sheets/ duvet cover was actually the most shocking thing to me about the film - it must have been so smelly.

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Equal_Cod_177@reddit

It’s what she said. Her and her husband changed them about once a year. Was particularly weird as she announced it as if it was totally normal and seemed entirely unbothered by people’s reaction. Particularly weird when you know this was at a very prestigious law firm in the city where everyone was unbearably snooty. Very odd.

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theslowrunningexpert@reddit

Out of curiosity, what law firm? I worked at a couple that had London offices so I’m curious

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Equal_Cod_177@reddit

BLP

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theslowrunningexpert@reddit

Never heard of them

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Equal_Cod_177@reddit

LOL

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MintberryCrunch____@reddit

Why is the assumption this is a lie? There are definitely people who would do this.

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theslowrunningexpert@reddit

Because even if we assume that people are doing this, it’s a small amount. A smaller amount would openly admit it, and then an even smaller amount would admit it at work.

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MintberryCrunch____@reddit

Those are indeed assumptions and perhaps fair, but it’s still more than feasible and just don’t see it as something worth lying about when the person even condemns it as rank in the same comment. Also by the sounds of it you are not fully aware how different people can be with these sorts of things.

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No_Medium_648@reddit

My ex did his maybe twice a year.

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LopsidedLegs@reddit

I had someone stay at mine for 12 months. I told them that I do bed linen everything Saturday and if they strip the bed I'd wash it. They never stripped the bed. When they left the bed linen was disgusting. It was throw out.

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Danannarang@reddit

I lived in a house share with a guy for about a year and a half and he told me he hadn't washed his sheets the whole time he lived there.

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Rich6-0-6@reddit

I lived in halls in my first year of uni and all you had to do to get clean bedding was strip your bed once a week, take it downstairs to a counter and someone would exchange it for clean. One of my flatmates didn't do it once in the whole year.

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PEPSl_KlNG@reddit

I once ended up in a ex's bedroom, was hit by an awful smell, and upon investigation realised his bedding hadn't been changed since I last did it. Three months prior.

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Human-Call@reddit

I would do it once a week if I weren’t lazy. It’s more like 2 weeks or sometimes even 3.

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AceInnadeck117@reddit

All bedding in the house is changed on a Wednesday.

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Johnny_Gorilla@reddit

i think it depends on what you wear to bed. If you sleep naked regularly rather than in pyjamas for example then you should definitely change your sheets more often.

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CeeApostropheD@reddit

If I'm out and about and this discussion comes up then I change mine every 2-3 weeks. On Reddit I'll admit it's actually more like every 2 months.

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E3JEN6@reddit

Weekly.

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RebeccaCheeseburger@reddit

Do people not have more than one bed spread? I have 3, one is my fave and I usually put it back on as soon as it’s dry, however if that doesn’t work out, say I’m too tired to wait, I have back up bedding! And over fortnightly is too long!

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Scarred_fish@reddit

Maximum weekly, often daily.

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kitknit81@reddit

Usually every 2 weeks during the late autumn and winter months and then weekly during spring/summer. My husband is a human radiator and when it’s warm he sweats a lot so it’s not unusual if we get a proper hot spell for me to change the sheets after a couple days. I really like clean sheets so i won’t let them go long enough to start to feel/smell like they need done.

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hedoesmore@reddit

Every Sunday we change the sheets. I'd be OK with every other week, but the wife insists on going weekly and I don't mind it one bit. Going to bed on Sunday and waking up Monday in crisp fresh bed linen.... she's got me there.

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bantasaurusbab@reddit

Once a week for me. My dog kips in with me and he’s a prolific farter!

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Izankaleli@reddit

Every 7 days on a Friday. I love fresh crisp linen. In extremely hot sweaty weather, then twice a week but this is rare.

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2918927669@reddit

Weekly, or more often if I've had some sweaty nights.

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grgext@reddit

Usually every week. Or at the very least washing pillows. Having a tumble drier and full spare sat of sheets makes life easier.

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Cold_Raspberry520@reddit

Every week

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LiorahLights@reddit

I change mine once a week. More often in summer because my partner is a sweaty monster.

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AgonisingAunt@reddit

Every Sunday. That way when I get the Sunday scaries/ Monday menaces I get to climb into clean sheets and it makes the dread of the following day slightly better.

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angels-and-insects@reddit

We do bedding fortnightly unless one of us is ill / sweaty / etc. Weekly would be ideal, but I'm not in charge of laundry, thank the baby cheeses, so I'm not making additional demands 😁 (No need to come for me: I'm a woman, he's a man, I do shitloads, I just don't do laundry-pile sorting or putting in machine. I do however fold fitted sheets into squares and put duvet covers on.) Three weeks is pushing it, that's OMG we need to do this time.

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Overseerer-Vault-101@reddit

Feeling good it weekly. Feeling bad it's when the sheet pops off the mattress (about a month).

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Da5ren@reddit

Weekly! Honestly the amount you sweat when you sleep it’s a bit mad to not change them as regularly

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No_Preference9093@reddit

Between a week and two weeks. I think weekly is best but it’s often two weeks, especially in the winter when it’s cooler.

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MillyHughes@reddit

This.

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Iamtir3dtoday@reddit

Weekly on a Friday morning so that when I have my everything shower that day, I'm squeaky clean and exfoliated and climbing into nice clean bedding :)

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SoggyWotsits@reddit

Weekly for me. I do them every Sunday so I start the working week with nice clean sheets!

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melanie110@reddit

I do it every other or every third day. I just love the fresh bedding feel. I have a lot of sets

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Icy-Engineering9912@reddit

Every Sunday.

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Worried-Leading-7817@reddit

Omg, 2 months? That's excessive. I think 2 weeks is ok. Every week is better, but life is busy.

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Klutzy_Award1786@reddit

Once a week, two weeks at a push if there are extenuating circumstances.. that said I dated a guy once, who seemed perfectly normal & clean etc until he let it slip that he had bought his bedding 3 years prior & had never washed it, needless to say I never spent any time in that bed & stopped being enamoured with him

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poppyedwardsPE@reddit

Once a week in the winter, often twice a week in summer

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BertieBus@reddit

God I read that as once in the winter and twice in the summer. My immediate thought was god she's grim.

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poppyedwardsPE@reddit

Hahahahah that would be soooo gross

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Legitimate_Ocelot596@reddit

Weekly , at least , especially pillowcases ? I have teenage sons so I change theirs twice a week 🤮

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ReynoldsHouseOfShred@reddit

I do a week tbh. Flip mattress too.

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AcePlanespotting@reddit

Depends how much of a scruff you are lol

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Willeth@reddit

I have a two week reminder, but in reality it's probably every three weeks because it takes two days to wash and dry everything at the moment without a tumble dryer, so it needs to fit around regular washing loads.

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this_is_theone@reddit

just buy a second pair of sheets

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Willeth@reddit

You've misunderstood.

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this_is_theone@reddit

I don't think i have. It will fix the issue you're complaining about

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Willeth@reddit

It's not a complaint.

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Extra_Actuary8244@reddit

I don’t think they have, I don’t have a tumble dryer so the same day I change my sheets I wash the previous set of bedding so that it’s dry in a few days and then I can change the bedding every 5-7 days

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Willeth@reddit

Alright.

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BigMagic88@reddit

In an ideal world I think 4 days would be nice. Cos then you’re all fresh and clean and cosy again. But reality is weekly or fortnightly.

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ExileNorth@reddit

Change ours weekly

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Portas30k@reddit

I work a ten day shift rotation and do it on my first day off, seems to be perfect.

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Divewench@reddit

I change weekly, always have.

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Comfortable-Fig-5912@reddit

Once a week

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mrfatchance@reddit

I aim for weekly, it ends up being 9 - 14 days

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Toriat5144@reddit

Weekly. Unfortunately I can’t change them easily anymore by myself so it’s every two weeks.

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Droopy_Bath@reddit

Couple of times a year.

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ropeForTheRich@reddit

I can feel it

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wrain10@reddit

Every Friday! Or more often if sweaty in summer

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DeadlyTeaParty@reddit

Same! Summer would be twice a week for me. Even my mattress protector would get changed more often.

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wrain10@reddit

Same and the pillow protectors too... and that's also me showering twice a day. I literally think I'd 💀 in some other people's houses 😖

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DeadlyTeaParty@reddit

Yeah you just don't know know the habits of other people. I personally know people who don't change weekly. 🤢

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nathderbyshire@reddit

On average it's probably a week for me as well but I'm not militant about it. Sometimes it needs doing after 2 days and sometimes I can go a week/week and a half or a bit more. Funny enough I cold sweat more in winter than sweating in summer summer heat, a heated blanket really helps with that though I also hoover the mattress and sheet regularly mainly for the cat hairs and dust removal, hang the duvet up body side out and let everything air out, and I spray with fabric freshener as well My mattress cover comes off and can be washed as well, and since I can't find pillows I like I keep buying new ones anyway, not that they ever go normal again after washing. Duvet gets done every once in a while and in summer I sleep with a holed blanket anyway, when you lift it during the night you get streams of cool air over your body it's great

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angvickeen@reddit

Sheet and pillow cases every week, quilt cover is washed every week in the warmer weather and fortnightly at other times

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TipsyPhippsy@reddit

Every week in the height of summer, fortnightly in the cooler seasons.

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Positive-Mud-11@reddit

A week at most

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Naps_in_sunshine@reddit

I have 2 kids with school uniforms, plus all the extra curricular / exercise / swimming / gym clothes for us all and towels. If I changed everyone’s bedding every week I’d never have the washing machine not running.

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kathernemay@reddit

Every 5 days

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BeanOnAJourney@reddit

I do mine every other week. I'd like to do it weekly but I don't have the energy. I can't leave it any longer than two weeks because by then everything will be unbuckled and uncomfortable.

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AmayaSmith96@reddit

I do it every week but would do it twice a week if me and my husband didn't have separate duvets. I just love the feeling of fresh and crisp new bedsheets.

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glitterstateofmind@reddit

Originally strived for every 2 weeks, but in practice it’s more like once a month as I’m not always home (travels, visiting friends, stying at partner’s place).

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SigourneyReap3r@reddit

Every 1 - 2 weeks, never more than 2 weeks for bedding personally. For me it less about sweat and more about dead skin, bits of dirt and then general comfort because fresh bedding feels better than 2 weeks old bedding.

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Jeffina78@reddit

Weekly here. I have a bad dust allergist and my allergist told me once a week without fail.

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Straight-Link9389@reddit

Every week, can’t stand sleeping in them any longer than that

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ChokedPanda@reddit

I aim to change my sheets weekly on Sunday. I’ll maybe delay a day or two if I’m near the end of my period. I changed my sheets during my period once and bled on them that night. Was raging.

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CosmicJam13@reddit

I love a fresh clean bed so 4 weeks give or take a week

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Thick-Aside8417@reddit

Every Sunday other wise I can’t be comfortable

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Goldman250@reddit

I try for at least once a month, but living in a shared house with no tumble dryer means that I’m very limited on how often I can get laundry done, and I always have to prioritise my clothes and work uniform over bedsheets and blankets.

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hashbrowneggyolk0520@reddit

This was my issue when I Iived in a shared house too. My room was also quite small so the bed was between a wall and had a desk and chest of draws at each end of the bed so changing sheets was an absolute work out.

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Serious-Top9613@reddit

Every Sunday (we have 4 dogs).

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North-Village3968@reddit

Weekly, how can you not wash your bedding for weeks on end and just lie in your own filth

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sampapsi@reddit

Duvet every 2 weeks, fitted sheet every week. Seems to work pretty nicely for me

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Pristine_Weight7850@reddit

Every 1-2 weeks

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TheJezster@reddit

Why would you wear outside clothes to bed??

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Enough-Moose-5816@reddit

An afternoon nap?!?

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katandthefiddle@reddit

I don't think many people wear outside clothes in bed but I think a lot of people aren't considering how many other factors influence this. Some people shower at night and wear pyjamas. Some people shower in the morning and sleep naked and many variations in between. The first type of person could probably go a month between bedding changes but the second should probs be changing them weekly at least. Also the time of year is a factor and different people sweat different amounts too.

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banana_assassin@reddit

Once every two weeks, or one week if needed. Looking at people who are doing multiple times a week in amazement. Around full time work and not wanting to leave the washing machine and tumble dryer running when I'm away, I struggle to think about how to wash sheets mid week. What are people's routines? For towels and other clothing too. How many loads do you do a week? How are your bills in winter when you can't hang the washing out?

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gentletonberry@reddit

Here to gross out everyone and say once or twice a year. My wife and I are both in agreement about when sheets feel like they need cleaning and it’s just not that often for us. I do air out the bedroom and we both tend to shower before bed but even so I think most people will find this pretty objectionable, but to each their own I say.

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4oclockinthemorning@reddit

Does that include pillow cases? Maybe it's my night cream or something but I want pillow cases changed more often than once a week

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gentletonberry@reddit

It does, but neither of us use night cream and we both use blindfolds to sleep, and those do get washed very regularly as they’re in contact with our eyes all night so they do get icky.

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DancingAppaloosa@reddit

Partly depends on whether I feel they need it more or less, but approximately every 2 weeks.

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Open-Tip6407@reddit

Weekly! Leaving them longer than that is unhygienic to me. All that sweaty bacteria growing there gives me the ick

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welshlondoner@reddit

Weekly otherwise I snell of dirty bed smell even after a shower.

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lovely-curves@reddit

Bueno me parece que el tiempo promedio sería entre semanal o quince días .. pero todo depende de la persona .. hay gente que tiene el humor muy fuerte y cuando duerme suda mucho y todas esa cosas ...

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SufficientBox3389@reddit

i like to do it weekly but end up forgetting and doing it every two weeks

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Soniq268@reddit

Every week. Nothing better than fresh bedsheets.

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OkBasket6068@reddit

Depends if you're sleeping solo or not. Sharing a double bed means weekly, can be less if you're just on your ones, provided you rotate which side of the bed you sleep on

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Useful-Ear6799@reddit

Every week absolutely

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bellabanjsk@reddit

We change our bedsheets every two weeks, but we both wear pyjamas/bedclothes and sadly since we have a young kid - not a lot of fun stuff happening in there!

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Sharks_and_Bones@reddit

Every 2 weeks. I hate doing it but I get it done.

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neiwoc@reddit

Every other weekend for me. I sleep alone, wear pyjamas and don’t sweat terribly much. Any change in those factors and I up the frequency but every 2 weeks is my standard.

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chloelikeschilli@reddit

Every two weeks

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TheSkinOfTheBanana@reddit

We do ours every 2 weeks, but alternate weekly between ours and the kids. So week 1 we do our sheets, then week 2 we do the kids. Rinse and repeat

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doraisexploring27@reddit

I aim for weekly, but due to laziness it’s realistically more like fortnightly

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broken-runner-26@reddit

Weekly. Do you wear your clothes for 2 or 3 weeks?

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zwifter11@reddit

When they become stiff as cardboard

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ElectricalSwan@reddit

In the cooler months it’s once a fortnight. Otherwise it’s once a week

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Autumnleaves144@reddit

Clearly there is no universal time as you just proved. How much more proof do you need that our universal programming didn’t include the exact amount of time we should take before changing them? At least we’ve been left free to make our own decisions about some things.

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Autumnleaves144@reddit

Clearly there is no universal time as you have proved. How much more proof do you need?

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Good-Gur-7742@reddit

Weekly. Often twice a week in the summer.

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plantsncats128@reddit

In a very definitely factual article I read online called "How your bedroom is killing you" it said one week for couples and 2 for single people

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zazabizarre@reddit

Once a week. I think even fortnightly is a bit gross, sorry! You wouldn't wear a t-shirt for two weeks straight without washing it so why the difference with bed sheets?

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bobble173@reddit

Well for me the difference is we are both in pj's so there's not much skin touching the bedding! That and the extreme effort it feels to change bedding vs changing tshirts 😂 change my pillowcase round every night though as it helps keep my skin clear.

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OPAsMummy@reddit

2 weeks in the winter weekly in summer.

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variedenthuiast@reddit

I do mine once a week but more if my cat decides to sleep in my bed a lot that week

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Jolly_Pressure_7296@reddit

Every four or five days for me.

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Gold-Hippo-3291@reddit

Weekly because my dog sleeps in my bed. I’d probably leave it 2-3 weeks if it was just me as I’m not a sweaty sleeper.

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LegoPandora@reddit

Generally every 2-3 days. I love fresh bedding, and our dogs sleep with us.

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CharacterSweaty3977@reddit

I do mine 2 times a week. I always want them very fresh

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WISJG@reddit

Once a week. Three weeks is crazy to me and two months makes me feel ill.

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SerendipitousCrow@reddit

Got to be honest it's monthly for me. I justify it by the fact that I sleep alone and always wear pyjamas

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ThatBandicoot4769@reddit

We have a lot of washing so I couldn't possibly change it weekly, the washing machine already gets enough hammer. I change ours every 2-3 weeks. My youngest son doesn't even use his bedding (he sleeps in a sleeping bag on top). His bedding doesn't get touched. I could probably leave it on permanently 🤣

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JoeNTMY@reddit

Every week

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Lessarocks@reddit

Two weekly. It was weekly when my bed was seeing some action but now it isn’t, I’m happy to go a bit longer.

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Impressive-Top7458@reddit

Every week is ideal (esp if you are sharing a bed and have an active sex life) but I can live with every 10-14 days. After that it starts to get smelly and the sheets get a nasty slipperiness about them. You also have to factor in whether you usually shower in the morning or last thing at night. Evening showerers get into bed clean so wont need to change their sheets quite as often as morning showerers.

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MissionLet7301@reddit

Depends a bit on how sweaty you (and anyone sharing the bed with you) are as well, I usually end up changing once every 2 weeks in winter and once a week in summer

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Sapphicorns@reddit

Usually around every 10 days but definitely between 7-14 days

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dance_radio79@reddit

This is the way

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Success_With_Lettuce@reddit

Sheet and top pillowcases one week, the whole lot the next on repeat.

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KindlyAppointment973@reddit

Reading the comments is making me feel a bit queasy. We change sheets weekly in the winter and often twice in the Summer. I love a shower right before bed and clean pj's. I sleep so much better when I feel clean.

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Afraid-Astronomer886@reddit

It's my least favourite household job so I try to put it off as long as I can bear, 2-3 weeks on average

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Katena789@reddit

Friday fresh sheets is literally one of my weekly highlights.

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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

Depends on drying weather in winter so 12-14 days max. Weekly in summer. I sleep alone. My OH on the other hand let's me have his sheets whenever- but usually about 3 months by which time pre wash+60C programme needed

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Amazing_Goal_8003@reddit

😷

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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

😂😂

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BlokeyBlokeBloke@reddit

Every Sunday new sheet. Every other Sunday new duvet and pillow cases.

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anonaccount119@reddit

I aim for a week to 10 days. In summer I ended up changing them twice a week

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CounterCharacter8880@reddit

Every Sunday. Strip the bed, open the windows & then re-make it in the evening. Gives the mattress time to air out too. Flip the mattress weekly too to avoid it starting to sag.

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No-Ask-3213@reddit

weekly!

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Commercial-Bat-4534@reddit

Optimal is subjective, optimal for what? Cleanliness? Laziness? Environmentally friendliness? I think 2 weeks is optimal for most of those but I prioritise cleanliness so it's usually a week for me.

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PEPSl_KlNG@reddit

Every 1-2 weeks for me. But I think there's other factors - do you shower before bed, do you wear PJ's or sleep nude, are you a sweaty sleeper, are there pets in the bed.

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Prize-Offer7348@reddit

Weekly

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Superb-Avocado-8131@reddit

Every weekend

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Honest-Possible6596@reddit

Every Sunday morning as soon as I get out of it, I strip it. Sometimes I might do it sooner, but I never leave it any longer.

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sipyourmilk@reddit

once a week, more often if I'm ill and have sweat overnight.

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thread_cautiously@reddit

Weekly is probably best but I do it every two weeks because its such hard work deep cleaning everything every week when you only have 2 days off. So I alternate what I do each week

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Severe_Mastodon8072@reddit

For optimal comfort- weekly. For an optimal combination of comfort, convenience, and environmental friendliness- monthly.

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MontanaMinuteman@reddit

I know your bed is minging

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Severe_Mastodon8072@reddit

Haha I sleep alone and in pjs and don’t really sweat overnight! There’s not much grime that would accumulate on my bed that wouldn’t also accumulate on my desk chair, and I’m not washing that weekly. I’ll often change after a week because laundry fresh sheets are lovely, but it’s not a requirement for cleanliness in my case :)

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Cunthbert@reddit

Weekly. It takes a couple of minutes

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Squeak_Stormborn@reddit

Weekly. I sometimes shower in the morning, sometimes before bed. I sometimes wear pyjamas, sometimes don't. But fresh bedding on a Sunday is non-negotiable.

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Thisoneissfwihope@reddit

I switch my sheets weekly, but wash them every other wear.

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thethirdbar@reddit

Ideally I'd change ours weekly, in practise it's prolly more like 2-3 weeks. 😬 2+ months is 😩 though.

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hungrycrisp@reddit

Once a week!

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gameofgroans_@reddit

I do mine roughly at least once a week sometimes twice as I live in a HMO with no other space so I spend a lot of time sat on bed

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originallyale@reddit

I have ADHD. It’s optimal when I am hyper-fixated on doing it. Don’t ask me when it last happened because it could’ve been a month ago, or it could’ve been yesterday!

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Thoughtful_giant13@reddit

We do it every 1-2 weeks. We try and do it weekly but sometimes get behind. 3 months is a bit grim. I was at uni and a guy in my halls didn’t change his bedding the whole academic year!

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HmNotToday1308@reddit

This is one of those how long is a piece of string questions... Everyone has their own personal preferences

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logant0711@reddit

A month or so, no more than 5 weeks or else it’s just kinda weird

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OnlymyOP@reddit

Different boats ... We change our bedding every couple of weeks and alternate the weekend wash with towels (which we change every week) and bedding. If necessary we will wash the bedding more frequently.

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hyper-casual@reddit

Mines probably every 3 weeks. Life is too busy to do it more often and I hate the feeling of new bedding, makes me feel like I'm sleeping in cardboard.

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DameKumquat@reddit

Depends if you're alone or with someone else, if you wear pyjamas or are naked, how much you sweat, time of year.. The cleaner does it fortnightly, sometimes at the height of summer I'll do it in between.

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AggravatingOwl9@reddit

Every Sunday

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ReditMcGogg@reddit

When you get a new partner normally….

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DeadlyTeaParty@reddit

I change mine every Friday.

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DookuDonuts@reddit

Between 1-2 Weeks depending on the season. Towels however get washed weekly regardless

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KingForceHundred@reddit

Of course there’s no universal or even optimal time. Who will set it?

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NoData4301@reddit

Every week and anything more I can't sleep, you're all disgusting!

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rachaelg666@reddit

Once a week, pillowcase a couple of times a week

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tnahrp@reddit

If I didn't find adult life to be constantly overwhelming I'd do them weekly. They probably get changed every 3 weeks.

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bahumat42@reddit

Its a balance between clean and fresh, and the practicality of how often to do them. The earliest I will do them (not including obvious spoilage) is 10 days, my average is probably 14/15 days, and the higher end is probably around 21 days. But this is relative to my conditions and environment, I can understand somebody who sweats more doing it more, and less doing it less.

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totodododo@reddit

Two weeks as a default but right away if there's anything visible, eg from breakfast or other activities in bed.

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Adventurous-Idea1473@reddit

once a week so i can get comfy in fresh sheets every friday after an 'everything' shower

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OkTadpole2920@reddit

Depending on sweating and bathing routine, one to two weeks. I bet they don't wash their pillows, or duvets either!

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letslaughatthis@reddit

Twice a week - just have another set to rotate

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RiverCalm6375@reddit

Every Sunday without fail.

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RecordingNo8140@reddit

Every week, without fail for us.

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Affectionate_You_858@reddit

Twice a week

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No-Detective1810@reddit

Every few days - I let my dogs sleep in my bed 😀

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EvilTaffyapple@reddit

We do ours every 2 weeks. Any more than that is horrible.

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VOODOO285@reddit

Every 6 days. But that’s sleeping in the buff. It’s different if you’re wearing pyjamas I guess.

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Revolutionary_West56@reddit

2 weeks. I would actually love every week but feels a bit indulgent and too much effort

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fickle_tartan@reddit

Weekly is probably best, I go for every two weeks personally cause I'm lazy.

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Careless_Squirrel728@reddit

Ooh every 3 weeks seems grim to me! Especially if there are two of you sharing and/or you are having sex. Once a week is surely standard - Sundays in my house.

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Curious_Fox_1980@reddit

Mine are weekly, but medications make me sweat more than average, even with only sleeping with a blanket and fan on.

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