I have to have a top sheet! Christa, @cfile I remember those duvets in Germany. The first night we got there, we didn't know what to do. I wasn't enthralled enough to get them when we returned to the States, however. They were super comfy.
I agree with that. I think the main reason I didn't was because I didn't want to cover them up (I loved the white!) but we had kids and dogs...……………………….
I use a top sheet. I always have, and I always will. My husband always wants warmer than I want to be, so the sheet is my salvation.
I hate top sheets and have always been that way. I like super soft blankets and then a comforter if I'm cold. My kids don't use top sheets either. I wash my blankets whenever I wash the bottom sheet and pillowcases.
See, that's what I thought, too...weird. I totally didn't know it was a thing! Same! I cannot sleep without something covering me. I even asked my daughter what she does when she gets hot, just lay there all exposed? No, thank you! And Amen to the hot flash sweat! Welcome to the dark side of top sheet weirdos hahaha Yep, my kid sleeps in his clothes 99% of the time. He wears nothing but basketball type shorts so I guess it works. I with you on not wanting to wash the blankets/bedspread/comforter or whatever all the time. I'm really digging this separate bedding thing. DH drives me nuts. He is a restless sleeper and everything goes everywhere. I can sleep all night and the bed looks like it was hardly touched lol. I guess I've raised a bunch of bed rebels, too! Same, girl! Got to have it! Yep, same here. DH likes the bedroom like a sauna and it drives me crazy! I need my sheet! This is what my oldest says that he does...blanket with comforter on top of that. Idk, I get sweaty thinking about it haha I think I would have to have a super light blanket, but then I might as well use the sheet haha
I stopped using a top sheet when I had kids. They slept with us and everyone had their own blanket. Now none of them want to use top sheets and it hasn’t bothered me. I have returned to using a top sheet on our bed though, to protect the comforter.
This is an eye opener for me, never realized you use blankets and comforters in USA I honestly thought the whole world used duvet's ,apart from hot countries. . We use a duvet with a cover that gets washed weekly,and in the inbetween season a fleese blanket type thing, that washes and dries quicker than a cotton top sheet,in summer a sheet or a towel. And yes definitly seperate duvet's .
I always wait for PB sales! https://www.potterybarn.com/shop/be...-default-_-duvetshams_patterned&isx=0.0.15503 We use a duvet most of the year with the exception of the summer months when I pull out our warm-weather bedding (which a light-weight quilt). I would say most of the bedding sold in the US is quilts/comforters. I like duvets because we have a down comforter in ours and I like being warm when I sleep. Our sheets are washed at a minimum every other week. I don't wash the duvet cover that often because I don't want to degrade the fabric and the fabulous top sheet acts as a barrier, so it doesn't really get soiled. I usually buy a new duvet every few years. I figure if I'm spending a third of my life using something, it's ok to invest every once in a while, lol.
It must be a generational thing. I have been quietly embarrassed when finding out my kids and grandkids did not use top sheets! I thought they were neglectful parents! Or too broke to buy a full set of sheets. My goodness. What does "often" mean when washing a duvet cover? Surely not once a week as my generation washes sheets!!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU no-top-sheet people???!!!! Don't you know that a top sheet is PROPER!!!! okay...ROTF...if you can stand it, I won't butt in, but if I stay in your guest room, please either provide me with one or let me know I should bring my own! Seriously not getting over this conversation and this new enlightenment. i'm old.
Top sheets and a duvet for us. I did find that most duvets were too hot for us but finally found a silk one that breathes much better. I didn't know the no top sheet thing was big either until traveling in Europe when we only had duvet/cover which I didn't like at all!!! We use the duvet for three seasons and then a top sheet/cotton coverlet in the summer. Even when its hot out, I need to have a sheet over top too!
Seven kids, and only ONE uses top sheet. I fought them for years...but now, they do their own wash. You wash the blankets and all..one son has sheets on his bed, and comforter, he sleeps in a cocoon of blankets on top everynight!
I guess I'm weird because I use a top sheet. As far as I know, my millennial daughters use them, too.
I think my grown-up kids still use top sheets. I know my daughter & son-in-law don't tuck anything in because he's so tall they wouldn't stay tucked anyway. They do have a top sheet on their guest bed. I always use a top sheet on the beds. Not having one strikes me as mighty peculiar as does the notion of two people sharing a bed having separate blankets. How on earth do you make the bed? Or don't you?
My husband and I have a top sheet and thin blanket in summer which the last few weeks only gets pulled up onto us in the early hours of the morning when the temperature drops a little. During winter we have top sheet and a feather doona which has channels allowing there to be more feathers on my half than my husband's as I feel the cold more than he does.
Umm I didn't know that not using a top sheet was an actual thing... We, of course, use a top sheet!!!! And I always have to sleep with a comforter. I like the weight of something on me while I sleep. I probably would love one of those thunder blanket things. Like even when it is 101 outside, must have a comforter and top sheet!
Growing up we had the German eiderdown (duvet) without top sheet and that is what we have always used as a family. If we stay in a place with a top sheet I will rip it off before we sleep - I hate getting all tangled up in it. I just wash the duvet cover, sheet and pillowslips. No top sheet for this non-millennial either.
My friend introduced me to the no top sheet on the kids bed movement. I loved it. I adopted it Marchish-Novemberish. With no pesky sheet, he can make his own bed. He likes the top sheet in the winter. I do have a top sheet. If it starts bugging me, I probably will stop. Well, I should just buy a duvet cover and call the top sheet quits. But I like just the top sheet in the summer when it's super hot.
I had a duvet at one time and can't for the life of me remember now why I got rid of it lol Thanks for that link! I got lost there looking for a long time lol My kids and I are still having this coversation, too. My son texted to tell me that they went shopping for sheets for their little girl and with no prompting she requested no top sheet. He had not told her about this conversation. I said basically the same thing "What is wrong with you people" haha I think maybe that is the reason I got rid of the one I had...too hot. I love the look so maybe I need to shop around a bit more. And I'm the same, even when it's hot I cannot sleep without something on me. Yep, I fought the good fight as well, but chalked it up to one of those things that just wasn't worth it lol. When I was a teen, I would sleep on top of my bedspread with blankets so I didn't have to make the bed haha. Welcome to the club of weirdos My DH is not tall, but he drives me nuts with untucking the top sheet, not enough to make me want to do without it, but nuts nonetheless. See, I like the idea of not fighting over the covers, but I'm not so sure how making the bed would go? The feathered doona sounds so lovely, but I'm allergic to feather bedding That's really neat that you can have more feathers on your side! See! I didn't know it was an actual thing either!! I am the same. I will sometimes throw the comforter off during the night if I get tooooo hot, but when I go to bed at night, I need the sheet and comforter on me! I'm surprised my DH has not wanted to do away with ours as he is the one that is always getting tangled up lol. But I'm thinking that, like me, he just never thought of not having one. I finally gave in with DS about a month ago and so far it's worked out well. He does much better with making the bed.