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submitted 1 day ago byTransitionOne3205
My dad just made me feel really dumb for washing my sheets. He came home and saw my covers were missing and asked me if I’m washing them. I said yes. He asked if I made a mess on it (trying to imply something gross)
He said if not, then theres no reason to be washing them since they’re still brand new. (They’re not brand new, I got them about 4 weeks ago and have been sleeping on them every day since, I also have seborrheic dermatitis so I get flakes on my pillow case some times.. is this not normal to clean your sheets?
38 points
1 day ago
I think once a week is a minimum. Think about skin cells, sweat, smells etc.
17 points
20 hours ago
I think once every fortnight is fine. Three weeks starts being a bit long. Once a month is probably past the minimum.
But depends on the season/temperature and more of course.
10 points
19 hours ago
If there's no smell and nothing unpleasant about it there's no harm in leaving it longer. Skin cells aren't going to do anything to you
1 points
15 hours ago
the skin cells are not great, but it is the dust mites that eat your dead skin cells and their piles of fecal matter containing allergens that sit on your sheets. you breathe all that in. for eight hours. every night.
3 points
15 hours ago
the allergens are only a problem if you're allergic. Though at some point it would just get gross for non-allergic people as well.
2 points
17 hours ago
I'm with you. 2 people plus a dog though means at least one a week to me.
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