DLers: Do you use the top sheets that come with your sheet sets?

I never use a blanket, just the top sheet.

The only weight I want on me when I sleep is the boyfriend.

I don't buy sheet sets, I purchase them individually.

I always use a comforter, and that has its own cover, so I never use the top sheet. Kind of a waste, actually.

In some countries, and in certain wealth categories, there is no such thing as a fitted sheet nor a "sheet set".

not everyone uses a duvet.

if you use a blanket, you use a top sheet. they're easier to wash.

Of course I use a top sheet.

I prefer the feel of a top sheet with a light flannel blanket on top of that, but I haven't bought a sheet set in years. Flat sheets last forever so I just replace the fitted sheets, and the ones I have now (just mid priced Company Store sheets) still look new after 7-8 years. I won't replace them unless the elastic gets damaged.

I’m with R6 - of course I do

I use iit instead of a blanket on warmish nights.

I prefer top sheets to bottom sheets.

Fitted sheet, duvet, duvet cover. I buy sets (one fitted sheet, one duvet cover, two pillow cases), as well as individual sheets/covers/cases.

And ya couldn’t make a poll for this? Ya lazy whore. Of course I use a top sheet. Collects the lube and other “issue” after sex. Who the hell wants sex aftermath on your blankets and duvet.

I know some people don't use top sheets, which I find bizarre.

This thread will tear Datalounge apart.

[quote]sex aftermath

Nice.

Yes, I use it under my blanket and comforter.

[quote]Who the hell wants sex aftermath on your blankets and duvet.

Ebay buyers and certain select Japanese gentlemen.

What about power bottom sheets and strict top sheets?

I use a top sheet. I live in the south and sometimes that is all I need - no blanket required. In the winter I add a duvet on top.

Duvets are drafty. A flat sheet under a blanket keeps me warm.

Sheets ? what the hell, you think I am made of money, I just sleep on the mattress.

I have always thought they should make the bottom half of the top sheet like the fitted bottom sheet. It would never pull out that way.

Mattress, r21?

OP, why would you buy a sheet set and then not use half of it. If you just want a fitted sheet, they do sell those singularly you know.

Yes and I always will. I’m not a Neanderthal.

black sateen sheet set? ✔

dreary spartan beige walls? ✔

5 dollar night stand lamp on 30 dollar night stand? ✔

abstract rug ("Landscape" item #765243) on sale from Home Depot? ✔

OP’s bed does look very sad.

:-(

I never use them. And find it hard to find just the fitted. I couple of time in my poor youth I used the top sheet as a window curtain.

If I understand correctly, the blanket lays ON TOP of that "top sheet", correct?

I think that's an American thing, as I've only encountered blankets in a "sleeve" (enclosed by three sides, open at the bottom) in European countries.

[quote] Of course I use a top sheet. Collects the lube and other “issue” after sex. Who the hell wants sex aftermath on your blankets and duvet.

How does this work? You have sex in between the top sheet and your blanket?

My ex did. He came out 46. Also folded his underwear. That’s all you need know.

If that’s all we need to know, we don’t know wtf you’re trying to say.

If it was just me in the bed, I'd probably have a comforter under me and a comforter over me (two in the winter). However, in an attempt to civilize me somewhat, my partner insists on a sheet on the bottom, one also on top, and a comforter over that.

R31, I fold my underwear. What’s wrong with that?

OF COURSE, ONE USES THE TOP SHEET!

What kind of heathens are posting here? You go between the sheets. Blankets, comforters go on top.

There is NO acceptable alternative.

And tuck in the top sheet at the foot of the bed.

I sleep under the fitted sheet. I like to be very tightly tucked in.

Who doesn't use a top sheet? It's weird to not use one - even with a duvet.

If you’re handy, you can cut the top sheet in even sections and sew additional pillowcases. If your dog sleeps with you, you have to wash the covers frequently anyway. Why bother with the top sheet?

yes if the top sheet is fur

If you’re handy, you can cut the top sheet in even sections and sew additional pillowcases. If your dog sleeps with you, you have to wash the covers frequently anyway. Why bother with the top sheet?

I sleep on a pine needle mattress inside a borrowed sleeping bag.

No top sheet = deal breaker

[quote] And tuck in the top sheet at the foot of the bed.

With hospital corners, goddammit.

If not, you’re a monster.

I never knew it was a thing not to use the top sheet. I see no benefit to not using it.

[quote] I sleep under the fitted sheet. I like to be very tightly tucked in.

So you sleep on the bare mattress using the fitted sheet for your top sheet?

What the fuck is a top sheet?!?

no comment

R45, I basically make the bed with myself inside of it. It’s not easy, but I attach all the corners of the fitted sheet with myself underneath it. It’s so cozy.

It's the flat sheet, r46. Honestly don't know why it's called the "top" sheet, that doesn't make much sense to me.

Because it’s supposed to be on the top of the sheets.

If it’s the flat sheet then don’t you just use it like a regular sheet? Why are you using the flat sheet and a fitted sheet together?? Sheet sets give you one of each to give you a choice of which one to use since some people don’t like fitted sheets.

Always, thought it gets wadded up and kicked to the foot of the bed in my restless sleep.

In summer, I usually sleep under only the top sheet. Blankets are too hot.

[quote] with myself inside of it.

[quote]with myself underneath it.

*eyeroll*

It's too early in the morning for me to figure out if r51 is for real or not.

Agree, r54.

*yawn & stretch*

Please sir, put it in my hole.

I've never heard of not using the top/flat sheet.

I change and wash my sheets every few days. But I don't wash my duvet that much because the top sheet is there to protect the duvet.

Besides, I love getting into a bed with cold, crisp sheets, even in the dead of winter. You can't do that if you don't have a top sheet.

“Me” and “myself” are not synonyms, shit for brains. Do you say “I was there by me” or “I was there by myself”?

I’ve seriously never heard of a top sheet. I’m surprised it’s such an essential thing that everyone uses. Are you guys all from other countries or the US?

Does a duvet cover (often used with a down comforter) change the need for a top sheet?

I have sheet sets made. It is vulgar not to use a top sheet when sleeping. Duvets are unpleasantly heavy.

The real question for the tasteful, normal sleepers who use a top sheet is: Do you properly turn the top sheet over when making the bed, so that the "top" faces the sleeper?

The bottom fitted sheet protects the mattress, while the flat top sheet protects the bed covers laid over it like comforters and duvets.

A brief search online shows a lot of articles declaring people monsters if they don't use a top sheet, and others declaring you monsters if you DO.

I do, R61. It looks nicer and feels more comfortable when I pull the sheets up at night.

Nope I use a duvet. The top sheets are in a closet somewhere.

R61, Yes, I do. And I don't understand why anyone would buy a flat sheet simply to store it, but never use it.

I cut a hole in the top sheet and then hang it across my the front entry way a few feet before the door and then I invite special friends over. 🕳

It does seem weird to buy a sheet set when you won't be using the flat sheet. You can get sheet separates at any bedding store.

[quote] “Me” and “myself” are not synonyms, shit for brains. Do you say “I was there by me” or “I was there by myself”?

Of course you wouldn’t, you muppet. When the word is appropriate it gets used.

But you would also say, “it’s just me in bed.” Or, “with just me inside it,” or “with just me under it.”

What is this obsession people have with trying to sound important and referring to themselves constantly as “myself”?

Look around on this site. This is consistently considered one of the most irritating things here in any post relating to these type of things.

Only trash does not use a flat sheet.

I don't have sheet sets because my linen sheets are second hand from French markets. I'd guess the ones I have are all pre-War. Fabuous quality, although a bitch to launder, because the linen is so thick.

I had a feeling that this would generate many responses like R69

OF COURSE I DO!

A Bottom always needs a top.

and nothing less than 800 thread count.

Smell r70!

R70 So thick! 😈

I put the top sheet in my cat’s hideaway. She loves it.

I pray that’s not a euphemism.

Never, I make extra pillow cases out of the top sheet

R70 mine too. OK I have Swiss, Austrian and Italian in with the French. Viens t'asseoir à côté de moi.

[quote] Viens t'asseoir à côté de moi.

You may be having a stroke. Do you want us to call an ambulance?

أحب أن أضع الأشياء من خلال الورقة

Yes I use both the top and bottom sheets.

Oh no!! It’s too late!

I use the top sheets more in the winter, they keep in the warmth better than JUST a comforter.

Help, I've fallen on my Aubusson carpet and can't get up!

I use both. I never heard of not using the flat sheet until I fell in love with this Nice Jewish Boy who said to me, "I'm a Nice Jewish Boy. We only use comforters on top." I said fine, but after we broke up, the top sheets came right back out of the drawer. (I let him keep the comforter: way too warm for me.)

If you fell in a 70s shag carpet we wouldn’t find you for days, maybe even months.

[quote] We only use comforters on top.

That must have been awkward. Y’all didn’t have condoms?

r22, I think you're on to something there....patent and invent it!

Oh, you're so funny, r87. And I'm so old. Gay men didn't use condoms then.

Mother cuts a tiny hole into our top sheet for when she requires coitus.

Ya know, since I read r22’s post I’ve been thinking, “they couldn’t do that because...” yet I can’t think of a “because.”

You’re right, r88, he really is onto something.

r78. Looks itchy/scratchy from the coarse weave.

I suspect those who don't know how to make a proper bed also don't know how to properly set the table. Both are product of practicality. Damn who are these failing parents?

Would this be considered a quality of life crime? Slippery slope.

I definitely use a top sheet but I don't buy sheet sets, I like to mix and match. Before I get into bed though I untuck the top sheet - I hate having my feet squashed down.

Jeez that’s a thread unto itself, r94.

Tuck or no tuck.

You have something against the spork?

[quote] I suspect those who don't know how to make a proper bed also don't know how to properly set the table. Both are product of practicality.

Practicality? Hardly.

If Charles doesn’t set the table appropriately or make the beds to our liking, we simply hire a new butler.

No need to learn those things in the same way we wouldn’t be so vulgar as to fix our (yuck) plumbing, or not get a greasemonkey for our cars.

Fuckin pigs.

Imagine the thread: "How often do you change the sheets?" The sniffys would be "Every day!", while the sluts would be "When they get a heart beat."

I think it’s kind of nasty to not have a top sheet. I’ve only stayed in one 5 star hotel that didn’t have a top sheet and I was so livid they went and found one for me. In summer, I like to only use the fitted and top sheet when sleeping.

Me too, r100. Even in winter. If I’m chilly in the middle of the night I just pull the blanket up.

Never heard of this. Always have used a top sheet and anywhere I ever stayed or slept used one. I mean doesn't it feel weird not to sleep under a sheet? And wash it frequently? (I don't use duvets/quilts, I use cotton blankets.)

[quote]Yes, I use it under my blanket and comforter.—I drain my pasta and don’t use Corelle dinnerware.

Bless you, R16

I feel I know you now

I believe it was during the rise of the KKK that people stopped using the top sheet for their beds when they found other uses for them.

Sheet sets?

OP, you type poor.

If you're using a blanket, then of course you need a top sheet to go between it and you. If you use a comforter like I do, that has its own (usually cotton, occasionally linen or even silk) fitted cover that replaces the top sheet.

[quote] fitted cover that replaces the top sheet.

No, it doesn't.

A duvet is not a substitute for a top sheet.

R93, true story: My dad was a Navy veteran and my mom was a nurse, and they would make the bed differently because of their training, and even got into fights about how to tuck in the sheets at the corners. I never really learned how to do it because I didn't want to ask and start another fight.

When I feel like making the extra effort, I use two top sheets - one under the blanket and one over the blanket

It makes me feel I'm staying in a really nice hotel

I was in my 30s before I knew what short-sheeting was. I missed out on a fun-filled youth because of this.

R110 must have never lived in the dorms of college.

Nice, r109. I love it when the hotels do that.

We no do that here, r109. Más trabajo.

I just moved to a warm climate and was thinking about trying to find some fun flat sheets and use them instead of a blanket.

Something along the line of the Marimekko sheets Crate & Barrel had a few seasons back.

[quote] trying to find some fun flat sheets

Oh. When you said fun I thought you meant like Hello Kitty or Strawberry Shortcake.

Sheets are not "fun". You have fun on them. Only a Frau could have posted that. Or a sad completely unfucked shop bottom twinkle toes.

Haha. Why buy sheet "sets"? It's just a ploy to get you to buy more than what you need. Aside from the nightmare of a fitted sheet, many queen size sheet sets come with standard size pillowcases. WTF is that about??

Many sheep-like humans buy prefab prepackaged everything.

[quote]Nope I use a duvet. The top sheets are in a closet somewhere.

But don't you put the duvet inside a duvet cover?

What sheets? I sleep on the bare mattress

[quote] I don't buy sheet sets, I purchase them individually. My mother did this and bought whatever was on sale, usually in a color that wouldn't get dingy, and nothing matched. She wasn't a believer in the top sheet. It wasn't until I was a young adult on my own that I discovered sheet sets and was blown away by the beautiful colors and designs.

Same with towels and nothing matched. I remember going to JC Penney and being amazed at the stacks and stacks of towels in many different sizes and gorgeous colors. I was like Daisy in Gatsby's closet.

^^ Oops, screwed up my quote.

R121, in my house all the towels matched. They were all white.

I didn’t realize until I got older that our last name wasn’t Holiday Inn, but they did match.

Dancing In The Sheets

I use a top sheet because comforters/duvets are /way/ too hot for me. Otherwise I will sweat my ass off all night.

Is that the same thing as a bed spread?

I hesitate to ask this, but if one doesn't purchase either individual sheets or sheet sets, where do you buy your sheets? Do you have them made to order? Or does the help take care of those things?

R109 I do the same with a sheet over my quilt. My pets sleep with me and shed so much. This way I don’t have to wash the quilt so often.

If you people who don’t use a top sheet aren’t washing your blanket or duvet cover every couple of weeks, well that’s just unhygienic.

You know who doesn’t use a top sheet? Babies in their cribs.

[quote]My ex did. He came out 46. Also folded his underwear. That’s all you need know.

I'm going to go out a limb here - your ex had a really tight sphincter, right?

R127, almost any store that sell sheets will sell sheet sets and a selection of individual sheets, pillowcases, etc.

Of course the comforters are in covers of their own that are washed just as regularly as the sheets and pillowcases!

And yes, r107, a thus covered duvet (as you call it) absolutely IS a substitute for a top sheet.

Changing a duvet cover is a lot of work each week. Much easier to use a top sheet.

Yes it must take 2 minutes to change a duvet cover. So very tiring and time consuming.

Does anyone iron their sheets?

Getting the duvet in the cover doesn't take two minutes. Well, I guess it does if you have a tiny duvet and bought a king size duvet cover. Otherwise, you're spending 2 minutes each on the corners alone.