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Normal ? or OCD?

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Nelliemoser Mon 01-May-17 23:11:28

Luckygirl Me neither. I "let it air" and I cannot B A to make it every day, unless the covers are in such a muddle they start falling off.
As for those piles of decorative cushions some people have on their beds I do not get the point.

merlotgran Mon 01-May-17 22:51:30

I'm really particular about how I make my bed. I insist the dogs get off it first. grin

hildajenniJ Mon 01-May-17 22:41:42

Oh dear, I just pull the duvet straight. My pillow lies flat, well I can't really stand it up, it's filled with buckwheat hulls. I have no cushions or extra pillows on my bed. Am I odd?

ninathenana Mon 01-May-17 22:40:12

We don't make our bed in the standard sense. We fold the duvet back double at the bottom of the bed as I like to 'air' the bed then straighten the bottom sheet and fluff the pillows. It's a case of who ever gets out of it last does the above.
The OP asks if she might have OCD I think Annie's question is relevant.

Grannyknot Mon 01-May-17 22:38:36

I call this "how to get someone else to do the job for you" smile - there are so many things I don't do just the way husband likes them, that I just leave it up to him - making the bed is one of them. Everybody's happy!

gillybob Mon 01-May-17 22:19:29

I'm with you paddyann I like my bed to be made in a certain way and DH knows better than to bother trying, as I will only re-do it again my way. Duvet pulled almost to the top then folded over a pillows width. Bottom pillow leaning against headboard with top pillow in front. 2 co-ordinating cushions one either side then my throw folded neatly across the bottom. I couldn't leave the house with an unmade bed . smile

Greenfinch Mon 01-May-17 22:12:12

You will be saying next that you must have matching pillow cases grin

Luckygirl Mon 01-May-17 22:05:15

OMG! - we never even make our bed from one day to the next - I mean; the queen is not about to come along on a visit!

If I were you I should instantly stop making beds ever for the sake of your health! grin

Anniebach Mon 01-May-17 22:04:53

May I ask? What if you didn't remake the bed , how do you think you may have felt?

Ana Mon 01-May-17 21:51:01

What's a 'boudoir cushion'?

paddyann Mon 01-May-17 21:48:43

My family and friends would tell you I'm not housework obsessed....in fact some would say I only do it when its not possible to leave it any longer.BUT ...I had to remake the beds this morning after my grandaughter "helped" by making them for me .I like the duvet to come to just in front of the pillows,the pillows stacked with one standing and the boudoir cushion placed in between.Thats not how they were done.It made me think about how many other things I change or rearrange to how I like them .Then I realised thats probably why I do all the housework etc myself .So is this OCD ? Here was I thinking I was very casual about things house related and it seems I'm not.