Top Sheets - Am I The Only One Who Doesn't Bother?

[danniellabella]

Ever since DH & I got married we've always used a top sheet. We don't tuck it each morning (we probably don't make the bed each day like it "should" be done). All we do to make the bed is just pull the sheet & quilt up so it's all straight. It does keep the quilt so much cleaner and we only have to change the quilt cover every couple of months instead of with every sheet change. I also find it better having a top sheet as the weather is warming up because you can kick the quilt off if you need to or easily pull it up if it gets cool during the night.

[Lulu]

OMg I'm the opposite. In fact I was very peeved when the last sheet I bought didn't come with a top sheet!

I get too hot without a top sheet, don't ask me why....and I also find some way to get tangled up in the doona unless there is a top sheet.

[Nelle]

I honestly thought I was the only one who HAD to have something on them all the time...
Nice to know I'm not alone!

Umm...I love topsheets, but I must sleep a bit like a hurricane and all the blankets are tangled around both of us by morning. So I don't really bother.

[~*Niadalla*~]

Another who really doesn't like top sheets but uses them on a hot night if needed. Keeps me hidden rom the mozzies

[LimeSlice]

I use top sheets when I am feeling particularly OTT lol
And in summer - in perth it is waaaay too hot for a doona (cuvet my Kiwi DH would remind me lol) or a blanket, but I cannot sleep without a sheet over my bum! lol

[Rouge]

I NEED a top sheet at home (but am fine to cope out and about)! I absolutely love the feeling, especially with as you say high thread count good quality linen.

[Mum030709]

DD has a top sheet on her bed always, but the only time I put 1 on my bed is during winter..
The thread count doesn't bother me..

[Karina]

I dont use a top sheet at all. I havent used one in years because I jst find them annoying!

[LaDeeDa]

nope no top sheets here either DF hates getting all tangled up in them so just the fitted and the doona for us

[AngelPunks]

target do the 1000 thread count sheets with NO top sheet - saw it there the other day when I was buying sheets

[Inanna]

I love a top sheet and always use one! I am loving my 1200 count sheets bought in the post Christmas sales!

[sunshine_sieben]

I HATE top sheets.
I find them really annoying, they always get tangled up in the middle of the night, they add to my washing (cause I would still have to wash my doona cover on a regular basis) and I just find them useless. I just use doona covers instead. When it's warmish, I use my summer weight cotton quilt in the cover and in summer, when it's really warm, I use the doona cover on it's own without any filling in it. It's then just like a double weight sheet.
I always buy nice soft doona covers, preferably 100% cotton sateen.
I don't own any top sheets. I actually love the fitted sheets they sell in Germany (that's where I am from). They're made from a slightly stretchable cotton jersey material and are so so soft and stay on the mattress really well. I have some high thread count good quality cotton sheets from here and I find them a bit stiffer and they still crinkle during the night (yes, DH is a restless sleeper). The jersey ones don't need ironing but still come out of the wash looking like they were ironed and maintain that look until they need ironing again.
That reminds me, I have to ask my mum to get me some for my new king size bed when she comes to Australia next time.

I guess it's what you're used to. In Germany (as in the rest of continental Europe), we don't use top sheets, so i grew up without them.

Saša

[alioops]

I don't use doonas up here!! we get too hot to use a doona but not hot enough to be uncovered. When we are south though we use a doona.

[sneakysparkle]

wow I had no idea top sheets were so disliked!! Someone needs to start a facebook group
its too hot here for a doona so we always have a top sheet - Im with you dach, like to be all tucked up

[fionas]

Yes really hot nights are a bit of a problem if you hate top sheets. My solution is to wrap the doona around half my body and leave the other half uncovered. One side hot, one side cold and but they seem to even each other up.

[catherinemoses]

I never had a top sheet growing up. It is only since I have been married that I must have one!!! I do hospital folds on the end and they rarely come out.
Also Vue sheets are wonderful. We were given a set as a wedding gift. They still feel amazing after 4 years of being pretty well our only sheets

[sunshine_sieben]

See, here is another difference: I hate sheets that are tucked in. I feel trapped. So maybe that's why I always ended up strangling myself with the top-sheet. I'm so glad DH is a conformed non-sheeter!
By the way, there's a knack to putting on a doona cover. If you do it this way, it is much easier than having to make the bed with a top sheet every day.

[Madissun]

I only use one in summer when its too hot for a doona. I hate getting tangled up in it!