It always wants to ride up the sides of my bed because elastic never wants to hold it in place. When I wash and dry my sheets it inevitably spirals up in the washer and dryer so it never washes or dries properly. Then it’s a pain in the ass to try and fold neatly.
I feel like I’m failing adulthood after being bested by a bedsheet.
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If it’s riding up the sides of your mattress, it’s probably not big enough for your mattress. Sheets say on the package something like, “fits mattresses up to 11 inches tall”. If your mattress is taller than that, it’ll ride up.
Bed Sheet Suspenders, 100%
there trick is to pull the elastic down far enough so it reaches over the bottom edge of the mattress.
forget folding it neatly. you can adult without that skill
you can adult without that skill
Thanks, that makes me feel better about my adultery skills
Thanks, that makes me feel better about my adultery skills
Stop cheating on your spouse.
No wonder the sheets don’t stay on the bed 😂
That was the joke, right?
Also depends on the sheet. I have one that always pops off no matter how well I secure it on the corners.
Deep pocket sheets work wonders. Suspenders never worked for us.
Glue it to your bed. To wash, hose it down every few months. It takes about a week to dry the mattress, so you just have to get used to sleeping on a damp surface. Apply Febreze liberally.
I am the bottom sheet in my bed. I feel you, I can barely deal with myself.
So real it hurts
I’m currently laying in a crumpled up mess of sheets that came off the corners. This is my life now.
Mattresses have an enormous variance in thickness, and sheets vary considerably in the depth of the “pocket.” If your sheets can barely fit over a too-thick mattress, then they’re going to pop off when you move on them. You might just want to buy some new sheets with a deeper pocket. Alternatively, you can buy elastic straps that go under the bed and clip onto the sheets. You’ll generally either find these as a four pack of short ones that are meant to go only at the corners, or as a two pack of long ones meant to stretch under the entire bed and attach opposite sides. Get the long ones; they generally perform much better.
This is a cool community. I never expected so many helpful replies to this. Thank you all.
They sell elastic with clips you can use to hold your sheets in place. They’re a pain in the ass to switch if you don’t know how.
My technique is to stretch the clean fitted sheet over the old one and move the clips one side at a time, then pull out the old sheet from under it.
Wash bedclothes separately at at least 60°C. Germs die and salt and fat will dissolve. No folding, because who cares it won’t make a difference after 1 night. And yeah what elbow said, pull the fittet sheets as far as possible over the mattress. The rubber ring should be as small as possible on the backside. The sewn corners on the bed sheet should rest on the mattress’ corners that are on the underside, or even being stretched further
When I wash and dry my sheets it inevitably spirals up in the washer and dryer so it never washes or dries properly.
I got about 8 wool dryer balls that I tossed in the dryer and it has kept the fitted sheet from wrapping and bunching up. Dries MUCH better.
Any product recommendations on those?
I don’t think it matters, I got mine at Walmart. Think it was the BHG brand.
Do you latch your sheets below your matress’ corners? They’re usually meant to fully cover the top and all sides, except for those with no elastic.
Or, perhaps the elastic has gotten too lash, so they slip out from below and ride up the sides?
I don’t have a proper solution for washing and drying, except putting them in a washing bag so they don’t eat all the other laundry.
I do latch them below the corners. I have a foam mattress topper, so fitted sheets just fit around the mattress. As a result, there isn’t a lot of extra material to go under the mattress.
I learned these straps exist. Going to give it a shot.
fitted sheets just fit around the mattress
This is your core problem. They need to fit a good ways past the edge. You need a ‘deeper’ fitted sheet.
Buy nicer sheets and you may need to buy the ones made for a deep mattress.
As a last resort you can buy clip on sheet holders that will make sure they won’t come off, but at some point you’ll probably end up ripping your sheet if you use them.
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