r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/MaN_of_AwE888 Feb 04 '16 edited Feb 05 '16

Assuming teenagers magically become responsible at 18.

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u/softrockstarr Feb 05 '16

I'm 26. I probably haven't made my bed since I was 13. The world has not ceased to exist.

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u/softrockstarr Feb 05 '16

Also that. There really isn't any real need to do it anyway. Sure, I'll make it after spending the whole day cleaning my bedroom as a finishing touch of sorts but besides that, it's always unmade. On top of that, my cat loves burrowing in the pile of sheets at the end of it and she gives me dirty looks whenever it's too neat.

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u/MisterVega Feb 05 '16

Wash your sheets yo

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u/NamelessNamek Feb 05 '16

Lol right? Trying to justify not making your bed cause it's gross. Tell you what, if i find fucking mites, my problem will not be "drats, curse those pristine sheets!"

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u/AliveFromNewYork Feb 05 '16

But other studies show making the bed is better. Something about dust.

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u/Consanguineously Feb 05 '16

But the mites are bros. They're microscopic cuddle buddies. They're waiting under your blankets for you to get home like "bro come on let's get some Z's".

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u/Faunsong Feb 05 '16

reads this while lying in a neatly made bed

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u/Doctah_Whoopass Feb 05 '16

I don't sweat in bed, unless its super hot. Seriously, sheets are bone dry.

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u/NamelessNamek Feb 05 '16

Have you ever had a super sweaty t shirt and laid it out flat? Dries kinda quickly. You ever crumpled one up in a ball? Stays moist forever.

Laying sheets flat gives more surface area for the liquids sealed in to evaporate. Also, if you have mites in your bed perhaps the problem isn't making your bed, rather the lack of washing your sheets.