sheet philosophies
What is your sheet philosophy?
Catherine and I, as it turns out, have very different sheet philosophies. My idea is that sheets are rectangular pieces of cloth that tuck in at the end, leaving room so your feet don't get stuck, and tuck in a bit on one side or partway up. That way, you get in and you're covered. Same with the blankets. You then have the freedom to fold down a blanket, or even fold down the sheet, roll around in bed, change positions, whatever you need to do; in the morning, it's still easy as pie to toss the sheets up and make the bed nicely. Then you have the same setup for the next night.
Catherine's idea is that sheets are three-dimensionally amoebic objects that can be bunched up on the surface of the bed and used to keep the legs from sweating on each other, to keep parts of one's body warm or cool or protected from the air-motion of the heater or AC, to help one feel a certain feeling (coziness, tranquility), and to help mitigate the temperature difference of two bodies. Thus, the sheets may wind up in any position on the bed, or on the floor, by the end of the night. The purpose of making the bed, then, is to reset the sheets and blankets to their neutral starting position for the next night.
Ideal position vs neutral starting position. That says it all, doesn't it? Two completely different, and incompatible, sheet philosophies. Two completely different ideas about what the very definition of a sheet even is.
This seems related in my mind to the fact that I define a menu as a list of dishes that the chef and staff of a restaurant have developed; whereas Catherine defines a menu as something more like I would define "recipe": a list of ingredients that a customer can use to create a custom-made meal that is exactly to his or her liking.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Catherine and I, as it turns out, have very different sheet philosophies. My idea is that sheets are rectangular pieces of cloth that tuck in at the end, leaving room so your feet don't get stuck, and tuck in a bit on one side or partway up. That way, you get in and you're covered. Same with the blankets. You then have the freedom to fold down a blanket, or even fold down the sheet, roll around in bed, change positions, whatever you need to do; in the morning, it's still easy as pie to toss the sheets up and make the bed nicely. Then you have the same setup for the next night.
Catherine's idea is that sheets are three-dimensionally amoebic objects that can be bunched up on the surface of the bed and used to keep the legs from sweating on each other, to keep parts of one's body warm or cool or protected from the air-motion of the heater or AC, to help one feel a certain feeling (coziness, tranquility), and to help mitigate the temperature difference of two bodies. Thus, the sheets may wind up in any position on the bed, or on the floor, by the end of the night. The purpose of making the bed, then, is to reset the sheets and blankets to their neutral starting position for the next night.
Ideal position vs neutral starting position. That says it all, doesn't it? Two completely different, and incompatible, sheet philosophies. Two completely different ideas about what the very definition of a sheet even is.
This seems related in my mind to the fact that I define a menu as a list of dishes that the chef and staff of a restaurant have developed; whereas Catherine defines a menu as something more like I would define "recipe": a list of ingredients that a customer can use to create a custom-made meal that is exactly to his or her liking.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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