“Millennials have ditched top sheets, much to the dismay of older generations.” (Accompanied by a photo of a dismayed-looking woman in bed, clutching a top sheet around her shoulders.)
I am so thoroughly confused by posts like this. <laugh emoji> I am a boomer but cannot relate to uptight social norms, excess laundry, or consumerist pearl-clutching.
That said, I personally use a sheet because it allows me to not have to wash the comforter or quilt all the time. So basically I am very lazy, slacking off for mother earth.
Also I live in Florida and use no air conditioning, so a sheet is the only covering I want in summer. And it’s versatile, sometimes I only want it covering my feet — which is perfectly easy to arrange.
A sheet can so quickly and easily be washed/rinsed in a small tub or pot, and then hung on the line to dry.
It doesn’t even have to be washed in water necessarily, sometimes I just hang it up on the line in the morning, and let the sun and wind give it a burst of free cleaning power.
That said, I have no judgment about entire generations deciding to try something new lol.
Generational pearl-clutching seems to have become the new sport of my fellow Boomers with too much time (and money) on their hands.
Maybe a sign that it’s time to find some more hobbies, or get busy planting fruit trees! And definitely we can be watching and learning from the younger generations. There’s a reason why different approaches get popular.