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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:14 PM
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Poll question: Do you use a bed skirt?
You know, the $20 piece of cloth that fits between the matress and boxspring that drapes down the bottom of the bed to the floor?

It hides anything under there, but even if you put nothing under the bed, why get one?
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:15 PM
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1. One must have something to cover the bottom
half of the bed. If a comforter is used.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:16 PM
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2. Damn. I just bought a skirtless comforter.
:mad:
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:18 PM
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5. You might want to go shopping for a skirt then, lol
Edited on Sat Apr-15-06 05:27 PM by OhioBlues
Not really, if your bed is low enough you won't need one. My bed sits about 3 feet off the ground and I put those plastic boxes with blankets in them under the bed so I think I need one.

edited because I can't speak coherently.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:31 PM
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7. Mine's only 15" from the floor.
Maybe I don't need one, I hope! :D
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:44 PM
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8. If you can't see the box springs and you like the way it
looks it's probably fine. Don't buy one if you like the look of the bed w/o one.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:16 PM
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3. Yeah, otherwise the box spring shows and that just looks tacky. nt
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 10:15 AM
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22. Yup. I see what you mean...
Pity the stores are closed. :grumble: (except Walgreens, but who goes there? Their prices are inflated anyway... Just like Britney Spears.)

Well, it can wait until tomorrow. :)

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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:17 PM
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4. I don't use no skirts!
:) :hi:

No, I don't have one!
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:21 PM
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6. I used to, but with kitties, it was just a cat-hair magnet
and a clever ambush-in-the-middle-of-the-night guarantee
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 06:21 PM
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9. I have no bed at the moment
just an air mattress on a moldy floor


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Alleycat Donating Member (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 06:25 PM
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10. Of course!
Edited on Sat Apr-15-06 06:25 PM by Alleycat
How else do you hide all the stuff under the bed. I have tupperware boxes that hold my bed linens and extra bathroom stuff like rugs and shower curtains also a box of Xmas things!
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:49 AM
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11. No, I wear pajamas...


...my wife laughed me last time I wore a skirt to bed.

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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:54 AM
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12. I've never used one
But all of the beds at my weekend job have them and they are the biggest pain in the arse. Every time I go to tuck in the flat sheet I have to lift the mattress up at least 6 inches so I don't end up dragging that effing bed skirt with it. It's bad enough with the twin beds, but when I get to the full bed (and particularly when I've already given several showers and changed sheets on several beds) I'm getting pretty tired of all the lifting and bending.
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:57 AM
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13. I use one
on the guest/computer room bed. It's your standard issue twin bed. The other beds are water beds, so they just have a plain platform, no skirt needed.
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:19 AM
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14. I use one
but I sure can't find one for $20.


I don't have anything under my bed, I just like the completed look it gives the bed. Plus it helps keep the box springs cleaner.
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gardenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:24 AM
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15. Only when I'm feeling really bloated.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:26 AM
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16. Yes
it helps keep the dust bunnies down...

I won't tell you the creatures I found under the pre-bed skirt: :scared:
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 04:48 AM
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17. Uh huh.
Left to themselves, dust bunnies will produce enough soil to grow potatoes.

(I leave the concept of potatoes under the bed for Toad to play with)
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 05:24 AM
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18. We use to...
Meaning, when I got married we used a bed skirt, until we got our pom. And since our male pom likes to freakin piss on anything that drapes onto the floor, we stopped using the bed skirt, because that little bastard would piss on it continually. We also have to watch out for anything that drapes onto/or near the floor. Life if i hang my flannel, or jacket on the back of a chair, i have to make sure it sits high enough off the ground, otherwise that little punk ass dog will piss on my sleeve...
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 05:31 AM
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19. When I was too fat for regular skirts, yes!
:P
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 10:09 AM
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20. sometimes it's fun
to pull her skirt over her head while she pretends to scream "help!!!"
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 10:15 AM
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21. nah
skirts can be functional in hiding the mattress or things under the bed. But my SO made it clear that he will NOT sleep in any bed with skirts, ruffles, frilly spreads, piles of pillows or excess bed lingerie. Gets queezy at the sight of it in magazines. Says it makes him feel claustrophobic. Only likes strictly modern, spartan furniture too. It's hard to find home decor that is not overly floral, frilled or lacy but it can be done. To each his own.
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 11:56 AM
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23. homofobe?
how does he react to streisand records & window-treatments?
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:42 PM
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25. gosh
Edited on Sun Apr-16-06 01:08 PM by marions ghost
he hates Streisand and window treatments with a passion too. How'd you guess. And he abhors silky nighties on anybody. But on the other hand he cheerfully refers to himself as a "girly man," likes to cook and hates sports. He works with several gay women who he says he has more in common with than the straight guys. For one thing, they always double-check their work. Geekiness is his outstanding characteristic--as a statistician he would insist that our analysis here is so flawed he can't even give it any credibility :)
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:03 PM
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27. cool!
Edited on Sun Apr-16-06 01:04 PM by jukes
maybe he just has specific tastes. i don't like bedskirts 'cause the cats always hide there when it's vet time, y "velcro" the skirt when i try to drag them out!
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:01 PM
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32. are you my husband's other wife? Sounds just like the guy I
am married to. Except mine is a petroleum geologist.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:11 PM
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34. Most bedskirts aren't ruffly or frilly - ours is very tailored looking.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:02 PM
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24. Yep but I prefer bed pants.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:42 PM
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26. Not bed al naturale?
:D
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:20 PM
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28. Well sometimes...
mainly on those steamy hot AZ summer nights. :evilgrin:
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:36 PM
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29. They don't work too well with water beds.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:43 PM
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30. My wife does - but only on special occasions...
;)
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:43 PM
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31. I sleep on a futon on the floor
so my answer is "no"
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:11 PM
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35. In a van down by the river?
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 03:32 PM
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39. damn near
The ex-wife got the bed and the lion's share of the equity in our house. I live in a tiny two-room apartment now.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:10 PM
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33. $20? Yikes. Mine was a wee bit more than that.
The bed skirt isn't to hide what's under the bed (although it works nicely for that); it's to hide the bed frame. If you have a full bedspread that goes to the floor, it's not necessary. If you have a comforter or duvet, it's nice to have a bed skirt.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:29 PM
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36. I don't use one.....and now you can all see why!
I love how my bed looks!

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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:37 AM
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40. What a beautiful quilt!
You have good taste.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 11:07 AM
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42. Thanks!
I have loved it for a long time......

:hi:
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 03:26 PM
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37. nope, my bed is on a platform with drawers underneath
however I did use one pre-platform
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 03:29 PM
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38. Yes, it looks very nice.
:)
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 11:04 AM
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41. We can't use one until we get a headboard and footboard...
Cause right now the skirt just scoots off. Our mattress for some reason migrates toward the foot of the bed. Funny Story: We were "horsing around" the other morning and I fell off the bed. Just scooted right off the end. We really need to get a real bed.
Duckie
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 04:48 PM
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43. I don't, but I could use one...
:D
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 04:50 PM
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44. Used to
I think it's an old-fashioned look.
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