Survey: Young, single men change their bedsheets only 4 times a year!

[davidn3600]

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – It’s apparent that many single guys live in filth, but a new survey reveals they sleep in it as well.

According to the research, which was conducted by U.K. mattress company Ergoflex, single men between the ages of 18 and 55 only change their bed sheets an average of four times…per year!

Furthermore, the average single guy owns just one set of sheets. Women, on the other hand, typically own three sets and change their linens every two-and-a-half weeks.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/08/27/survey-single-men-change-their-bedsheets-how-often/

[Gravitycollapse]

1. No comment.

[pansypoo53219]

2. I guess the onion was incorrect in saying it was once a decade.

oh. that was great onion story.

[Itchinjim]

3. As a formally young, single man,

I would say that sounds about right.

[SheilaT]

4. Actually, when I was a single female

many decades ago, doing laundry was a huge hassle. I didn't have a washer and drier in my apartment, and didn't even always have it in the building I lived in. Laundry was a relatively low priority, trust me. I did change my sheets more often than every three months, but it was no where near as often as once I had a washer and drier inside my living space.

[randome]

6. Love your sig line!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers. It's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

[SheilaT]

13. Thank you. I'm a bit of a math geek

and if I had a time machine I'd go back to my high school math class and write that on the board.

[oberliner]

5. Reduce, reuse, recycle

Admirable.

[postulater]

7. Aaaaaaaaannnnddd?

That's bad Why?

Says a former young man who didn't have sheets.

[B Calm]

8. Thank god I'm a married man! I love it when my wife hangs the sheets on the clothes line

during the summer months. Oh they smell so good when you crawl into bed!!

[Matariki]

9. ugh - even every two-and-a-half weeks sounds gross to me.

[Agschmid]

10. If I have a Sunday off I do it...

If not... Sometimes it is a few weeks between washes.

[Locrian]

11. giggity

[1awake]

12. lol... this shouldn't surprise anyone, especially the men. n/t

[winter is coming]

14. Gosh, I wonder why they're single? n/t

[Xithras]

15. That often?

When I was young and single, the rule was "no visible spots or odors". If a sheet set could go six months, it went six months. In my experience, this was a pretty typical thing.

The fact that the average male has lower standards for cleanliness than the average female isn't exactly news. I'm pretty sure that the "5 Second Rule" was invented by a guy.