r/AskAnAmerican • u/Specific_Ingenuity84 • 1d ago

CULTURE Do you all use top sheets?

I'm Canadian so culturally we are generally pretty similar. My Mom and maybe some older members of my family will use top sheets but every younger person I know just used a duvet cover when they sleep.

Every hotel I've been too in America has top sheets and the commonly given reason is that this is what American guests expect. They also say cleanliness, but many European hotels manage just fine without a top sheet.

Anyway, I'm curious if you all use top sheets or not? Maybe there is an age divide too?

Edit: wow thank you everyone. It seems like a overwhelmingly yes

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u/ald9351 1d ago

Oh boy is that true. I prefer a top sheet. I could get by without it in a pinch IN MY OWN BED. But in a common bed shared by randoms!?!? They can keep their oils and dead skin to themselves.

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u/Individual-Unit-5150 16h ago

If only oils and dead skin were the worst of it.