My Beef With Jersey (Sheets)
Posted by: Nina Carbone
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12:00PM, Friday July 17th 2009
Not long ago, we told you about how American Apparel introduced a new line of jersey bedding. My first thought was innnn-teresting. Next brainwave: Why the hell do I want a set of jersey sheets? Sure, jersey sheets (t-shirt sheets for those not trolling the aisles of Bed, Bath & Beyond on their Sunday mornings) are insanely affordable and can feel (when they’re new) like the inside of a just-purchased sweatshirt before the first wash—but I just can’t get into them. For two reasons…
One, when they get worn, they start to look like those ragged sweats you wore in high school gym class—they pill, they get all rough feeling and they tend to stretch out and look like a hot mess. And second, I also associate them with sophomore year in college. And not the good parts of those semesters. Envision mornings when the sheets stunk of sweated-out booze from the previous night’s keg-a-thon, the sound of the alarm going off for the fourth time after repeated snooze hits, and the head rush you got after ripping yourself out of bed to face the morning when suddenly all of last night’s conversations come speeding back to haunt you? (Yay, COLL-EGE!) Though I wasn’t even close to being an out-every-night-of-the-week co-ed, the question must be asked, do I really want to relive those mornings because I cheaped out and didn’t go with 100 percent cotton sheets? Not even a little bit. Those mornings were comical then (and let’s be frank, the hangovers these days are way worse after consuming much, much less!), but I want them to stay put in my collegiate past. Where they belong. If you haven’t noticed, I’m trying to be a grown-up these days. Trying. In sum, and I hope you’ve been taking notes because it may show up on the mid-term, save a bit more loot and freaking splurge on the touch, the feel, fabric of our lives…plain old cotton, and skip the jersey variety.
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Kiki T
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 12:08 pm: [report]
ha he ha my friend was just saying how she hated jersey sheets yesterday!
bogart4017
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 12:32 pm: [report]
I have no idea what jersey sheets are but i know what you mean about those hangovers! In college i could shake those things off by noon. These days they just hang in there until about 8pm. I quit Jack Daniels!
fallenangel915
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 01:22 pm: [report]
I’m sitting on a set of jersey sheets now. My sheets don’t need to have thread count; as long as they cover my mattress…and yes, they do match my bedrooom decor…and yes, I’m 19.
No, I’m 27, but eff it. They’re just bedsheets.
wazu
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 01:54 pm: [report]
I hate jersey sheets too! I bought some at Target, but quickly switched back to my too-many-years-old fading regular old cotton sheets. The jersey sheets are too warm and make me feel sweaty and clammy.
raqueleza
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 02:09 pm: [report]
I don’t know what this noise is…jersey sheets are by far the most comfortable, breathable bedding around. I can’t help you with your bad associations, but if you get higher quality duds, they won’t pill and you’ll get more wear from them.
Jersey bedding is surpassed only by bamboo sheets.
_jsw_
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 03:17 pm: [report]
I have some good-quality jersey sheets and do like them in the spring and fall when I want something warmer but not flannel (or cooler but not as cool as my summer sheets). What I don’t like about them is what I don’t like about flannel - clothing tends to not slide on it, which is an issue when clothing is worn to bed, which just, I suppose, encourages me to wear less (less, not nothing) to bed.
retro chic
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 03:55 pm: [report]
In our house, our dog will destroy jersey sheets with her nails if the bed isn’t made quick enough. I didn’t like the cold sensation of regular sheets on winter nights getting into bed. I got lulled into the idea that there was no way in hell I was going to buy flannel, jersey would be the only palatable solution. Making the bed was easier, like stretching a t-shirt over the corners without breaking nails or swearing, but that’s where the plusses stopped. Like you, jsw, I like to slide around on my sheets, not be semi-velcro’d to them in a twist. Plus, I have better “bed warmers” now…
_jsw_
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 04:08 pm: [report]
@retro chic: “In our house, our dog will destroy jersey sheets with her nails if the bed isn’t made quick enough.” Your dog is a harsh mistress, indeed. Are there other tasks that she times you on?
retro chic
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 04:17 pm: [report]
@jsw: I knew you were going to bust me on something. Glad it wasn’t on that fib that I make the bed first thing every day. Anyway, don’t all dogs own their people?
_jsw_
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 04:27 pm: [report]
@retro chic: I have no idea what you’re talking about. The fact that I’m sitting on the floor petting my dog is simply because I like doing it. It has nothing to do with her desires whatsoever. No way. Uh uh. Nor does the fact that Animal Planet is on the TV. I like those shows. The fact that she pays attention to them also means nothing to me.
retro chic
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 05:07 pm: [report]
@jsw:, except when you have to “whisper” the remote back.
_jsw_
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 05:11 pm: [report]
@retro chic: I surely hope you’re not dissin’ Cesar. Speaking of Cesar, I’m fully prepared to ball my eyes out when Daddy goes, which probably won’t be too long from now.
Perhaps I can dry my tears on my jersey sheets.
retro chic
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 05:31 pm: [report]
@jsw: aww. I’m sorry. I’ll send mine… whatta ya know, they *do* have a use after all.
_jsw_
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 05:36 pm: [report]
@retro chic: Thank you do much!! Your small shredded pieces will work so much better than my undamaged ones. I truly appreciate it!
annie_hall
wrote on July 19 2009 @ 09:38 pm: [report]
Jersey sheets are terrible; my boyfriend has them and they give me rug burns. He may just be getting new sheets for his b-day.
Jill
wrote on July 21 2009 @ 11:38 pm: [report]
My boyfriend’s jersey sheets end up pulling off the bed so I’m just sleeping on the mattress….I hate those sheets.