It turns out that bedding in the US is not very similar to what we are used to.
You won’t see this difference in movies. There all the beds are “dressed up”, just like ours: a sheet, a pillow, a blanket. But in reality, in real houses, everything looks very different. It turns out that Americans don’t use duvet covers! That is why on the forums of migrants the hostesses, knocking off their feet, are trying to find “normal” bed linen in local stores.
“An incredible fact about America! Please explain to me why this is so! Well, was it hard to come up with a duvet cover? – the popular TikTok blogger under the nickname American Princess is outraged. “I don’t understand why make life so difficult for yourself!”
According to the girl, the bed of an ordinary American looks like this: a sheet, pillows, then another sheet, a blanket, and another sheet on top. Therefore, overnight all this turns into an indistinct heap, where everything is mixed up: crumpled sheets, blankets …
“I was just making the bed and almost threw it out the window! Why do they sell underwear sets with three sheets and one pillowcase, why? ” – asks the Princess.
She complains that it is impossible to get a duvet cover in the United States – they say, they simply do not sell. But in reality, this is not entirely true. There, indeed, most often you can find bedding sets without a duvet cover in our usual sense. Instead, there is a thick sheet, to which a blanket is attached with the help of Velcro or buttons so that it does not fidget.
Comfortable? Not everyone. “I fall asleep in bed, wake up in some kind of swallow’s nest,” complain fellow bloggers in misfortune in the comments.
But there are also Duvet sets, they have a duvet cover. It’s just a little harder to find them. Although, according to eyewitnesses, any “Ikea” is full of blanket covers – enterprising Europeans supply America with the benefits of civilization.
In the comments to the video, which gained almost 800 thousand views, an army of people who wanted to go to the decaying States to “stir up business” immediately gathered. The especially compassionate ones suggested that the girl send a set of underwear from Russia – a compatriot should not suffer so much. And we, in turn, can advise not to make the bed at all. Doctors say it is unhealthy.
Interview
Would you be able to do without a duvet cover?
No, it’s unlikely. It’s the same as on a train – a sheet, a blanket on top …
If there is no other choice, I would adapt.
You can always sew a duvet cover from two sheets. If only the arms were out of the shoulders.
Sure! I hate to stuff a blanket into a duvet cover.