AIBU - clothes are either clean or dirty

[legofootcasualty]

DP is currently decorating a chair with multiple items of clothing.

He says they're airing out and are neither fit to hang up or be washed again.

IMO clothes are either clean enough to hang up and wear or need to be washed. Where is the grey area??

He says I'm being ridiculous and it's totally normal.

AIBU?

[Haveyoubrushedyourteethtoday]

Mine does the same. It’s a thing, apparently. Drives me mad.

[GiantCheeseMonster]

I don’t like putting worn clothes back in the wardrobe. But I don’t know where to put them either!

[OddsNSodsBitsNBobs]

Yes I'm with you. Laundry basket or cupboard, choose...

[Haveyoubrushedyourteethtoday]

@GiantCheeseMonster

I don’t like putting worn clothes back in the wardrobe. But I don’t know where to put them either!

But whhyyyyyyyyyy???

[RaininSummer]

I think clothes can be worn more than once quite often but I don't want to put them back with really clean ones. It is a messy pain though sometimes.

[HarrisMcCoo]

I do this. Not just a man thing 😂

[Twillow]

It's a thing. Clean enough to be worn again in the near future. Not clean enough to go in the wardrobe.

[HairyFanjoBanjo]

Doesn't everyone has a clothes chair?

[TumtumTree]

#TeamDP

[TheGriffle]

Ours get draped on the bannister. They are not clean enough to go back in with the clean clothes but they are not dirty enough to go in the wash so on the bannister they live.

[AnneLovesGilbert]

We should all be washing stuff much less often. Putting stuff away that’s lost a bit of its shape but isn’t sweaty of have grub on it is weird and it makes complete sense to wear it again.

I’ve got a toddler and the mud season is hitting so I have stuff that’s fine for mooching round the house of popping to the shop but that I wouldn’t wear to meet someone or go anywhere nice.

Leave him and his worn but wearable clothes alone!

[LastStarfighter]

If you put worn clothes back in the wardrobe they can attract moths, but often clothes can be worn more than once after airing. Sounds perfectly normal to me.

[FatJan]

I put clothes I've worn once back in the wardrobe, but I don't like it. They're clean enough to wear again (several times) but they're also still not 'fresh' and I think make these wardrobe smell less fresh.

I'd love to wash everything after one wear, but a) I don't have enough clothes; b) I'm not doing that much washing and c) even if I did that much washing, I'm not prepared to make the inevitable deterioration of the fabric that comes after many washes occur any sooner than it absolutely has to.

[TwoMuchTwoYoung]

You can’t put worn clothes back in the wardrobe so dh is correct.

[dementedpixie]

I put jeans and my bra on the storage box at the end of my bed so I can reuse them. And as I only wear pj's for a short while each day (sleep naked) they get reused too

[chipsandpeas]

@Twillow

It's a thing. Clean enough to be worn again in the near future. Not clean enough to go in the wardrobe.

this

[MorganSeventh]

YABU. It's not actually good for clothes to be washed, it contributes to wear. Why damage something if it doesn't need to be damaged?

[shakehandswithdanger]

I agree with him. A clothes chair is perfectly normal. If it bothers you, maybe you can find something you find less annoying. Some pegs and a shelf? One of those wooden valet stand things? (It's a hanger with legs, essentially.)

[InTheLabyrinth]

#Team DH.
Things dont usually need washing after one wear, but putting stuff that has been worn (and so isnt properly clean, even though not dirty) in the wardrobe isnt, imo, right.
So, half dirty clothes need to air somewhere for a couple of days until reworn.

[legofootcasualty]

OK so this might be a thing...

But then there should be a proper place for the in-between clothes to go, not just creating a permanent mess!

A separate hanging rail or something

[Sciurus83]

#TeamDH

[HarrisMcCoo]

I often wear jeans for three or four days, then they get washed. I haven't been working down a pit. They can be reused several times before washing.

[MintJulia]

Ds gets in from school and changes into a t shirt he might wear for 5 hours. That goes back in the drawer to be worn another 5 hours before going in the wash. Jeans and sweaters are good for at least three days before they get washed (no direct skin contact).

[trumpisagit]

I call mine my Chairdrobe
I recommend it.
Where do you put clothes you have worn, but don't need washing and you are planning to wear soon?

[MrsRobbieHart]

Well they’re not getting aired on a chair, are they? He needs to air them properly. Hang on a hanger from the curtain pole by the open bedroom/spare bedroom/bathroom window for a day. Then they are fine to go back in the wardrobe.

Chair is just lazy .