Empty washing basket

Rarely are they completely empty but thankfully they're never overflowing. I hate laundry and do what I can to reduce the amount of laundry there is to do, rather than do it more. We rewear clothing as much as we can. I don't wash things for the sake of it. I absolutely hate sopping wet towels but if you shake yourself off first before using one then they hardly even get wet and can be reused a fair few times without getting smelly if hung up properly. I probably wash my sheets the least out of everyone here - oops - I'd love to do it once a week or once a fortnight but it's more like every 3-4 weeks and that's mostly because they take absolutely forever to dry and it drives me nuts having washing hung everywhere. Baby sheets get changed regularly but they're teeny and I have a few so don't need to rush to wash them. I probably only do one load of baby clothes a week.

Lol you peeked
Anyway my crown has slipped now, t'was good while it lasted >>sigh<<

How on Earth do you juggle this with everything else? I’m seriously serious. How? Tell me how! 😂😂 My house is pretty much always tidy. My floors are clean. My dishwasher is regular. My garden isn’t unkempt. My laundry is mostly done. But I almost never see the bottom of my hamper. I am not hard on myself for it. Nobody is ever without clean clothes and I feel organised (if not always knackered!) But between work and everything else, it’s just a no-go. (My husband does loads too, this isn’t a one person show)

TELL ME YOUR SECRETS 😂

All the time. It's called being organised. It's easy. As soon as there's enough I put on a wash. What's the problem?

5 people in my household and I'd say I see the bottom of the laundry basket about once a month if I do three washes in one day. I put on a wash every day, but if I do those extra washes I'll get to the bottom of it. But as pp have said, it's full the next day again! Best not to overthink it and see it as an ongoing thing that's part of your day.

Bedding once a fortnight give or take and towels when I remember to wash them. No-one else puts them in the wash basket or changes the towels so if they’re not bothered, then neither am I. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I probably put the washing machine on 3-4 times a week, maybe?

Wow. Some people do a lot of laundry. There are four of us - two adults, one DC with some toileting issues, one grubby toddler. I try to wash every other day and then it doesn’t get unbearable. Our problem is drying rather than washing but I now take bedding and towels to the laundrette and use their driers if the weather isn’t conducive to drying outside. That does make a big difference.

Ha! I ask myself this daily!
We are a 2 adult, 2 DC household. One toddler, one baby, so we go through lots of changes of clothes. With the dry weather we have had here recently, I’ve managed to catch up with laundry and now only have half a load. This is big news for us, a week ago, we had about 6 loads piled up😳

@JauntyJinty someone up thread does!

You've never technically done all your washing unless you do your last wash naked!

I have done 4 loads today including our bedding and my DP's towels he uses for work. All washing baskets in the house (2 adults, 2 grown up children and one teen) are empty. I feel like I have won the lottery. Last bit drying then they will all put it away later.

I never put sheets or bedding in the wash basket - I take it from the bed or bathroom and immediately wash. Agree with a pp that you accept it's an ongoing process. My dishwasher is rarely empty and that doesn't cause any stress.

I live on my own so there's usually a bit left, eg delicates as I don't have a full load of them every week. I've found it helps to wear a top for two days, though!

3 beds, bath towels plus swimming towels and tea towels each week plus at least 2 dark loads, 2 colours and 1 whites each week for us. Plus dog bedding/towels. At least one load every day and it’s never fully done!

I have an empty basket on Thursday evenings and again from Sunday night until Tuesday morning. 7 people altogether.
Everyone has their own coloured towels which get washed once a week, bedding fortnightly unless it's really hot weather.
My new washer is a 9 kg drum but weighs the load and adjusts the timing so even it's not completely full, say on a Sunday morning, I'll still turn it on.
I like Mondays to be completely laundry free and that means no washing, folding or ironing outstanding.

Yes. But I guarantee a teen will appear to fill it up again not long after!

It's never really 'done' but Sunday seems to be towels and bedding. Then it's full and I do it on Thursday and Friday as I wfh those days. It becomes empty for about a day. I agree with a pp. you have to think of it as it's never done as there'll be more.

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Yes today! > takes a bow <
I feel I should be presented a prize or something
I have a speech prepared

I don't think I've ever seen the bottom of my laundry basket. In fact, my DD is 25 and I bet there are babygrows at the bottom

One of these days I'll take a day off work and dedicate it to getting to the bottom.

Mine is often empty. Me and 2 teens at home. Bedding washed every 2 weeks (teens spend 4 out of 14 nights at their dads and only me in my bed most of the time anyway), towels once a week and an average of one load of washing a day which is hung out to dry unless raining/winter.

I work form home most of the time so I re-wear clothes for a couple of days unless they are 'dirty' and pj's/night wear are worn at least a couple of nights.

I cheat and give everyone their own basket. My husband often has clothes spilling out of his

OP, I recently found the bottom of my laundry hamper, after a particularly active weekend on my part. In the bottom was a conker that must have fallen from a pocket… and it was SPROUTING. (I am equal parts ashamed and impressed)

I postulate (but as yet untested theory) that there is a direct correlation between increase of bottom of laundry basket sightings and decrease in number of offspring living at home.

Who knows… maybe one day I’ll open my laundry hamper and see the bottom for the fifth time that week, and my eyes will be wet at the thought of all those tiny people that have grown up and flown the nest.

Unlikely though.

I frequently reach the bottom of the basket, and have everything dried and put away, except piles of DP’s stuff because he’s ridiculous and has like 60 pairs of socks. Then he’ll come along and stuff it full of things he’s hoarded in a pile on his office floor 🤬

I discovered my children tidied their bedroom by putting any clothes from the floor into the wash basket, whether they were worn or not.

Do you have children who likely do the same.