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Empty washing basket

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Reality · 19/05/2023 15:33

Is this a myth?

Does anyone ever finish the laundry? I’ve just bought two more baskets so we have lights/darks/colours separated and when one is full we wash it. I’m sick of the one we have being constantly overflowing.

I feel like this is a genius plan but also feel like I’m chasing something that doesn’t exist.

Is it just our house that is drowning in dirty clothes, towels, bed sheets, or am I missing something?

We do at least a load, mostly two, every single day and it never gets any less piled up. Are we just shit?

OP posts:
bluebeck · 19/05/2023 15:42

So you’re doing about ten to twelve loads a week? That’s a lot. How many of you are there?

I wash sheets once a fortnight, towels once a week. Wear most outer clothing at least twice before washing.

Firstmonthfree · 19/05/2023 15:41

Just me and “D”P. I’ve stopped doing his washing entirely and find laundry now easily manageable. He was one of these types who would see an employee laundry basket and then just immediately fill it with an overnight bag that he’d forgotten to unpack…

Ffsmakeitstop · 19/05/2023 15:38

Worn. Forgot how many in your family?

Changeforachange · 19/05/2023 15:38

The last time I saw it, I took a photo to evidence that the bottom of the washing basket does, in fact, exist.

I can't find the photo though, so it might have been a dream. Or a washing induced mirage.

Ffsmakeitstop · 19/05/2023 15:37

How often are you changing sheets, towels etc? Are clothes and PJ's wurn more than once.