It's just laundry - nothing to be embarrassed about

Which B though? The husband with his unreasonable sorting method or the teen embarrassed by female underwear. Or are you suggesting both in one fell swoop?

Quite well. It's easy and cheap to buy thin fabrics for hot weather, but clothes for cold and wet weather are expensive.

If each person does their own washing then they each wait until they have a full load. That's how you do it if each person does their own washing. What's so hard to understand?

Oh FFS each person does a full load. It's not wasteful.

Seriously?? My DM worked so I often brought in the laundry and folded it after school. I had no issues with handling either of my parents' undies. What's so dreadful about it?

Yup, put the pair of them in charge of all laundry.

Boys (and girls) need to get over it, it’s just clean cloth. I think I complained once about sorting out my dad and brothers’ pants and socks and was given very short shrift. Teenage boys will be embarrassed about ANYTHING I agree, I had a teenage shop assistant blushing like billyo when I asked him where the maternity section was - maybe because it indicated I’d had sex? I dunno 🤷‍♀️

Those saying that men in future will only need to wash their wives/partners pants, not necessarily - their daughters’ too and perhaps any houseguests who are staying for more than a few days. I was v impressed with a friend’s future husband who instead of leaving in the wash I’d done (while staying with them in between rentals) hung it out including bras and knickers without any fuss whatsoever. Best OP’s son gets over the idea right now that any housework is for other people.

Glad someone’s got a sense of humour 😁 this thread is insane. I’m not sure which is madder, this one or the one about the awful constant rain with people saying there’s no such thing as bad weather just bad clothes (duh how does that work in a heatwave?)😁

My 16yo put some washing on for the first time yesterday. He wanted his favourite white T shirt, which he carefully extracted from the rest of the sorted whites in the laundry room and treated it to its own VIP wash cycle! 😀

I fold it straight from the line or airer and put them in piles per person too. I don't think my teenage boys would be too impressed about folding my undies 😂

This thread is hilarious and your comment made me laugh out loud. Respect the skid

I don't like handling all the sweaty dirty laundry but someone has to, so I do.
Your son needs to grow up!

I agree with this. Sad but true.

I'm assuming sister isn't 5, if he has an issue with the underwear. Why don't they just do their own washing?

to the poster who declared you just wait until a person has their own load.

No. YOU might do that, but it's not a universal law.

i sort my laundry into different loads, I don't just jam any old thing into one wash.

@KnackeredBack

i like your kids 🤗

I don't get the Big Fat Fuss (especially from the adults on here), it's clean washing, it's just material.

My dh is fine with talking to me about my periods and brings me hot water bottles and chocolate. and he's fine with washing my knickers..

I still don't think he'd want to touch his mums/sisters knickers.

Not sure why so many people are equating mothers and sisters with wives and girlfriends.

Does the daughter handle the son’s undies?

as long as there is equality in the household I don’t think it matters. It’s just fabric!

How does your daughter feel about her brother handling her knickers?

Me too! H had no sisters, but he has managed to 'cope' with the trauma of feminine hygiene products etc. he just gets on with it. He hasn't expired. If we treat it like a taboo, it'll continue to be a taboo. Plus ca change, plus la meme chose .

I often wonder about gender roles. Women are expected to handle men’s underwear, iron their shirts, worry about prostates etc.

But it is socially acceptable to men to get all squeamish about periods and bras.

I was made to iron my dads work shirts, and trousers and boxer shorts as a primary school age child. Sort everyone’s underwear into their respective bedrooms. No brothers. But if my parents had had boys would they have been expect to hang our parents underwear out on the line and sort them into underwear drawers. Probably not. And another generation of useless boys would have been spawned!

send you son to the supermarket for tampons😂.

Sorry. Didn't know there was a rule. I'll check with you first next time, shall I?

As I separate my laundry carefully, that would definitely have been the case in my family, which is why I commented

@Moveoverdarlin "massive size 10 knickers" LOL.

I am size 24, they could lose themselves in my tents!

My point was I asked the poster who said the son needs to be taught respect if the same went for girls, do they also need to be taught to respect men’s underwear if they complain?

Well I don’t know about anyone else but I don’t actually want my sons sorting my knickers whatever state they’re in. Call me old fashioned (I don’t mind) but my knickers are private. 😁