To hang my underwear on the washing line?

Perhaps your friend does hers in the oven at a low temprature, say Gas Mark 1?

I cope just fine with everyday life, fairly robust and resilient person. I just don’t like the idea of people seeing my underwear drying. Couldn’t care less about anyone else’s.

Can we just clarify that said underwear is hung out AFTER it’s been washed?🤣

Your mate’s bonkers

Spice it up and hang out some red crotchless thongs.

I don't understand how people like this cope with day to day life. It must be so restrictive.

A couple of weeks ago I popped to the pharmacy to pick up some sanitary towels for my teenaged DD. Didn't bother getting a bag with them so I just took them two stops on the bus as they were and a random woman sitting opposite me offered me a plastic bag. Middle of the day, there was almost no one else on the bus, it didn't occur to me that I should cover them up. I was a bit bemused at the time, it didn't dawn on me until later but I realised afterwards she must have thought it was shameful to be carrying STs in public and that I needed help to disguise them.

These things are fairly trivial in the scheme of things but I actually find it pretty disturbing that people still regard things like this as a source of shame and something to hide. Who gives a flying fuck that other people are made aware that you might menstruate or wear underwear?

I don’t hang underwear outside, I don’t really like the idea of people seeing my knickers. I’m sure no one cares, but It all gets shoved in the radiator inside - usually scrunched up cause I can’t be bothered to separate everything out.

The nuns, when I was at the Convent, used to put their underwear in the middle of the washing line and hide it with sheets placed on the outside lines, so we school girls would not be made giddy by seeing what covered their nether regions!

Me, I just hang it up and if it perturbs the neighbours, more fool them!

As long as they're clean,
they're fit to be seen.

Today is the first proper dry and sunny day we've had in months. I'm actually sadly excited to be able to line dry my clothes. It wouldn't enter my head not to hang out my undies. I actually feel sorry for someone who'd have an issue with seeing other people's clean underwear drying. They must have some deep rooted issues

I remember my mother's neighbour washed her husbands vests and pants accidentally with a red scarf in with them, they all came out pink. It was the talk of the neighbourhood pink men's underwear hanging on the line, in the days when 'men' only wore white.

I also usually hang undies on the inner lines, mainly so heavier stuff on the outer wires gets more of the sun and breeze. And it's easier to hang sheets and towels, etc, on the longer runs.

My hand washed bras are out at the moment in my back garden, who cares

Of course I hang my underwear on the line.
However the thread did put me in mind of growing up on a council estate in the North of England in the 1950s and 60s.
Every so often the local Knicker knocker would be active. Caused great consternation amongst the local "housewives"- being a "housewife" was a norm then. Great debate about who the knicker knocker could be and even greater debate about whether it was safe to keep hanging the underwear out - people couldn't afford to lose it when money was quite tight.

I do underwear inside and tops skirts trousers pjs etx outside so hiding inside stuff

I CBA to peg out smaller things, that’s the reason I don’t.

As long as you’re not air drying your arse after a shower, I see no issue.

Never hang my undies out 🫣 I tumble dry all socks, pants and knickers & bras

Yes I do this on my airer that I stand on the patio

I used to work for an elderly rather prim and proper lady, I had to hang her "personal things" at the far end of the washing line where they neighbours couldn't see them.
I did have a laugh one day when I took her washing home to do it. She wore those knickers with a leg in them , down to her knees. I did the washing and put the knickers on the radiator to dry, when my husband came home I pointed them out and said do you like my new knickers? His face was a picture!!

I hang underwear on the rotary line but usually on the inside lines. Two reasons being i hang small items on the inside lines and jeans etc on outside. Second reason being the garden is overlooked and I'd prefer people not seeing my underwear. However if there was no space on inside lines I've got no issue with hanging on the outside ones

This.

I hardly think the neighbours are going to have palpitations over my DHs beautifully arranged multicoloured Step 1s or my boring M&S knickers.

Everything gets hung out to dry. When it's dry enough that is.

Unless your locality has a knicker knicker I can’t see a problem

I don’t hang my underwear out but I do hang out dh’s and ds’ pants.
Mine may be mistaken sheets.
Although I know it is a bit mad to be so prudish, I don’t like the idea of people seeing them. We are overlooked by other homes.
Do what makes you comfortable. I wouldn’t think anything about seeing someone else’s pants on their line.

On moving to new house with footpath running alongside one side of the garden, my son in law was miffed to find someone had hopped over the fence and helped himself to his expensive newly washed clothing, including underwear. New fence immediately.

I hang ours outside I've got two of those sock hangers though and they hang below our high fence line. We're only overlooked by two upstairs windows of the next door but one neighbours but I don't care, If they want spend all day looking out of their bedroom windows at my " bigs" (I don't do smalls) on a sunny day then I hope they enjoy themselves ! I'm sure they don't though.