Tissues should be banned!

Somethingsgottagiveeventually · 2025-10-07T08:46:25+00:00

Why? Dark load of washing ... Need I say more?

rolloverbeethoven · 08/10/2025 08:15

@almondflakeI sympathize, my ex husband insisted on cloth hankies. Note "ex"...

rolloverbeethoven · 08/10/2025 08:13

As a person of many allergies I'd be in trouble without tissues, but... How does it happen? However many times I check the pockets, sleeves, crevices, there's ALWAYS one somewhere!

almondflake · 08/10/2025 08:09

@SomethingsgottagiveeventuallyOh no not cloth hankies . I used to work for a woman when I was 18 whose husband only had cloth hankies , she used to get me to boil them in a big pan on the stove on wash day it was revolting, I’m 61 now and it still makes me feel sick lol 😂

Sadworld23 · 08/10/2025 07:08

Tempo tissues don't dissolve in the washer and are lovely to use. Difficuit to find though

Lemonsole · 07/10/2025 18:40

The Aloe-infused tissues don’t break up in the washing machine. Game changer.

longtompot · 07/10/2025 15:15

I feel you op, which is why I use kitchen roll as that doesn't disintegrate in the washing machine.

Katemax82 · 07/10/2025 13:55

Try finding a nappy has managed to find it's way in the wash

MsMcG · 07/10/2025 13:53

I do this to myself frequently, even though I know better. Let it dry and then vacuum the clothes to get the bits off and out of the pockets

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 07/10/2025 13:31

What do poor people throw away but posh people put in their pockets?
Snot.

(my grandma's humour... she wasn't known for being a riot tbh)

murasaki · 07/10/2025 13:25

Somethingsgottagiveeventually · 07/10/2025 10:15

Not my job to check pockets. You check your own pockets in this house!

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Also, any spare change that ends up in the machine is mine if I put the wash on.

MsTamborineMan · 07/10/2025 13:13

My DH has had about 1 cold in the entire time I've know him, I never see him use tissues. He has the driest nose of any human being

Yet tell me how he seemingly always manages to have a tissue in his trouser pockets?! Alongside the million and one screws, and change when again he hasn't got cash out in about 5 years?! And always on a dark wash.

JudgeJ · 07/10/2025 13:05

Seeline · 07/10/2025 09:55

I knew that would be your reason😆

Why is it always the dark load 😭

It isn't always a dark load but it's more noticeable on dark clothes, I seem to do it all the time.

coxesorangepippin · 07/10/2025 13:03

Oh god totally

Devilsmommy · 07/10/2025 12:59

domesticgodmess · 07/10/2025 09:59

What a pain!
I did this yesterday and there is loads of tissue still in the back pocket of jeans but obviously the tissue is in lots of tiny pieces. I don’t have a tumble dryer. Is there anything to do apart from sit and painstakingly pick it out? Have tried a lint roller.

Sounds daft but sellotape. Or duct tape if you have it. You can get right into the corners of the pockets that way. Can you tell I do this too regularly 🤭

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Somethingsgottagiveeventually · 07/10/2025 12:55

Nearly50omg · 07/10/2025 12:51

Buy decent tissues and then they go through the washing machine and tumble dryer and come out lovely and clean and in one piece

Like a hanky? 😜

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Nearly50omg · 07/10/2025 12:51

Buy decent tissues and then they go through the washing machine and tumble dryer and come out lovely and clean and in one piece

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Somethingsgottagiveeventually · 07/10/2025 12:50

jonthebatiste · 07/10/2025 12:31

I’m torn between what’s worse: when the tissues get a good wash and shreds everywhere, or when the tissue comes out exactly as it went in, balled up and dry inside. Makes me question whether I need to run the load again.

If it's balled up and solid, only the perpetrator suffers.
If it sheds, there are 10s of innocent t-shirts, knickers and socks paying the price.

If it's solid, I wouldn't re-wash. DH has to deal with it himself (usually by just wearing the item around the house as bumming around clothes until it can warrant another wash). But this morning's load, I had to re-wash because of the shreds.

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jonthebatiste · 07/10/2025 12:31

I’m torn between what’s worse: when the tissues get a good wash and shreds everywhere, or when the tissue comes out exactly as it went in, balled up and dry inside. Makes me question whether I need to run the load again.

Thelittleweasel · 07/10/2025 11:39

@Somethingsgottagiveeventually

Oh yes! Apart from the dark washing aspect what about when you have a cold? A good blow and your hands are covered with shredded wet tissues and general "moist secretions" after which [of course] hands need to be washed ...

Fionasapples · 07/10/2025 11:12

When DS was little, I made sure he always had a tissue in his school pants pocket. He had a habit of shredding it when his hand was in his pocket. It was a nuisance picking the bits out so I switched to cotton hankies for that reason but if he had a cold it was back to tissues because I didn't fancy washing snotty hankies 🤢

sesquipedalian · 07/10/2025 11:07

OP, I can’t even blame DH - I put on a load of dark washing including a dark green dress with a forgotten tissue in the pocket. It was a complete snowstorm - the utility room floor was covered when I took them out of the washer. The worst thing is it’s not even the first time…

TSMWEL · 07/10/2025 11:00

The bane of my life! DS1 keeps using toilet roll instead of tissues and I have to wash the whole load again at least once to get it all out, I’ve told him I’m taking pocket money off him now to pay for all the extra water, leccy and detergent in the hope it’ll make him check his pockets better. He’s a teen, so more than capable.

MyAcornWood · 07/10/2025 10:50

The worst!!

Well, actually, as I have recently discovered, not quite the worst. I accidentally washed a bra with the breast pads still in it (very slovenly not to immediately throw them in the bin but sleep deprivation etc etc) and that was TERRIBLE. Tissue like fluff but with added gunky absorption crystals. Headache, all in all.

AnnaQuayInTheUk · 07/10/2025 10:33

Mistyglade · 07/10/2025 10:14

Can we say the same for pantyliners.

And tampons

Negroany · 07/10/2025 10:31

MrsEndeavourMorse · 07/10/2025 10:28

I work with vulnerable victims and we have boxes of tissues all over because we get a lot of upset people. Banning them and having people sit using their sleeves is barbaric. Just check pockets before washing. Is this not a thing?

I think it was meant to be light-hearted.