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How many times do you use your towel before washing it?

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Whatinthedoopla · 18/01/2026 23:11

I use a pajama once, then wash it. Does everyone do the same?

With towels, I use maybe twice or three times, But I'm not really sure if it shouldn't be this way?

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Daisy62 · 20/01/2026 00:05

So much washing!! Imagine doing all that without a washing machine. Surely it must be a recent thing, all this washing towels daily. I think I wash bath towels every 1 to 2 weeks, depending on how dry it is for hanging outside. I wear nighties and I reckon on about a week’s wear.

supersonicginandtonic · 19/01/2026 22:24

@bieabebe I've always washed pjs after one wear. Clothes the same. I've a family of 7. Everybody is different

supersonicginandtonic · 19/01/2026 22:10

Fresh pjs every day. Towels twice per week. Bedding every Friday. More often if it's hot weather.

BestieNo1 · 19/01/2026 22:04

I change bed sheets & towels once a fortnight, pyjamas once a week (wear knickers) but I shower most days so am mostly clean when I get in or dry off. I also put a top sheet and fold over the designer bedding to prolong its life. Am all for saving the environment a bit lazy but clean 😉

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 19/01/2026 22:03

pyjamas every every other day (I wear clean knickers under them each night otherwise I’d wash them daily) and I wash towels every week when I change the bed sheets.

seasid · 19/01/2026 21:51

I change towels once a week on a Sunday. I live in a flat with no access to a tumble dryer so it’s not sustainable for me to be able to wash them more than I do. Pyjamas it depends - I try to stretch to two nights, but I like to get into fresh pyjamas to feel clean so it ends up being each night.

I grew up in a household of 7 who used towels daily that my mum would wash (including hair towels) so my mum would be washing about 10 towels DAILY. I knew I did not want to grow up like that, so that’s why I clean them weekly. I also saw the other side of it where I dated a guy in my teen years whose parents told him to give me HIS towel to use after my shower. These people were wealthy, yet somehow thought guests should share towels??? Wild how different families differ

Fridgemanageress · 19/01/2026 21:41

most days.

ChocolateHobbit · 19/01/2026 21:36

I change our bedding every 3-4 weeks, sometimes longer. Been doing that for years. I've never have any form of disease from sleeping in 'dirty' bedding. My DH sleeps in the same bed and isn't bothered either.
It is by far the worst job on the planet to change bedding on a super king, so I leave it as long as humanely possible.

Towels every week, maybe longer. Same for hand towels.

Pyjamas I don't wear.

ChocolateHobbit · 19/01/2026 21:34

FaceEatingLeopard · 19/01/2026 21:00

I wash my towels every time someone walks past them - used or not. You can't be too careful.
I sleep in tinfoil having had two showers and a Dettol bath first.

I actually know someone who has Dettol baths. She's definitely got some form of OCD.

Glitchymn1 · 19/01/2026 21:34

Bedding weekly.
Nightwear - depends probably every other night.
Towels daily
Shower twice a day.

Kiki234 · 19/01/2026 21:30

Pyjamas are mostly clean ones every day. With towels it depends, every 1-3 days.

Pinkladyapplepie · 19/01/2026 21:24

Only once each.

susiedaisy1912 · 19/01/2026 21:16

PJs every night. Towels that just I use once a week

Pantalone · 19/01/2026 21:15

PJs - one wear (although I rarely wear them).
Towels weekly.

WoollyRosebud · 19/01/2026 21:06

BertieBotts · 18/01/2026 23:38

I just sniff it and if it smells musty or not like washing powder any more I put it in the laundry bin.

I don't know why but "a pyjama" has tickled me Grin

Same here. If it smells I wash it. I bath in the evening so am drying and putting nightwear on a clean body.

bluescarf · 19/01/2026 21:05

Towels weekly when I clean the bathroom. Pjs every 4 ish days - I only wear a t shirt - DH wears nothing in bed.

Londonrach1 · 19/01/2026 21:03

7 days for pj's and towels for shower. I change everything on a Sunday. Hand towels every day or so. However dh been doing gardening so it was every day over the weekend for the hand towels.

ZenZazie · 19/01/2026 21:02

Night shirt and towels are changed daily. Bedding changed weekly. I’d like to be organised enough to change bedding twice a week but who knows if I will get there?

FaceEatingLeopard · 19/01/2026 21:00

I wash my towels every time someone walks past them - used or not. You can't be too careful.
I sleep in tinfoil having had two showers and a Dettol bath first.

maggiesleapp · 19/01/2026 20:59

DH uses a bath towel, washed weekly. He wears boxers in bed so daily obv.
I get into shower on waking, use a hand towel to dry off, I then use towel to dry around basin etc and strait into laundry basket. I blow dry my hair and put on a clean pair of PJS and usually have 1.5 - 2 hours before getting dressed to go to work. Love that me time in morning, DH leaves house at 6am for work I leave at 9ish.
Will wear morning PJs that night, tshirt only in bed then repeat next morning.

momager1 · 19/01/2026 20:56

JennyChawleigh · 19/01/2026 20:52

Exactly. I bet all of many of these people washing towels, pyjamas etc after every wear have a tumble drier (and can afford to run it daily) or live in a country where they can hang the washing outside daily.

yes I live in a hot country where I can hang out. we have no tumble dryer but an oversize washing machine. I wash the towels and sheets together, and alot of times I wait until there are 2 sets of sheets to wash (we have 6 sets)

JennyChawleigh · 19/01/2026 20:52

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 19/01/2026 17:21

Bedding, PJs and towels all go in the same wash, once a week.

But I'm poor and live in dread of the electricity bill, so I try to economise. Also don't have a tumble drier so don't want wet washing hanging around all the time, putting it all on the heated airer at once is more economic than washing and drying a few things several times a week.

Fill it all up, it's cheaper!

Exactly. I bet all of many of these people washing towels, pyjamas etc after every wear have a tumble drier (and can afford to run it daily) or live in a country where they can hang the washing outside daily.

momager1 · 19/01/2026 20:51

towels... about two uses max, Husband sleeps in his boxers and I have alot of light cami type nighties that I change daily . However it is 30 degrees here most of the time. Same reason I change the sheets on our bed every 2-3 days. When we lived in a cooler climate.. husbands towel daily as he worked in a greasy hot enviroment. Mine maybe 2x a week.. sheets 1x a week.. my pj's maybe 3 wears before washing (with clean pants on under of course)

Scarlettpixie · 19/01/2026 20:47

Towels are washed weekly. PJs every 3 days or so. I wear knickers with them.

TeenToTwenties · 19/01/2026 20:46

I wash towels after looking at them. I can't believe people actually use towels that have been looked at, that's disgusting.