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Whatinthedoopla · 2026-01-18T23:11:24+00:00

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?

bieabebe · 19/01/2026 10:30

Happyjoe · 19/01/2026 09:44

Menopause.
That's why a lot of people, inc myself, change them every day.
And how come in Italy? Temps in the summer there are insane, surely Italians get hot and sweaty even if some use a bidet?

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I have lived in the UK for 20 years, shared flats with many people for a decade and I have never seen anyone changing pjs every day, let’s not even mention towels. In Italy we all have bidets daily and have always wondered how other nationalities can even think to go to the toilet and not washing afterwards. We do have frequent showers due to insanely high temperature in summer when we don’t wear PJs. I must say that majority of people have also air-con on at night which helps. I understand people in menopause, fair enough, but I don’t believe the majority of the responses. There’s not way the majority of people wash the PJs and towels so frequently.

NicLSmith · 19/01/2026 10:29

Pjs every couple of days, towels weekly

letshavetea · 19/01/2026 10:15

Clean nightie every day, clean towels 2/3 times a week, bedding changed weekly.

HipHopDontYouStop · 19/01/2026 10:14

Years.

Itiswhysofew · 19/01/2026 10:14

Same as you, OP.

Stompythedinosaur · 19/01/2026 10:12

The real eye opener for me here if that people wear clean pjs every night!

I change towels once a week and PJ's a couple of times a week.

WanderlustMom · 19/01/2026 10:11

Towels probably around 3/4 times? PJs I’ll wear for a good week or so but I don’t sleep in them, only put them on for around the house after my shower so wear them for an hour or two

Tinatubby73 · 19/01/2026 10:05

2/3 times for both. Only wear pj's around the house for a couple of hours after work and not to bed

IWishIWasABaller · 19/01/2026 09:55

Myself and teen daughter fresh pjs every night . Men folk sleep in underpants . Towels are hung out on line after use and washed after 2 or maybe 3 uses . Bedding changed once a week

bathsmat · 19/01/2026 09:49

Where do people store all of their pyjamas?! Thank god my dc just wear pants

Happyjoe · 19/01/2026 09:44

bieabebe · 19/01/2026 07:59

I don’t believe any of the responses, especially in a country where people don’t use the bidet. In Italy we have showers every day and on top we wash our intimate areas every time after going to the toilet 😂 no chance people are washing their pjs every day !

Menopause.
That's why a lot of people, inc myself, change them every day.
And how come in Italy? Temps in the summer there are insane, surely Italians get hot and sweaty even if some use a bidet?

Happyjoe · 19/01/2026 09:41

SouthernNights59 · 19/01/2026 05:51

I sometimes leave towels a couple of weeks before washing, they feel no more dirty than they did on the first day.

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They do me - and they don't dry as well. But I like my towels to be really rough as they dry me quicker, so I guess the difference is more apparent than soft fluffy ones.

Catza · 19/01/2026 09:30

ReturnToRiding · 19/01/2026 09:20

I have adhd and the idea that people keep track of how often to wash their towels or kids pjs on a set number of days just blows my mind.

Oh, I don't keep track. I just know that I do roughly one load of washing per week and a towel ends up being thrown in more often than not (mostly because I need to add to a half-empty load).

Sahara123 · 19/01/2026 09:25

When I think of it. I don’t really have a system 🤣

ReturnToRiding · 19/01/2026 09:20

I have adhd and the idea that people keep track of how often to wash their towels or kids pjs on a set number of days just blows my mind.

FancyCatSlave · 19/01/2026 09:18

Boredoflunch1 · 19/01/2026 06:12

I don't understand the logic behind washing kids pj's more than adults. Kids tend to be less sweaty.

DD manages to either get toothpaste all down her pyjamas or food or in her rush to go for a wee doesn’t pull them down enough and dribbles wee on them.

I manage not to do those things. Granted as I age it will probably reverse.

Theonebutnotonly · 19/01/2026 09:11

Catza · 18/01/2026 23:24

Weekly for both PJs and towels.
You use a towel to dry clean body. If you have to change it daily, something's gone terribly wrong earlier in the process.

Exactly!

bieabebe · 19/01/2026 07:59

I don’t believe any of the responses, especially in a country where people don’t use the bidet. In Italy we have showers every day and on top we wash our intimate areas every time after going to the toilet 😂 no chance people are washing their pjs every day !

Forty85 · 19/01/2026 07:59

Same as you.

Oblomov26 · 19/01/2026 07:53

Goodness, all this washing daily seems very excessive and ott. I think weekly is fine.

Owly11 · 19/01/2026 07:49

When they get to the point at which I don't want to use/wear them anymore. Maybe every two weeks or so.

Allisgoodtoday · 19/01/2026 07:46

My towel goes into the laundry basket every day. Bathroom system: every morning the sink side towel is used for my morning shower, then into the laundry. New sink towel out for the day, repeat next morning.

Kitchen towels: alternate days.

Nightwear is clean on every day. Bed sheets/duvet cover washed twice a week - I used to do them weekly but now I'm older (with a few minor health problems) I seem to spend more time asleep!

Fortunately I live on my own so I can please myself how often I wash things, without reference to anyone else. I just love the feel of clean clothes and bedlinen...all my clothes are on fresh every day. One of life's small luxuries.

user2848502016 · 19/01/2026 07:41

Same probably 3-4 times
Pyjamas twice (I wear knickers under them!)

Catza · 19/01/2026 07:25

Happyjoe · 19/01/2026 01:13

Lol, I am so far removed from OCD.

And no, towels get a sort of coating on them, fresh towels are fab.
Just googled too, apparently 3-4 uses is it before they should be washed. Anyone who thinks their towels are still clean because used after having a wash is a little deluded.

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I am having an issue with the word "should" in this context. Have their been any randomised control trials to establish towel-washing schedule or something? I bet not. I bet it would be some obscure dermatologist saying "well, theoretically, I think there is bacteria build up on towels so they should be washed every three days" and helpfully omitting the fact that they have no data to substantiate this.

JayJayj · 19/01/2026 06:51

Pjs used to be twice but since having my daughter 3 years ago, I sweat more on a night, so now once. Towels 2/3 times.