AIBU to think drying washing outside is still normal?

I have a tumble dryer but very rarely use it - maybe if we've come home from holiday with lots of washing and it's raining for the next couple of days.

It's just not very satisfying chucking things in a tumble dryer. I have one and only use it for bedding as I have a tiny garden (patio). Everything else goes on my Leifheit https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leifheit-Classic-Standing-Accessories-Foldable/dp/B095X9JBWP/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.knk_O5lk8tKHUGRwGNSu7N8Fd_HY43CbckclRl_nQR_cNnTzn2fvQ7irt1BW22ak8Hhc1BQDBc2IFtCdFFoztm_ndwN12BCP7_u_8JMPMus4dYu-eOK9KvPPIDcEsd4pQv6mFb5kO6i9A-lQ05BRmlp94pRAUrNwsgL7Jriv63SHHIDscPoVifmMH-ZkDAj9DPtKK9tkeValiiGgC8cRjDH45TserLFwrzBmKHPDcX6kTTbca8AjeIiSrix57gxbHEZ89JFO4aef_OOUZkDihQQwLxvwmXo4ylfj2s3qako.wgNLxPGkmBcEWA3VRj0SZGRP3z_PA4EkQ_e_xQWi35A&dib_tag=se&keywords=leifheit%2Bairer&qid=1776706526&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.95fd378e-6299-4723-b1f1-3952ffba15af&th=1 which never blows over.

Wot. I love seeing washing hanging outside. Absolutely love watching it blowing. We stayed with a friend in Wick last year and it was incredibly windy. Had to put in 3 x the amount of pegs on items (she lives on the beach). Wouldn't have thought about using her dryer.

No no, underwear can be dried outside too, there is no law saying it can’t…

Hate drying outside. Looks horrible. Tumble dryer every time for me. Doesn’t cost me anything anyway

See previous comments. I do, but it is worth it. I am also allergic to tree pollen which falls morning and evening, so relatively easy to avoid.

I always mean to do this and then forget! I should set myself a reminder! That's good to know that it helps you if you start early enough.

Have you tried pre empting the hayfever season and starting your antihistamines early to build up some in your system? I started in march last year and it wasn't early enough so started February this year lol. It's awful isn't it. Some days my eyes are almost swollen shut. I sit inside with Aircon on and windows closed.

I live in one of those Florida HOA communities. A little known fact is that Florida has a "right to dry" law that prohibits HOAs from enforcing bans on outside clotheslines (I think they can prohibit drying on balconies, etc). However, I don't think the issue arises often because people don't generally want to dry outside. In addition to the cultural expectations against it, there are also the daily thunderstorms in summer and where I live, yellow pollen would adhere to anything wet.

Unless you suffer from hayfever, in which case you're rolling around covered in pollen all night....

Gosh I hang all our pants up. They’re not particularly exciting pants.

Us too, unless high winds blowing directly at the house and / or heavy rain.

I don’t hang my underwear on the line very often, but on a clothes horse placed outside instead.
Please say why it MUST be dried indoors?

I wonder if my neighbours judge me because my windows are open too much 😅

Unless there's heavy rain, my bedroom windows are pretty much always open, all year round. I like to sleep in an aired room.

Yeah, a lot of people seem to have too much time on their hands. I’ve seen the same comments on here many times over the years.

Imagine noticing or caring that someone else hasn’t opened their window 🤣

There have been a few posts on this thread by people who are wondering why their neighbours don't have washing lines in their gardens and I saw one post from someone saying their neighbours don't seem to open their windows. Maybe I misinterpreted it and I can't be bothered to go back and find it so feel free to ignore me. I just don't know why people are so interested in what their neighbours are doing.

Yes me too, I'm so glad it's not just me!

I love hanging out washing. Have done so this morning and feel very fresh and wholesome and green. To know that a boring middle aged woman like me doing a boring domestic thing now qualifies me as 'niche' is a bonus. Who knew I was so different and unusual?

People judge how often you open your windows?!?

If you offered me a million pounds, right now, to tell you if my neighbors used a washing line or opened their windows, I wouldn’t be able to tell you.

Man, are there really people with lives so small that they would notice or care?

Of course it’s normal.

I mean, I can’t be arsed, we don’t even have a washing line, everything goes in the dyer even in the height of summer, but each to their own.

I just don't want people with hayfever to feel judged in any way for drying their washing inside. Drying washing inside is a preventative measure recommended by the NHS, it might not help everyone (maybe it depends on the type of pollen?) but it does help some people.

And also, if you don't want to use an energy guzzling tumble dryer, I really recommend a dehumidifier. They can be pretty energy efficient these days and they're useful when it's raining all the time anyway.

And please don't judge your neighbours over how they dry their washing and how often they open their windows (not targeting any specific post here, just surprised by how interested some people seem to be in what their neighbours are doing). Drying washing outside doesn't make you cheap, drying washing inside doesn't necessarily mean someone is using loads of energy on tumble dryers.

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We get strong winds here on the NW coast, often from the west. I joke with my friend near Grimsby that she might see my washing on the way past when it's out in high winds!

We do keep the poles / lines low in that weather though (thankfully we aren't right on the coast without some protection!).

Same. I'm allergic to grass pollen and hanging washing inside (next to a dehumidifier), keeping windows shut, limiting time outdoors, using an air purifier in the bedroom does help me, especially for that grass pollen peak in late May/early June. I wouldn't be able to smell any difference in the sheets anyway. I really hate that feeling of having to get up constantly to wipe nose, waking up feeling awful with painful eyes and totally blocked sinuses, tingly throat and mouth.

I obviously use anti histamines, eye drops, nasal spray but for that 3-4 week period being outside can be a bit miserable, unless it's raining or it's just rained. Thankfully I only seem to be allergic to grass pollen.

I'm on the NE Scotland coast and some days are just too windy to put mine out as we have communal drying greens right down at the sea front.
I often joke that mine might end up in Sutherland on a really windy day.

Most days it's fine as long as you keep an eye on it,