AIBU to think drying washing outside is still normal?

I've just hung out a load of towels to dry - it makes me happy that they should be dry by early afternoon at zero cost to me!

Absolutely. Mine is tree pollen, so although it is bad, I know not to put washing out morning or evening.

And to be honest, the sheets make little difference to my symptoms as they're bad whether I've dried the sheets outside or not. I can't avoid hay-fever, so would rather have line dried sheets and suffer the consequences. Each to their own obviously.

Ooh, no not for me it would be awful. 😭

My hayfever is awful, i used to have injections, i use pills, nasal spray and eyedrops at least 9 months of the year because of it. I have always hung my washing out except for a time when i lived in a flat, my hayfever didn't lessen by not hanging washing out. Just give your washing a good shake as you take it off the line.

I remember driving along the north coast between Thurso and John o Groats and the friend I was with commented on some washing that flying horizontally off the line that was out by the side of a house we past 'you'll need strong pegs to hang your washing out here'.

Strange. I also live in Scotland,on the coast in the north-east and I put washing out in all seasons,including winter. Even when it's cold,you can get a good drying wind.

Love a line-dry! I actually don't peg out my own knickers though, my mum always said that was "vulgar" and for some reason it's stuck with me! Everything else goes out though, DP's boxers, my bras, all socks, clothes, linen etc. We do have a tumbler and a clothes horse so use those when needed too.

I've put a load on to put out on my lunch break. ☀️

It is sunny where I am today for a change so the washing is out 😀

I put my washing on the line outside yesterday! Last week, DH promised an old classic rugby shirt to a relative. It had a couple of yellow stains on it - I put it on the line to bleach in the sun. The stains have gone!

The sun is one of the best stain removers on white clothes imo!

We dry things outside whenever possible. We don't have a tumble dryer, never have had and we are a family of two working parents and three "kids" who are now technically all adults.

Things feel nicer when they come off the line, softer and smoother. They smell SO much better. And drying outside is free...

This is one thing I think our US cousins are a bit unhinged about. "Poverty indicator" needs to be redefined as environmentally friendly indicator, or trying to make my clothes last longer indicator, or prefer the smell indicator.

What!?!? Everyone I know dries their washing outside as much as possible, smells better, better for the environment and cheaper. Your husband is very much wrong.

I would if I could but my apartment building bans drying in my garden so indoors it is

Your dh is being weird, of course it’s normal.
I don’t dry much outside because it’s always bloody raining but I did 2 loads yesterday.
I’m also a bit of an anomaly as I don’t love the smell of washing dried outside but I do many loads a week and most of it ends up in the tumble dryer for convenience so when I’m around and it’s dry and sunny I’ll get as much outside as I can. On airers though so I can put them round the side of the house, I don’t want a line I can see in my garden 😂 also easy to bring in the whole airer if it unexpectedly rains.

Washing dried outside is one of my favourite things. Smells divine! 😍

But some people have worse hayfever symptoms than others. Some years my hayfever is worse than it is other years for some reason.

If you're very allergic to something then being pressed up against it all night is not really the best idea. And if my hayfever is bad I wouldn't be able to smell the line dried sheets anyway, I'd just be covering them in snot.

Your dh has a weird idea.

Line drying is the best way to dry. I don't even have a tumble dryer, waste of money!

It sounds like line drying might be like many things, something mainly practiced by 'old people' or those who's parents were 'old people'.

But if you don't fall into that category, probably if you were a child in the 1990s or early 2000s when consumerism and people having fewer money worries took off, you had a 'fuck the cost, I'm using the dryer, it saves me a minute and when it ruins these clothes, it gives me an excuse to buy more' upbringing.

So in these times of the CoL crisis and social media, we're probably going to see a newly discovered 'environmentally friendly method of drying laundry, that's good for mindfulness and it's totally free' going viral on Tiktok, ie hanging your laundry to dry in the garden.

I’ve just put washing out this morning and I’ve another load to go out once it’s washed. I hate having to dry washing indoors. My rule is if the ground is dry it goes out even in the winter. I only use the tumble drier for bedding and towels if it’s raining all day…too often the case is Scotland.
I do seem to be in the minority round my way there’s only one other house that regularly had their washing out.
you just can’t beat fresh bedding that’s been dried outside it feels and smells so much nicer.

No tumble dryer here. I dry mine outside even during winter as long as the humidity is low. Start the the initial drying by getting the main wetness out then bring it in to finish. Always smells fresher.

Whyever not?

Where do you live?

I'm in the Midlands and line dry almost all year round. A bit of wind and you're good to go. Even in the snow washing dried on the line.

Of course it’s normal. It’s just a shame you can only do it a few weeks of the year here. It smells way better dried outside.

I think there are some properties where drying washing outside is prohibited.
That said, if possible I dry outside, especially large items.
Sometimes it takes too long to hang out the underwear etc.

Even in the winter i dry mine outside. Slightest bit of sunshine works. Why anyone would pay to tumble dry is beyond me. And the smell is superior.