AIBU to be amazed my friend does all her laundry in one day?

You forgot to mention that whatever water was left in the machine was drained into a mop bucket and the front and back doorsteps were scrubbed with a yard brush :)

And there was enough soapy water being sloshed onto the kitchen floor - that got a good clean as well

My husband does the laundry. I just asked him how many loads per week. He said between 3 and 4 (family of 4 though eldest away at uni some of the time).

He is astounded to hear about those who do 2 loads a day. Are those families who soil themselves daily and piss the bed every night?

That made me laugh, didn't realise rockets got operated on!

But for the 3 of us, it’s 4 loads, done on my WFH day. Dryer in full force and unapologetically so - yes, it costs, but is a lot less than I'm paid per hour. I don't iron, though.

My newborn has created more than one load of washing this morning alone 😂.

😂

Remember the threads about people that leave washing out overnight. It will get 'darked' on....

That doesn’t sound unreasonable in one day if you put your mind to it, although we only iron shirts in our house. It sounds as if she treats it like a job.
I’m more interested to know if she works full time and that’s why she does it on a Saturday, then whether her husband contributes anything in terms of laundry?

2.5 loads a week is super easy to keep up with in one week. Try getting through that ever single day if not more. I have a 14kg washing machine and can do 2 loads of that a day if not more if its bedding on top.

You don't use detergent to wash your pants?

My household is the same 2 loads and 4 people. 10kg washing machine.

Agree with PP about ironing. Only done here when really necessary.. which isn't often..

So there are 3 beds in that house yet she only does 2 loads of washing ? I had 3 children so 4 beds in our house, each bed changed weekly and at the very least 2 loads of towels washed every week so 6 loads before i washed clothes. One load of whites, 1 load of school uniform, 2 load of lights and at least 2 loads of darks, a grand total of 12, then every fortnight t towels and cloths. How on earth can she only do 2 loads for 3 possibly 4 people?

😂There's no way 4 people can only have 2 loads of washing a week. Unless they wear the same clothes all week. Maybe that's her secret.

My mum’s old twin tub used to dance round the kitchen with me hanging on to it for grim death

I'd forgotten about that! Yes, you had to get the clothes distributed evenly round the spinner or the machine would be out the back door in a trice.

I do it in front of the TV and I'd be watching TV anyway so no time lost.

Me too. Towels and sheets alone is 3 loads. Throw in 2 sporty tall teens whose clothes are massive, uniforms and a DH who gyms every day - does your friend just not wash stuff very often OP? Ask hee how often she changes her sheets and towels.

We only change towels once a week and sheets once a fortnight but everyone has a king size bed so it’s all massive sheets etc.

If she only has such a small washing load, yes do it on one day. But she must rarely wash her stuff, we have 2 full loads most days.

I remember that old twin tub very well. My friend's mum had one with a mangle that you turned by hand. We had a separate spin dryer. Wash days were extremely wet and the floor got mopped at the end.

Nah this must be fake. It isn’t possible to put washing away on the same day it’s dried, I actually think it’s illegal to wait any fewer than 5 days.

I find people who struggle with laundry absolutely baffling.

but then I think I'm just organised and they’re not.
we have multiple laundry baskets so clothes get sorted into whites, colours, heavy duty workwear etc at removal. Means it’s easy to grab a particular basket and load the washer without needing to ‘sort it’.

i load the washer on say a Friday night and set it to start and finish by let’s say 07:30 on the Saturday. Out it goes onto the line, clothes horse or dryer and in goes another load.

generally the 1st load is dry by the time the 2nd load is done and it’s swapped out.
we don’t iron and things are folded or hung carefully and put straight into drawers or the wardrobe.

job done. Probably takes a total of 20 mins of my time to do.

Some people change their bedding & towels once a month. Pretty grim I think, but they're the ones sleeping in their beds & using their towels...

My mum’s old twin tub used to dance round the kitchen with me hanging on to it for grim death 😀

Bedding is one wash. Double size set. Towels are another, bath sheet two smaller ones two hand towels ( bathroom and downstairs loo) bath mat.
Then a dark load. Wear trousers for couple of days, but tops undies only once. Pjs a couple of times.
Then lights/whites.
So four a week. That’s before throws, spare room bedding if anyone stays over.

Are you honestly ’amazed’ at someone doing 2,5 washes in one day..

In the olden days, when it were all fields around here, everybody did all their washing on a Saturday. Pull the twin tub out, get the hose fixed and fill the washer with hot water. Put your first load in and get the agitator going. Wind the little timer at the top round to 10/15/20 minute wash. Then when it's finished get your laundry tongs and heave it all into the spinner. Put your next load in whilst spinning the first lot. Then get the cold hose running into the spinner to rinse out the soap. Spin again. Then more cold water into it. Spin again. Depending how soapy it all still looks, more water and more spins.

Then get your tongs out and haul the next load out of the washer into the spinner. Repeat all steps until washing has gone, occasionally topping up the washer with more powder and hot water because you lose a fair bit on every load. When all is done, get the water pumped out through the hose into the sink and dry the inside of both tubs very very well or it will stink by next week.
Push the twin tub back into place. You can hang it out whilst the washer is going or all at the end, whichever you find easiest for you. Tumble dryers were an unheard of luxury so if it was raining you hung it wherever you could.

So basically it was all done in one day because going through that palaver every bloody day just for a couple of light loads would have been ludicrous. No. That had to be done in the sink with a washing board. . . . . . .

Please take my comments lightheartedly - and if somebody could pass me a mug of Sanatogen I'd be much obliged.

It's not strictly necessary, but it IS recommended. Its my preference though. *it's also recommended to wash kitchen/tea towels separately from bathroom towels.