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

It's an anathema to me too. My DC were putting away their clean laundry when they were about 8/9 ish. What's the point of clean clothes that aren't in people's bedrooms ready to be used again?

Thank you - exactly . If your standards are lower and you don’t mind your kids going into school in used clothes and sleeping in a bed that hasn’t been changed in a fortnight, then all power to you! You probably have plenty of spare time as a result. But at least own it - hold up your hands and say ‘we don’t go in for a lot of laundry here’. Don’t pretend that everyone in your house is just as clean as in a household that runs a wash every day.

We're crossing posts 🤣🤣

personally wouldn't leave washing machine, dishwasher, tumble dryer, on when
I go out

Air Fryer, sage coffee machine & (old!!) oven get turned off at the wall after use. When the kitchen gets re done the new oven won't get turned off at the wall)

friddge/freezer was new in 2020 & stands in the kitchen in a well ventilated position & isn't over loaded so (fortunately) a risk I'm happy taking.

kettle, tv, everything else are plugged in & on at the wall but not actively 'on' when I'm out.

think that covers everything 🤣🤣

Bedding doesn’t need to be washed weekly when you shower/bathe every day. I do 1set per week in those two loads. The odd time I’ll do a second set depending on the time of the month (I get a bit sweaty)

It’s not as though she has to haul down to the river and bash it on stones! Around three loads of coloured stuff and a load of whites each week here. Each wash takes 30 mins then whatever in the dryer or out on the rack in the garden. My only ironing is half a dozen shirts for dh and a couple of other bits for dds. Hang it up/put away immediately it’s dry. Usually get it done on Sat afternoon within a few hours. Loads of time to do other stuff.

It’s all the towels and he only has two pairs of jammers plus racing ones as they cost a fortune so they need to be cleaned more frequently. Most of the training is mornings and it’s a tight turnaround to get back and eat before school.

I dont understand why people don’t put washing away. I clean and dry it and put it away. It’s doesn’t hang about anywhere. What’s with that?

And that’s awesome.

And that’s you.

Someone else does like throwing in their cycling gear for a wash.

It’s like people really struggle with comprehending that people have different preferences.

we weren't talking about dishwashers though. I don't have (or want) one, but I wouldn't set it to run when I was out if I did.

Fridges (when age, location are taken into
account) are not that high on the list. It looks high when very old ones or those in bad locations (sheds, under stairs etc) are included.

And yes I meant to write darked on (damn autocorrect!)

Ive always hung washing out over night. Sometimes if it rains I just leave it until it is dry again 😂.

I wash bedding and towels at weekends on a hotter wash. Midweek it's 1 or 2 loads per day of clothing.

I’ve never washed my running belt! And muddy cycling gives would get dried and dusted down- they are just going to get muddy again!

Swimwear shouldn’t be washed each time, it breaks down the fabric. Just rinse.

And Beaver uniforms are only work for a few hours so don’t need washing every week!

I wash 2 loads of washing most days. I put 1 load of washing and drying on overnight to use the 3.4p kwh.

Not at all - we are very much a house where towels get used for a week or more and dried on radiators or towel rails between use. But there are people on this thread who are doing a whole load every week of JUST towels, so they can't be using them all week. Unless they have a teeny tiny machine which only fits 4 towels into it.

Yes you read it wrong. That's the loads of washing she does each week (ie one wash for everyone's pants & socks)

Also to add I suspect people who are doing lesser loads per week are probably overloading their machines. It should be at a maximum 3/4 full. Any more than that you’re putting too much load on it and your clothes arent getting washed properly

Standard sized UK machines are between 5ish and 13ish kg per load.

So ‘I do two loads per day’ etc is meaningless. A half filled 5kg machine, or a slightly overstuffed 13kg machine?

You take your dirty washing to work, wash and dry it there @Mapletree1985 ? Do your colleagues?

2.5 loads sounds about right to me. Two adults and one baby and we do two full loads per week PLUS one load for bedding and towels monthly.

A family of 4, washing clothes, bedding, towels etc frequently enough to be clean is more than 2 loads of washing a week, so not to my standard you're not. If you have lower standards, that's your choice, but don't pretend it's the same thing.

But you don't need to launder swimsuits after one use! Just make the swimmer rinse their suits in cold water to get the chlorine out, since it eats fabric! Then put all the swimsuits in a wash with other things once a week.

Because with 5 people in the house all using bath sheets they can’t all hang on the towel rail. And I’m not having towels littered around the house drying so they’re not damp going into the laundry basket. We all use a towel twice then wash it. In between washes they go into a drying rail in the hot press but once deemed used they go into the laundry basket to get washed. And not up to me as chief washing machine operation to deem others towels as clean or dirty. So they’re used and into laundry basket damp where they’ll be out that day/next morning for a wash

if you can line up your washing day with your weekly towel use more power to you.

I know! Crazy.

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Assuming she’s not sitting in front of the machine and watching it wash, that’s very achievable. I’ve just put on a massive load of bedding and towels, it will wash for about 3 hours, then I’ll hang it out. Total time about 20 mins max, including putting on another load to dry overnight. I between I will take DD to her friend’s, do the shopping and have a Sunday chillax.

my washing machine is so big I could rent it out as. Spare room - if I wasn’t fussy about how I treat different fabrics I reckon I could easily do 2.5 loads a week.