Page 4 | Do you hang your undies on the washing line?

HappilyDivorced89 · 12/08/2026 14:56

I hang all my clothes outside when the weather calls for it. I feel quite proud hanging up my leopard print undies...why shouldn't I?

When you buy underwear from the shop, do you keep it hidden? If there's no self-service desk and you have to hand it to someone behind the till, what do you do then?

Nobody cares! We all wear underwear!
For those asking about not seeing poos etc...why are you drying clothes with poos or poo stains on them anyway? Throw them in for another wash!

PeasOff · 12/08/2026 14:54

STTE and will catch up.

Complete non issue - everyone in my households underwear is hung outside.

It's giving Mrs Bucket being precious over it.

Missey85 · 12/08/2026 14:51

Yes 😊 I don't care who sees them 🤷 it's just undies

RampantIvy · 12/08/2026 14:44

Crikey!
Some of the replies!

This is 2026, not 1926. People are being ridiculous. Of course I hang out underwear.

Why are there so many prudes about drying underwear outside?

If you don't hang it on the line maybe your neighbour will get excited at the thought that you don't wear any.

GordanoServices · 12/08/2026 14:40

StripyHorse · 12/08/2026 11:22

I put them on the maid inside. Don't like them on the line. This is not something I have picked up from my mum because she hangs them out.

I just tried this but she insisted we would have to pay her more. Not sure she’s being reasonable?

Hotafternoon · 12/08/2026 14:39

I have builders next door so only hang washing out when they've gone. So much dust, debris and sawdust flying about, I don't want that on or in my pants.

Always hang underwear inside on rotary line, everything else goes outside.

OnlyUsername · 12/08/2026 14:37

Yes. I wear nice undies in matching sets, I want to get my money's worth.

wishingonastar101 · 12/08/2026 14:35

white laundry on the line in the sun - dark laundry on the wrack round the side of the house (in the shade).

allgoodhere783 · 12/08/2026 14:14

TheChosenTwo · 12/08/2026 13:56

I have a couple of clothes airers I use in the garden, they have multiple layers and I always put my underwear on the bottom layer because it’s lower to the ground so most other stuff would drag on the floor but it does also shield them from prying eyes 😂 not that I’m bothered, they’re the same as the ops, black M&S boring pants, not scandalous tiny things!
When I was a 16yo teenager living at home someone broke in to my mums garden and stole all my underwear from the washing line which was absolutely gross. Best case scenario someone was very poor and needed my push up bras and thongs for themselves/their own daughter. But I suspect it was not this scenario 🤮

Ugh, maybe that's where it comes from, from pervs stealing women's laundry. That would put me off hanging them outside too.

SeriousTissues · 12/08/2026 14:08

Yes, everything goes on the line.

Totaldramallama · 12/08/2026 13:59

Yes I hang everything out, including washable period pads, but neighbours can't really see in my garden unless they were really trying

NotTheMrMenAgain · 12/08/2026 13:58

My Nan used to say that if you don’t hang them out, the neighbours might think you don’t wear any…..😄

BebbanburgIsMine · 12/08/2026 13:56

AnnaQuayRules · 12/08/2026 13:53

Of course I hang them out. Madness not to.

I had all my underwear stolen fron the line, I haven’t hung it out ever since!

TheChosenTwo · 12/08/2026 13:56

I have a couple of clothes airers I use in the garden, they have multiple layers and I always put my underwear on the bottom layer because it’s lower to the ground so most other stuff would drag on the floor but it does also shield them from prying eyes 😂 not that I’m bothered, they’re the same as the ops, black M&S boring pants, not scandalous tiny things!
When I was a 16yo teenager living at home someone broke in to my mums garden and stole all my underwear from the washing line which was absolutely gross. Best case scenario someone was very poor and needed my push up bras and thongs for themselves/their own daughter. But I suspect it was not this scenario 🤮

ProtectTransKids · 12/08/2026 13:55

Outside on the line for me.

My neighbours must think im a real slut.

BebbanburgIsMine · 12/08/2026 13:55

No, I haven’t hung any underwear outside for about 15 or so years now.

I used to, then every single item (mine and my 2DDs) was stolen. Never hung it out ever again!

AnnaQuayRules · 12/08/2026 13:53

Of course I hang them out. Madness not to.

BelleEpoque27 · 12/08/2026 13:52

Of course I do, they're only knickers 🙄

BeatrizBoniface · 12/08/2026 13:52

muddyford · 12/08/2026 13:26

I always hang mine on the line. Our front faces south so in the winter I sometimes put out a clothes horse in the sun. Except I handwashed my sports bras and put them out there and forgot. Only remembered when I was saying goodbye to our priest and noticed them. He's young enough to be my son and didn't turn a hair!

If he's familiar with the Bible he'll have come across worse things.

Vaxtable · 12/08/2026 13:50

Yes I do. Most people wear them anyway plus they are clean

dont see the issue

Fansonmaximum · 12/08/2026 13:50

My washing line. My garden . My pants.

why would anyone waste anytime on what the neighbours might think?

we wear them. We wash them. We dry them.

there is nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed about.

MimiGC · 12/08/2026 13:50

No underwear on the line, ever. I’m not particularly prissy about it, I also don’t hang socks outside either. All the small stuff goes on the clothes horse inside, everything bigger outside. I love seeing big billowing sheets and towels hanging on my line.

luckylavender · 12/08/2026 13:47

sweetpickle2 · 12/08/2026 11:17

Just that really.

I had a friend round for a cup of tea and as I was hanging up my washing she was horrified I was putting up my undies (just basic M&S black knickers, nothing out of the ordinary!) and said she always hangs her delicates inside as she "doesn't think her neighbours want to see that".

Am I the weird one??

No she is

DefiantRabbit9 · 12/08/2026 13:47

You are not weird. She's got a serious case of main character syndrome if she thinks people are interested in her knickers.

JudyTeeny · 12/08/2026 13:46

No I certainly don't hang them on the line. What if a man saw them?
Seriously, yes, they dry so much better outside and anyway, nobody is interested in two 60-somethings' old fashioned undies. My mum used to be a bit coy about hers, she used to peg them in front of a sheet or something else large, so Mr Next door didn't see them. His wife had no such shyness, she hung her knee-length bloomers for all the world to see.