My neighbour's washing line.

[ShotsFired]

I can't bear it anymore, I have to share this with you.

A shirt hung from the collar by one peg.
Several pairs of pants scrunched into one peg
A t-shirt hung at an angle, one peg in the middle of the shoulder, one somewhere around nipple level.
A large tablecloth(?) just sort of thrown at the line, dragging a corner on the grass.

All mixed colours, all mixed pegs, all out there for days now.

We have changed from a whirlly line to the old fashioned straight one which messes with my head! I can’t hide our undies from the neighbours now! Used to have all knickers etc pegged on inside and clothes on outside. All my pegs have to match or it drives me mad, I’m so glad I’m not alone in this little bit of perfectionism 😊

We need a pic of this o called washing line.

Neighbours who observe and make comments about what goes on in other people's gardens don't have enough to think about. Not your business. If you really cannot avoid it (or more likely think her washing routine 'lowers the tone of the neighbourhood'), build a taller fence or a wall. Then you would only see it if you made a point of looking out of an upstairs bedroom window which would be nosy - and your're not, are you?

Thanks to Rebecca's sage words of wisdom on this totally 100% serious and not at all lighthearted thread, I have just finished building this in the garden.

I have learned my lesson and will not dare post about anything that I believe nosily lowers the tone of my neighbourhood again.

Ooh, I'm running out of pegs. Wanna send me some of your neighbour's excess? I promise I'll use them to hang bottoms from the top, tops from the bottom.

If DS hadn't gone back to Uni, (University, for all the aghast mumsnetters who hate that particular abbrieviation), I would think you were looking into my garden.

No matter how many times I stood with him, shook the washing to within an inch of its life, pegged it as flat as possible and pants on the inside to the longest items on the outside. I would come home to shirts on one peg, pants screwed up on one peg on the outside of the line, and grits itching teeth towels folded in half over the line. I'm sure he does it deliberately, probably sniggers to himself whilst doing it too.

@shotsfired that looks fab, can I borrow it to place around my line when Ds comes back from Uni in Autumn, so I don't have to look at it. .

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This is probably me. I only do it properly when my husband is around or he tuts and sighs and looks disapprovingly. I don't mind any other housework really, keep my house nice, but I fucking loathe washing.

@shotsfired (whispers) Is Rebecca36 your neighbour?

I believe one D. Trump is looking for your phone number @shotsfired...he has been trying in vain to get a wall or divider, some might call it a border, built, but no one will do it. Can MN Admins pass on your details???

There should be a trigger warning on this thread.

I'm sure its taken as least £20k off the property prices aghast

On a serious note, it makes washing much easier hanging it out properly, as it saves having to iron anything.

Do you live near me?!? This is my next-door neighbours washing line. I get a little shaky just looking at it.

@JohnLapsleyParlabane Gah! That's not good! They're storing up work for themselves with the creases they're causing, and they can't dry evenly either like that.

My dh is the opposite. Takes my tops and hangs them as wide as they will possibly go.

I can't see into any neighbours gardens due to the angle of our house compared to theirs and the big massive trees on the border line.

Ha! My (adult) DS doesn't even use pegs to hang the washing - just sort of flings the garments over the line.

It. Drives. Me. Up. The. Wall.

I got proper twitchy reading that. I am very particular about my washing. Dp drives me mad. He doesn't turn anything the right way or smooth it out so everything that goes on the airer is a crumpled mess. He also puts too much on the airer. He's better at pegging out than he used to be but he doesn't use matching pegs or hang each peoples clothes together. He also doesn't fold it when he brings it in and just leaves it piled in the basket wily nily.

I can beat you.

I have a neighbour who uses her children's metal swing set as a clothes line - just chucks it all over the top.

During the warm weather the kids were playing on the swings in amongst the washing.

Twitch twitch twitch eye twitch....
OMG, I am now following this very serious post. But I can't bear it. Your NDN are taunting you with their slovenly disregard of all the holy rules of washing hanging out.

Like my DS and youngest DD do.... They (my DC) do it deliberately to see how long before I crack .. (usually 12 minutes 40 seconds..) and it causes them much mirth. Their Cruel and unusual laundry taunting...

@Zillcat..... Noooooooooo!!! That's just sociopathic!!

Do you people who leave pegs out all year have pegs made of steal?
Mine are brought inside and they STILL break all the time

I remember fondly my old neighbour who pegged out a wash on Christmas Eve and brought it in in the middle of February.

One of my clueless neighbours doesn't use pegs when hanging out the washing so it ends up on the ground, more often than not. Doesn't dry quickly and gets dirtier. Daft bugger.

As long as you are detached, I would have to burn their house down OP.

(Obviously joking, please don’t flame me (see what I did there?))

@Bluelonerose I have accidentally left a few out on the grass over winter and they're fine, not even discoloured. They're the purple/blue/white soft grip ones from Lakeland and they come in a coordinating purple peg basket.