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Washing pyjamas

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poshme · 19/04/2022 09:14

Was just packing to go away and thought- people who wash PJs every day- what do you do on holiday? Do you take enough PJs for a new set every night on holiday? And take massive suitcases. Or do you spend your time washing?

And if you usually wash towels every day do you also do that on holiday?

(In my family we wear PJs for a week, unless very hot and sweaty, and use towels for a week too)

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poshme · 20/04/2022 23:43

Yes. PJs for a week. (More often during my period as I sweat more) Towels for a week.

No wonder everyone has such high electricity bills with washing and drying everything after one use! Family of 5 here, cooking on electric, and my electricity costs £75 a month. Now I know why...

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Dogmum40 · 20/04/2022 23:50

I’m another weekly changer, both with pjs and towels! I’m still alive and don’t have any flies following me around… I take 1 set of pjs on holiday but usually don’t bother wearing it if it’s hot anyway Grin

olympicsrock · 21/04/2022 00:02

Every other day here and yes we pop a few washes one while away if self catering

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Florabritannica · 21/04/2022 00:11

I’m not being deliberately goady - but people who wash pyjamas and towels after one use, do you think about the water/electricity/chemical residues? Or do you think that wearing pyjamas twice is so gross that it outweighs ecological considerations? (As most people, myself included, do with pants, say.)
Genuinely interested but accept am likely to be flamed.

Norgie · 21/04/2022 06:56

Am I the only one on this forum who doesn't own or wear any type of nightwear, especially on holiday?

JosephineDeBeauharnais · 21/04/2022 07:11

Norgie · 21/04/2022 06:56

Am I the only one on this forum who doesn't own or wear any type of nightwear, especially on holiday?

No, you’re not.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 21/04/2022 07:13

i would wear knickers and take plenty of those

OverByYer · 21/04/2022 07:13

I wear a nightshirt and pants , change nightshirt every few days as and when necessary.
am agog that people only use towels once, how wasteful.

EileenGC · 21/04/2022 07:27

I change PJs every 5-7 days, towels every 7-10. I don’t put my PJs on if I’m not clean, and I have a heated rail on which my towels can dry every day after having had contact with my skin for one minute. There’s no way I’m washing something after using it one minute. Cleaning rags excluded.

I don’t holiday much but I go on 2-3 work trips a month on average. If I had to take PJs for every night I’d need massive suitcases (and extra money to check them in). Often I have 24h between trips so I’d also need dozens of pairs as I couldn’t dry them all in between. I also don’t have time to do the washing whilst away. Rarely stay in fancy hotels that offer that service. Also, who does the laundry the night before flying back home? Surely the only acceptable way is being out all day and not waste precious holiday time, packing two hours before leaving for the airport, and then just chucking it all in the washer when you arrive home Grin

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poshme · 21/04/2022 07:50

@EileenGC
'Surely the only acceptable way is being out all day and not waste precious holiday time, packing two hours before leaving for the airport, and then just chucking it all in the washer when you arrive home'

Absolutely!

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Thursday37 · 21/04/2022 08:00

And yet people are moaning about their energy bills at the same time as doing so much unnecessary laundry. With any luck those that wash clothing and towels after one wash/wear will freeze to death next winter which will leave the world much better off.

Weekly towels here, pyjamas usually 2 a week but varies. Toddler has fresh ones daily at the moment but only because she is so messy.

Cornettoninja · 21/04/2022 08:26

Jesus, the water wastage and pollution some people needlessly create.

crackingreward · 21/04/2022 08:40

I take enough pyjama for each day.

  1. My suitcase isn't huge because I save space by not taking a hairdryer/straightener, any kind of skincare or make up (I'm looking at you, DD) in fact I pack so minimally I only take my clothes snd pyjamas. I use the soap/shampoo provided so basically just need to take a toothbrush and paste.
  1. I have no environmental issue with washing my pyjamas. I don't fly or expend much unnecessary energy at all so I am happy to do an extra load of washing every now and then.
  1. I have never complained about the rising energy cost. Pointless. It's gone up so if I use it I pay for it. I'm in carets allowance just now so not a high earner, we just spend very little elsewhere.
  1. People wear the same pyjamas for a whole week 🤮
crackingreward · 21/04/2022 08:41

Sorry I should have added

  1. I'm autistic and it's very hard to break from a 40+ year formed way of doing things, so I don't even try. I feel safe and function better when things 'feel' right.
Peppapig7262662 · 21/04/2022 08:53

I wear underwear (clean obviously 😂) under my pjs, so can get a few days out of them.
I also use fabric feeshner on my pjs. Fabulosa do a few that smell lovely.

Joy2TheWorld · 21/04/2022 09:02

I wash my pj's after 2-3 wears on average. On holiday, I would probs take 2-3 pairs and hope for the best!

WrongWayApricot · 21/04/2022 09:05

I couldn't wear something for 56 hours before washing it, especially under a warm duvet, especially if I was someone that didn't wear knickers under pyjamas (I'm not). Even in times before washing machines they washed their undergarments everyday or so. Do you not even hand wash them or air them in between washes? Or just neatly fold in the sweat, sebum and bacteria for later?

Cornettoninja · 21/04/2022 09:29

Or just neatly fold in the sweat, sebum and bacteria for later?

is that genuinely how you look at clothes that are visibly clean without noticeable or offensive odour? Honestly it’s really not healthy to be so paranoid.

I wash visibly dirty and/or smelly clothes. PJ’s last the majority of the week. Underwear is changed daily. Towels are reused for multiple showers throughout the week and hung to air/dry in between.

More than that without any other factors (infections/illness/incontinence) is really over the top and really bad for the environment; the energy used for all the extra washes, pollution from detergents, microplastics and fibres shed from clothes, energy for the drier if one is used, wastage of treated water reserves. I get people don’t ‘care’ but I do think it’s hard to justify because of a sense of ‘icky’ about a bit of ‘sweat, sebum and bacteria’.

AlisonDonut · 21/04/2022 09:48

WrongWayApricot · 21/04/2022 09:05

I couldn't wear something for 56 hours before washing it, especially under a warm duvet, especially if I was someone that didn't wear knickers under pyjamas (I'm not). Even in times before washing machines they washed their undergarments everyday or so. Do you not even hand wash them or air them in between washes? Or just neatly fold in the sweat, sebum and bacteria for later?

I don't know who you are talking to, I take one pair and usually stomp on them in the shower and leave them to dry in between days. Most places you go have soap and water and it is really really easy to wash clothes on holiday. If you can wash yourself you can also wash clothes. I'd rather take 4 pegs than 7 pairs of pyjamas.

Blossomtoes · 21/04/2022 11:25

Dogmum40 · 20/04/2022 23:50

I’m another weekly changer, both with pjs and towels! I’m still alive and don’t have any flies following me around… I take 1 set of pjs on holiday but usually don’t bother wearing it if it’s hot anyway Grin

Same. We both shower every day. How dirty can they get? As for 34 towels in one day … We don’t even own that many towels.

WrongWayApricot · 21/04/2022 11:57

Cornettoninja · 21/04/2022 09:29

Or just neatly fold in the sweat, sebum and bacteria for later?

is that genuinely how you look at clothes that are visibly clean without noticeable or offensive odour? Honestly it’s really not healthy to be so paranoid.

I wash visibly dirty and/or smelly clothes. PJ’s last the majority of the week. Underwear is changed daily. Towels are reused for multiple showers throughout the week and hung to air/dry in between.

More than that without any other factors (infections/illness/incontinence) is really over the top and really bad for the environment; the energy used for all the extra washes, pollution from detergents, microplastics and fibres shed from clothes, energy for the drier if one is used, wastage of treated water reserves. I get people don’t ‘care’ but I do think it’s hard to justify because of a sense of ‘icky’ about a bit of ‘sweat, sebum and bacteria’.

Hanging pyjamas to air them isn't damaging the environment, quickly hand washing them in the hotel sink/shower every other morning is, at most, negligible. You genuinely think it is damaging the environment? It's really not healthy to be so paranoid.

Pyri · 21/04/2022 12:04

34 towels?!

i love a MN washing thread. Really sets apart the weirdos from the normal people.

Pyri · 21/04/2022 12:05

WrongWayApricot · 21/04/2022 11:57

Hanging pyjamas to air them isn't damaging the environment, quickly hand washing them in the hotel sink/shower every other morning is, at most, negligible. You genuinely think it is damaging the environment? It's really not healthy to be so paranoid.

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If you’re only quickly hand washing them in a hotel shower then how much cleaner are they actually going to get?

Cornettoninja · 21/04/2022 12:08

@WrongWayApricot yes, all those ‘negligible’ actions cause measurable environmental harm. There’s no campaign to not wash anything at all, just to reduce and consider what’s actually necessary.

What measurable harm does a pair of pj’s not washed for a few days do?

And I stand by my comment that viewing your laundry as full of sweat, sebum and bacteria is over the top and anxious.

That’s your issue though, it unfathomable to me why you’d come onto a forum and use it to try and shame people into behaving in a way that’s evidently harmful. There’s no other reason for trying to present other peoples laundry habits in such a distasteful way.

AlisonDonut · 21/04/2022 12:11

I'm off out now to plant some tomatoes without gloves. Shock

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