Can we talk honestly about Laundry?

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I have a husband and two young boys and I CANNOT keep on top of my washing unless I become obsessed and it’s all I do and all I think about (yes I’m over exaggerating but genuinely feels like this sometimes)

I need some helpful tips or like minded people to make me feel better about my failures 😝

I’m literally always routing through clean clothes that are still on top of the washing machine because I hate how soul destroying it is putting clothes into piles and then walking upstairs over and over again to put them away just to se them either thrown on the floor or back in the laundry - it’s monotonous, tedious and quite frankly boring

What can I do to make my life easier and embrace the task? I’m done being surrounded by clothes that aren’t in the places they should be

Well we all have a different “go to” then for neglect
and for the majority…. Washing your child’s school uniform twice a term is neglectful

Social services might intervene if they have concerns about a child's hygiene, including their clothing being dirty or unwashed. This could be part of a broader concern about neglect, where the child's basic needs, including cleanliness, are not being met.

I have three boys. It's not rocket science- either I remember who has a particular type, check the size or, if can't work it out from that, they could belong to any of them so it doesn't matter who gets them- they are clean so I just pick my favourite child and they get them

Well I suppose if my son and husband were fundamentally disrespectful of me, then I would not be inclined to do their laundry either.

But they aren’t disrespectful and I’m happy to take on this job whilst they do others

I’ve not read the full thread but it does get easier as they get older. I do laundry for a family of 4.

• accept you’re never on top of it.
• try to do something laundry related daily

I use Aldi bags for clean clothes per person and dump them in the kids rooms. They take up less space than laundry baskets. It’s then all in one place and easy to find clean stuff even if it’s not put away. As they get older they can put it away themselves just ensure their wardrobes are well organised with a place for everything.

I'm glad you love it, and I'm glad at least the dad of the older ones is good.

It's a shame the dad of the younger ones isn't!!

9 between 1-17 & no twins!! I'm in absolute awe of your ability to keep up with all of them!!

I'm glad you're happy🤗

It's weird is it? Ok. I personally find it weird that I would wash another adult's clothing. Unless I was their carer or they were very severely disabled.
We both wait till we have a big enough load and just do our own?

Yes. As per my second paragraph, it's a waste of water and power, IMO.

DH washes my clothes, I wash his. It's how we function as a household.

ETA, as you edited while I was replying: we have a large washer, so I'm not hanging round til I have 10kg of stuff to wash. And none of us have enough whites / lights to make up a load.

Ok that's cool. I don't really think anyone is weird as long as they're happy with the arrangements.
I just have never washed a blokes clothes. But each to their own.

Is there absolutely no sharing of jobs in your house in the sense of

my car. I clean it
my food. I buy it and prepare it.
DIY job needed on something I bought… I fix it or pay someone to do it

how are finances dealt with?

We split 50/50.
I don't do other people's laundry but I do cook and clean kitchen.
I don't know why you're desperate to know so much about my life anyway? I'm disabled and so is everyone else in my household. Everyone is different.

Ok so you and your husband have picked what you will do and what he will do

very similar to other posters, only theirs includes throwing laundry in to the mix of job divvied up

Everyone is different

thankfully we don’t all think others are “a bit weird” for it

* I personally find it weird that I would wash another adult's clothing.*

I’m surprised your husband doesn’t take on the job of laundry then as youre disabled, given it is actually quite a physical job

I personally find it weird that I would wash another adult's clothing.

When did I say anyone else was weird? I didn't. I was talking about myself.

Just wash 1-2 loads a day, catch up and then maintain.