Toto think DS should know the difference between a 'light' coloured wash and 'whites'

[upahill]

Ds (14) was moaning on last night that neither of his school shirts had been washed. It was 10.30pm
I told him to get a grip and he knows perfectly well where the washing machine is and he should have sorted it out at 5.00pm and there would still have been drying time on the line.

So he says 'fine, I'll get a wash on' So far so good

But we come to empty the machine this morning and I find he has put my white knickers in with the pale blue shirts!

HE BLOODY WELL KNOWS BETTER.

The Muppet!!

My son did all his own washing because he kept running out of school uniform.

I would ask him to bring his clothes down so I could wash them. He didnt. I would also ask him to put his clothes away because the clean ones got mixed up with the dirty ones. I would ask him not to come down with 4 weeks worth of washing just as I thought I had got everything done. He didnt.

So after about a year of this he was told to do his own washing. All of it. Friday was his day to put his washing on. Took him a couple of weeks to understand that if he didnt do it he wouldnt have any clothes. Didnt look back after that.

Nagini the firstMrs
Yes he meant to do my knicks.

As he was going up the stairs to get the wash from the laundry basket I shouted up 'see if there are any other lights to go through'
He said he forgot that the whites goes through at a different time.

He just thought he was making a wash load up.

Oh well thats me told then

My DS wouldnt go within a mile of my pants.

I do a dark wash (mostly blues and blacks), a reds wash (reds/pinks/greens) and a pale wash.

I'll only do a separate white wash if I've accumulated so much pale stuff that I may as well split the whites out to halve the load.

YABU and may scare your DS into not bothering next time if you make more complicated than it really is.

MrSpoc I'm not whinging!! Read my posts!! Did say it was light hearted.

Does he heck do all his washing!!! Seeing that you asked about his uniform, often he comes home and says 'mum, can you do my trousers tonight for tomorrow' Of course I can. D'you know I even iron them like I did with his shirt this morning while he was still asleep.

No problem!!

However last night he mentioned it at 10.30 just after I got in from work and was about to have a bath. If he mentioned it when he came in from school it would have been done.

millionsandmillions who has had their head torn off?

Certainly not DS like I said my eyes just raised upwards when I was empting the machine and a few pairs of my nice nics fell out!!!

@ thefirstmrs!!

Upahill, I take back my "undies and jeans wash" comment - I assumed you meant he wasnt meant to put your white knicks in, cos they go in the jeans and undies wash :)
(But actually, strictly speaking undies shouldnt be washed with jeans cos the jeans are heavy and will "damage" the undies if you do this too often. If that makes sense.)

Anyway - that you wash your bedding twice a week.

I wash the following as separate loads -

1. whites/beige clothes/white shirts with stripes/blue shirts if they need done in one load.
2. Towels (we go through loads)
3. Bright colours
4. Blacks/darks
5. Jeans

have only read the OP.
(yes, i'm one of those!)

actually, you will find that it always advised to put something blue in with the whites to make them more white.

if you buy whitening soap powder, it has blue bits in it.

truthfully - when I wash our surplices (choir robes), I always make sure something blue goes in too.
it's a well-known trick that's centuries old.

Blimey vmcd. That reminds me towels!!

Shall I start a new thread saying 'AIBU that DS1 gets through two bath towels everyday and therefore he should wash and peg them on the line himself?' or will some people think I'm whinging and ungrateful for the fact that 'at least he uses towels!!!'

On second thoughts I'd better not!!

I wouldn't be happy with my 14 year old son washing my knickers regardless of colour!

I have about 10 separate categories of washing. I am happy that way.

Infact, we were going camping this weekend (sadly not now) and dd needed some clean pyjamas and dh needed some clean shirts, and I had to put them in the same wash as only had time to do one more wash - and I felt distinctly unhappy about it. They would never usually be washed together - except on "holiday" washes .

sorry, just wanted to add - you're more likely to find your whites going "chweing-gum" coloured if you wash them all on their own - the blue stops that happening.

Why's that charliejosh?

How many clothes do some of you have?!

Do you wash every day, or do you save clothes for days/weeks until you can make a full load?

MN is interesting.

YABU.

My OH still can't get the hang of it and washed the white pillowcases with the brand new black sheet...which promptly ran and ruined the pillowcases. Expecting a teenager to do it right is sheer madness!

bigjessie, our machine is on at least twice a day.
DS1 goes through this IN ONE DAY -
school trousers
school polo shirt or shirt
school jumper
pants
socks
pyjamas
towel
jeans
t-shirt

I go through this every 2 or 3 days -
2-3 tops
jeans
3 pants
3 socks
1 or 2 PJ bottoms
1 or 2 T-shirts
2-3 hand towels

DH - every day -
socks
boxers
shirt
bath towel
T-shirt
jeans (every few days)

DS2 - every day
sleepsuit
2 vests
top
trousers
towel
sleeping bag every few days

THIS IS BEFORE BEDDING, BLANKETS, HOODIES, TRAINERS, ETC ETC ETC even comes into it! I'd LOVE to only do washing at the weekend!!

My washing machine is on all day.

When it broke down I took pictures of DC5 sinking into moutains of washing and emailed them to whirlpool.

I got a very polite man phoning me to apologise for the delay in fixing the machine. He obviously thought I was bonkers

I feel scared of the electricity bill if we have a cycle every day!

I'm not surprised the planet's fucked.

Some of you are washing your own body weight every hour.

I'm more mediaeval, me.

Hang on a minute, trainers?

I wash them once a year. Is this filthy and disgusting?

YABU to let him near the machine. Holding off on the washing is the only way I can blackmail negotiate with DS to get his clothes off the dining room floor and into the washing bin.

I also don't want my precious items messed up by accident as I am anal about clothes washing

I actually have colour coded washes at 40c and 60c and by this I mean red/orange/yellows separated from blues/greens

You said your DS is 14? Maybe he should know between whites and nearly whites. Only if you have taught him though.
I am not saying my kids are perfect by the way. They would probably get it wrong as well. Its just that we don't really bring up our kids while doing the washing like I was as a kid.

YABU you only need 3 wash types (if you're being picky) colour wash, dark wash and white wash.

AnythingElseIsJustOverkillAndYouHaveEntirelyTooManyClothesAndTooMuchFreeTimeTiggaxx

I am disappointed that this didn't turn into a gusset thread.

We haven't had a gusset thread for ages...

piprabbit did her best, but no one bit