AIB a slattern if I put washing on the line to dry overnight?

[ohbugrit]

I think we may have had this thread before but I can't recall the consensus.

Bedtime, back shortly.

No not a slattern, but I think its not a good idea. Your washing will get wetter over night and only start to dry in the morning.

I've done this when the weather forecast is good. Because I work strange hours and am not usually awake to put them out any time before noon early enough.

Good point oldlady. So I guess it depends if you would be up early enough to hang them out in the morning. If yes, they will dry quicker that way. But I see this as a practical issue - not a judgement.

It's breezy here, forecast to stay that way, minimum temp 6 degrees - so it will dry a bit. I did it last night and it was definitely drier at 7am than when I put it out the previous night. But I got some funny looks from passing neighbours so I'm hesitant now.

I will be up very very early (5am this morning) but I doubt I'll have the get up and go to hang it up!

Well put it up then. Who cares what the neighbours think. Its hardly as if you are rogering their husbands, just putting your washing out.

I quite often do this in summer. Only the knickers go missing .

Of course it is flaming slatternish!

Sheesh.

Not the bras then

I think, although correct me if I'm wrong, it's only slatternly to leave it on for a fortnight with large items such as sheets coming loose from their moorings and littering the ground.

It will get earwigs in it. Ick. I have a horrible memory of putting on jeans after leaving them on the line and had earwigs crawling up my leg

I have har earwigs in my washing after leaving it out for an afternoon.

In the summer I put it out late at night!!

Hmm I'd say in the summer it's okay, not so much now. Put the washing on at night and out before brekkie morning.

God no, my bra's are a little too functional for stealing .

Agree with TheMerchant, it's only slatternly if you leave it for a fortnight with half of the items draped over the plastic chairs (the ones with with the green mould), one quarter on the grass and the other quarter clinging to the sagging line, held on by one broken peg.

Sounds like a good idea to me. I couldn't care less if it's slatternly or not. It's the sort of shortcut I use all the time

I wouldn't, used our line yesterday, today it is covered in cobwebs.

Do it all the time in summer.

Last year the local knicker perv, nicked all my favourites. It sort of amused me that anyone would want my pants, and that they had gone through them, and selected their favourites and left some.....but then it weirded me out, I chucked the rest and bought all new.

Hubby put up a new knicker proof fence!

Well I've just put mine out! It's Sunday tomorrow & I fully intend on having a long lie-in. My washing will prob be dry before I surface!!

put it out when you like. It's your washing!
Mine often stays out for days......

no it is not,quite the oppossitte your getting ahead

this is my most hated chore and when it gets a little warmer i do this all the time,not a morning person so this works really well for me

but it will dry some,i live on a very busy road so my thinking is that if its out at night it dosent get choked with fumes

yadnbu

Mine'll be out tonight. I can't see it's going to upset anyone I don't care if it does

I do it in the summer but wouldn't in the winter/ spring as you get dew all over it. I was organised this morning and got a load out at 7.30 and the air was pretty damp and cold at that time.

I leave mine for days sometimes in the Summer

You are not a slattern OP.

In the summer (only cos it's too wet this time of year) I sometimes leave mine out overnight and then wear it straight from the line in the morning - so neh!

Certainly not slatternly, I agree with TheMerchant