to want to redo it or am I too fussy

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Dh has put some washing on whilst I was in hospital. All good. However, have just unloaded it to find pants,socks, towels, tea towels and ordinary clothes have been washed together.AIBU to want to rewash the towels and teatowels.

OP you need to clarify what your issues is?

Is it fabric softener on fluffy towels?
Is it the bum germs on pants and towels?
Is it that tea towels are for kitchen and should be kept separate?

Edith - every other day >faints< I'm changing it two or three times a day The bacteria that grows on dishcloths is alarming.

why? you clearly have too much time on your hands- in the nicest possibke way cos you sound v nice

Competitive dishcloth changing! Ooh, I feel inadequate now.
To clarify, I don't wash up with mine (erugh) only wipe surfaces when I clean the kitchen in the evening. So every other day = after two uses.

Just use a dishwasher instead if you are that paranoid

Bum germs??!!

OMFG that is hilarious.

I haven´t washed anything on hotter than 40 for longer than I can remember.

What should have happened to us by now?

I've got a dishwasher, thanks.

Edith Clearly what you are doing hasn't killed any of you yet and works for you & given I have family & friends who have the same one around for weeks on end and are living to tell the tale - you're doing just fine :)

The thing is, having worked in an industry where I know how quickly bacteria multiplies on a dishcloth I just can't leave a damp one there... so I keep changing it (to be completely honest it's probably more like 4 times a day) as my Mum keeps using it to 'wipe the bench' or whatever.

NumericalMum - why? I'm perfectly happy with my no dishcloth kitchen, but compromise while Mum is staying . I hate dishwashers.

I always thought I was really meticulous just by separating whites from coloureds. Never wash anything above 40 degrees. Wash my dishcloth (also only used for surfaces) when I am doing whites - if I remember. How on earth do you use enough tea towels to justify putting them in a separate wash?

Now I am going to have to worry about bum germs.

"Tea towels should not be washed with anything else - it's grim. "

Why-what do you use yours for??!!

I'm worried about bum germs too Should I have separate laundry baskets for pants, towels, tea towels and the rest of our clothes in case of cross-contamination?

Oh wow this has never crossed my mind

Our washing machine is in the kitchen so when a tea towel is dirty I chuck it in the machine so it'll be included in the next wash.

What is meant to happen if you don't wash stuff "properly"? A tummy bug? I've never had one in my life although DH has several a year, weak stomached thing!

Cecily - ummm quite easily... one here just looks at dishes and finds itself in the wash! :) I'm a little fanatical, but I'm not hurting anyone

I find it weird that people DON'T wash pants, socks and tea towels together

Hmm. I think some of you are having a little joke at the expense of us with bum germ ishoos...

Separate laundry baskets-I do that too...

Vair amusing to come across as uptight hygiene obsessive to some on MN when my mother thinks I am Slattern Supreme.

Actually, I offer SlatternSupreme to anyone needing a name change.

I think you need a separate washing machine for pants, which you can then run on a empty 95 degree wash with bleach in between pants loads, to properly clean it out. Otherwise the bum germs will be waiting there to infect the next load of washing.

ROLFing at work IShallWearMidnight

and the gloves you use to transfer the pants from laundry basket to washing machine, can they be washed with the pants, or can they go in with other clothes?

Crazy to rewash! Lol at bum germs

Do I have to wash my pants, DH's pants and DD's pants in 3 separate washes, so we don't get each others bum germs?

(disclaimer - I am a chuck it all in slattern)

ROFLing even

Your chopping board harbours more germs than the average loo seat

Just saying :)