Dark concerns

[ImNegan]

For reasons I won't go into -DH I'm looking at you- our laundry was "darked on" overnight.
AIBU to consider one of the following remedial actions?:

a) throw the clothes away and buy replacements. It was a washing line full, all in very good condition so would be costly.

b) invest in a tanning sun bed (saw a used one for £2.5k on eBay) and use it to bring the laundry back to the "light". Could be a good back up in the event he does this shit again.

c) LTB.

I'll go with the highest vote, I'm really not precious about it. Thanks.

Spiders have willies?

Well only the male ones, obvs

I really thought you were saying your DH had pissed all over the clean laundry.

Darked as in dark patch of piss.

I'm very disappointed, OP.

I feel confused and amused at the same time

I think you should be ok with re-washing it. Obviously some of the more interesting "darks" might survive but perhaps you could boil wash any of DH's stuff, just in case?

NADILT

I often leave my washing out to be darked on.

For that intention.

I like the smell of darked on laundry.

Nuke it in the microwave piece by piece. ( Never done that.)
OR
Make a quarantine area and give it a sniff before you put it away. (I HAVE done that in the case of rained-on or damp/dank/dewy washing.)

My oh has a fear of laundry getting darked on. Sometimes he brings it in at dusk. I wait until he's gone to bed and hang it out again. (aibu?? 😂) He says rats run up and down the washing line at night..... I'm not saying they don't, it just seems really unlikely.

For those not up to speed on 'getting darked on', I think it's to do with judging people who leave their washing out overnight but on questioning, not coming up with any real reason as to why it is unacceptable, so 'it might get darked on' which isn't really a thing obvs is as good as any other reason usually related to different standards of housekeeping.

My knickers got darked on a few nights ago- they were on the octopus and I got distracted & forgot to go back out for them. But something had laid little green eggs all over a gusset.

Op- I go with the sunbed option!

For the benefit of those who do not understand the seriousness of darked on washing can I remind you about that really scarey Dr Who series with the stone Angels (dontblink!). If you remember you weren't scared of statues or blinking before that were you?

It's the same with darked on clothes, once you KNOW there is no going back............

That's a bit deep Barbara , no judgement toward others here, the only person I'm griping with is my DH!

So back to my original question, what do you think I should do?

viques

You need to rewash the whole lot again. And then throw your washing machine away immediately due to contamination.

You have to launder it again, everyone knows that.

My husband hung a wash up after dinner and left it out one night. I told him it had been darked on and he looked at me like this
They just don't understand!!!

Burn the washing and ltb

did it get rained on? because that removes the CURSE OF THE DARKENING!

No rain just pure dark.

Ceremonial burning

You need to do a cleansing ritual

Get some sage and tie it togother in a tight bundle

Light it and blow out the flames sonits smoking

Then waft it over the clothes muttering dark be gone

Much more effective if done at the time the sun is highest (so midday) and naked

I'd go with all three options. Burn this lot, obvs, beyond repair now. You're going to need the sunbed in case another lot gets close (I've never heard of being twilighted on, yet, but there are some strange goings on in our garden around dusk so you never know). And clearly you have to LTB, no question. Make sure the cost of replacement clothes comes into the divorce negotiations.

I vote LTB.

The clothes cannot be saved. The only way to cleanse your household of the curse is to tie DH to a stake, scatter the clothes around his feet and set them alight. If DH survives then the curse has been lifted, if not it is passed down to the sons. Their souls (shoe souls of course) will be forever darkend.

At first I thought it was a euphemism for taking a poo. That would have been quite a different thread

Out of interest, is there a name for the sinful state of clothing after they've been hung out on a Sunday?

Wash it again then freeze it