To be struggling with school uniform costs

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DD managed to get mud all over her blazer and skirt.

I just can't afford to get them cleaned. So i sent her in without the blazer and a note. She has been put in isolation tomorrow.

I am really sick of it. AIBU?

Sirzy it is dry clean only and I dont have anywhere i could wash it anyway

If your machine is broken...how are you washing clothes anyway at the moment?

Oh FGS! Wash it in the bathroom sink. Wring it out, put it in airing cupboard/radiator/warmest room in the house overnight and finish drying with hair dryer in the morning.

You don’t have a sink? Even dry clean items can be sponged down or handwashed as many people have already said!

No one's saying you're stupid.......although you obviously aren't the brightest if it hasn't occurred to you to stop being so rude to helpful strangers on the internet and just wash the Damn thing in the bath.

Her blazer will not shrink if you hand wash it with warm water in a sink. Get a grip!

Just to clarify-she slipped over accidentally and got muddy and is being put in isolation for it?

It does seem like mitigating circumstances.
I don't think she deserves that for a genuine accident?
Am I missing something??

Makes you wonder if they had any spares for the day or a short loan. Do schools do this?

Some people make life far harder for themselves than it needs to be.

Yes mum

I am not finding the answers helpful, I'm sorry. I have tried to explain the blazer is dirty beyond what i could sort in the sink. Otherwise I would have done so.

DD fell into a pond that is not reaĺly a pond but it is covered in mud and filth and slime.

I am using a laundrette at the moment to clean clothes.

OP, you've told us your washing machine has broken which is why you can't wash it... so you clearly are open to cleaning it without taking it to the dry cleaners.... and as many PP have advised you over and over that dry clean clothes are fine on a delicate wash - it's hard to sympathise with you as you seem unwilling to help yourself. Therefore I think YABU.

Just do a light hand wash in a bowl and stop making excuses.

The school are being ridiculous to isolate a child over uniform. You are being ridiculous not hand cleaning the blazer. Your DD is going to suffer because of two sets of ridiculous adults....

I don't think you are bu. She had an accident, you explained by note. She shouldn't be punished.

She is in school, in correct uniform except no blazer.

I would feel annoyed too. It isn't her fault and I think the school should be able to differentiate between a blatant disregard of the rules and a one off incident with a valid reason.

I am starting to feel like crying.

I'm sorry, I will leave the thread. I really DON'T want washing advice!

So take it to the laundrette and clean it then!

Did you contact School this morning to explain the situation?

You seem to be looking for a problem TVs

Do you have a bath tub? Scrap worst of it off and hand wash in there.

Come on OP. How do you think ppl without access to dry cleaners manage?

I have tried to explain the blazer is dirty beyond what i could sort in the sink

Unless your DD was totally submerged in mud, I doubt it.

Tbh not tv

Could you put some washing up liquid in a bath and soak it?
Or some kind of washing powder/stain remover if you have it?

I would talk to the school. You won't be the first parent in financial difficulties. There might be a secondhand shop, abandoned property etc. They won't want her in isolation any longer than necessary.

why don't you speak to the school?

They will be a lot more understanding if you explain your personal circumstances to them, tell them that you really don't have the money. My school has paid for uniforms for children of families that were struggling, and they have spares just in case. They are people you know. They might surprise you.

OP this sounds like the final straw. It’s very clear you are under pressure. BUT thsibis entirely fixable. Go and get a cuppa, smoke, whatever, 10 minutes outside, give your head a wobble then go and wash the blazer. Don’t make life harder than it needs to be.

I haven't had a washing machinge for a year, so it could have been hand washed, and, if you have the muscles, (they are not the ones I have used in everyday life very often) wrung out.

drying would be the problem. it can drip for hours. then would have to be on the radiator overnight. ( i have a spinner, which gets the clothers drier than a washing machine) so saying just hand wash is not going to work.

launderette woudl be an option, if you have one open at hours you are not in work.

next time? I think i would have sent her in the muddy blazer.