To wonder why people only do their own washing?

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Just that really.

I see so many posts where people say DP's or any child over the age of about 12 do their own washing. Surely it's easier to just empty the laundry basket and do one wash of everyones washing rather than have 4 people do 4 washes with not much in it.

Beleieve me, the armpits of one of ds's school shirts do not smell fresh after two hours of wear never mind more than a day. He showers twice a day and uses deoderant plus I only buy pure cotton shirts not synthetic but teenagers stink!

Im slightly shocked at how much washing people do. 12 loads a week seems a bit ott

When married washing for e and DH was separate.He ruined so many of my things when we used to share so I did mine separately and DDS with mine when she came along.To prevent helplessness setting in I let my exdh do his own.
Now me and DD share though it has to be saidI do the most,she has to do all her ironing but is coming round to realising it is a waste of life

I’m glad I don’t live in a household where I’ve been brainwashed into thinking being a skivvy is ok.

I don't mind doing all the washing.
My OH is out of the house 60 hours a day working- I am at home all day so it makes sense that I do the lions share of the housework.
I probably get more leisure time than he does- 3 or 4 mornings I spend at the gym.
He doesn't get that luxury- so I am happy to wash his clothes.
We are a team

Speakout I think the majority here are talking about older kids rather than husband. I do my dh when I'm not working but older kids can do their own

Ickyockycocky why so angry? Want to talk about it?

OH is out of the house 60 hours a day working

Poor bugger.

Lethaldrizzle I do have older kids- an 18 year old and a 20 year old.

I do their laundry too.

Buggered why feel sorry for my OH? He loves his job.

I don’t understand why anyone would wash lots of peoples laundry together, surely it takes forever to sort out again especially things like black socks? Me DH and 2 DDs here, all probably have a load once a week, put one persons laundry in- wash, dry, fold and back in drawers/wardrobe.

Sounds like mixing together would make extra work and add a ‘sorting’ job in there.

Meant to add we obviously all have our own washing basket. Means you know where an item of clothing that belongs to you is.

Buggered why feel sorry for my OH? He loves his job

I think it's the number of hours work he manages to squeeze into a day - he must be knackered

I have to wash everything every time someone wears it as it's always filthy as in covered in mud and snot and food etc. I often have to change in the day too. DH also is huge so one of his xxxl hoodies is about a third of a load. My washing machine is 9kg too. I do 2-3 full loads a day. I don't separate stuff much. Just bedding, towels, coloured clothes and whites. All is done on a 1 hours daily wash at 40 degrees. And always tumble dried regardless of the weather. I don't have time to piddle about pegging things up in the garden.

This thread is just a good example of how people are just intolerant and have to prove their way is always better.
There's nothing wrong with either approach. Wether you choose to wash for the whole family or you prefer everyone to do their own. Just stop assuming you are better, more effIcient, better at parenting etc for washing everyone's clothing AND please for the last time. 'Use Your Imagination'.

I do my own washing cos I'm the only sodding one here to do it

As for people who share premises .... can't say I've given it much thought.

We all have our own laundry baskets. We do our own laundry.

I stopped doing my daughters when she was 14, just as part of the learning responsibility and independence thing.

I stopped doing my husbands shortly after as he has a shit ton of laundry and his clothes are big and heavy and I was doing two or three loads a week just for him. Upon realising I wasn't his skivvy I told him to do it himself. And he does.

Speak out, you have said he works 60 hours a DAY!

That is what people are ribbing you about.

Because I don’t want my kids being like my husband dose nothing over and above providing

Wouldn’t even know how to turn the washing machine one

When I had
Major surgery the house was a mess and I spent my healing weeks scrubbing and cleaning ironing and washing he ended up taking them to Nursey in fancy dress one day because their were no more warm clean clothes

OK a week- sorry.

I still don't mind washing his clothes.

I love the idea that it takes so long to teach a DC how to do laundry that they have to start at 10 years old.
I was at home all day when mine were 12 to 18 so I did it all. Once A levels were finished we spent time over the summer teaching them to cook, shop, pay bills and operate a washing machine. I think that part took 10 minutes.
They duly trotted off to uni and managed perfectly well using either laundrettes or crummy house share washer.

Oh, and all in together here even though we all have our own laundry bags. I do the washing and I prefer it that way. The DDs do their own if I am away, but that's it.

My only rule is that if it isn't bagged and brought down then it won't be done.

My OH lived alone from the age of 16 to 38.
He is more than capable of taking care of himself, including laundry.
But I do it for his as I have the time.

I do mine and the kids. My dh does his own. We and he have different laundry baskets. I feel that I am washing all the time as it is what with my regular clothes, gym clothes, pyjamas, towels (I do all towels), plus the kids clothes, swim stuff, school stuff etc etc. It's not so much the putting in as the sorting and hanging up and down plus folding that I'd rather not do!