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To ask how often you wear an item of clothes before washing

293 replies

Justasconfusedwithnumber2 · 14/02/2020 14:29

Not underwear... And general everyday wear...

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Justasconfusedwithnumber2 · 14/02/2020 14:30

And include toddlers/kids!

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Villanelle1 · 14/02/2020 14:31

Once

littlepeas · 14/02/2020 14:31

Once Confused.

isseywith4vampirecats · 14/02/2020 14:31

Jeans two days tee shirt one day jumper two days

sugarbum · 14/02/2020 14:32

Most stuff once. Denim stuff probably two or three times.

sugarbum · 14/02/2020 14:32

Oh cardis I will wear for weeks!

Dividingthementalload · 14/02/2020 14:33

Once. Unless it has no skin contact like a top layer jumper. If it’s next to skin, including tops, jeans, trousers etc, it’s one day only. Kids and adults.

Gillian1980 · 14/02/2020 14:33

Jeans a few times, jumpers a couple of times. Everything else once. DH is the same.

Daughter 4 and son 9 months, usually once for everything.

cologne4711 · 14/02/2020 14:35

I generally wear a top for two days unless it is very sweaty or I've spilt something down it. Jeans I wear for 3-4 days unless I've messed them up somehow. Hoodies until they get mucky or smell!

FizzyIce · 14/02/2020 14:35

Same as the others , jeans a few times , tees once and jumpers once or twice

Trahira · 14/02/2020 14:35

Jeans a week (but not worn every day), tops two or three times.

Oysterbabe · 14/02/2020 14:36

Jeans maybe 3 times. Tops generally twice. It depends whether my kids put their grubby paws on them. I shower every morning and have a desk job, they aren't getting sweaty and smelly. With kids twice if it stays clean enough, which is rare.

Glassio · 14/02/2020 14:36

Jean's 3-4 days
tops 1-2 days
shower every day so they're not starting off on a dirty body :/ underwear obvs every day.

CakeandCustard28 · 14/02/2020 14:37

Once same with everyone in my family including DC.

YakkityYakYakYak · 14/02/2020 14:37

Most things once. Jeans I’ll wear quite a few times before washing. I definitely don’t wash my bras often enough Blush

Slith · 14/02/2020 14:39

Depends on how dirty it is.

FeedMeChoc · 14/02/2020 14:39

Tops once. Bottoms 2-3 wears.

Children only once.

Baluga · 14/02/2020 14:40

See, my dh thinks I’m weird because I always wash dds uniforms after one wear, I have a friend who only washes the uniform once a week and most friends I know let them have at least a couple of wears first. I just can’t do it 🙈

I’ll wear jeans a couple of times, everything else once.

Abouttimemum · 14/02/2020 14:41

I’ve had the same jeans on all week Shock
Few times for everything generally.
The young un wears everything once but he gets scruffy about a millisecond after getting dressed.

CremeEggThief · 14/02/2020 14:41

If I don't get at least a week out of a pair of jeans or a bra, I'd be cross!

I wear everything at least twice or three times, apart from knickers and socks. In general, DS got at least two wears out of everything, even as a toddler.

Frariedeamin · 14/02/2020 14:42

I don’t have a fixed time. If it’s got dirt/food on it or it smells then it goes in the wash. Sometimes that’s a week, sometimes that is an hour.

RedRiverShore · 14/02/2020 14:43

Tops once, bottoms and cardigans 3-4 times, washable coats get done yearly in the summer.

Camomila · 14/02/2020 14:43

Jeans and cardigans a few days, tops once.

DS I usually get two days out of his vest and top, his jumper and tracksuit bottoms get dirty every day at nursery. (He is out of nappies so it's a normal vest, not one with poppers)
The baby isn't a sicky type so usually gets 2 days out of vests and baby grows.

Lllot5 · 14/02/2020 14:43

Every thing once except trousers they get two unless they’re dirty.

isseywith4vampirecats · 14/02/2020 14:44

when the kids had school uniforms I bought five of everything so they had a clean uniform each day even back in the eighties kids could be cruel so one less excuse for bullying and kids are dirty little beasts , their out of school clothes depended on wether they had gone out of the house in them, outside playing and mucky clean every day indoors because the weather was bad two days for outer clothes