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DD says she needs a chairdrobe because it's gross to put worn clothes in the wardrobe

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TheFredericaQuartet · 19/04/2020 11:10

or into drawers. And I reply if they are clean enough to be worn again they should go in the wardrobe.

I might not practise what I preach but I am right. Aren't I?

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CherryPavlova · 22/04/2020 08:47

Definitely not back in a wardrobe as clothes would need to air. Valet stands are the answer, if the bedroom chairs offend.

LaurieMarlow · 22/04/2020 08:47

I also don’t get how much airing clothes are getting in a heap on a chair.

Hanywany · 22/04/2020 09:01

TheFredericaQuartet yes welcome to the tribe of clean and tidy ones, the initiation ceremony is to hang clothes of cleaness (if that's a word) in the wardrobe! And banish dirty items to the laundry bin!! Grin

lazylinguist · 22/04/2020 10:35

*I wonder if the back in the wardrobers do the same with other things. "I've only had a drink of water from this glass, no lipstick marks , so i'll pop it back in the cupboard"

No, I'd wash it. What I wouldn't do is decide that it was clean enough to be re-used but not clean enough to be put back in the cupboard, so leave it on the side. Because that would be stupid. Grin Because things are either still clean enough to be used/put away or they aren't. A used glass (with or without lipstick marks) isn't (unless you are literally refilling it straight away). A worn but clean jumper is.

JoysOfString · 22/04/2020 11:13

Actually that's exactly what I do with a glass, though only if I'm the only one in the house. I drink water through the day, usually when I go to make a coffee or tea or have a snack, I have a glass of water first. I put the glass by the sink and each time I give it a quick rinse and re-use it - otherwise I'd be putting loads of glasses in the dishwasher. Is that gross (genuinely not sure...)?

Also re the clothes, unlike some I'm not horribly grossed out by the thought of worn clothes going back in the wardrobe (or on the hangers / shelves in my case, don't have a wardrobe) - it's just that it feels a bit wrong and I like to keep what's been worn out, so I remember it's been worn and don't assume it's sparkling clean.

Abreadsandwich · 22/04/2020 12:15

Although I do put my worn but acceptable to wear again clothes in the wardrobe or drawer, I can see the point of a separate hanging rail if clothes are hung and aired. (Although I dont particularly want an extra item of furniture in my bedroom)

...but I dont get how clothes thrown over a chair or left in a mess on the floor are any less gross than hanging something back in the wardrobe or folding in a drawer? DH currently has 3 sports items and 1 top in a crumpled heap on the floor that have been there for days. I dont feel like they are "airing" or will be any less hygienic than for instance a hoody I've worn for a couple of hours (not for sport) and hung back in the wardrobe?

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