To wash things after one wear?

[JustGiveMeGin]

I know it is terrible for the environment however even though I shower every morning and my children shower daily I feel our clothes are ready for the wash at the end of the day!
We have a dog so I am usually covered in dog hairs/mud from walking her. I also have loose covers on the couch which get taken off and washed twice weekly because of said dog.
I am doing at least 2-3 loads of washing and drying a day. AIBU?

I wash everything every day as well.

I do plenty of other things for the environmental and I am much happier with nice, fresh snelling clothes for myself and children.

I also wash towels after every use

Seems like a massive waste of time, money and environmental resources.

You'll get a good long thread of people telling you the same thing and you'll ignore them all, I dare say.

If your clothes are covered in mud and dogs hair than it needs washing. For me, I have no dog and don’t do much to get dirty so things like jeans are fine for a few wears but my tops get covered in food etc from kids (and me) so I wash them with regular load once a week.

If clothes are muddy, yes, but sounds like it would be better to have dog-walking clothes rather than messing up your regular clothes? Waterproof overtrousers and wellies/boots if it’s so muddy? Remove the bulk of the dog hair with a lint roller? Would help your clothes last longer too as washing so often can’t be good for them, as well as not good for the environment.

(I’m possibly a bit envious as I couldn’t dry 2-3 loads a day unless it was bright sunshine and windy!)

Yabu. Unless clothes are dirty and/or smelly there isn’t any need to keep washing them.
I’ve had dogs in the past and just have a set of clothes for dog walking.
As for washing your sofa covers twice a week. how do you have the time to wash and dry them that regularly. Or have in the inclination to do so.

No it’s totally unnecessary and means the clothes are worn out sooner.

presumably with freshish mud etc you can do quick washes and use ecoballs?

If they are muddy (unless they are things you only wear for muddy walks, in which case use them a few times) of course it’s not unreasonable to wash them. It is unreasonable to wash them for dog hairs when you live with a dog. They’ll be hairy again before they are dry. Same for the sofa covers really.
If you had to hand wash them, or even use an old style washing machine and mangle, would you? If not, I’d say don’t.

Depends on what. If it’s dirty, sweaty, smelly or knickers the yes wash it. Otherwise it’s overkill and bad for environment and clothes.

@YesItsAPeacock

Seems like a massive waste of time, money and environmental resources.

You'll get a good long thread of people telling you the same thing and you'll ignore them all, I dare say.

Agree this a waste too

If your clothes are dirty, wash them. If they are not, do not.

We wash 'close contact' clothes after one wear (underwear, socks, tops that sit next to underarms etc) and other clothes (jeans, jumpers, whatever) when they are dirty. Sometimes that will be after one wear, sometimes not.

It's having a rigid rule that is the issue - I've worn it so it MUST be dirty. That's not good for either your clothes or the environment.

I wash my work clothes after each wear, because I work with animals and always come home sweaty, covered in dog hair, slobber etc

But that doesn't mean I wash them daily - I have enough clothes to do maybe 3 loads a week between DH and I - and he also works a dirty outdoors job.

I don't think there's anything wrong with wearing clean clothes everyday - it doesn't automatically mean you're doing hundreds of loads of laundry like MN seem to believe!

Oh, I just re-read your OP and I don't do anything like 3 loads of washing a day! That's a bit ridiculous imo.

I do probably 3 x clothes washes a week, 1 x bedsheets, 1 x towels and 2 x dog blankets.

I have a set of grubby gardening and muddy walk clothes they are chucked in a wicker basket in the conservatory and washed occasionally.same with my boots.

It is a massive waste of time and money let alone the environment. If your dog is very hairy brush him outside in your garden on a regular basis and wipe the sofa down with a very slightly damp cloth. It’s the best thing for getting off pet hair.

There’s 3 of us at home now and we probably do five loads of washing a week.

I wash underwear, PJs and t-shirts after one wear. Jumpers and jeans/joggers get multiple wears. School uniform - shirts changed daily for both, DS jumpers changed twice a week, DD skirts changed twice a week. Bedsheets changed once a week in summer, once every two weeks in winter (take longer to dry).

Probably do three loads a week in total, plus a white load once every ten days. I dry outside as much as possible and don't own a tumbledryer.

I also use smol. I think and hope the non-eco parts of my laundry routine are balanced out by the eco parts. By MN standards, I am probably a slattern!

2-3 loads a day though? How do you have time? Sounds excessive to me.

Seems like a massive waste of time, money and environmental resources.

Agree

You'll get a good long thread of people telling you the same thing and you'll ignore them all, I dare say.

Yep

A brush for the dog might be a worthwhile investment.

Only if the clothes have visible dirt on them. Then it’s after two wears usually. At the moment I’m washing work clothes after one wear, I work in a school.

Bed clothes and towels once a week.

Washing your sofa covers twice a week is madness.

How do you avoid things like bobbling on jumpers, and fading, etc, if you’re washing everything after one wear? Genuine question, I’d love to know. I agree with others that it’s environmentally not great, and I wouldn’t personally do this, but a big reason I don’t would be due to the clothes getting worn out really quickly. I wash at 30, inside out, don’t tumble dry, and I still feel like my clothes are falling to pieces after a few washes (not fast fashion I might add). So would love to know!!!

YANBU. I wash everything after one wear apart from jeans. I don’t care if it wears them out quicker as I’ll just buy new 🤷‍♀️

@emilyfrost

YANBU. I wash everything after one wear apart from jeans. I don’t care if it wears them out quicker as I’ll just buy new 🤷‍♀️

Yeah, fuck the environment eh. Who wants a viable planet for there kids of live on anyway?

2-3 loads a day??? Are you serious? That’s a ridiculous waste of your time and the earths resources.

Apart from jeans and coats etc i presumed everyone washed their clothes after one wash. Why would you shower/bath and put your clothes on from day before. Yuk only on Mn

Yanbu op apart from sofa covers

YABU
Completely excessive and wasteful. I despair of people with no sense of environmental responsibility!

Toddler DD only gets one wear out of most clothes but everything we adults wear usually gets several wears before washing (apart from socks, underwear and anything that smells or is obviously dirty). I’ve worn the same pair of jeans for 4 days this week.

I have a horse and get muddy and smelly, but save specific clothes for the stables that get worn a few times dirty before washing as it’s unnecessary to be in clean clothes to muck out a stable.

We do 2 loads of laundry a day, but that’s because we have cloth nappies to do. It’s 3 loads of clothes per week. Then 2-3 of bedding and 1 of towels and the rest is odds and ends. I do wash my dirty riding clothes separately to the others though as it needs a longer, hotter wash. The rest of our clothes get done on a low temp, fast cycle.

I'd suggest having dog walking specific clothes that you wear a few times. If dog walking gets your clothes dirty enough for daily washing, then surely you don't want to wear them once you're home?

You don't say how many children you have, but 2-3 loads a day is a ridiculous number if it's fewer than about 6.

Underwear needs washing daily - other things not unless they are dirty/smelly.