Is this weird or am I a slattern

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I think it totally fine to wash tee towels in with clothes washing .
My partner thinks they should be washed separately on a hot wash.
He thinks it just not right to have tee towels and underwear washed together as its unhygienic.
My clothes washing is on a 40 degrees wash.
Tell me Im not mad .
Happy Easter everyone.

I always wash all my towels together, including bath towels, so can’t see the issue? I do this just so it’s easy to separate!!

@DanielRicciardosSmile

I don't wash towels or tea towels in with clothes, but that's because they go on a higher temperature.

Same here. Towels and tea towels 90 degree wash, bed linen 60 degrees, clothes 40 degrees.

But things come out clean! That’s the point of a washing machine! I Chuck everything in together at 30° so I’m super-slatternly. But green!

You’re normal

This is just personal, but there is a possibility you're slightly slatternly,
but then, who isn't?

I put tea towels in with towels on a 60 degrees wash. I wash white bedding on 60 too but I do put in white knickers with those sometimes. Colours go on to 50 in my house. I only wash delicates at 40 degrees. My adult sons who live at home do the same as me because that is what I have taught them. I often pre soak in biotex too.

I just wash my tea towels together on a really hot wash. Just couldn’t put them in with everything else.

I’m only here to ask why the hell a slattern is....

What

All kitchen towels, dish clothes, tea towels, napkins and the hand towels from the bathrooms get washed at 60c once a week. Then one load of bath mat and bath towels at 60c plus all the bedding. Clothes get washed at 40, 30 or cold depending what they are.

Have to admit every so often I would do a separate wash of tea towels at a hotter wash of 60 . But this is because I like them to be slightly cleaner than hubby gets them 😊

I'm with your DP. Underwear and tea towels.

I do them with a towel wash but that’s because I don’t use fabric conditioner on my towels. I always use fabric conditioner on my regular wash and I’ve found including a towel makes said towel fairly useless for drying plates etc.

@Crazycatstory

I wash them separately, mostly because I do them hotter, and I don’t use softener with them (they, and towels, dry better without it).

Same here, on 60 with my white cotton briefs. Same as you about fabrics conditioner.

Mumsnet hates it but I even wash washable sanitary products in with towels (on hotter wash but 50 or 60 not 90) and if tea towels need washing they get bunged in wherever, even on a 30 if thats whats on next

I tend to iron tea towels hot to ensure they are bacteria free after washing

I always wash tee towels, bath towels, underwear and my toddlers clothes together at 60 degrees because I don't feel 40 gets things clean enough. Also add a bit of the Dettol clothes cleaner liquid to my 60 degree washes. Everything else goes in at 40.

I am a bit tired and read this as "wee towels" XD Not as in small.

I’m with your bf. Tea towels at 95 on separate wash I used to cringe when i used to see my neighbours husbands grim looking pants hanging on the line with tea towels.

Tea towels at 60 or 90 degrees. Sometimes with bleach. They grow bacteria because they stay damp.

A long time since I’ve heard the word ‘slattern’ !! And no, you’re not - 40 degrees is fine and in with the clothes. I also saw a PP which said don't use fabric conditioner - I thought this was only for towelling. Cotton should be fine, or am I missing something ?

Everything goes in together including the nappies. Does that make me a slattern?

@ShinyGreenElephant

Everything goes in together including the nappies. Does that make me a slattern?

I’m not sure. It does make me feel sick though.

I'm a slattern and an (old style) slut. I not only wash everything together but have also occasionally forgotten about it and had to wash it again 2 days later at a higher temp.

I think I might be irredeemable.

I put mine in with whatever load I'm doing at the time. I separate by colour, not by use