Is this weird or am I a slattern

[allgoodinthehood]

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.

Under thats the thing , they ate not that dirty .

I'm a slattern, everything in together on 30.

Clothes, tea towels in together at 40

Towels and dishcloths on 60

Bedding on 60.

That’s the only separating I do.

@allgoodinthehood

I thought the word Slattern covered it perfectly.

Slattern is a beautiful word and well chosen! Bravo op!

I wash tea towels on minimum of 60 degrees so either by themselves or with white towels

The solution is simple. Let him do it his way while you do,something more fun.

@Cokie3. I was puzzled by your post as I can't remember ever having seen a machine that doesn't have a range of temperature choices. I even looked some up online and even the cheapest ones specify the temp for every wash. Maybe it's a Brit thing.

I've added a photo of mine. I jolly well hope you like it!

If he's so invested in the laundry, perhaps it's time for him to take on the role himself.

Hurrah and huzzah @Confusedandshaken!

I also don't like it but do it, but I've started adding laundry cleanser

And also hot wash for towels as you never know what the kids have used them for - wiping floors, cleaning up milk spills, wiping their noses - all grim.

Are people not separating out their pants and socks to go at a higher temp? 60 here. Clothes 40.

If I’m doing a towel or sheet wash, then I’ll Chuck them in with them. However, I dhon’t fret if it goes in a 40c degree wash with the general clothes.

Are people not separating out their pants and socks to go at a higher temp?

No.

Everything in together on 40° although I do split lights/darks.

Nope, no splitting of different colour clothing on this house either. Open door, shove in what's in basket, close door, walk away.

How do you manage to get through just one kitchen towel a day? I get through 5/6 daily by drying hands, wiping surfaces etc.

You do realise some of us don't spend very long in the kitchen on a daily basis. Worktops get cleaned when needed and I never dry them. Hand drying usually happens in the loo but the occasional dry of hands in the kitchen doesn't require a new tea towel several times a day.

I bung them in with whatever else needs washing. I wash everything on 40 (very occasionally do a bedding/towel wash on 60 but not every time) but I do separate sports kit from 'normal' clothes. Kit goes on 40 synthetics with a special kit wash; everything else goes on 40 cotton with a normal washing tablet.

I do a delicates wash at 20 when I have a load of wool jumpers that need doing, too.

@Blerg

Are people not separating out their pants and socks to go at a higher temp? 60 here. Clothes 40.

My pants, DH's boxers and a lot of our socks contain Lycra. If I washed them at 60 degrees they would lose all their stretchiness.

@CandyLeBonBon @Twoforthree nope. There might be multiple reasons but I’m talking about direct experience of a family member who changes towels daily, dries them immediately but washes them at 30 on a shorter clothes wash. It turns my stomach. He can’t even smell it.

That the 40 wash will not remove the potential germs on your tea towels would be my concern.

Are you ill often? I've done mine at 40 for about half a century and never seems to have affected anyone

I don't wash tea towels with underwear. I'm with your partner on this one. I wash tea towels, dishcloths and hand towels together on a 60 wash, bath towels on a separate 60 wash (separate because I won't wash anything that comes in contact with our nether regions with tea towels)

@allgoodinthehood your partner is right, it's disgusting! It's like wiping your dirty arse on a tea towel after you've done a poo and then drying your dishes with the same tea towel and putting e-coli all over them while doing so! Nice isn't it!

Surely the reason for washing tea towels/towels/smelly teenager clothes hotter than other things is to make sure smells and stains are removed? Nothing to do with bacteria, just what we used to mean by “clean” before everyone became anti-bac freaks.

We don’t need to have sterile clothes and towels; a too clean environment does not give enough challenge to the immune system: we need microbial biodiversity in our lives!

Tea towels that are not too dirty are absolutely fine to be washed with clothes, as OP is doing.

And if my DH ever complains about how I do something I remind him that there’s a good, sure fire way to get things done exactly the way he wants and that soon shuts him up!

What star sign is he? I'm betting either Virgo or cancer? I'm Aries so they go in with the towels !

I think its all relative. I was shocked the first time i saw a friend do this, and she explained the same way you did. I used to have 7 different piles, darks, whites, coloured, Bath towels, bedding, bath mats, kitchen towels and napkins. Hot married, both in full time work and suddenly realised ife was too short. Now do darks, whites and coloured. Took me a while to get my head around it but can't believe the time I wasted doing it separately. As long as its not pooey baby or pet stuff then you're fine.

@CityCommuter do you wipe your arse on tea towels? I’d wager that OP doesn’t.

On a side note is it tee towel or tea towel. I’m worried I’ve been getting it wrong my whole life