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How often do you wash your bra??

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Natalia457 · 27/07/2023 18:50

This afternoon my sister and I were chatting and this came up- she washes her bra's after every wear. I am quite the opposite... my brand's go many many wears between washes and never seem obviously dirty or have any kind of scent.

AIBU and a skanky cow or is she being a clean freak? Just wondering what the general consensus is?

Also to clarify... we had this conversation getting changed at the gym- the only exception to my rule is sports bra's which do get sweaty and are washed after every wear.

OP posts:
chaosmaker · 29/07/2023 17:00

MrTiddlesTheCat · 27/07/2023 19:17

After a couple of wears. My bras cost around £80 each and I can't afford enough to be able to wash them every day.

Are they made to measure?

User16496743 · 29/07/2023 17:04

Probably depends on the bra, I'm fairly flat chested so have cheaper M&S bras that just get put in the washing machine with any wash and I have about 12. If I needed a better bra that had to be hand washed and was expensive so I didn't have as many, I would perhaps not wash it as often

Lotus3 · 29/07/2023 17:06

Every couple of days for sure, what is the point of every day? I don't even wear a bra every day 😅 I judge it by when it feels dirty. Knickers and sports bras are of course every day, that's totally different.

Lolalaboucheridesagain · 29/07/2023 17:08

It varies for me. I’m a nurse and I wear crop top things for work, and wash after every wear (because eeewwwwww…)
When I’m off I wear nice lingerie type ones, and I’ll only wash them after several wears. I swap and change rather than wearing the same one on the trot, so some definitely only get a wash when they need it.
Nice underwired bras are so expensive!! Can’t imagine washing them after every wear- mine don’t get sweaty.

TerfTalking · 29/07/2023 17:08

I used to be able to wear them for several wears. However, since menopause and middle age I have sweaty boobs, never ever had them before, must be the force of gravity, and now I can’t go longer than a day and bras irritate me intensely and they make me sweat and itch.

I tend to wear the seamless crop top bras from M&S now. I still sweat but they are much kinder on a heavy bust.

Croco · 29/07/2023 17:16

After every wear

ChickpeaPie · 29/07/2023 17:20

Every couple of weeks. I have small
boobs, I’m not sweaty, and never crossed my mind to wash them more often. They don’t look dirty and don’t smell

HarlanPepper · 29/07/2023 17:20

Once a year whether it needs it or not.

TerfTalking · 29/07/2023 17:26

Tilllly · 28/07/2023 06:16

So many posters who have matching knickers and bras...

I haven’t worn matching underwear ever (except in the bedroom or a new relationship) and I’m married 30 years this year so a long time ago lol. Everyone I know, even young women have and wear unmatching and less than pristine underwear. Like seriously grey stuff. DD 26 grey, unmatching and strained elastic. DIL, 25, the same. oldest friend, black , always black huge knickers and a bit raggy.

who honestly wears matching underwear everyday? I don’t believe them if they say they do. Maybe one for another thread 😂

Blondeshavemorefun · 29/07/2023 17:28

Clean bra daily same as knickers

Why wouldn't you

It's underwear

Lifeomars · 29/07/2023 17:29

LunchBoxPolice · 27/07/2023 19:06

After 2 or 3 wears. After 1 wear during the heatwave

Same here

NooNakedJacuzziness · 29/07/2023 17:29

So many people disgusted by their own bodies on here

IMustDoMoreExercise · 29/07/2023 17:29

After every wear as it has sweat from my armpits. If it didn't then I wouldn't wash it every day.

StarlightLady · 29/07/2023 17:31

@TerfTalking - I don't always match but aspire to and when I don't, I try to sort things that go together. I never wear white (reminds me of school), never wear so called nude (it makes my tits look like cardboard!!) and never grey (because it's, err, grey).

emziecy · 29/07/2023 17:31

Hahaha I'm a proper dirty minger then! 🤣 I live in a hot climate and wash mine whenever! Although I only wear the damn things to work , and the first thing I do when I get home is whip it off (sometimes before shoes 🤣)

emziecy · 29/07/2023 17:35

Because a bra is not sitting on your vag? Each to their own 😃

Bananasinpjamas4567 · 29/07/2023 17:39

I only have 3 bras as I am large chested and they are VERY expensive. I do alternate them daily to allow the elastic to rest and ensure they are well aired between wearings. They get hand washed probably once every 10 days (so 3 or so wears!).

Lentilweaver · 29/07/2023 17:42

God what a grim thread. Ugh. Months on end? Weeks?

TerfTalking · 29/07/2023 17:42

StarlightLady · 29/07/2023 17:31

@TerfTalking - I don't always match but aspire to and when I don't, I try to sort things that go together. I never wear white (reminds me of school), never wear so called nude (it makes my tits look like cardboard!!) and never grey (because it's, err, grey).

😀

Cherryhill22 · 29/07/2023 17:43

Every 3 ish wears. More frequently in hot summers.

3peassuit · 29/07/2023 17:44

I change daily in the summer and every other day in winter.

Perfect28 · 29/07/2023 17:44

After a good few wears. They can go out of shape if washed too frequently and I can't afford to replace them all the time!!

Haribosweets · 29/07/2023 17:51

About every 4 days - unless I'm really sweaty but that's when weather is mega hot not like now!

ArabeIIaScott · 29/07/2023 17:52

emziecy · 29/07/2023 17:35

Because a bra is not sitting on your vag? Each to their own 😃

To be fair, post 45, it pretty much is.

Croco · 29/07/2023 17:54

I don’t even know how to quote but @ArabeIIaScott 😄

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