My husband has the heating on

[SarahYou]

We're in a small flat in the UK and it's boiling. He's washed some clothes and decided to put the heating on to dry them over the radiators.

"We" tried drying them over a drying rack next to an open window and he decided that they smelled bad after 30 mins so washed them again.

Now every radiator in the flat is blasting out heat and I've got a headache. He won't turn them off.

Is this normal?? Im so pissed off!

That's just crazy. The clothes will dry near an open window.
They won't smell after half hour

Of course it's not normal!!!

He's insane and killing the planet - heating on to dry clothes on one of the hottest days of the year is just utterly mad. Your flat is going to be baking hot all night!

I'd look into a ceiling airer - we used to have one in the hall in a 1 bed flat, right over our front door.

WTF if he won't use the dryer then tell him to get a dehumidifier with a laundry setting.

What the fuck is wrong with him?

Get a dehumidifier, they're great

You're not just putting up with it, are you?

He actually sounds a bit like my husband, who we suspect is neurodivergent. I have to take the clothes out of the washing machine immediately when it’s finished or they will “smell” I also can’t tumble his clothes or it will “ruin” them and I cant wash his clothes with something that smells, or his clothing will come out smelling too. Clothes left on the dryer too long will also “smell”
Hes batshit but I go along with it for a peaceful life. That said he wouldn’t put the heating on in this heat.

Yep, I have one and it’s great,

To think most of us were using heated blankets in the winter to avoid turning the heating on. You must be richer than Midas

IME clothes do smell bad out of a washer dryer. Just wash and hang
To dry.

Putting the heating on is just fucking daft though.

I've left the flat now because I just can't deal with the heat.

Does he get aggressive with you if you complain?

Why didn't you turn it off and read him the riot act?

😆

When was the last time he/you cleaned the washing machine? If clothes smell within 30mins, that's more likely the reason

He doesn't get physical, apart from two times when he was really drunk. But, I just feel like it's his way or nothing. He is a good husband though.

Err no, that's not how a good husband behaves, drunk or not.

It will just make the flat humid. He needs to invest in a dehumidifier. Go somewhere with aircon and cool down a bit.

This. Clothes horse by the window in the sun. Your DH is a twat

Jesus your whole flat will smell mouldy, what is he thinking? Put it in the dryer.

Being drunk is no excuse for violence, you deserve better. The heating is a small issue in comparison to that.

sorry this isn’t a good husband! Good people don’t ’get physical’ with their wives.

Are you saying that he's a good husband apart from when he's aggressive and those times when he's been so drunk he's assaulted you?

you really need to clean your washing machine out if they're coming out smelling bad