Unnecessary Laundry

[MyLemonWriter]

A few months back I noticed whilst loading the washing machine that most things were actually clean. Has anyone else cut down on the number of times the launder their clothes?

Get them to take turns at doing laundry. They will soon come round to your way of thinking!

I fold DS's non dirty items and put them back on his bed with a reminder that I am not the laundry fairy and unless something is visibly dirty or smelly it's not going to get washed.

People washing things after one wear, I imagine you are also showering regularly (I won't open that can of worms too wide though!), so unless you are doing physical manual work or in a very smelly environment (chip shop? Abbatoir? cheese dairy?) why do you need to wash clothes which are essentially clean? What are your energy bills like?

This is insane how do you find the time? Do you have a job? Kids ? Hobbies? I have so many questions

@Bananalanacake

A woman after my own heart 😊

Some of this is insane!!

I have a baby and toddler, anything stained gets washed. Clean stuff is sniffed and then either washed if milky or worn again.

i wear tops 2-3 times. Jeans for months. Towels and bedding every 2 weeks. Pjs every 3 nights.

only socks and underwear and gym kit after 1 wear

Bras get washed when I have a space in the laundry queue but I would like to know how often they should be washed as DD will soon need one and I'd like to instil some good habits! How many/how often do you wash them?

If worn for 4+ hours, so pretty much daily. I wear comfortable cotton Tommy Hilfinger sports type bras. So they just go into the laundry with everything.

You’re probably nose blind at this point.

Yes shower 1-2x a day.
No, don’t have a manual job or work in a dirty place.
They aren’t clean after 1 wear because we all sweat, excrete oils and slough off dead skin cells.
Energy bills are low. EDF just lowered our monthly direct debit to £46/mo for gas and electric because we were building up a credit balance paying £155/mo

With four kids I check the hoodies for a smell or visible dirt. It's it's OK it goes back in the kids wardrobe and so far, 10 years plus no one is any the wiser.

@SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice and @Poppins21 do you both work full-time outside of the house?

That's mad

Poppins21
I bet you dread your electric bill.

I’m hybrid- few days on various sites and a couple of days at home.

I guess I could work FT and wash towels etc after work every day. But I think I would find it exhausting.

I have a heat pump tumble dryer. It’s a game changer.
I admit being home a couple of days on average during the week really makes it easy.

Worn clothes turn musty after a day so I just wash clothes after wearing (not including jeans/outer layers). Shower daily and don't work in an abattoir. I thought that was normal.

Perhaps if you did less washing it wouldn't seem like such a long week?😜

I've been wearing the same top for three days. Just took it off and it still smells totally fresh so I'll wear it tomorrow too.

I wear tops 2 days. Joggers/yoga pants 3-4 days.

Only wear tops once if it’s hot. Shorts - I air off for at least 24 hours before I wear them again

My clothes don't smell after 1 wear. I must admit. I wear my jumper longer than a week before it goes in the wash

PJs, towels, bedding - once a week. With duvets covers, once a fortnight.

Bedding definitely doesn't get washed once a week. Maybe 2 weeks

I only wear knickers and socks once, and pyjamas usually twice. But other than that only wash stuff when it's dirty or needs freshening up

It is normal.