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AIBU?

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To say that if clothes are clean enough to be worn again then put them in the wardrobe or drawer

122 replies

VioletSpeedwell · 08/02/2025 10:11

No need for "chairdrobes", "floordrobes" or over the bloody bannister.

Please help settle an argument between me and DD by saying I'm NBU

OP posts:
DappledThings · 08/02/2025 10:12

YABU. There's something that feels wrong about worn clothes being put away even if they are clean enough to be worn again. Team Chairdrobe.

Vaxtable · 08/02/2025 10:13

yabu

Glorybox2025 · 08/02/2025 10:14

YABU. Worn once clothes need to go somewhere else.

Sirzy · 08/02/2025 10:14

I fold clear clothes and put them on a specific shelf. I wouldn’t put them away properly.

SoScarletItWas · 08/02/2025 10:14

You are correct but (looks at own shower-rail-drobe) they are AIRING. This is what I tell DH.

It’s clean enough to wear again but I feel a bit grim about putting it next to the clean stuff in the wardrobe. Unfortunately that means I either wear it on consecutive days or it stays hanging in the en-suite for, well, who’s counting…

I do love the space when I bite the bullet, wash it all and put it away properly but it’s an annoying habit I have, I know.

Louisetheroux · 08/02/2025 10:16

Yabu. Putting something worn back in a drawer is grim

Lamelie · 08/02/2025 10:16

I don’t disagree in theory. But somehow it feels wrong to put worn clothes away. Hence chairdrobe, floordrobe bannisterdrobe and hangers outside wardrobes. It’s like Widow Twankey’s here.

JustShaker · 08/02/2025 10:16

Not back in the wardrobe. How would you keep track of how many times they’ve been worn if you keep putting things back in the wardrobe?

DilemmaDelilah · 08/02/2025 10:17

I don't put worn 'drawer' clothes back in the drawer. Worn wardrobe clothes get hung up on the left of the wardrobe or, if not possible, inside out. Wardrobe clothes (for me) are things which don't get worn every day. Drawer clothes are the type of thing that can get worn every day so I am likely to wear them again within a day or two and then they go in the wash. I don't have a huge amount of worn clothes, I like to wear things a couple of times in fairly quick succession and then wash them, rather than having loads of clothes that aren't quite clean.

So YABU - a chairdrobe is acceptable and, indeed, necessary.

Shakeyourbaublesandsmile · 08/02/2025 10:18

Chairrobe here….i leave a pair of trousers out so I know to wear them again and don’t forget. I don’t think it’s necessarily unhygienic to hang stuff up as if that is the case they need washing

MissDeborah · 08/02/2025 10:18

Nope
Quickest way to get moths
Clothes need airing
There's absolutely no way I would put worn things in with clean

TheAzureSwan · 08/02/2025 10:18

I'm in 2 minds with this.

There is something distasteful about putting worn clothes back in a wardrobe or drawer.

But I'm afraid I do it with blouses/ tops which I've only had on for a couple of hours.
I like to ring the changes and not wear the same one 2 days in a row so if they didn't get put away in between wears the freestanding towel rail I use for putting worn but not dirty clothes on would soon have more stuff on it than what's actually in the wardrobe.

Moveoverdarlin · 08/02/2025 10:20

If it was a formal dress or jacket or coat that I’d only worn for an evening out I’d put it away. But every day clothes, jeans, leggings, sweatshirts that are too clean to be washed but too worn to be put away because you’ll wear them again, live in a little pile on my floor. I took off my clean jeans at 9pm last night and will put them back on at 9am this morning to watch football. What’s the point in putting them in a drawer or wardrobe for 12 hours??

PragmaticIsh · 08/02/2025 10:20

Nope, that would be gross.

ToThineOwnSelf · 08/02/2025 10:20

Lamelie · 08/02/2025 10:16

I don’t disagree in theory. But somehow it feels wrong to put worn clothes away. Hence chairdrobe, floordrobe bannisterdrobe and hangers outside wardrobes. It’s like Widow Twankey’s here.

Bannisterdrobe! 😂 👏

Moveoverdarlin · 08/02/2025 10:21

ToThineOwnSelf · 08/02/2025 10:20

Bannisterdrobe! 😂 👏

Not forgetting curtailraildrobe.

stichguru · 08/02/2025 10:22

I wouldn't put being worn clothes with actually clean ones. Over time sweat can go stale.

mitogoshigg · 08/02/2025 10:22

Sorry, I have an "end of the bed" robe for clothes that will be reworn, I don't put them back into the cupboard

SoScarletItWas · 08/02/2025 10:22

OP perhaps you could get a freestanding clothes rail for DD’s room where she can hang things properly so they’re not all over the landing bannister?

Savemefromwetdog · 08/02/2025 10:22

Never put worn clothes back in the drawer. On the chair for one more wear, but usually in the washing basket every time.

ToThineOwnSelf · 08/02/2025 10:23

DilemmaDelilah · 08/02/2025 10:17

I don't put worn 'drawer' clothes back in the drawer. Worn wardrobe clothes get hung up on the left of the wardrobe or, if not possible, inside out. Wardrobe clothes (for me) are things which don't get worn every day. Drawer clothes are the type of thing that can get worn every day so I am likely to wear them again within a day or two and then they go in the wash. I don't have a huge amount of worn clothes, I like to wear things a couple of times in fairly quick succession and then wash them, rather than having loads of clothes that aren't quite clean.

So YABU - a chairdrobe is acceptable and, indeed, necessary.

I read a post a while ago which said they put worn wardrobe clothes back with the hanger hook pointing the other way from the clean ones

ObelixtheGaul · 08/02/2025 10:24

I'm guessing we aren't talking about one outfit she'll be wearing again tomorrow if it has spread to the bannisters. If she's wearing tops for a few hours and then leaving them about everywhere, I can see your point.

For me it depends on the size of the pile and where it is. None of her stuff should be draped over bannisters. It should be in her own room.

ErrolTheDragon · 08/02/2025 10:25

YABU.
Washing clothes too often is a waste of water, energy and detergent.
But clothes can be wearable but not so clean you'd want to put them back in the wardrobe - it can lead to a bit of a bad odour.

Exercise clothes I wear only in the house or outdoors don't need washing each use but definitely don't want to be put away.

If I was redesigning my room I'd have an open fronted rail as part of the storage. I don't know why this isn't common.

sunbum · 08/02/2025 10:25

Need a seperate place. doesnt need ro be chairdrobe and definitely no floordrobes.

I've put baskets in the bottom of all my teens wardrobes and that is, at least theoretically, where 'on the go' clothes go.

They also have back of door hangers for all the hoodies they wear for half an hour and then try and put in the wash.

i personally hang my 'on the go' clothes on hooks on the inside of my wadeobe doors so they dont mix in with the clean clothess which is wrong. DP uses a chairdrobe.

curious79 · 08/02/2025 10:26

I feel your pain. My DH drapes stuff everywhere, well beyond an airing period. Can't stand it