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

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

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

No my wardrobe doesn't smell. I have some clothes from the 80s in there!
Putting worn clothes in the wardrobe just makes it smell.

YABU.

Get a rack or some hooks for worn clothes that will be worn again so they can just be in the room airing.

It's not a great idea to have worn clothes with a little bit of sweat in them stuck in drawers and cupboards.

I would NOT put even once worn back in the wardrobe with laundered clothing.

I believe it's good to have a normal wardrobe for laundered clothing, and a mid worn wardrobe for clothing that is not dirty/smelly, but been on me.
So my mid wardrobe is a bar set between the end of the the solid wardrobe, and the wall, and is open to the air.
My clothes don't get crumpled up on the chair-robe, they air better, and I can actually see what needs wearing so it can get relegated to the laundry.

I expect everyone has different ideas of what is acceptable to themselves.
Thing is, I'd hate to spend time with other people, and have them wanting to wrinkle their nose. I'll bet other people can smell your clothing, because you've gone "noseblind" to it.

A bit like if you spend an hour with horses, you think you smell "normal", but from the stables to the street, all everyone else will smell, is horses !!!

I have a towel bar with hangers on my DD's wall. So she can hang up worn stuff that isn't getting washed.

Oh god no. Worn clothes never go back in the wardrobe/drawers 😱

Imagine you've just finished a glass of squash. It's perfectly fine to make a refill of squash in the same glass, but not perfectly fine to just put the glass away in the cupboard.

Personally I wouldn't reuse the glass in this way, unless I did it immediately, so it doesn't help me as an analogy.

I have a chair, hang them on wardrobe door or a basket at bottom of wardrobe they go in

If it's something I rarely wear, like a sparkly top, velvet trousers or a ball gown, then I put them back in the drawer/wardrobe.

But for normal everyday clothes I use the chairdrobe, because then they are close to wear again. When I have about three tops/trousers on the chairdrobe I wear just those clothes til they need the wash and I'm back down to just a couple of pieces on the chairdrobe, and then I will wear something new.

It occassionally gets a bit out of hand, but mostly there's only about 4 clothes on there.

With modern levels of washing and deodorant etc, people are not 'nose blind' - they just don't smell. In fact, some worn tops smell better than freshly washed ones, as they have a subtle lingering perfume (of perfume, not me!).

Because the glass is ‘dirty’, it goes for a wash. The OP never suggested that damp, sticky etc clothes would be put away.

How extraordinary. OP, I'm going out on a limb with a couple of others here and saying YANBU. I'm pretty shocked at the level of fuss bordering on hysteria over putting worn clothes away with clean ones. People who find it grim and disgusting and can't bear it. FFS, no wonder the world is burning.

I agree. If it's clean enough to wear again, how could it be much too dirty to store with other clothes?

💯 YANBU I am a further ed. Lecturer when I come home all clothes get put on a hanger and back in the wardrobe often I'm only wearing them for a few hours! They do get laundered but only when noticeably stinky or covered with lunch. I am post meno though and don't really get stinky!

Thing is, I'd hate to spend time with other people, and have them wanting to wrinkle their nose. I'll bet other people can smell your clothing, because you've gone "noseblind" to it.

They can't smell anything because my clothing is clean and so am I.

Anything not clean gets washed. Not draped around the bedroom.

For decades my clothes choices have revolved around the general idea of “two outfits for work and one for home per week” plus underwear and pjs.
I have a shower between work outfits and get changed as soon as I come home into pjs or home outfit.
Clothes to be reworn go on a hanger.
I have a bentwood coat stand for hangers and accessories. DH has a trouser press with double shoulders and shelf for keys etc.
Clean clothes that need ironing go in the wardrobe separated from the rest by an IKEA mini ironing board. I iron as little as possible so there isn’t much.

IME school uniform can work on a similar system. 2 changes (extra blouses or shirts when necessary) and one home outfit. Plus going out and sport.

I'm the same. If it's likely to develop a bad odour as a pp sighted then it should go straight into the washing, surely? My bedroom isn't big enough for a chair

So true! 😆

Yabu.

dirty and being used can be two different things, that's the point

It's funny how you can live for decades and then find your normal is actually quite grim - according to MN.

We are so coddled and princessy in the 21st century Western world, aren't we?

Yes. I know.

The glass is dirty. Don’t put it back in the cupboard. Wash it.

The cardigan is not dirty, the act of wearing it did not necessarily make it dirty. Put it back in the drawer.

Using a glass once is not the same as wearing a cardigan once. Your analogy is flawed.

Well I have just found out I am also (apparently) disgusting.

No way am I going to wash every item of clothing after just one wear and nor am I going to have them on a chair for who knows how long.

Unless they are dirty they go back in my wardrobe.

Of course I only wear underwear once before washing but trousers and jumpers don't need washing after one wear unless I spill something on them or they smell.