Inside out clothes in the washing basket

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Why? Why can’t my family do this? It’s so simple, You put your clothes in the basket. Please turn them the right side out so I can wash them without having to do this. So annoying.

What about pants still attached to trousers? I’d return the clothes to their owner to be separated. No chance I’m standing doing it for them.

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Everything washed & hung inside out here.

My teenagers clothes, should they make the basket get washed exactly as they are put in. I'm not checking anything that's their job.

Should something be washed at the wrong temp, wrong way out, best friends vape in the pocket, absolutely not my problem. Either do it yourself or put up and shut up. My DC are 17 and 18, obviously very different if you have a Y7 teenager

I always wash clothes inside out.. . Thought everyone did???.🤷‍♀️.
We were taught that in the Girl Guides and Domestic science O level.

it's recommended to wash clothes inside out to help preserve their color and protect embellishments from damage during the wash cycle. Turning garments inside out can also expose the dirtiest parts of the fabric to the washing process, leading to a better clean.

Also already then for hanging on line ( better for no sun damage) and ready for ironing .
You would only have to turn them inside out to iron.. ( obviously to stop iron shine/ marks).

Loads of my clothes need to be washed inside out and surely if they are inside out you can access the care label more easily too?

Yes, but they’re often one leg inside out and one normal. Or one arm inside out and one not. And socks all scrunched up. It’s annoying! I’m with you OP. If someone’s doing your washing for you, at least make it easier for them!

Clothes get washed as they are but are hung out on the line inside out to minimise fading as the sun is on my line most the day - except for white items they are hung the right way round to ensure they keep white.

I just peel everything off, so sometimes socks/pants/jeans are adjoined. I’m sorry.

My mother not only washes clothes inside out, but she line dries them inside out, as her mother did before her.
The theory is, if a bird shits on the clothes while drying, it will not stain the front of the garment and can be hand washed/spot washed easier.

Laundry should be a shared domestic role. Children growing up around a woman who gives significance to this sort of mundane shit are learning that this mundane shit is purely women’s work. A poor example for both sons and daughters.

I wash all our clothes inside out. Better for sweaty gym kit and socks.

Huh?! Mine just go in the machine in the same state they are put into the wash basket. No way am I wasting my time unfurling any of dhs clothes thanks. Or my own come to think of it.
dc do their own.

I feel your pain op.. drives me mad. If I’m nice enough to do their washing least they can do!

I wash mine inside out, then they go on the line inside out so they don't fade

What about households where they split chores, for instance if she does the laundry her husband does all the dishes? Is that not acceptable to you?

I wash everything inside out.

They should be inside out. But really it's not worth this much effort either way. It takes two seconds to put something the right way round when it's time to put it on.

I do all the laundry in our house, but my DH does all the meal planning, shopping and cooking 🤷🏻‍♀️

I get you, but I find it annoying to turn their clothes the right way round

Better to wash inside out.

I get you OP. If my DH puts one t shirt in the basket inside out I just turn it right side out before washing, but if there's a few I tell him to do it himself or they won't get washed.
If I left them inside out I can guarantee he'd wear them inside out all day and not notice.
I am amazed at all these posters who say they turn everything inside out before washing, and presumably right side out again once dry - I only do this with certain items, I dry outside whenever possible and my clothes don't fade.

BUT I would also say that you don't HAVE to turn everything right side out - you do have a choice. If you're in charge of the laundry, you make the rules, so make it work for you.

Don’t then!

I didn’t know that, I’m not sure my wife and offspring do it for that reason though!