Inside out clothes in the washing basket

[Ishoulddomore]

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.

1. washing inside out is usually better for clothes (helps prevent bobbling, snags from zips etc)
2. if line drying, hanging the clothes inside out helps to prevent fading
3. if clean clothes are dropped, any marks are then hidden when turned the right side out
4. if ironing, most clothes are better ironed inside out as protects the naps of the fabric, prevents marks from iron etc
5. owners of said clothes can then turn them the right way out (or not) when putting them away
6. there is a sock monster who eats one half of all pairs of socks, this is inevitable and must be accepted. Wearing odd socks must therefore be embraced

One partner isn't helping another. They are taking responsibility.

Everything here goes through the laundry as it goes in. My OH used to ball socks up and put them in the machine.

We don't have laundry baskets. Dirty clothes go into the machine.

I fold my clothes so they fit better in the machine and other family members have started doing the same. We don't really iron anything.

I sort everything out before it’s put in piles for them, I thought that was normal?

Supposed to iron clothes inside out to avoid shiny marks etc. though I do iron shirts on the “right” side/outside rather than inside.

What’s wrong with helping someone you love in their house? My wife helps me as well. My kids aren’t kids anymore, 28 and 21. They can’t afford to move out

1. wash, dry and fold clothes as it gets put into the wash (if it’s inside out it stays inside out through the whole process). The wearer can turn the right way round.
2. you don’t need to iron most things. Fold and stack and the creases come out of most things. Shirts/blouses are the exception
3. odd socks can never be tamed

Lots of things need to be washed inside out as it's less wear and tear on a print, decorative stitching or a surface finish. I turn these things back the right way out to dry so they don't get weird creases.

Thanks for tips, I didnt know about washing/ironing clothes inside out. I’m not sure that’s why they put them in the wash like that though!

I always wash and iron inside out

If DH put his socks in the wash balled up, they go through the washer and dryer balled up.

Similarly, we have a 2 sided basket. One side for regular 40 degrees with daz then in the dryer laundry, one side for gentler treatment. If DH puts a woolly jumper in the Daz side, it's on him (unless I've recently bought the jumper as a gift and he hasn't already pissed me off today)

This is just inventing conflict. Does it stem from wanting to control how things happen? Or wanting more appreciation for your effort? Or wanting an excuse to hand some of the task back to others? There's zero functional reason for turning all items rightside out before washing.

We teach the littles to separate individual items (socks not balled up, pants out of trousers) and empty pockets but otherwise everything goes in the wash how it was put in the basket. Even our 4 year-old folds and puts their own clean laundry away (with support and guidance, obviously) so they get to turn items rightside out then and in secondary they do their own laundry on designated days after learning the process in prior years. If the older ones want to hang or fold their clean clothes inside out that's their business. School uniform pieces and smart clothes with special care requirements go in designated baskets (older kids get to decide if they sort as they go or on wash day) but everything else goes in the same load on cool by owner so each person's laundry stays separate. Only a fraction of laundry gets ironed but most of those are better ironed inside-out anyways to prevent a sheen.

I'm sorry... did I just catch that you're doing laundry for 21 and 28 year-old adults? What do they pay or barter for that service?

And for when they're hung on the line (fading)

And most clothes should be ironed on the wrong side

My family are trained to turn them inside out (except socks)

Most need ironing on the wrong side unless you need to put a crease in it (trousers) then use a cloth

I swear everything in my laundry basket turns itself inside out or outside in regardless of where it was to begin with.

The only thing I wouldn't wash was balled up socks and rolled up sleeves. They were ignored until their owners fixed the problem.

I only washed what was in the basket. If only one sock of a pair went in, it got returned to the bedroom washed and dried and it was up to the owner to find its match and put it in the basket, and then I'd wash it.

However, my kids did their own laundry from about age 13 and I have no idea how they managed their socks.

For the longest time too, I only bought either black or white socks in multi packs so oddities really weren't an issue.

Why don't you let your adult children do their own laundry?

I’d throw them back at him and tell him to sort them out. Then I’d tell him he needs to take responsibility for doing some of the household washing , drying and ironing. And tell him it’s his responsibility, it’s not “helping” - I hate that “helpful dad” crap. Who ever says “helpful mum”?

PS - we often hear “Dad/DH helps around the house”- said proudly and received with admiring nods and smiles.
Who hears “Mum/wife helps around the house “? - it would be received with quizzical looks and bemusement.

Most of the clothes say to wash inside out on the instructions.

Hanging many clothes on the line inside out keeps their colour for longer.

Just so you know in feminist circles we don't like the phrase "help around the house". It implies tending to the home is woman's work and you're just there to generously lend her a hand with her duties

Mine are always turned inside out to wash so when they are hung out they don’t fade - I thought that was how you’re mean to to it?

So I actually have the opposite problem of why can’t you turn them inside out properly!

Yawn (again). It could be said that BOTH parties "help around the house". Incidentally, do any of you rabid feminists actually give any "help" with jobs which men usually do?

Please stop trying to police the language people use, you are not some higher beings who can tell others what to say. We don't all belong to "feminist circles" and don't want to.

OK cool girl 🫡💅