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.

It doesn’t matter.

I hear you, OP. And I don't think this is a man/woman thing that some posters are making it out to be.

I do the washing in our house, and it pisses me off when socks are rolled up or inside out. When tops are still inside jumpers. When trousers have one leg in and one leg out or have pants still inside.

My DH does dishes/dishwasher and just like me with the washing, he gets pissed off too. It annoys him when people don't scrape their left overs into the bin or bring their stuff out to the kitchen.

He doesn't want to trawl round the house searching for plates, bowls, cups, etc.

Just like I don't want to put my hand inside someone's dirty sock to untangle it.

Major big announcement in my house last weekend. Items of clothing will no longer be turned the right way around and will be folded as they are. The owners of said items can do it themselves when putting away. Also we now possess an underwear basket which remains on the landing for 24 hours only and everyone must retrieve their own items. Anyone who doesn't do this will not have their laundry included for a whole week.

It's working so far! And it's significantly reduced my chore time

Why are you ironing them? I gave up ironing about 6years ago and haven’t looked back!
No creases if you pull clothes into shape before drying and fold/hang as soon as you remove from line/drier.
Btw wash everything inside out with zips fastened except socks, which wash best right way out.

I put them in as they are in the basket and return them the same way. lol

Inside out or right way round is fine, but what grinds my gears is one leg inside out and the other the right way, and the first time you notice is when you're hanging the wet clothes out and have to put your arm into a cold wet leg to be able to hang it out 😡Same for sleeves.

Does it matter? 🤷‍♀️

If you have older kids, could they see to the laundry? I think the point is why are parents doing laundry for able bodied older kids?

Isn't inside out better? Because the sweat is on the inside? I certainly follow that principle with socks, tho' CBA with the rest really.

You don't HAVE to do anything; you can wash everything as it comes, and give it back to its owners the same way. They'll put things the right way out when they want to wear them.

Don’t look on it as a negative thing. You have happy healthy clothed kids who are capable of getting dressed and being active and creating laundry. One day they will leave home and you will miss it. Many people would live their child to still be around and in the grand scheme of life turning a bit of laundry the right way round is just not an issue worth getting annoyed about

For mine- I turn them right
DS4- I turn them right since I'd have to fix them anyway to help him get dress
DP- nope nope nope, if he wants to undress like some jacked up tubby Calvin Klein model circa 1998 that's on him

Don’t do it, then. It’s entirely unnecessary.

I don’t bother about underwear, but I turn t shirts and trousers inside out before washing. This is more about the fact, I put them in the tumble dryer inside out. IMO, it stops decals on t shirts getting ruined, and trousers fading so much in the winter.

In the summer, it reduces fading on the washing line unless I am trying to get the sun to bleach a stain!

Come on OP. Have you not been brought up to wash your clothes inside out? That’s the correct way. Ditto iron inside out so the material doesn’t go shiny or risk of being marked.

Don’t get me started on people who don’t split their colours to wash……eeek.

Oh forgot to say, they’re then already inside out when you hang them out to dry, so wont fade in the sun.

Sweat is on the inside?

Yep!

Same here.

I’d have to make sure there was enough for a whole load. A child is unlikely to think of that and just throw a couple of items in the machine.

No one has mentioned searching pockets for tissues - saves a lot of trouble later. I wouldn’t want everyone doing their own washing- that would mean lots of little loads and a waste of water, electricity and washing liquid.

Pet hate alert! Not just tissues but lighters etc! Take them out before I put a was on please

Well, it could have soaked all the way through of course. But it's more on the inside than on the outside, especially in thicker garments. And bits of dead skin are definitely more on the inside.

Thanks, I learn something new everyday

I'm the washerwoman as DH does all the food shopping, cooking and kitchen cleaning. Theres only 3 of us so I think I have a good deal.

I get fed up of tissues left in his trouser pockets and moan but he forgets. He did some washing whilst I was away, white bits of tissue were spread all over his black trousers and t shirts. I brought them in off the line and put them away just as they came in.

When he has to pick bits off his black clothes, I suspect he might finally remember.

I wash and dry my clothes inside out, teens get them back as they delivered them, DH does his own laundry

Seems fair