AIBU to be amazed my friend does all her laundry in one day?

[Laundryqueen1]

I called over to a friend yesterday evening with my dc. She was just coming down the stairs with an empty laundry basket when she answered the door.
she took a few minutes to answer the door so as she opened the door, she apologised and said she was putting away the laundry.
I jokingly said oh no bother I must put mine away, It’s been sitting there all week I need to clear the basket for the next lot.
she then proceeded to tell me she does ALL her laundry on a Saturday- washes, dries, irons and puts away! IN ONE DAY! I nearly fell to the floor. She said she had two and a half loads.
I was even more baffled because she couldn’t have us round until 7ish because she had a crazy busy day. Her dd had training, her ds had a friend over for a playdate, her dd then had an appointment in the afternoon. Then she had to collect her dh from the train station. My mind is blown! She fits her laundry in between doing all of this…and she irons! 😅 where am I going wrong?

Yes I have 2 🤣

I can do mine in one day but usually over two. 4-6 loads. For smaller loads I use the one hour setting, for larger, up to 9kg loads, I use the two hour setting. Using it according to the machine manual.

No she isn’t. Putting a load on takes maybe 2 minutes. Putting it into the dryer the same. Hanging up to dry 5 mins. Folding from the dryer 3 mins, taking off line 3 mins. Ironing 15 mins = 22 mins if using a dryer, 25 if not. X 3 loads is 66 mins or 75 mins. Not all day.

Awful using the tumble dryer all the time like that though. Also really bad to do half a load. Much better environmentally to do full loads and dry outside.

Well once a week at most I imagine. Is that lots?

I normally try to do a couple of loads the night before if the forecast is good. There is nothing nicer than putting the washing out at the crack of dawn in summer. All quiet outside except the birds singing and sometimes the foxes milling around.
I love that part of the day.

I worked with a girl that did this years ago as her boyfriend preferred it. I hope she eventually came to her senses.

I put mine on the line in the morning too - I check the weather forecast the evening before, put a load on around 8pm, put it in the basket damp before bed and put it out first thing.

2.5 loads is wild. I could fill a machine from a week of underwear for 4 people, it's a lot of socks and pants!

I can't imagine not having my drier though, hate washing hanging all over the place.

I don't agree. Laundry is a massive fucking ball ache and takes ages.

We are a family of five and all of us do sports four nights out of seven, so the washing is endless. Gym kits, karate gi, football kits, netball kits, cycling gear, plus PE kits, plus all the usual laundry, means I have to do a load a day. I don't have a tumble dryer, so hanging it all out takes ages - in particular all the fiddly underwear and socks, cycling gloves, shin pad sleeves, running belts. Such a faff. Then once it's dry, folding it all up and putting it away so you can hang out the next lot.

Sticking it in the machine and hitting the 'on' button is only about 10% of the overall job.

Not if you have a heat pump. The modern ones are very energy efficient. Mine is cheaper than running those electric hanging dryers and a dehumidifier.

No way can you have three loads a month! I live alone , bedding and towels there’s two there straight off every week.

I think it all depends on so many factors- you can’t line dry most of the time if you’re working 4/5 days a week, I put it out before work but mostly it’ll be wet again/ not have dried due to a shower over the day, how many kids, how messy they are, how sporty, and how many clothes they have (eg you only have limited clothes you have to wash and rewash whereas my db (pre kids), used to have enough clothes for the week to put all the shirts in on a Friday evening)

2.5 loads in a day with ironing isn't impressive. Having only 2.5 loads created throughout the week with a family is. How?

I do 2 loads most days. Where on earth am I going wrong?

Yes everything at the weekend. Maybe one wash in week if needed.

Do some of you have small 5kg washing mashines or something?
Absolutely mindboggling amounts of washing in some households

Also don’t people have clothes that need washing at different temperatures, delicate cycle (detergent) etc

The shortest cycle on mine is 20mins for a 3kg. The 10kg wash takes an hour and half ant 40degrees and 2hrs at 60degrees. That’s an AEG A rated machine.

I buy very little that needs different settings to be honest, I do that on purpose. Too much faff.

When I was single without children I did one load a week - one. Twice a month I did sheets etc

To be fair putting on a load 5 minutes. Pegging it out 10 minutes. Folding away 15 minutes (or less if you tumble dry).

Huh? We do ours over the weekend so it’s dry, away and ready for the next week. Essential for school uniform. Admittedly we barely iron. Normal, surely?

It depends how old your kids are too. When mine were toddlers their clothes were a) tiny and b) just got chucked in all together because they didn't matter.

Now DD is the same height as me and wearing Hollister clothes that need to go on a delicate cycle so they don't shrink and I definitely can't put the pale pink top in with the dark blue jeans ...

Plus the primary school bright red cardigans are a liability 😅

I’m glad I don’t have your machine!

Each to their own, I love it…

Doing it for others. When my children were 11 they were responsible for their own washing (eg putting it in the machine) and helping to peg it out. And helping to fold it away.

If you read your washing machine instructions most of the cycles actually shouldn’t be done at maximum load of machine. I was surprised when I looked at the instructions for our last washing machine which has a large drum. Like most people I probably ignore that, unless using 15 minute cycle (which I am sure for most machines is not meant to be used for a full load of laundry)