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?

Showing my age. But I started out with a twin tub, and yes we used to do all the laundry in one day even with a family and working full time. So it is possible. No tumble dryer either!

Well unless she’s washing them against rocks at the river it’s just a question of loading the machine and pressing buttons then getting on with your day. Mind you I am one of those clean laundry in a basket for a week types, even though it’s just me now.

Completely agree. Grassroots sports involves a massive amount of bits and bobs. Plus you’ve then got to match it all back up to the correct activity for the correct child! Gloves are my constant bugbear. I have a separate box solely for gloves for different activities!

1x sox & pants
1x delicates (my shirts)
1x jeans & t shirts
1x towels
1x bedding
And there's only 2x of us!
AND I can wash more of MY stuff later in the week too!!
What am I doing wrong then?

People that dont obsessively wash towels, pj's and every item of clothing after one wear. Family of three here, two teens. Usually two loads of clothes and then maybe a bedding one but not every week. Towels go.on as and when. I use a dryer until about now but if its wet I won't delay doing the wash. I use the dryer. I work ft, single parent, my time matters more to me than extra £ on the electricity bill.

@Growingasaperson but surely when someone is posting on here how many loads in a day/week they mean in the household not necessarily by each individual person

Why are you washing cycling gloves???

Controversial on MN but I often peg our washing the night before, if the weather is going to be good. Then bring it in the next morning. I realise this leads to it being “darker on”.

@ViciousCurrentBunthat was GetOrfMoiLand who had fresh sheets every day!

As a family of 4 (me, adult dd and 2 younger dc) we do:
Mon - 2 x single bed sheets
Tuesday - towels
Wednesday - darks
Thursday - throws
Friday - whites & 2 x double bed sheets
Sat - darks

We don’t have a tumble dryer. We put the washing on either as soon as home from work or to come on about 5am so it can be hung out straight away. It’s just a routine we have got into

1 for socks and pants for a start! Why separate them?!

I hang out at night too. I’m out the house early so don’t have time to wait for a wash to be done before hanging it out. There’s nothing worse than wasting a sunny and windy day with nothing on the line!

@Picklelily99 socks and pants go in general clothes wash here, general clothes split between colours rather than type. May have separate delicate clothes at lower temp every other week. But other than that my list is similar to yours

We are a family of 3 (1 adult and 2 teens). I don’t exactly know how many loads I do a week, but 2-3? And me and 16 yr old do running and gym/weights 5-6 days a week. I don’t wash my stuff after weights, as I don’t sweat enough. Just save it and wear it the next time.

Apart from the height of summer I wear clothes more than one day (not pants or socks!) but T-shirts, jeans, jumpers.

Not everyone does it every week

Pants and socks go in the relevant colour wash. The only separation I do is dark/colours, white, towels (no softener) and wool. I’d have to wait ages to have enough pants and socks to justify a full load!

Impossible for all of ours to be finished in a day unless it’s a very warm day and can be dried quickly outside. I have 5 DC so between the 7 of us there’s minimum 8 loads a week I’d say at a guess. I do the bulk of it on Friday evening/Saturday but some will inevitably spill into Sunday. Tend to also do a midweek wash to keep on top otherwise by the weekend it’s far too much to cope with. If using the tumble dryer it takes much longer, I find large loads take about 4 hours to dry.

No. MOst people who are doing mindboggling amounts of laundry are making work for themselves by washing things which aren't actually dirty.

Well, I change bedding every two weeks, towels about the same, there are only two of us, I still do at least 3 loads a week, so very keen to know how this is done. Maybe they never wear any socks?

She's lying. No family only accumulates 2.5 loads a week.

In our house of 3 one load would be underwear alone, including sports bras and sport socks. I do two loads a day to keep on top of it and line dry almost all year round.

Well socks are tiny so they are not the bulk of any wash

I do 2 loads a week, 2 dc I’m not lying.
one load for underwear?!! Do you have a tiny machine?

I beg to disagree. Socks add up! They are at least half of a darks wash

I do as much as I can on Sunday, especially bedding and towels, because of the half price electricity.

I use this cycle for clothes that aren’t dirty but need washing, (none of my clothes get actually dirty just the odd marks), the throws and dog towels.
Longer washes for towels, bedding, tea towels, underwear etc.

What a ridiculous post. Plenty of people on here have told you exactly that. Of course its possible. Are you unable to imagine anyone doing something differently to you?

You are right. Once the kids are old enough I'll definitely get them involved. Its the job in the house i dislike most.