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?

The friend didnt say she has 2.5 loads a week..just 2.5 loads that week.Makes sense to me..sometimes I have more,some weeks I have less.

Exactly how I feel. I'm not going to work - or anywhere really, in creased and crumpled clothing.
Maybe people avoid ironing by only wearing polyester, and clothes like leggings?

One benefit of.our bath sheets is i am militant on them not being washed frequently and I regularly have words with the dc if they are sneaking towels into the washing basket. Its a huge towel. You are clean when you get out of the shower. The bathroom is well ventilated and we have a heated towel.dryer that goes on for a couple of hours morning and night. Those bloody towels can be used for weeks! 🤣. Its the one redemption!

If I only had two and a half loads a week I’d get it done in a day too. That is how much laundry I do some days.

In the same. At a minimum a load a day and I’ve a 10kg machine. Find it’s less l in the summer as lighter clothes etc but in winter time it’s definitely 10 maybe more depending. Because as well as day to day to day clothes, towels and bedding, also have the uniforms, PE kits, sports clothes etc.

Also I couldn’t abide the thought of leaving damp towels mouldering for up to a week waiting to be washed

2.5 loads a week? Does she not wash bedding or towels?

There’s only 3 of us (2 who do sports) and I do about 5-7 loads a week. I do a couple of
loads during the week and the rest at the weekend. Also have a 9kg washer so I can do large loads!

I only iron once a week though, it is isn’t washed and dried by Sunday night it has to wait until the following week.

If it works for her then what is the problem though?

Your friend is an absolute minger. Her kids are probably the sort who are a bit ‘ripe’ in their school uniform. Schools are despicably dirty places and trousers/skirts cannot be reworn. Clean shirt every day. Blazer washed once a week minimum. PE kit washed after each wear. She’s not doing the basics for her kids. In this house we have teenage skin issues so clean pillowcase every day to avoid re-infection. It’s load after load, but at least everyone is clean.

Eh? How do you get all that from the OPs post??

I’ve got a friend like this, I don’t get it either.

Theres only dd and I at home and I still do washing 6 days out of 7. I don’t have a tumble dryer so can only do one load a day due to space for drying unless it’s dry/hot outside.

We have 4 washing baskets and I have to do a load of laundry every day to stay on top of it. Never bother ironing though.

Her kids may well have multiple shirts etc that get washed at the end of the week along with blazer etc
bit of a reach to come to the conclusion the OP’s mate is a minger

I do 2 loads a week and that includes bedding and towels.

Unless your friend has an absolutely massive washing machine?

Because her friend is doing 2 loads per WEEK so uniform, PE kit etc can’t possibly be clean alongside all other clothes. Are you telling me that the OP’s friend doesn’t have DC? Please correct me if I missed that detail.
So many children - way more than you would think - have dirty clothes at school. The stench from blazers when it rains is eye watering.

I love MN 😁

I actually get everyone up at 2am so I can change their bedding, only a neglectful minger would let their children spend more than 4 hours in unwashed sheets.

My washing machine is mega slow, it can take 3 hours
for a regular wash load. I usually put it on overnight we have a delay function so i can set it to come on while the electricity is cheap. So its ready to dry the next morning. In the summer we hang it outside in the winter we wait to the following night abd table dry it. If i am up early enough on a bright sunny day i might do a load in the morning while the solar panels are generating.

Yeah my dd wears a fresh shirt most days, so that’s 4 shirts a week, but they are shirts and they don’t take up a lot of space.

Soery, skirts ans trousers every day? Ridiculous and totally unnecessary. Shirts, yes, especially as dc reach puberty and are smelly. Yes to socks and underwear, vests etc. Pe kit in high school- yes. But day to day school trousers and shorts? He'll no. Ditto jeans should.be worn a few times, trackies if not used for exercise etc. Which is am struggling to teach dd - if she tries in a pair of jeans, decides not to wear them, and takes them off... she will try put them in the wash!! 🤣

Maybe her dc don’t have blazers…mine don’t. Think outside the box maybe?

Absolutely the same about jeans, but school trousers and skirts need a wash after a full day of school. Playing football at lunchtime in the mud, sitting on filthy canteen chairs - you get the picture.

Schools are despicably dirty places and trousers/skirts cannot be reworn

What nonsense!

At DD's school, PE was usually so tame, they never worked up a sweat.

So how often is the jumper getting washed then? Trust me, they smell if the clothes are washed rarely and other kids notice.

Not 2 loads per week…2,5 loads THAT week.

No idea how she manages this. I have 3 kids (one is a 5 month old). Some days I do 5 loads of washing, others 1–2, but I still have massive piles of washing. I just can’t get through it.
Your friend must put it all in the dryer, which I don’t do because it shrinks everything.

I mean, good for her but I can’t relate

Bedding once a week. My house is relatively clean, unlike school.