Do you hang your undies on the washing line?

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Just that really.

I had a friend round for a cup of tea and as I was hanging up my washing she was horrified I was putting up my undies (just basic M&S black knickers, nothing out of the ordinary!) and said she always hangs her delicates inside as she "doesn't think her neighbours want to see that".

Am I the weird one??

Everything gets hung out. If I'm in a hurry and it's warm, the underwear may get spread out on the trampoline instead...

I hang mine indoors on the airer as they’re fairly delicate and I don’t like peg marks.
Same with clothes and bras. Husband pegs his out on the line!

No - I put them on a rack on the radiator. DP’s boxers go out, and my bras, I just don’t put knickers out.

What do those with a fear of underwear do when walking through supermarkets?

Do they faint when they pass the knickers aisle?

Do they cover their husband and sons eyes in case they suddenly lunge away from the tomatoes and into the bras?

If you don't want your own underwear on the line - fine, but keep your (batshit) opinions to yourself - your neighbours have no obligation to prevent your menfolk from thinking salacious thoughts when they see granny pants.

I hang mine on the IKEA thingy for socks so they whirl around in the breeze.

I think I've seen this thread before...

I hang undies on an IKEA octopus. They get dried outside but they don’t look quite so obviously underwearish.

Yes I hang my underwear on the washing line, but then I don't have any neighbours. At my previous house I would put them out on a clothes horse but out of sight from neighbours. I love putting my big granny pants on the line now and not having to worry about anyone seeing them!

I hang everything out. Socks and underwear are hung on the bit of the line that isn't overlooked though.

YANBU. I hang everything out. Don't see the problem with it, but I have a friend who thinks I am mad and hangs her underwear inside too...

Love this - "No knickers Pam' lmao

Why?

This is 2026 not 1926.

OP you missed a fantastic opportunity to be horrified right back and tell her all her neighbours must think she goes commando! 😂

I hang mine on the line - and it's a long line not a rotary one so they're not even in the middle. I figure if anyone is actually looking at them then that's definitely a them problem. What my pants do when I'm not wearing them is none of my business. Just like whatever happens under the fridge.

I don’t - because I’m lazy and can’t be arsed with hanging underwear and socks on the line, it takes forever! I wash undies and socks together, so a full load, then feck them in the dryer.

I think that both of us will just have to agree that we both have differing standards of privacy, dignity and modesty. You may prefer to wave your private undergarments at half mast to entice all of the neighbourhood men, but I prefer to keep mine drying indoors, away from lascivious glances. I don't want to give my neighbours the wrong impression about my husband and I, we are respectable people and not slovenly heathens or- god forbid- swingers!

My mum always used to hang them on the inside of the washing line and then put larger clothes like t shirts or whatever on the outside of the washing line so they were out but not really visible.
I just put everything on the line as it comes out of the basket. I assume my neighbours are not too offended by the sight of underwear. I never even think to look what is on other people's washing line.

Some people are weirdly coy about their knickers

Yes, but I put underwear in the middle of my whiryline and put larger garments, or sheets and towels on the outer edges, so it obscures the view of the things in the middle, especially if I have washing on all four sides, which I tend to do so that things are spaced out.

I recently moved. The back garden is open view for all and sundry. I held off for about 3 months then started doing it. At my previous home it was more enclosed so not an issue.

My reasons for being reluctant are to do with me being uncomfortable not anyone else

I don't have a wShing line. I've got a massive cricket net in garden. I buy knickers a size big and wash then throw in the dryer.

Have you watched this?

Doesn't your maid complain?

I hang mine on the octopus thingie. Think mine came from Home Bargains. DH had someone come round to buy something the other day and they were standing chatting in the garden while my sturdy undies were blowing in the breeze. Did I care? no.

I live in a flat, communal washing lines and I don't want my undies viewed by others. I always hang them inside.