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Do you hang your undies on the washing line?

207 replies

sweetpickle2 · 12/08/2026 11:17

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??

OP posts:
Hiddenmnetter · 13/08/2026 14:09

Our line isn’t big enough for everything. All the sheets/towels etc go on the line, t-shirts/trousers etc on the inside horse, all smalls in the dryer. Who has the time?! 4 children, 2 adults, by itself knickers and socks is a lot. Just chuck ‘em in the dryer.

AlwaysExtraHot · 13/08/2026 14:27

Why are some people so weird about this?
Yes, I hang knickers (and bras!!) out in my garden. I tend to assume my neighbours have better things to do than examine my underwear on its drying rack.

Screamingabdabz · 13/08/2026 15:24

Guarddogdaschunds · 12/08/2026 22:52

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!

Oh you were joking! I fell for it like a dick. Well done 👏🏻😉

ThatWhiteElephant · 13/08/2026 19:01

Yes, everything goes outside on the line to dry.

Two of my friends don’t hang anything outside, they tumble dry everything. One doesn’t want neighbours looking at their clothes 🤷🏼‍♀️ the other doesn’t want birds shitting / sitting on their clothes!

2Rebecca · 13/08/2026 22:19

My underwear doesn’t tumble dry. I really don’t care what my neighbours think of my knickers. The main neighbour who would see is in her 80s anyway but the whirligig is overlooked by a couple of other houses in another street but I really don’t care ifsome bloke I never speak to has a pants fetish, as long as he doesn’t try to nick them. I just want dry fresh pants

RampantIvy · 13/08/2026 22:22

Guarddogdaschunds · 12/08/2026 22:52

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!

Oh, you are so funny 😁

CloudyWithAChanceOfCustard · 13/08/2026 22:32

Yup 👍🏻 everything gets hung outside…I very much doubt my neighbours are interested in my granny pants! But if they are, so what 🤷‍♀️ It’s just knickers 😂

Your friend is being weird OP.

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