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Worn clothes that aren't dirty, - where do you put yours?

58 replies

SnowlightMcKenzie · 11/03/2009 14:43

This is a question that always stumps DH and me.

Any help out there?

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PestoMonster · 11/03/2009 14:45

On the back of a chair.

southeastastra · 11/03/2009 14:45

er back in the wardrobe

SnowlightMcKenzie · 11/03/2009 14:49

back in the wardrobe? really?

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choccyp1g · 11/03/2009 14:51

On the dressing table chair, so that I might actually remember to wear them the next day. Unless it's a giant cardigan or sweater, and I haven't actually worn it the nesxt day, it then goes in the wash. If it is a giant cardi, it stays on and off the dressing table chair for weeks.

jumpingbeans · 11/03/2009 14:52

Turned inside out,on a hanger in the spare room,or hanging on the back of the bedroom door, I have one of those multi-hanger,plastic type things that hang on the door

nancy75 · 11/03/2009 14:52

i just wash them, i seem to do so much washing that a few extra things dont make any differance!

OrmIrian · 11/03/2009 14:53

Back in the drawer/wardrobe. My DH is clearly also stumped by the question snowlight...as he leaves them in a heap on a wooden chest

mondaymonday · 11/03/2009 14:54

Back in the wardrobe/drawers - otherwise don't you just get a great big pile of clothes over the chair etc....unless you wear the same thing every day?!

DH leaves his over a chair, but then there are so many clothes on there that they all get crinkled and need ironed

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 11/03/2009 14:54

If they are not dirty why not put them back in the drawer/ wardrobe? If they are clean enough to wear again then it shouldn't be an issue.

SnowlightMcKenzie · 11/03/2009 15:05

Hmmm, I'll have to think about that one. Even though not dirty, I don't really see them as clean.

I'll suggest it to DH and see what he says.

They usually end up in a heap on the floor, but I'm fed up with it.

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Hulababy · 11/03/2009 15:09

Back in the wardrobe, normally at one side. I often don't wesr the same clothes the next day so wouldn't want them lying round my bedroom on chairs, etc.

I would never think of washing things after just one wear (bar underwear that is) ubles actually dirty. Seems a terrible waste of energy, plus a waste of detergents - oh, and my time in washing, drying and ironing! And I do think that too frequent washing spoils the look of clothes and they don't last as long/

Hulababy · 11/03/2009 15:10

nancy75 - ever considered that might be the actual reason why you do have so much washing to do?

Mung · 11/03/2009 15:12

tend to get thrown placed in a pile on the floor as I refuse to have a chair in our bedroom as I always say that it just becomes a mountain of clothes. I must admit that I tend to wear the same clothes for a couple of days and then wash them though. I am not the most tidy of people.

IwishIwasmoreorganised · 11/03/2009 15:13

I've got a rail on the inside of my wardrobe door that jeans and things go on if they're ok to be worn again

Bakersman · 11/03/2009 15:17

Back in the wardrobe/drawer for me too.......... never really thought about it. Now questioning my own cleanliness.....
Happy to wear jeans two days running

swanriver · 11/03/2009 17:08

Folded neatly and strategically, put on chest, then washed if not worn after several days...(especially boys' trousers - perfect for another muddy outing but not quite clean enough for drawer)
I think slightly worn clothes attract moth to cupboards and drawers so it's not worth putting them back unless you have a very fast turnover. Especially jumpers.
current nighties, pjs under pillow of bed.

Rhubarb · 11/03/2009 17:11

On my head whilst I do a samba dance naked in the middle of the street

PrettyCandles · 11/03/2009 17:14

In my case in an unruly heap that threatens to take over the bedroom. In dh's case it's a little pile of neatly folded clothes by his side of the bed. The dd's each have one side of a rotating Ikea cupboard, with hooks and a bar. We call them the clothes that are 'on the go', rather than 'clean' or 'laundry'.

TheButterflyEffect · 11/03/2009 17:20

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SnowlightMcKenzie · 11/03/2009 17:20

Hmm, I think I might be leaning towards the inside out hanging....

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BrownSuga · 11/03/2009 17:25

On the floor.

Then I kick them into the corner next to the washbasket and after a week, end up washing them anyway. That way DH puts them away after he's finished the ironing. Sorted

crokky · 11/03/2009 17:29

On hook in bedroom (back of door)

squeaver · 11/03/2009 17:32

what a strange question.

squeaver · 11/03/2009 17:34

I mean, why on earth wouldn't you put them back in the wardrobe/drawer? They're not going to infect your other clothes with their not-quite-dirtiness, you know.

mondaymonday · 12/03/2009 07:27

It's funny how people have such different views on this. It's not something I'd every questionned