God help me if Xenia ever sees this - do you ever find yourself consciously making sure the pegs match?

[snigger]

I do actually have a 'real' job.

If it's my turn to peg out laundry, I can't bear mismatched pegs.

It actually riles me when DH does it.

Do I need the support of a mental health professional?

no.
and i annoy everyone by leaving the pegs on the line.

My mate has a condom she puts over her wahsing line

Yes I have to match them. And it drives me nuts when things are hung out the "wrong way up" as well.

When I got my new pegs I just had to peg each item out with 2 pegs the same colour.

That lasted about two days.

I used to have each persons clothes on a separate side of the rotary washing line too but that made it easier for putting the clothes away.

Now they just go as they come.

Absolutely - I thought I was alone in this strange obsession about the pegs having to match

When DS1 decides he wants to 'help' me hang the washing out by passing me the pegs, I have to grit my teeth as he obviously doesn't give me matching ones!!

dh liberated me by showing me that you cn hang jeans up by their legs( ie by the ankle) therefor e not wrestle with a unpeggable wasitband

My MIL MOVES my washing that she deems to be done wrongly.

fureak

My clothes have to have the green pegs. So there.

I threw away all my jazzy pegs and bought lovely matching ones.

I also leave pegs on line and don't wipe it everytime i use it - what would my mother say.

And if washing is out and it rains i wait until it dries again - my mother finds this particularly slovenly after all fresh rain water is just so full of ummm dirt isn't it?

Matching pegs is just the tip of a very big iceberg, in Mo's world!

Er yes, but DH thinks I am slightly obsessive anyway. I am coming to the point that I may throw my pegs and just buy all one colour.

my mate puts hers DOWN adn condomms it

oh god, I do.

but then, I have a line for bottoms, a line for tops, everything goes in colour order, pegs match (not colour so much, but definately type), and things need to have two or three pegs and be hung just the right way.

I am a freak with washing tho

I do, I also hang all the whites together and pinks etc together

No.

I simply purchased a bulk lot of plain wooden pegs that all match.

I think MN really needs a separate "God help me if Xenia ever sees this" section...

(My contribution: I darned some trousers and socks last night. And I rather enjoyed it)

God no. Stuff gets chucked on the line as fast as possible.

Pegs left on line, washing line left up, no wiping etc. Too much else to worry about here

You're meant to wipe a washing line ?

Up until a month ago I refused to have a washing line because they are unsightly (which is laughable really because our garden is a mess). Then I bought a cath kidston temporary one (meant to be for camping I expect) and it has lovely coloured wooden pegs and am now converted to the idea of a proper washing line. Although am planning to have one I can take out of the ground and put in shed when not in use.

I used to peg things with matching pegs. But I am cured now.

How can a washing line be Cath Kidston?

I HAVE to see this. Is there a row of bunting running along it?

Is this it?

[mind boggles]

My friends laughed at me when I admitted to doing this! If I'm not in a mad rush to get out the door it has to be pegged out in size order (large to small). Within the size groups it has to be pegged in colour order (black to red for darks, green to pink for lights) .

I do break the rules for pj's as I like the sets to stay together. The funniest thing is the way I take it off the line and then just dump it in a big jumbled heap in the spare room! All for show me, obviously .

I have some beautiful pink pegs that are lovely for the dds' clothes and my underwear. However I could not rest if I pegged out dh's boxers/shirts with them. I use the turquoise pegs for his stuff (or lemon coloured if none left)

I also have other things to worry about.

I find myself wanting to put the right coloured pegs together and I fight against it as part of my self-help treatment. And I try not to get too pleased if the same colour pegs come out of the bag just by accident.

Always hang items with a waistband from the bottom. Never leave pegs out. Wipe the line periodically. Have never used the condom thingy. Subtly re-peg washing that any of my dc have helped hang. Peg big pants in the middle of the whirly gig thing with larger items hanging on the outside in folorn hope that neighbours won't see size of my keks.