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Do you wear your clothes more than once before wash?

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  • mumslave
    mumslave Posts: 7,531 Forumite
    I wash after one wear. My Dh and I fight like hell over the kids clothes, he wants to save me washing, I want to wash!
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  • diable
    diable Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    I just turn my under pants inside out so they last two days, don't own any pyjamas as I have slept naked for the last 30 years and only cahnge the the linen when the GF stays so she thinks I am domesticated........
  • elisebutt65
    elisebutt65 Posts: 3,854 Forumite
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    edited 9 February 2011 at 1:14AM
    I wear things a couple of times - On my half days - I save the tops for the next half day - I.e - Wear a top one Monday and save until the next Monday - I'm not washing it after 4 hours wear!!!

    I have 2 pairs of work trousers and emergency leggings(in case of spills) and I rotate 5 tops for 4 days work.

    Undies are changed daily and PJ's weekly - I only get into them after my bath so I'm clean into them.

    Kids like to hang on to theirs as long as possible:rotfl: I usually grab it off the floor when I do the wash on Friday night - 1 coloured and 1 whites.

    Can't see the problem with multi wearing as long as you bathe and wash regularly - when I was a kid I only had a couple of uniforms for school so we had to!

    I just put them back on the hanger and pop on wardrobe door so I can see what I've got
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  • Fredula
    Fredula Posts: 568 Forumite
    Underwear and tshirts hit the washing basket (or my bedroom floor) after one wear. Jeans I try and wear to 2 - 3 days before washing, unless they're dirty, or it's the time of the month or if it's been raining, because the jeans soak up the rain. Hoodies I try to wear twice but sometimes I just can't bring myself to do it!
  • snookey
    snookey Posts: 1,128 Forumite
    Underwear changed daily,
    Cardigans jumpers as needed,
    pjs changed daily,
    bras one to two days at most,
    socks daily,
    kids uniform every two days unless dirty,
    trousers every two to three days again depends if they are dirty and need washing sooner,
    towles after one use. Just think of all the skin that rubs off when you dry, ugh!,
    Bedding on childrens once a week unless they get dirty in the meantime. Our bedding every other day as we have cats who love sleeping on the bed and in it if they can.

    Coats at least every six weeks . Childrens more often as they drag them on the playground.
  • tara747
    tara747 Posts: 10,238 Forumite
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    snookey wrote: »
    Underwear changed daily,
    Cardigans jumpers as needed,
    pjs changed daily,
    bras one to two days at most,
    socks daily,
    kids uniform every two days unless dirty,
    trousers every two to three days again depends if they are dirty and need washing sooner,
    towles after one use. Just think of all the skin that rubs off when you dry, ugh!,
    Bedding on childrens once a week unless they get dirty in the meantime. Our bedding every other day as we have cats who love sleeping on the bed and in it if they can.

    Coats at least every six weeks . Childrens more often as they drag them on the playground.

    You change your bedding every two days??? That's 15 times a month :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
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  • Jacks_xxx
    Jacks_xxx Posts: 3,874 Forumite
    onlyroz wrote: »
    So it's something you've discussed with your friends then? :eek:
    "Hey, Mary, what do *you* do to keep your gusset dry?" :rotfl:

    Not exactly, but I know - just like I know who's got haemorrhoids and painful periods, and who has "never been the same" since the birth of their youngest. :eek:

    I work with women, I'm friends with women, I'm related to women, I've lived with women, gone supermarket shopping with women, nipped into Boots with women, and for women, used other women's bathrooms, and I have been on holiday with women - and yes we do talk. About everything. :D:eek:

    I have one friend who doesn't use pantyliners who likes to joke that it's because she doesn't lead such an exciting life as us other girls, implying that we must be in a state of semi arousal at all times. :eek::o :rotfl:

    But she keeps clean knickers in the zip pocket of her handbag just in case. :D
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  • diable
    diable Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    snookey wrote: »
    underwear changed daily,
    cardigans jumpers as needed,
    pjs changed daily,
    bras one to two days at most,
    socks daily,
    kids uniform every two days unless dirty,
    trousers every two to three days again depends if they are dirty and need washing sooner,
    towles after one use. Just think of all the skin that rubs off when you dry, ugh!,
    bedding on childrens once a week unless they get dirty in the meantime. Our bedding every other day as we have cats who love sleeping on the bed and in it if they can.

    Coats at least every six weeks . Childrens more often as they drag them on the playground.

    ocd?



    .............
  • Jacks_xxx
    Jacks_xxx Posts: 3,874 Forumite
    edited 9 February 2011 at 10:41PM
    diable wrote: »
    ocd?



    .............

    No, Silly. :) Just everyone does things differently, that's all.

    I change my bottom sheet a lot because I really like lying on a crisp clean sheet. My hubby likes them better when they are worn in and would happily fester in one for a month which makes me go like this: :eek: He's not a minger and I'm not an OCD sufferer - we just like what we like.

    If my cat has spent time on my bed I'll change it too. My daughter doesn't mind so much, she just changes her pillowcase inbetween regular changes if he's stayed overnight with her.
    Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Einstein
  • I was after one wear, bedding once a week
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