How many times would you wear a pair of trousers....

Funky_Bold_Ribena

itsanne wrote: »

Simplest answer to nightwear is not to wear any .

Don't give them any ideas - they would then have to wash their bedding every night.

:eek:

itsanne

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

Don't give them any ideas - they would then have to wash their bedding every night.

:eek:

Some people on here probably do .

If I won the lottery (which I don't do) I'd have fresh bedding every night. I love the feel and smell of newly washed sheets - maybe something to do with my earlier post.

catkins

duchy wrote: »

And I was marvelling at how much time you spend each day on changing clothes LOL

How are jeans or cargo shorts NOT housework clothes ? What ARE housework clothes ?? Enquiring minds need to know
(Perhaps you should try my OH's housework outfit -no clothes at all ......Good thing the garden isn't overlooked much I've had to stop him hanging out washing in the buff before now LOL)

I do get fed up sometimes of changing clothes so many times! My dog walking clothes are fairly scruffy, particularly the winter ones, but not as scruffy as my housework clothes. They tend to be jeans with paint on or jogging bottoms and really old T shirts or tops. I have a habit of getting bleach on my housework clothes so they have to be pretty old and tatty.

With my history of spilling bleach I don't think doing housework in the nude is a good idea!

duchy wrote: »

Really ?
I was wondering why remembering how you instigated a big religious marriage thread .... Is it OK if they work for the same office just not if they work for rival companies then ?

Moving on ....

As PJs are next to the skin are they a daily change or an every few days thing I wonder ?

I don't wear anything in bed so don't have to worry about how often to wash nightclothes

Cloudane

Interesting thread I was curious as I just bought some new work shirts and one of them is identical to one I already have, so I was thinking "I'd better not wear these two in a row"- but then I've only ever heard the "eee, that person's wearing the same as yesterday!" thing on Eastenders.

PROTIP: if you want to wear something a maximum of twice but one of the household insists that things are either "away" or "in the wash", just use the hook of your hangar as an indicator. Hook facing me = fresh from the laundry. Hook facing away = worn, but ok for another wear. My memory's not fantastic (too much booze!) but it's good enough that I remember at the end of the day if it was an "already worn" and chuck it in the wash. If you lay your t-shirts flat like I do, then why not have whether the neck is on the left or the right as an indicator.

The logic behind that is that unless you really work up a sweat (and assuming regular showering) most people won't stink up their clothes in one wear - especially if it's something like a work shirt sitting there in an air conditioned office for 8 hours. After a couple of wears it's probably more of a risk. But you can't usually detect your own odor. So - after a couple of wears, in the wash goes the top whether I can smell anything or not.

I aim for:

Socks and underwear: once

Work shirts and t-shirts: twice, but not consecutively because some people do think you need to only wear something once and I'd rather not scare them away! However, it's a matter of judgement and common sense. If I've only worn something just sat there for 4 hours, then it's probably good for another couple of wears. On the other hand if I've been sweating (which we often do "just sat there" in some of the heat we've had recently) then it's straight in the wash.

Work trousers: 2-4 wears, again, based on judgement. Friday is smart-casual so yeah, just need to have a couple of pairs ready at the start of the week. I don't think 32 hours is terrible for a pair of trousers as the stinky bit is barriered by underwear (unlike a shirt).

Jeans, slacks, jumpers, yada yada: a week

Coats: Never. Does anyone actually wash those? (Thinking about it, ideally we should now and again)


As for wearing things consecutively, I have no problem with it while lounging around at home. Frankly I never notice what other people are wearing but apparently others do - well when out I use a bit of judgement. Some shirts are less noticeable in the first place. On the other hand if you saw my Pinkie Pie tee twice in a row you'd probably notice :rotfl:

Top_Girl

Pretty hard and fast here

Most underwear, socks, work tops, PJs every day.

Work trousers, two days

House clothes are a judgement call, some days I'm only in them an hour, days like today they're going straight in the wash, not least because I'm full of cold.

Jeans are the same, to clarify, I change into shorts pretty much as soon as I get in.

Bras as little as possible as I find it ruins them, handwash or otherwise.

Bedding and towels are once a week, usually a couple of towels each for Top Boy and I and I sling all the teatowels in with those.

I admit to washing bedding more often if the weather is like it is as I LOVE line dried bedding. It's the most excited I get at bedtime these days

Coats, as rarely as I can get away with, half of them are dry clean only as well so those tend to be only if they are noticeably grubby or smelly :money:

MadelinesMum

Two days, but my work trousers I change every day as I work in a charity shop (I'm forever washing my hands as well - you wouldn't believe some of the disgusting stuff that gets donated).

As long as you change your underwear everyday or twice a day, as I often do, then wearing jeans/ trousers for a couple of days should be fine.

meer53

I shower every day. I wash my clothes when they are dirty.

Is this such a big issue ? It's not in our house.

My son, on his return from Uni, convinced me that it's not really necessary to iron everything i wash. I've stopped stressing now if he decides to wear a t shirt that has a few creases. If he isn't worried, i'm not going to be either

minerva_windsong

Maybe about every five wears or so for jeans (wearing just in evenings counts as half a wear to me). T-shirts/tops get two wears unless it's realy hot, dresses and skirts get two or three wears, socks and pants get washed daily, bras get washed weekly. I am also someone who doesn't wear the same outfit two days on the run (unless one of those days I'm at home so no-one sees me other than OH). I should also add I shower at least once a day and sometimes twice, especially in the hot weather we've been having lately...

Flossie.

Prob 3 times. 4 max. With the best will in the world daisyegg, there is no way they wouldn't be starting to develop a bit of a 'smell' after wearing them 4 times.

Also, as a few people have touched on, it depends how long you wear them for each time. If I wore a pair all day (like 10 hours,) when I was out for the day, I would probably not wear them again til they had been washed.

But if I only wore them 2-3 hours at a time, then I would prob wear them 3-4 times before washing.

sax11

5 days
i do for work and my trousers at the end are probably cleaner than the place i work