Came across this in my news feed ...I Could Never Get My White Sheets Really Clean...

[ea56]

Wearing your underwear five times before changing it and washing it is disgusting! These people must stink to high heaven.

Its one thing if for one reason or another you’re unable to change you underwear, like your stranded in the jungle, lost in the forest, on a battlefield during a war, in a submarine during wartime or kidnapped and locked up.

But if you are free and domiciled there’s no reason to be so filthy other than plain laziness. And why would you proudly share this information with anyone? Ya just gotta be clueless!

Eddie

 

[mrsalvo]

Yes, and let's not forget washing in cold water.  What I have going through my mind is a partying frat boy, but maybe it should include men and women of all ages working 2 jobs and having no time off. Even when I worked 60 hours a week I still found time to do laundry and change my underwear daily. However you look at it, it's disgusting.  Applaud I tell you!!!

 

Do people HATE doing laundry so much that they would resort to this??????????

 

Barry

[this post was last edited: 8/6/2021-16:56]

 

[qsd-dan]

Do people HATE doing laundry so much that they would resort to this??????????

Sadly, the answer is yes. However, I don't blame those who are forced to using laundromats, hauling laundry and soap around, and feeding coins into machines. That gets old pretty quick.

 

[sarahperdue]

True confessions

Sheets once a year! Ugh!

A friend of mine once told me that people sleep under duvets without sheets--she said that's what duvet covers were for. Ick again.

Now for confessions--
Yeah, we probably let our sheets go more than a week, but probably never as long as two. I prefer it when we wash them more often. I'm a poor cleaner and borderline hoarder. I've done a lot of selling on eBay but am not diligent with listing items, so they pile up. We don't have accumulated rotting things or filth, but I need to do a lot better. I have bipolar disorder which might be an explanation but not an excuse.

Regarding underwear, I have had cotton underwear since young adulthood and washed every wear except on very depressive days. I had two very large babies naturally and have light bladder leakage. For many years, I've been wearing disposable liners and washing underwear every day. I hated disposing of so much waste especially since the leakage is very light. Even with the liners, I would have a slight urine smell, and I am determined to do everything I can to avoid being one of those older people who smells like urine all of the time.

About a year ago, I took a page out of the cloth diapering play book. I knitted untreated wool, felted it and sewed it in to my underwear. Natural wool with lanolin fights bacteria and odors like nobody's business. I pushed the limits when testing my new underwear. I'd wear a pair all day long, hang it up liner side out over night, give it an embarrassingly thorough sniff and wear it again. There wasn't a hint of odor for as long as five days--after which I washed anyway. I rarely wear them more than twice now, but the wool is truly amazing. I don't smell of urine at all any more.

Clothes--again I wear several times before washing. There are more than a few companies manufacturing performance wool clothes that don't have to be washed very often. I have several garments including a dress that I wear almost every day. I have to wash them to get the cat hair off long before they smell dirty.

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Now y'all know some of my darkest secrets,
Sarah

 

[adam-aussie-vac]

Reply 12, laundress

When it comes to making laundry white again, I always use a bit of dishwashing detergent (for dishwashers) As that would contain emulsifiers to help suspend any oils and dirt in the proper Hot wash (50°C>_)’wash water it makes my pillows go from yellow to near white it’s a pretty stark difference

 

[iej]

Seriously, how do people have all these laundry problems?

Are they using mayonnaise as fabric softener or something?

I put my sheets in the washing machine on a long cotton cycle with a good detergent and they come out perfect, and smelling great. Ariel, Persil, store brands etc and in recent years, Miele Twin Dos Ultraphase.

I’ve never, ever had an issue and that’s been using machines from Miele, Bosch and Hotpoint-Ariston.
I also lived briefly in the USA and used an old Whirlpool top loader and cap of whatever version of Tide or All smelled nicest and it also worked absolutely fine. Although I did set the machine to Hot and Heavy.

Either side of the Atlantic, I’ve never had any issue with laundry not coming out spotless, without much effort or playing around with additives.

I’m reminded of this 1990 U.K. Persil advert: perhaps this is how the writer does their laundry?!

 

[askolover]

Towels, wash cloths, socks, and drawers get used ONCE and then thrown into the dirty clothes basket.  We have more white laundry than anything so there's always plenty to wash.  Always Cloroxed too.  I can't stand the thought of a soured towel or rag touching my face!