washing clothes

United States
January 9, 2009 7:42pm CST
how many loads of laundy do you wash in a week? how big is your family, do you have a washer and dryer at home or do you go to the laundrymat? I usually wash 2-3 loads a week for me and my daughter. this week I seem to have alot more than usuall because I have let it go a couple of weeks. I dont own a washer and dryer but we have a laundry room here with 3 washers and 3 dryers and it is allway being used. so what is your typical laundry for the week?
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
10 Jan 09
I just have me so I don't have much laundry. Sometimes I have extra to do when my grandson spends the night. I have a washer and dryer in the house. For a long time I didn't have a dryer, I hung clothes outside in the summer and inside in the winter
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
10 Jan 09
My little guy will be 4 in a week. He just came back over, he is going to spend the night. He just lives across the street, he likes hanging out at grammas house and spending the night. He says he is going to Marry me, he loves me that much. I wish I could post a pic of him here, but my son would have a cow. He doesn't want any of his kids pictures posted online.
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
10 Jan 09
Your granddaughter sure is a pretty little one.
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• United States
10 Jan 09
Hi Polly, I used to have to do that in my old apartment. how old is your grandson? I had my oldest daughter and granddaughter here for the holidays. I had alot of extra laundry then!!! I put pictures on here.
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@annjilena (5618)
• United States
10 Jan 09
i don,t have a washing machine so i have to go once a month to a laudry mat and that a lot of dirty clothes for 4 peoples.i spent about 50 dollars when i go to the washer and dryer.i hate it iam use to having a wash and dryer but after i moved in this apartment from my home they had no place for a washer and dryer.iam hoping one day i can move somewhere that has a washer and dryer.
• United States
10 Jan 09
yes, it is hard when you have to go to a laundry mat. I spend about $8.-$15. a week on laundry not counting the detergent.
@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
10 Jan 09
I do anywhere from 4 to 10 loads a week, depending on if blankets and towels have to be washed. I'm so worn out by the time I am done that I don't want to even think about doing anything else for the rest of the day. LOL
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• United States
10 Jan 09
yes laundry will do that!! LOL!!!
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@ElicBxn (63194)
• United States
10 Jan 09
I do have a washer and dryer in my home. I have to say that I generally could do a load a week, but don't often motivate myself so when I do laundry it tends to be multiple loads. Now, our house hold is of 3 unrelated adult women. The roomie and I can share tops and I can fit in her sweat bottoms if I need to, but she can't fit in my jeans. Mostly if I wear a pair of sweat pants its really cold outside and I wear them to bed. So, because of this, we tend to wash our clothes together. The other roommate... you got me, I don't have any idea what, where, when she does her clothes, but it is annoying when you find that she's taken clean clothes out of the washer, done her clothes and then put the wet stuff back in! She could've at least started the dryer when she started her wash. grrrrrrr
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• United States
10 Jan 09
that would defenatly irritate me.
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@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 09
Hi Ladybug, there are only the 2 of us, my husband and I. We have a washing machine at home, and the washing is done averagely once a week. No dryer though, as our weather is usually hot enough to dry the clothes.
• United States
10 Jan 09
hi lazeebee, I wish we were allowed to have our own washer and dryer here. it is verry cold here right now. have a good night.
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• United States
10 Jan 09
Oh my goodness, I wash clothes every day. I have a year old in the house and she is always spilling, dropping food, playing in food and the clothes always need washing right away. Sometimes I wash around 10 load a day. Sometimes not that many. I just never get the clothes caught up. I sell clothing on ebay and always wash the items and inspect them before listing them. That makes more laundry. There are five people that live in the house and my brother and my daughter both work at night cleaning parking lots with a vacuum truck and a blower, so they get dirty and germy. Their clothing have to be washed daily. It just never seems to end. I do have a washer and dryer at home. Good Discussion.
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• United States
10 Jan 09
my goodness you defenatly need to have a washer and dryer at home that is alot of laundry!!!
• United States
18 Jan 09
i try to wash every day to every other day or else i feel like im not caught up. we have a washer dryer at home and theres 3 of us in the family (a 4th on the way!). we havent used the laundrymat in years, but its hard work!
• United States
19 Jan 09
hi, congradulations on the baby on the way! laundry is hard work even at home. have a great night.
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
8 Nov 09
Hi ladybug, we have 4 persons in our family. My son who works in an adjacent state would come home occasionally. My husband’s eldest sister lives together with us. She prefers to hand wash her clothes. She would ask me to wash her blanket and bed sheet using the washing machine regularly I still prefer to wash our clothes daily though there is not a heavy load of clothes to wash. I find it’s rather tedious to hang lots of washed clothes on the hanger one by one if washing them once in a week. If washing them daily I just have to cope with a few clothes only so it's easier for me. I don’t use the clothes dryer, for we have sunny day all the time here. Clothes will get dried easily under the scorching sun By doing this we could save the consumption of electric power we do save our expenses Happy posting!
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 09
There are only 3 of us in the house but the amount of laundry is about 2 loads of basket and is done once in two days. But this is all done by the machine so I'll just put the cloths in the machine while doing mylot.
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• United States
10 Jan 09
yes, I am doing laundry now, the laundry room isnt far from my apartment.
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
11 Jan 09
Hello ladybug. If we have a lot of clothes to wash, we use the washing machine. Otherwise we hand wash the laundry. We have a Samsung Washing Machine, which was bought a few years ago and it is still in good condition though being used so often. So my dear friend, to ease your trouble of doing so much laundry a week, please get a washing-machine of your own to make life easier and more enjoyable. Take care, friend.
• United States
11 Jan 09
I would love too however we are not allowed to have them here.
• United States
10 Jan 09
I do 2-5 loads of laundry a week depending on the week. I usually wash clothes for myself and husband and son 2 times a week. Then I usually do a load of sheets and a load blankets that we use to cover up with while watching tv on the couch! Everyother week along with the loads I just mentioned I also do a load of puppy laundry, blankets and towels (I breed shihtzus)..... I do have my own washer and dryer in my home..... I don't mind doing the laundry, I just don't like folding and putting it all away. I do feel good though when its all done!!! Shihtzumama
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• United States
10 Jan 09
shihtzus are adorable, my friend bought a shihtzu puppy and it is soooo cute! I usually dont do blankets every week. folding it and putting it away is a chore. have a good night.
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@ank_47 (1959)
• India
19 Jan 09
i will do 3 loads of laundry in a week .in our house there is only 2 people and so i do 2 load of our clothes and 3rd load is for towels and bedsheets ,so 3 loads is sufficient for us. and sometimes weekly once i will do laundry for 2 loads one after other.
• United States
20 Jan 09
that ia still alot of work. have a good night.
• United States
20 Jan 09
Hi My husband is a mechanic and we are farmers I also work outside of the home. So we have my good clothing about 3 loads per week since I only have 4 pairs of pantyhose and 3 pairs of pants I have to wash them that often. The he wears 1 outfit to barn in morning and then changes for the garage then a new outfit for barn evenings so that is 3 pairs of jeans or work pants , 3 t shirts in the summer but now with cold it is 3 long john tops 3 t shirts and 3 sweatshirts . I also have barn and shop towels and house linens . so it averages about 3 loads per day and yes we have our own washer and dryer but i love summer when i can hang out my laundry and save money, I also love the smell of line dried laundry
• United States
21 Jan 09
yes line dried clothes do smell good!!!
@kaylachan (56209)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jan 10
I do two to three loads a week. I do the regular things once a week, and the bedding every other week. I think this is the most effective way to get laundry done without breaking my back in the process. I live in anapartment complex with George, and we have two laundry matts here. I like the smaller one, but sometimes i'm forced to use the larger one.
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@carolscash (9492)
• United States
10 Jan 09
I do laundry for four of us. I do have a washer and dryer at home as there is no way that I could afford to go to the laundromat and do our clothes. I do at least 10 lloads of laundry a week and usually much more. I try to do at least two loads a day and more if I do sheets and blankets. Laundry is a job that I wish I could pay someone to do.
• United States
11 Jan 09
yes, it would be nice to be able to pay someone to do my laundry!!! it is defenatly a chore!
@CRSunrise (2981)
• United States
11 Jan 09
I sometimes do 3-4 loads of laundry a week. Sometimes more if I have to wash the sheets and blankets that week. There's only 4 people in my family, so there's not really alot of laundry for me to do. It's even easier since we have a washer and dryer in our house. We don't have to lug the baskets to the landromat. I played that game before we got our first washer and dryer. It was not fun.
• United States
11 Jan 09
I bet you were really happy when you got your washer and dryer!!! lugging baskets back and forth is defenatly not fun!
@Chevee (5905)
• United States
10 Jan 09
I live alone so I don't have to wash that much. I have a washer and a dryer so I don't have to go to the laundromat. I wash about two loads of clothes 1 day a week. I usually do this on Saturdays. Since I am not employment now I don't have a time schedule or a special day. I don't have that many clothes to wash now.
• United States
11 Jan 09
that is good that you dont have much to wash and can do it anytime you want. have a great night.
@UK_Shree (3603)
10 Jan 09
I usually only do one laundry a week (for myself) and I have a washer at home. My mum does family laundry around 3 times a week. It's really convenient having a washing machine at home, means I can put the laundry in at midnight if thats the only chance that I get!
• United States
11 Jan 09
I can do laundry at whatever time I want but I would still like to have my own washer and dryer.
• United States
11 Jan 09
I do laundry every Tuesday for 5 people. The entire day is devoted to laundry and nothing but. I usually have about 10 loads to do and it takes about 10+ hours of constant sorting, pre-treating, washing, drying, folding, hanging stuff up and putting everything away where it goes. I actually enjoy doing laundry but if I had to do it every day I wouldn't. That's why I prefer to knock it out all in one day then it is over with for the week. We have a washer and dryer in the house and I am lucky to have a laundry room to work in. I've done laundry at a laundromat before and I would much rather do it at home.
• United States
11 Jan 09
that is a good idea to get it all out of the way at once! that is a lot of work though. it is defenatly much more convienent to do it at home!
@sahmof2 (274)
• United States
10 Jan 09
I do about 3-4 loads of laundry in a week for my family of 4. We have a washer and dryer in our home.
• United States
11 Jan 09
that is not bad for 4 people.