Laundry-related poll: how dirty are you?

[6fsn]

sheets- every other week
duvets- every couple of months
towel- once a week (DH every day)
jeans- two wearings
gym clothes and tees- every wearing
I don't really wear suits or formal wear.

[hannamarin]

Jul 9, 2012 12:21:39 GMT -5 6fsn said:

sheets- every other week
duvets- every couple of months
towel- once a week (DH every day)
jeans- two wearings
gym clothes and tees- every wearing
I don't really wear suits or formal wear.

Same
And I do 10 loads per week.

[cjeanette]

Sheets- every two weeks or as needed.
Comforter- once a month or so or as needed
Bath towel- usually use 2-3 times
kitchen towel- use until it smells or is super wet
jeans- 2-3 times or too saggy
gym clothes- once
cotton tee- usually 2-3 times
suit- many many times
formal dress 2-3 times

[Deleted]

- Sheets 1-2 weeks
- Comforter/duvet cover umm...a few months?
- Bath towel one week
- Kitchen towel until it's gross
- A pair of jeans two wears
- Gym clothes one wear
- A cotton t-shirt One wear. I work in a chemistry lab, and my clothes often pick up smells.
- A suit I have worn a suit five times and have dry cleaned it after each wear so that it doesn't sit in my closet dirty for months. I would clean it less often if I wore it regularly.
- A formal dress Probably one wear, because I typically only wear formal dresses to weddings, and weddings typically include dancing, which typically makes me sweaty.

[KaraOrNot]

Sheets - 2 weeks
Comforter - we just have a lightweight quilt thing, so I wash it when I wash my sheets
Bath towel - I generally use 2 per week, so 3 uses
Kitchen towel - depends. If I use it to wash off the counters, I use it once. If I am cooking, I use one towel and wash it once I am done. We have one to dry our hands that I wash weekly.
Jeans - 5 to 10 (if I only wear them for a few hours) wears
Gym Clothes - If I am going to a gym, I change my shirt daily, pants and bra every other day. At home? I sometimes wear the same thing all week.
Cotton t-shirt - 1 wear
A suit - Neither DH or I wear suits, so I don't know
A formal dress - I don't own a formal dress, so I don't know.

[kittycatlove]

Jul 9, 2012 12:19:03 GMT -5 v said:

How many times (or for how long) will you wear/use the following before it gets laundered or dry cleaned?

- Sheets -once a week
- Comforter/duvet coverevery 2-3 weeks
- Bath towelonce a week
- Kitchen toweldepending how much cooking is going on 1-2 weeks
- A pair of jeansat least 10 wears
- Gym clotheswhen i worked out every wear
- A cotton t-shirtevery wear
- A suitN/A
- A formal dress2 wears

[Mrs.Beagle]

- Sheets: Weekly
- Comforter/duvet cover: Weekly
- Bath towel: Weekly
- Kitchen towel: Weekly
- A pair of jeans: after 2 wears
- Gym clothes: after every wear
- A cotton t-shirt: after every wear
- A suit: after several wearings, unless I get it visibly dirty or sweat a lot in it.
- A formal dress: after 2 wearings, though usually I spill something on it so I have to wash it after every wear.

[onomatopoeia]

Jul 9, 2012 12:19:03 GMT -5 v said:

How many times (or for how long) will you wear/use the following before it gets laundered or dry cleaned?

- Sheets every week
- Comforter/duvet cover every few months
- Bath towel every 3-4 days
- Kitchen towel every 2-3 days
- A pair of jeans every 2-3 wearings
- Gym clothes every time I wear them
- A cotton t-shirt every 1-2 wearings
- A suit every 3-4 wearings. I don't wear many suits
- A formal dress every 2-3 wearings

That's obviously unless something is noticeable dirty.

[CallingAllAngels]

- Sheets - every 2-4 weeks
- Comforter/duvet cover - every few months
- Bath towel - a week
- Kitchen towel - a couple days. I switch those suckers out like crazy
- A pair of jeans - 2-4 wearing
- Gym clothes - every time I wear them (I sweat a lot, rewearing is not an option - I also don't wear underwear with my running shorts. Enough said.)
- A cotton t-shirt - once
- A suit - I wear a suit maybe once every few years, so I'll have it cleaned just to get the dust off. If I wore it more frequently, I'd wear it several times before washing.
- A formal dress - the last formal dress I wore was my wedding gown and 7 years later and it still hasn't been washed

[emilyinchile]

- Sheets: wash once a week
- Comforter/duvet cover: wash every few weeks, basically whenever the dog has jumped on the bed with dirty paws
- Bath towel: wash once a week
- Kitchen towel: they get washed once a week because that's what our cleaning lady does, but I'd go a couple weeks
- A pair of jeans: 4-5 wearings
- Gym clothes: once
- A cotton t-shirt: 2-3 wearings
- A suit: until it's dirty
- A formal dress: a couple times, which is usually how long it takes me to spill/have someone spill on me (since there is usually drunken dancing involved if I'm wearing a formal dress)

[catbus]

How many times (or for how long) will you wear/use the following before it gets laundered or dry cleaned?

- Sheets: One week
- Duvet cover: One month
- Bath towel: One week
- Kitchen towel: ~Three days
- A pair of jeans: ~Three wears
- Gym clothes: Once
- A cotton t-shirt: Once
- A suit: Three times or cleaned annually if I wore it. I never need to wear a suit for work.
- A formal dress: Doesn't come up often, but probably once, since the only times I've worn formal dresses have been events involving dancing, which almost always means sweating for me.

[fbf2006]

- Sheets - every other week
- Comforter/duvet cover - hardly ever
- Bath towel - every other week
- Kitchen towel - every other week
- A pair of jeans - maybe 8?
- A suit - once or twice (i hardly wear suits though)
- A formal dress - once

[SJ]

This is embarrassing:

- Sheets I have no idea. I wish I could say 1x/month but we go longer sometimes
- Comforter/duvet cover We don't use a duvet- our top blanket gets washed when the sheets do
- Bath towel Each towel probably gets used 2-3 times
- Kitchen towel No idea.
- A pair of jeans 4-5 times?
- Gym clothes Shirts get washed more often than shorts
- A cotton t-shirt one wear
- A suit A LOT of wears- until it's dirty?
- A formal dress 1-2 wears. I like how they look better when fresh from the dry cleaners

[caramia17]

- Sheets One week
- Comforter/duvet cover 2-3 months or a spill
- Bath towel One week or visibly stained
- Kitchen towel Visibly stained or raw meat, etc. on it
- A pair of jeans Until too stretched out to wear without
plumber's crack or visibly stained
- Gym clothes Every wear (I am super sweaty)
- A cotton t-shirt Every wear
- A suit Until visibly stained, with an odor, or
once per season
- A formal dress Until visibly stained or with an odor

I think that I am sweatier at the gym that other people though. I see people who look good after their workout. I look like I have showered. In sweat.

[marylou]

Sheets: Every other week
Comforter: Every few months
Bath towel: Every week if I remember, but usually every other week
Kitchen towel: Every couple of days
Jeans: I'll go forever on this...probably 5-6 wears.
Gym clothes: Every time I wear them
Cotton t-shirt: once
Suit: I don't wear suits. I only own one, and I don't think I've ever had it dry cleaned. I've worn it probably 3-4 times.
Formal dress: Pretty much the same as a suit.

[Deleted]

- Sheets: bi-weekly
- Duvet cover: a few times a year?
- Bath towel: weekly
- Kitchen towel: weekly
- A pair of jeans: several wears
- Gym clothes: N/A. LOL.
- A cotton t-shirt: once or twice, depending on severity of usage
- A suit: annually
- A formal dress: whenever I feel like it?

[So_Fetch]

Sheets- every other week
Comforter- once a month or whenever a pet throws up on it
Bath towel- usually use once or twice
kitchen towel- use until it smells or is super wet
jeans- once
gym clothes- once
cotton tee- once
suit- i don't own one
formal dress - once or twice depending on how much fun I had the first time

[Deleted]

You all make me feel really bad about using bath towels once.

Than again, judging by the other poll, I still do much less laundry than most of you, so perhaps it's not so bad after all. lol

[ejpint]

- Sheets - about every other week
- Comforter/duvet cover - we have a quilt now. Maybe 3-4 times/year? When I had a duvet, I washed the cover every time I washed my sheets. I don't think I ever washed the actual duvet.
- Bath towel - about once/week
- Kitchen towel - I go through one every day. I get skeeved that I'm spreading kitchen bacteria over clean surfaces.
- A pair of jeans - until they feel too soft or if I spill on them. Probably 5-6 times?
- Gym clothes - once. I might wear pants or a sports bra twice, but shirts are gross after one wear.
- A cotton t-shirt - once. Sometimes I recycle them to sleep in before they get washed.
- A suit - dry cleaned before an interview, so maybe every year or two. I hardly wear them.
- A formal dress - I would wash/dry clean after every wear. Formal dress usually = drinks involved = spilling something on myself.

[stacyq]

- Sheets- Twice a month
- Comforter/duvet cover- Twice a month
- Bath towel- Weekly
- Kitchen towel- Two weeks
- A pair of jeans- Dark pairs go longer between washes. 3 wears normally
- Gym clothes- Once
- A cotton t-shirt- Once
- A suit- I don't wear suits but I haven't cleaned my blazer and I have probaly have like 3 wears each.
- A formal dress- I generally have it dry cleaned once I have to wear it again.

[drloretta]

Sheets 1 week
- Comforter/duvet cover 2 weeks
- Bath towel 1 week
- Kitchen towel 1 week
- A pair of jeans Until they get dirty, which could be one wear or 4
- Gym clothes After use
- A cotton t-shirt After use
- A suit When it gets dirty
- A formal dress When it gets dirty

[Brie]

How many times (or for how long) will you wear/use the following before it gets laundered or dry cleaned?

- Sheets weekly, but we have two humans, a dog, and usually a cat or two in bed.
- Comforter/duvet cover probably monthly
- Bath towel weekly
- Kitchen towel weekly, but ours usually get dirty within a few days
- A pair of jeans maybe 2-3 wears
- Gym clothes once
- A cotton t-shirt once, because they stretch
- A suit a long time, but I wear suits very rarely
- A formal dress usually every time I wear it, especially if I'm sweating or it gets wrinkly

[BNL2]

- Sheets- 2-3 weeks
- Comforter/duvet cover- 2-3 months
- Bath towel- 1-2x
- Kitchen towel- Depends, if it's used for clean up, 1x. If it's used as a pot holder, up to a week.
- A pair of jeans- 2-3x
- Gym clothes-1-2x depending on how sweaty I get
- A cotton t-shirt- 1x
- A suit-I haven't worn a suit in years, so I don't know.
- A formal dress- 1-2x but I wear them so rarely.

[chessie]

- Sheets winter weekly, summer few times depending on weather.
- Comforter/duvet cover- monthly
- Bath towel- weekly
- Kitchen towel-until its gross, normally I go through a few
- A pair of jeans- 2X's or whenever is gross..
- Gym clothes-whenever gross
- A cotton t-shirt-2x's or whenever gross
- A suit-never since dont have to wear them
- A formal dress-never since rarely wear one

[rikki]

- Sheets: wekly
- Comforter/duvet cover: dry cleaned quarterly
- Bath towel: 1-2 times per week
- Kitchen towel: I go through these like crazy. They get washed with the bath towels.
- A pair of jeans: every 3-4 wears
- Gym clothes: each wear
- A cotton t-shirt: 1-2 wears
- A suit: as needed
- A formal dress: as needed

[Deleted]

Jul 9, 2012 12:33:52 GMT -5 papiercherri said:

You all make me feel really bad about using bath towels once.

You only use a towel once? How many towels do you own?

Why? Cleanliness? Humidity?

[Roc A Bee]

I'm afraid I'm a dirtball.

- Sheets- every other week because the housekeeper does it
- Comforter/duvet cover- few times a year?
- Bath towel- weekly
- Kitchen towel- every other week?
- A pair of jeans 4-5 wearings
- Gym clothes- i change shirts but same shorts all week
- A cotton t-shirt- once
- A suit n/a
- A formal dress- n/a

[rikki]

My parents and sisters (who are young enough to still live at home) only use towels once. I have no idea why. I grew up thinking it was normal and didn't start using them more than once until I moved out on my own (had laundry service in college) and didn't feel like doing them that often.

They have an entire closet of towels in each of their bathrooms.

[kadams767]

- Sheets Two weeks
- Comforter/duvet cover Until it has a stain or the end of the season
- Bath towel One week
- Kitchen towel One week
- A pair of jeans Until they are either visibly dirty or the butt is saggy
- Gym clothes a few wears, probably 3
- A cotton t-shirt until it is dirty or stretched out
- A suit until I notice a stain or spill something on it, then it gets dry cleaned
- A formal dress Um, never? Unless I notice a spot or something, I just hang them back up after wearing

[marylou]

Oh and laundry confession: I do all the laundry, and DH likes for his jeans to be washed after every wear. That's insane and not going to happen. I typically just fold them, put them away, and tell him they've been washed. So really, he also goes about 5-6 wears. Bad wife.