Anyone else have indoor/home clothes and outdoor clothes?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s one thing to change when you get home. It’s quite another to change 4-5-6 times a day. I think it’s extraordinarily odd, tbh. And OCD. But whatever, if it makes you happy.

Can you invite someone into your home and let them sit down on your furniture?

OP here and yes, we have guests all the time. And my DH and DC don't do this (though everyone always removes their shoes). My two kind of controlling things are that I've asked DH not to lie in the bed in pants he wore to work (he rides the train to work), and I won't let anyone put luggage or backpacks on beds or other furniture because I think about where they go and it grosses me out.

But otherwise this is just something I do for my own comfort.

Yes. We do the same.

Backpacks and lunchboxes etc are kept in a special place at home because of this reason. Both my kids have two good quality backpacks and lunchboxes each that has lasted several years. We wash backpacks frequently so that it remains clean and fresh.

Our suitcases from a trip is unpacked in the foyer to prevent bedbugs and other germs to be transferred in our home. After that, we will wipe down all suitcases on the outside and disinfect and air inside.

We also wipe our laundry baskets after we carry dirty clothes to the washer. We don't carry back clean clothes in the laundry basket unless we have wiped it down.

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Mr Rogers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I usually change at some point after I get home, but it's more to be comfortable and to avoid getting anything on my work clothes when I'm cooking dinner.

+1
I have separate clothes to cook in.

So now we have:

Outdoor clothes
Indoor clothes
Cooking clothes
Lounging clothes

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Just being outside, like walking a few blocks to the post office or corner store? No, I don't care, but taking a hike in wooded or tall grass areas where there are ticks? Or gardening? Yes, I'm pretty strict that I don't want those clothes anywhere near bedding or upholstered furniture.

Always shoes off for all children and immediate family members, but we're less strict about guests, especially elderly ones who need their supportive shoes.

I use clotheslines to dry clothes and bedding when the weather cooperates, so most of our stuff spends some time outside.

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Anonymous wrote:A few years ago, I got into the habit of always changing the minute I got home, into clothes that never go outside.

I think it started because I started sometimes working at a bed table during the day and I didn't want to sit on my bed in clothes that had been outside. Somehow that kind of turned into not wanting to sit on any of my furniture in "outdoor clothes" and therefore treating these two kinds of clothes as totally separate.

So on a typical day I'll get up and get dressed in outdoor clothes so that I can take my kid to school. Then I will return home and put on indoor clothes (not my pajamas from the night before, though they are often loungey clothes like sweatpants) and work until lunchtime. Then I'll run errands during lunch in my same outdoor clothes from the morning, then go home and put the indoor clothes back on. Then outdoor clothes again for school pickup. Then when I get home from that I will shower immediately and change into pajamas.

On in office days obviously I just wear the same clothes from the time I leave in the morning until I get home at night, but I still shower and change immediately upon getting home.

I know this is vaguely insane, I don't expect many people do this. But does anyone? Ever since I switched to this, I really like it and even have a special place to hang up my outdoor clothes between wearings. I also think it might be helping me with my seasonal allergies since the clothes I'm wearing most of the day have not come into any contact with outdoor allergens.

No, sounds like too much work to me. Glad it works for you.

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Anonymous wrote:A few years ago, I got into the habit of always changing the minute I got home, into clothes that never go outside.

I think it started because I started sometimes working at a bed table during the day and I didn't want to sit on my bed in clothes that had been outside. Somehow that kind of turned into not wanting to sit on any of my furniture in "outdoor clothes" and therefore treating these two kinds of clothes as totally separate.

So on a typical day I'll get up and get dressed in outdoor clothes so that I can take my kid to school. Then I will return home and put on indoor clothes (not my pajamas from the night before, though they are often loungey clothes like sweatpants) and work until lunchtime. Then I'll run errands during lunch in my same outdoor clothes from the morning, then go home and put the indoor clothes back on. Then outdoor clothes again for school pickup. Then when I get home from that I will shower immediately and change into pajamas.

On in office days obviously I just wear the same clothes from the time I leave in the morning until I get home at night, but I still shower and change immediately upon getting home.

I know this is vaguely insane, I don't expect many people do this. But does anyone? Ever since I switched to this, I really like it and even have a special place to hang up my outdoor clothes between wearings. I also think it might be helping me with my seasonal allergies since the clothes I'm wearing most of the day have not come into any contact with outdoor allergens.

You come home from school pickup and then only shower? How can you not shower in the morning or before leaving house first time in the day? And so that was your BO the other day at pickup!

When you get home, do you shower put on pajamas and just go to sleep? That early? After school was usually messiest (when kids are young): snacks, art projects, raking, playing outside (like a backyard or very close by park), dinner prep (messier if kids are "helping"), dinner, dessert, cleanup, bathing (when kids were teeny tiny), throwing out garbage. Etc. So, do you hang out in pajamas around house after pickup and sleep in the same pajamas?

But yes it is recommended for allergy concerns that you don't wear "outside" clothes inside and don't wear "outside" clothes to bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few years ago, I got into the habit of always changing the minute I got home, into clothes that never go outside.

I think it started because I started sometimes working at a bed table during the day and I didn't want to sit on my bed in clothes that had been outside. Somehow that kind of turned into not wanting to sit on any of my furniture in "outdoor clothes" and therefore treating these two kinds of clothes as totally separate.

So on a typical day I'll get up and get dressed in outdoor clothes so that I can take my kid to school. Then I will return home and put on indoor clothes (not my pajamas from the night before, though they are often loungey clothes like sweatpants) and work until lunchtime. Then I'll run errands during lunch in my same outdoor clothes from the morning, then go home and put the indoor clothes back on. Then outdoor clothes again for school pickup. Then when I get home from that I will shower immediately and change into pajamas.

On in office days obviously I just wear the same clothes from the time I leave in the morning until I get home at night, but I still shower and change immediately upon getting home.

I know this is vaguely insane, I don't expect many people do this. But does anyone? Ever since I switched to this, I really like it and even have a special place to hang up my outdoor clothes between wearings. I also think it might be helping me with my seasonal allergies since the clothes I'm wearing most of the day have not come into any contact with outdoor allergens.

In some cultures, this is norm.

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Anonymous wrote:This sounds like anxiety/OCD to me. It’s one thing to not want to sit on your bed in clothes you wore to garden or even to take the metro. But “that kind of turned into not wanting to sit on any of my furniture in "outdoor clothes" and therefore treating these two kinds of clothes as totally separate” and by my count, six outfit changes in a day really pushes this over the line to an unhealthy place, mentally.

Not outfits, could be same outfit six or however many times

[Anonymous]

Mental illness.

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Anonymous wrote:This is very German of you OP! Many people there change their clothes when coming home — it makes sense as the washers are so small and most people don’t even have dryers. You want to keep your nice clothes clean as long as possible. Washing/drying jeans during a rainy period can take days.

I am from Germany and this is just wrong. I don't anyone in Germany who would do this. You might change out of work clothes into more comfortable ones, but not because of germs etc. On the contrary, Germans are nowhere near as obsessed with germs as Americans. We do take our shoes off in the house, though, I give you that.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m from India and this is what we’ve always done. We get into the house, wash our feet and hands and change into our indoor clothes.
I don’t wash feet anymore now but I always wear indoor clothes as soon as I get home.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few years ago, I got into the habit of always changing the minute I got home, into clothes that never go outside.

I think it started because I started sometimes working at a bed table during the day and I didn't want to sit on my bed in clothes that had been outside. Somehow that kind of turned into not wanting to sit on any of my furniture in "outdoor clothes" and therefore treating these two kinds of clothes as totally separate.

So on a typical day I'll get up and get dressed in outdoor clothes so that I can take my kid to school. Then I will return home and put on indoor clothes (not my pajamas from the night before, though they are often loungey clothes like sweatpants) and work until lunchtime. Then I'll run errands during lunch in my same outdoor clothes from the morning, then go home and put the indoor clothes back on. Then outdoor clothes again for school pickup. Then when I get home from that I will shower immediately and change into pajamas.

On in office days obviously I just wear the same clothes from the time I leave in the morning until I get home at night, but I still shower and change immediately upon getting home.

I know this is vaguely insane, I don't expect many people do this. But does anyone? Ever since I switched to this, I really like it and even have a special place to hang up my outdoor clothes between wearings. I also think it might be helping me with my seasonal allergies since the clothes I'm wearing most of the day have not come into any contact with outdoor allergens.

You come home from school pickup and then only shower? How can you not shower in the morning or before leaving house first time in the day? And so that was your BO the other day at pickup!

When you get home, do you shower put on pajamas and just go to sleep? That early? After school was usually messiest (when kids are young): snacks, art projects, raking, playing outside (like a backyard or very close by park), dinner prep (messier if kids are "helping"), dinner, dessert, cleanup, bathing (when kids were teeny tiny), throwing out garbage. Etc. So, do you hang out in pajamas around house after pickup and sleep in the same pajamas?

But yes it is recommended for allergy concerns that you don't wear "outside" clothes inside and don't wear "outside" clothes to bed.

You think someone who showers in the evening will have BO at school drop off the next morning? One shower per day plus deodorant is usually plenty to prevent someone from having body odor. Whether people shower at night or in the morning is a personal preference.

I also don't see the problem with putting on pajamas at 5:30 or 6pm and then wearing those to bed, if you don't go outside or do anything that makes you sweat. Especially if you are putting them on a body fresh from the shower? This seems fine to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This sounds like anxiety/OCD to me. It’s one thing to not want to sit on your bed in clothes you wore to garden or even to take the metro. But “that kind of turned into not wanting to sit on any of my furniture in "outdoor clothes" and therefore treating these two kinds of clothes as totally separate” and by my count, six outfit changes in a day really pushes this over the line to an unhealthy place, mentally.

Not outfits, could be same outfit six or however many times

OP here. Yes it's just two outfits (plus pajamas) -- one for outside activities, and one for inside activities. I just switch between them as needed depending on where I am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very German of you OP! Many people there change their clothes when coming home — it makes sense as the washers are so small and most people don’t even have dryers. You want to keep your nice clothes clean as long as possible. Washing/drying jeans during a rainy period can take days.

I am from Germany and this is just wrong. I don't anyone in Germany who would do this. You might change out of work clothes into more comfortable ones, but not because of germs etc. On the contrary, Germans are nowhere near as obsessed with germs as Americans. We do take our shoes off in the house, though, I give you that.

Can you prove you are a typical German? The posters on this board are extremely well traveled and I would take their word over some rando from a foreign country.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few years ago, I got into the habit of always changing the minute I got home, into clothes that never go outside.

I think it started because I started sometimes working at a bed table during the day and I didn't want to sit on my bed in clothes that had been outside. Somehow that kind of turned into not wanting to sit on any of my furniture in "outdoor clothes" and therefore treating these two kinds of clothes as totally separate.

So on a typical day I'll get up and get dressed in outdoor clothes so that I can take my kid to school. Then I will return home and put on indoor clothes (not my pajamas from the night before, though they are often loungey clothes like sweatpants) and work until lunchtime. Then I'll run errands during lunch in my same outdoor clothes from the morning, then go home and put the indoor clothes back on. Then outdoor clothes again for school pickup. Then when I get home from that I will shower immediately and change into pajamas.

On in office days obviously I just wear the same clothes from the time I leave in the morning until I get home at night, but I still shower and change immediately upon getting home.

I know this is vaguely insane, I don't expect many people do this. But does anyone? Ever since I switched to this, I really like it and even have a special place to hang up my outdoor clothes between wearings. I also think it might be helping me with my seasonal allergies since the clothes I'm wearing most of the day have not come into any contact with outdoor allergens.

You come home from school pickup and then only shower? How can you not shower in the morning or before leaving house first time in the day? And so that was your BO the other day at pickup!

When you get home, do you shower put on pajamas and just go to sleep? That early? After school was usually messiest (when kids are young): snacks, art projects, raking, playing outside (like a backyard or very close by park), dinner prep (messier if kids are "helping"), dinner, dessert, cleanup, bathing (when kids were teeny tiny), throwing out garbage. Etc. So, do you hang out in pajamas around house after pickup and sleep in the same pajamas?

But yes it is recommended for allergy concerns that you don't wear "outside" clothes inside and don't wear "outside" clothes to bed.

You think someone who showers in the evening will have BO at school drop off the next morning? One shower per day plus deodorant is usually plenty to prevent someone from having body odor. Whether people shower at night or in the morning is a personal preference.

I also don't see the problem with putting on pajamas at 5:30 or 6pm and then wearing those to bed, if you don't go outside or do anything that makes you sweat. Especially if you are putting them on a body fresh from the shower? This seems fine to me.

One shower a day is not the norm for DCUM. Three is the absolute minimum.