Anyone else have indoor/home clothes and outdoor clothes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Except this isn’t India. You really don’t need all that.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Comfort and hygiene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This is some batsh!t crazy stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How exactly do you want me to prove that? I grew up in a solidly middle class family, small town, row house, nothing fancy, just like all of my friends. I would say that is pretty typical? Does that count? I am also well traveled by now, but that didn’t happen until post-college. But if you want to write me off as some rando, be my guest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Except this isn’t India. You really don’t need all that.

No one is suggesting you *need* to do this, just that they like to do it.

I am sensitive to smells and I love coming home and taking a shower and putting on fresh clothes. Like it's one of those little pleasures I look forward to. I don't care if other people do it, but I find it relaxing and pleasant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This is some batsh!t crazy stuff.

Yeah this is all OCD masquerading as hygiene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This is some batsh!t crazy stuff.

I do this too! Do other people actually put clean clothes in the same basket where dirty, sweaty socks and underwear were? That’s so gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This is some batsh!t crazy stuff.

That doesn't sound crazy to me, but our system is different. Dirty clothes go in hampers with cloth liners. The liners get washed with the laundry. Only clean clothes go in laundry baskets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This is some batsh!t crazy stuff.

I do this too! Do other people actually put clean clothes in the same basket where dirty, sweaty socks and underwear were? That’s so gross.

Yes, because we aren't mentally ill

[Anonymous]

Growing up my mother made us do this.

[Anonymous]

We do that too.

[Anonymous]

I typically change into cozier clothes like athleisure when I come home. It's not a germ thing, just a desire to be less constricted when nobody is going to see me. But I have heard other people say they do what you do, so it's not just you.

[Anonymous]

I like to change from work clothes to loungewear when I get home. But if I am already in loungewear eg on the weekend, I don’t have any problem going out and back inside in the same clothes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This is some batsh!t crazy stuff.

I do this too! Do other people actually put clean clothes in the same basket where dirty, sweaty socks and underwear were? That’s so gross.

Sweaty clothes should just go directly into the washing machine. You don't need to keep an eye on them in the hamper.

[Anonymous]

I do in spring pollen season, unfortunately. I also try to tie my hair in a bandana if going out for a little so I don't have to wash it multiple times a day. I miss not having a pollen allergy.