Roommate told me that I no longer have access to the washer and dryer. Do I have any recourse?

[Anonymous]

I am not a clothes horse or a neatnix but who are you people doing one load a week?? One load sheets, one load bath towels. Underware & white socks on high, one load each of colors and whites/near whites. I use dish cloths so they’re usually an every other and all bedding at least once a month. I air dry most clothes but while I can’t say I sit around and count how many loads I do-y’all one a weekers are odd.

[Anonymous]

You both sound unreasonable:

1. She, for being controlling and peremptory.

2. You, for provoking her with all this excess washing!

[Anonymous]

My old girlfriend used to tell me do the "small loads" by hand

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you washing clothes so often? I do one load a week and the washing machine isn't even completely full.

Well, your underwear isn’t really clean if you’re not washing in hot water, and neither are your sheets and towels. And if you’re washing everything in hot, you’re probably ruining half your wardrobe.

Lol, ridiculous. Hot water isn’t required for clean clothes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You, a single person, wash clothes two or three times a week?

Yeah this is a bit ridiculous lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you washing clothes so often? I do one load a week and the washing machine isn't even completely full.

Well, your underwear isn’t really clean if you’re not washing in hot water, and neither are your sheets and towels. And if you’re washing everything in hot, you’re probably ruining half your wardrobe.

Lol, ridiculous. Hot water isn’t required for clean clothes

Not even *warm* water is required for clean clothes. Science says: cold water gets close just as clean, unless you're washing cloth diapers. And washing fitted sheets in hot water is a terrible idea--it will break down the elastic considerably. Underwear too, for that matter.

[Anonymous]

Ugh. Too late. *clothes, not close!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously PP, WHO CARES!?!? You sound crazy, people can wash clothes however they want. This thread is about to go downhill, I can feel it.

Exactly. Which is why OP doing 2-3 loads of laundry a week is not a problem.

Your hysteria on the other hand is a problem. If a thread is going to send you over the edge, then move on. There is no need to send the thread downhill by you acting psycho.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously PP, WHO CARES!?!? You sound crazy, people can wash clothes however they want. This thread is about to go downhill, I can feel it.

Exactly. Which is why OP doing 2-3 loads of laundry a week is not a problem.

Your hysteria on the other hand is a problem. If a thread is going to send you over the edge, then move on. There is no need to send the thread downhill by you acting psycho.

There is some crazy in this thread, but it ain’t from caps and punctuation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with the people who said just move out, she sounds like she is crazy. also, I can't see how you are spending $300 a month in electricity and why is your fault, even with 2-3 loads a week. I live in a 3bd house, we are a family of 4 with kids, do easy 4+ loads at week and our electricity bill is half that amount. it can get closer to that only in the deep of the summer when air conditioning is on

Maybe the house uses electricity instead of gas for heating. That can get pricey in a cold winter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a single professional and I do 3 loads a week.

I don't have a massive wardrobe so I need to wash my clothes. If I didn't wash my clothes every week, I would be rewearing sweaty clothes.

I do one load of all my work clothes - dress pants, dress shirts, jackets, blouses, sweaters etc

I do one load of pajamas, underwear, socks, gym clothes, casual wear.

I do one load of towels / sheets / washclothes / dishtowels etc.

You *wash* all your work clothes? You are either ruining your clothes or they are really cheap and synthetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with the people who said just move out, she sounds like she is crazy. also, I can't see how you are spending $300 a month in electricity and why is your fault, even with 2-3 loads a week. I live in a 3bd house, we are a family of 4 with kids, do easy 4+ loads at week and our electricity bill is half that amount. it can get closer to that only in the deep of the summer when air conditioning is on

Maybe the house uses electricity instead of gas for heating. That can get pricey in a cold winter.

Also, utility rates are really high in some localities. I was surprised how high City of Alexandria was for a small condo. Someone explained it was because of the cost of their sewage system. The cost was often similar to what I would be billed for a large single family home with almost twice as much usage in another area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a single professional and I do 3 loads a week.

I don't have a massive wardrobe so I need to wash my clothes. If I didn't wash my clothes every week, I would be rewearing sweaty clothes.

I do one load of all my work clothes - dress pants, dress shirts, jackets, blouses, sweaters etc

I do one load of pajamas, underwear, socks, gym clothes, casual wear.

I do one load of towels / sheets / washclothes / dishtowels etc.

You *wash* all your work clothes? You are either ruining your clothes or they are really cheap and synthetic.

Not PP, but I wash my work clothes too. I don't, as a general rule, buy anything that's dry clean only, because it's a PITA. Obviously I don't have a job that requires $300 suits, but I have plenty of work clothes from places like Banana Republic or Ann Taylor that are machine washable and sadly not cheap. Wash on gentle/cold in a front-load washer, hang dry. Done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not a clothes horse or a neatnix but who are you people doing one load a week?? One load sheets, one load bath towels. Underware & white socks on high, one load each of colors and whites/near whites. I use dish cloths so they’re usually an every other and all bedding at least once a month. I air dry most clothes but while I can’t say I sit around and count how many loads I do-y’all one a weekers are odd.

Do most DCUMers only have the one set of towels and a week's worth of underwear? As a single person, once a week is totally reasonable. Whites (which take up the least volume. I hated wasting water on just a week's worth. (In case you can't fathom one pair a day AND working out, here's how: work out in morning, change out of old underwear, shower, dress for the day, change into PJs at night.). Here's ONE of example of a 1 wash per week schedule, totally doable for a singleton or couple:

Week 1: wash (and iron!) outer clothes for next two weeks.
Week 2: wash bed and bath linens
Week 3: wash underwear and Pjs for next two weeks
Week 4: wash bed and bath linens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not a clothes horse or a neatnix but who are you people doing one load a week?? One load sheets, one load bath towels. Underware & white socks on high, one load each of colors and whites/near whites. I use dish cloths so they’re usually an every other and all bedding at least once a month. I air dry most clothes but while I can’t say I sit around and count how many loads I do-y’all one a weekers are odd.

Do most DCUMers only have the one set of towels and a week's worth of underwear? As a single person, once a week is totally reasonable. Whites (which take up the least volume. I hated wasting water on just a week's worth. (In case you can't fathom one pair a day AND working out, here's how: work out in morning, change out of old underwear, shower, dress for the day, change into PJs at night.). Here's ONE of example of a 1 wash per week schedule, totally doable for a singleton or couple:

Week 1: wash (and iron!) outer clothes for next two weeks.
Week 2: wash bed and bath linens
Week 3: wash underwear and Pjs for next two weeks
Week 4: wash bed and bath linens

Yeah I could not skip laundry for a month or more and still have clean underwear, clothes, sheets, and towels to wear and use.