# How often do you do laundry? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507 "2013-08-29T16:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IMfez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f07891/32.png) [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/1 "2013-08-29T16:22:46Z")
How often do you do your laundry? As a male my honest answer is “not very often” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/2 "2013-08-29T16:24:12Z")
I do all my laundry on Saturdays or Sundays, depending on what else is going on. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/3 "2013-08-29T16:27:56Z")
We have two young children who like to spend a lot of time in the pool. Something is in the washer or dryer at least 5 days a week. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/4 "2013-08-29T16:31:59Z")
About once a week. There’s just two of us. I am SUPPOSED to do it faily (hahahaha), washing my sheets every day because of my dust allergies. That’s not happening. I usually wash my sheets once a month or so. It’s why I love having a washer/dryer in the house though: can do laundry on a tuesday night at 11:30 if I so choose. I think it hasn’t even been five years since we got one now. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/5 "2013-08-29T16:36:40Z")
My wife likes to wash sheets and towels a lot more often than I do. Plus, we just got small washer and dryer in our master bedroom. I’m guessing something is going at least every other day. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/6 "2013-08-29T16:40:53Z")
Once a week, usually on Saturday or Sunday morning. I usually fold and put away that laundry on the following Saturday or Sunday morning, when I suddenly realize I’m going to need that basket. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/7 "2013-08-29T16:57:51Z")
I’m a female who lives alone, and I do my laundry every week: usually on Sunday night. That includes my towels, but my sheets only get washed once a month or so. The dog’s blankets (one on the bed and one on the couch) get washed when they start to stink, and/or if I’m planning to have visitors. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/8 "2013-08-29T17:01:24Z")
My wife does it more often than I but I actually like to do laundry so I will do it on the weekends if she hasn’t got around to it during the week. Normally the laundry is done 2-3 times a week. We don’t like to have it piled up in a giant heap. There is something very zen about an empty laundry hamper with all the clothes clean, dry and put away. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody\_sMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/258eb7/32.png) [@Nobody\_sMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_sMama)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/9 "2013-08-29T17:11:55Z")
I used to be really bad about letting dirty laundry pile up and hated to do it once I finally got around to it because there would be so much piled around the filled hamper. I found a system that really works for me. I cut out the hamper and we just put our dirty clothes in the washer. Once the washer fills up, I start it and then I only have one load to deal with and I generally put it away right away. Now I know this wont work for everyone because a lot of people work in offices and have nice clothes that need to be separately washed. But we work construction and so all we have are crappy clothes so i don’t need to worry about our delicates. I recommend this if you don’t separate as it it so efficient and it is nice to never run out of clean clothes as the washer will only hold a few days worth. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/10 "2013-08-29T17:26:31Z")
I was banned from laundry duty two decades ago when I put something in the dryer on the wrong setting. I’m sure my wife wouldn’t mind if I was somehow able to learn but it’s apparently a complex process that can only lead to disaster unless a female supervises each and every step. Any clothes I fold need to be refolded as well, even my own. Folding fitted bottom sheets is so awful that I am allowed to do that sometimes but the rolling eyes usually put me off. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/11 "2013-08-29T17:33:54Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > I was banned from laundry duty two decades ago when I put something in the dryer on the wrong setting. I’m sure my wife wouldn’t mind if I was somehow able to learn but it’s apparently a complex process that can only lead to disaster unless a female supervises each and every step. Any clothes I fold need to be refolded as well, even my own. Folding fitted bottom sheets is so awful that I am allowed to do that sometimes but the rolling eyes usually put me off. The one time I asked for some help with the laundry, my boyfriend crammed two loads into the washer at once and none of the clothes got clean (it’s a HE machine so I do 3/4 sized loads at a time compared to an old top-loader). He can wash his own stuff, but I won’t let him wash mine anymore. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/12 "2013-08-29T17:39:08Z")
I do 2 loads a week (on the same day), one of inside stuff and one of stuff I’m willing to hang outside in public view. ---
**Author:** ![Whitney\_Harper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@Whitney\_Harper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whitney_Harper)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/13 "2013-08-29T17:39:23Z")
About twice a week in cold water, but I don’t use detergent because I’ve noticed (at least with me) that even the unscented laundry detergent still has something in it (I don’t know what) that gives me allergy-type symptoms. If I am going out on a date, (I am not married), then I will wash the clothes that I plan to wear on the date in hot water with detergent. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/14 "2013-08-29T17:43:54Z")
Since my ex moved in, I haven’t had to do much of it. He is a laundry machine, doing it what seems like twice daily. I do have to put it away, so I do hate that. He’s always been like that, washing everything in sight. I used to have to hide the Goodwill bags! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/15 "2013-08-29T17:48:32Z")
Just the two of us. We have two laundry hampers - one for white clothes and the other for color clothing - and we do both loads on Sundays usually. So although I voted once a week - I didn’t count the occasional mid-week loads for sheets and towels. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/16 "2013-08-29T17:51:06Z")
On the weekends, usually every 2 weeks but occasionally 1 per week or every 3 (!). I don’t have enough pants to wear for 3 weeks so I am re using them by then, but thankfully I don’t reuse my shirts, I haven’t stooped to that level yet! ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/17 "2013-08-29T18:06:53Z")
I wash sheets and towels once a week and all the other stuff together usually on Mondays. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/18 "2013-08-29T18:14:10Z")
Once a week, on Tuesdays. Usually two loads, clothes in one, sheets/towels in the other - we have a huge washer. Sometimes only one load, sometimes it’s three. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/19 "2013-08-29T18:24:58Z")
I voted once a week because that was the closest answer, but it’s really “whenever I have to, and grudgingly then”. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507/20 "2013-08-29T18:33:55Z")
I have enough clothes for 14 or more days of clean clothes, and so we do the wash every other week. Or rather, my husband does it 90% of the time because that’s just our agreement. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/667507.md?page=2)