# How often do you do Laundry? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703 "2017-01-31T21:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/1 "2017-01-31T21:45:46Z")
I hate doing Laundry. It’s my least favorite household chore. So, how often do you do laundry? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/2 "2017-01-31T22:04:48Z")
When I run out of underwear…in practice, once a month. (Yeah, my bedsheets are kinda skanky. Whaddaya want: total bachelor.) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/3 "2017-01-31T22:09:50Z")
Too often (anything more often than ‘never’ is too often. I hate it too). ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/4 "2017-01-31T22:18:10Z")
Once a week. A minimum of three loads; sometimes as many as five. Two-person household. ---
**Author:** ![MedellinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@MedellinMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MedellinMike)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/5 "2017-01-31T22:19:20Z")
Hmmm, strange. The only part of doing the laundry I don’t like is the folding, and even that isn’t too bad. I do laundry 3-4 times a month, usually 1 or 2 loads each time. Although maybe part of this is the difference between having a washer and dryer in the house vs having to go to a laundromat or laundry room. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/6 "2017-01-31T22:20:21Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Once a week. A minimum of three loads; sometimes as many as five. Two-person household. Exactly this. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/7 "2017-01-31T22:25:59Z")
When enough for a full load accumulates. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/8 "2017-01-31T22:28:59Z")
Throughout the day, we throw kitchen towels, bath towels, and dirty clothes into the washer. When it’s full, we run it. Probably every other day, on average. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/9 "2017-01-31T22:44:12Z")
I do it once a week; a load of colors and a load of whites. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/10 "2017-01-31T22:46:21Z")
Sheets, bath towels, kitchen towels, and other miscellaneous items, once a week. Clothes? Every three months. Yes, I have that much clothing. That may sound exciting but it’s really not; I just have big piles of essentially the exact same outfit. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/11 "2017-01-31T22:48:24Z")
Wash clothes on Wednesday, come hell or high water. Generally speaking I do towels on Mondays and sheets on Fridays, but that has some wiggle room. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/12 "2017-01-31T23:12:39Z")
I keep two weeks supply of clothing … so I wash every two weeks … I typically spend the hour and a half flirting with the washer-woman there … so the time’s not a total waste … maybe I’ll get lucky someday … ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/13 "2017-01-31T23:17:52Z")
> [@MedellinMike](#): > > Hmmm, strange. The only part of doing the laundry I don’t like is the folding, and even that isn’t too bad. I do laundry 3-4 times a month, usually 1 or 2 loads each time. > > Although maybe part of this is the difference between having a washer and dryer in the house vs having to go to a laundromat or laundry room. Yes. I’ve been in a house with a W/D for seven years now and I still marvel that I don’t have to drive to the laundrymat anymore. Whenever I start to wish the W/D was on the second floor with the bedrooms, I remember hauling baskets of wet clothes into the house in the NH winter. I answered once a week since I usually do something once a week, but maybe not all my laundry. I have enough work clothes to last a couple of weeks so I stagger those; underwear, linens and sleep clothes run out sooner so I do those more often. I get past the hatred by piling the laundry (PJs and linens) on my clean carpet in the bedroom. I’m just going to wear it again, why fold and put it away? My work clothes get hung to dry so they wouldn’t be folded up anyway; they hang nicely waiting for their turn. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/14 "2017-01-31T23:39:26Z")
Every Saturday, for one person: 1 load of sheets (hot) 1 load of towels and washcloths (hot) 1 load of regular clothes (cold) 1 load of delicate clothes (cold) Every other week I do one load of underwear (hot), because I have enough to last. ---
**Author:** ![Lightlystarched](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Lightlystarched](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightlystarched)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/15 "2017-02-01T00:25:29Z")
Pretty much a load per day. Family of four. One night might be a load of towels. The next night a load of darks. Lights. Sheets. Colors. Towels again. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/16 "2017-02-01T00:29:04Z")
I do laundry almost daily. We have three dogs that get into the mud, when they’re outside, several cats that insist on horking on throws, and throw rugs. There are three adults that shower daily, clean clothes each day, towels for the dogs, throws that are on the sofa, and chairs, sheets, clothes, etc. It adds up fast. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/17 "2017-02-01T00:36:47Z")
I voted “Whenever I run out of underwear”. However, since my wife is currently unemployed, the current reality is that I don’t ever run out because she does the laundry before i can. ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/18 "2017-02-01T00:38:00Z")
Family of four - I am responsible for all washing except my husband’s clothes. He can get away with doing laundry about once every two weeks. I do about a load every other day, basically when I have enough for a full load of lights or darks. Folding only happens about twice a week though. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/19 "2017-02-01T00:39:28Z")
It’s just my Wife and I. We do a load or two every 2-3 days. Mine is quite easy. I don’t like doing my Wife’s because I don’t know where it goes to put it away and not accidentally hide it from her in the wrong drawer. Everything of mine either hangs, or goes in one drawer. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703/20 "2017-02-01T00:47:49Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > When I run out of underwear…in practice, once a month. > > (Yeah, my bedsheets are kinda skanky. Whaddaya want: total bachelor.) Pretty much me. Usually have 4 loads (underwear, shirts, towels/bed linen, blue jeans) and do them all the same day. Used to take my work shirts and slacks to the dry cleaners every couple of weeks, but since I retired that has not been a regular stop. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-do-laundry/778703.md?page=2)