Drying the washing.

When there's a chance my washing could dry, I hang it out bras an all. It's more hygienic getting bleached by the sun. My tumble dryer doesn't work very well and I'm not considering replacing it anytime soon. In fact I noticed my neighbour started hanging her washing out as well!

eileea even after soaking and a hot wash nappies might still have a stubborn stain or two but the sun would always bleach it out!

Of course, most of us would be wearing them anyway Mollygo 😂
Well, not me, I call them cheese cutters!

Callistemon21!🤣🤣🤣

I wish I still had my clothesline ro hang clothes outside.
Not sure where the unhygienic comment came from. When I was doing cloth diapers I always hung them outside for the sun to give them a proper bleaching.
I would continue to hang my clothes and I'd also hang all my unmentionables as well.
I might even borrow some extras from friends.

No, carry on drying it outside.
It's more environmentally friendly.

She has ignored me ever since.
I will be polite and say just as well.

Buy a pack of lacy thongs and hang them out even if you never wear them 🙂

It is not only acceptable it is very sustainable, you carry on. Unhygienic my eye. By not speaking to you, she is doing you a favour. I would have her hung her out to dry.

...as if someone is going to tell me when, where, and how I dry my washing.

My most favourite thing is to hang out my washing first thing in the morning. Always checking weather forecast previous day. I love sorting my whites from coloureds etc.
After using clothes prop, I then walk around garden usually in my dressing gown. There is nothing more satisfying than looking at that line of full of washing blowing in the breeze.

The smell of sheets and duvet covers dried outside in the sun is one of my favourites. Ignore the neighbour! I once had a complaint years ago when we all used Terry nappies about them being hung out to dry. The man said they spoilt his view! Being a wimp I said sorry and henceforth at great inconvenience tried to dry them inside not easy in a one bedroom flat with no central heating or tumble drier. They shortly had a baby of their own……..mine were out of nappies by then!

Oh course you must hang your washing outside when the weather is nice . It’s very good to air it in the sun and breeze . We always hang ours out if we can - knickers , bras , pants and all ! Much better for the environment than using an expensive tumble drier . 😊

I remember a couple of years ago, i was sitting outside as it was a glorious day. I had 2 lines of washing out and i was listening to my next door neighbour's tumble dryer going round and round. I don't know how they afford the electric. What a waste. Thankfully they have moved now but i never saw any washing hanging outside.

I don't often hang out washing and never hang out undies but having comments like that from your neighbour would make me want to hang outside everyday. Totally rude and plain nonsense.

Ignore your neighbour
Totally ridiculous. I hang out washing whenever I can - even in the winter. My neighbours can't see it as our garden is private.One of them told me she tumble dries everything because she doesn't want bird poo on her washing. I don't think that's ever happened to mine and I love the smell of outdoor dried laundry.

How Rude!! You continue to hang your washing outside, Put underwear on a twirly peg thing. I hang my washing out as soon as the weather is fit enough. Not only does it smell nice and fresh it saves on the leccy too. Ignore your snobby neighbour. Oh and its not unhygenic either.

Goodness let it all hang out whatever next!! Knickers, socks, leggings everything! Mine my husband's my son's - if the weather's nice enough out it goes. If anyone, Christian, Muslim or whatever is offended that's their problem. Never heard anything like it!

You hang your washing out. Go, girl!
What's unhygienic - not to mention unnatural and energy intensive, is drying the washing in a box of steam.
Washing on the line is far more wholesome than washing boiled dry.

I always put my washing out to dry if I can, even my undies Otherwise wash it about 6 and put it up to dry in the sitting room where we have a log burner on the go and it dries over night.

Your neighbour needs to get a life and mind her own business!!!
It's a known fact that it is much more hygienic to dry washing outside as the sun is a natural germ killer. It's your garden and you should be able to do what you want in it. If that had been me, I would have had 2 words for her, the second one of which would have been 'off'. Definitely don't be put off hanging your washing outside. If she thinks she has won with that, she will start to say other things about your use of your garden. She sounds a bit controlling to me.

Your neighbour is an idiot and unpleasant with it. Ignore her and let her get on with her high bills and less fresh washing. What a cheek!!! If the worse thing you do as a neighbour is hang your washing in the garden then she is blooming lucky. As for unhygienic, well that shows her stupidity. For goodness sake continue hanging your washing in YOUR garden.

Dry your washing outside of course. I hang everything on the line, including knickers and bras, I bet her utility bill is more than yours, dryers are very expensive to run.

kittylester

I dry mine on a pulley rail in the utility room as our garden isn't huge but please do hang your washing out.

In our last house, our lovely next door neighbour asked if I would ming not hanging underwear out as 'it upset' her husband.

In our last house, our lovely next door neighbour asked if I would ming not hanging underwear out as 'it upset' her husband.

Unless you have a job as an "adult" star in a certain 'industry' where your underwear might be a bit out of the ordinary - I cannot possibly imagine what might be 'upsetting' about a washing line with drying undies on it.

From my experience with men and washing - most seem totally oblivious of what's blowin' in the wind on a washing line. Before my partner became too disabled to do the job, I used to ask him sometimes to bring in the washing before the dew settled... he would often look at me blankly - with an expression that could only be interpreted as -"what washing?"

Perhaps your poor lovely ex-NDN needs to gently suggest a hobby for her husband - just to take his mind off the washing line .

kittylester

I dry mine on a pulley rail in the utility room as our garden isn't huge but please do hang your washing out.

In our last house, our lovely next door neighbour asked if I would ming not hanging underwear out as 'it upset' her husband. grin
😂😂😂😂😂. Thus made me nose snort my coffee out 😂😂😂😂

….oh and my daughter always uses a clothes airer indoors in winter , and puts it outdoors in summer. Won’t have a line ( no room really) and won’t have tumble drier!

Hang out when it’s a blowy day ….dont like to hang out in heat when there’s no wind as the washing then has to be ironed. Ironing is a no-no for me unless absolutely necessary. Dry on clothes airer on dodgy days …and tumble dry only towels…and as I have too many of them I save that washing and only fo it about once in a three week period…so my tumble only gets used once every three weeks! Your neighbour needed a punch on the nose!

My washing has been out on the line for nearly 2 days now, we are having practically biblical rainfall here…🌧️🌧️🌧️