Drying the washing.

Yes, my daughter hangs hers out. She's just had her 30th birthday.

Can’t speak for North Cheshire but here in West Cheshire lots of us hang our washing out. The air here is cleaner than where we used to live in London but I always hung my washing out there.It’s a far more environmentally conscious as well as an economic way to dry washing and also there are clothes that I never tumble dry.I find it easier to iron sheets etc that have been line dried as they don’t get so creased.

I hang out washing, and I do not hide my underwear.
As for the nosey neighbour, she would be told if she did not look, she would not be offended.
Your neighbour sounds pretentious, ignorant and extremely stupid.

Our late teen granddaughter berates her Dad for using a heated airer rather than a line. So no, drying washing outside isn’t just for mature folk.

Ours goes outside when the weather permits, always has. My ma in law back in the early 1970’s often did a sneaky wash on a Sunday to be hung out on Monday morning. I say sneaky because while laundry on a Sunday was frowned upon in her village there was an unofficial competition on Monday mornings to get the laundry out first and no, she didn’t always make it . .

What is wrong with people these days. So very rude! Put your washing out it’s the best thing ever for the environment and freshness never mind helping with your bills. I think sometimes it’s laziness anyway, it’s probably easier to put them in a dryer with very little ironing needed.
I got a full line dry yesterday it felt great.

I would ignore her as she is probably a generally unfriendly, opinionated person.
Hanging washing on garden lines is as popular as ever it was - well round here it is anyway - and we have a mix of neighbours young and older.

Take no notice, if she has nothing better to do than look at clean washing she's in need of a life, my friend has a neighbour like that, there's always one up themselves in every street, the best laugh my Friend had was when they housed a family in the street with lots of kids, they put a clothes horse out the front garden full of nice clean washing, and still do

Well I would be taking the advice of some other posters and buying (second hand) and putting out some really embarassing items - very big bloomers, split crotch panties or a few pairs of long johns!

But then I am wicked that way.

No neighbour tells me what to do.

Before completely cutting her off I’d have to ask her what she thinks is unhygienic about hanging washing outdoors!

Oh gosh. Hang it out with pride. Sunlight is anti bacterial. Nothing like a good drying day. It raises my spirits. Need to get out more

I think it's insane to suggest it's wrong or unhygienic to hang your washing outside! We live in a flat and our lease states that we're not allowed to hang washing on the balcony. I think this is a hangover from the idea that only council tenants hang everything out on balconies which in itself is ridiculous.

I get round this by having a low drying rack behind the wall, or by laying larger items like duvet covers out over the table and chairs. Towels dry pretty well over chairs too.

I don't think that it's possible to dry a superking duvet cover in a tumble dryer without having a long ironing job afterwards, but a sun-dried duvet is crease-free enough for me.

I think that I'll put hooks in the walls of the balcony when the weather gets hot and claim that the hanging sheets are hanging in front of the windows to keep the room cool!

How very rude of her. I nearly always hang my washing out, weather permitting. I personally don't like the dryers with several lines. mine is one line across the garden with everything on display. If someone doesn't like what is on it then they shouldn't be looking into my garden !!

Another one here who hangs all my washing out, weather permitting.
A pity one can usually not get out the required retorts, being too gobsmacked that a neighbour could be so rude. Being a bit if a rebel where my rights are concerned, I would have a line if washing out every day, including my undies - even if they were old clothes and hadn't actually been washed!! Where do these sanctimonious di-gooders come from?

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.

This made me pmsl. Her husband must be living in the dark ages. Buy some really sexy knickers and hang them outside. That’ll either shut him up or give him a heart attack 😂😂

Our neighbours are in their fifties and hand their washing out. No problem. I spin mine on fast speed and then hang to dry. Towels do get tumble dried though. With the current weather my clothes are drying in the conservatory!

“Hang” not “hand”!

Usernametaken

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.

This made me pmsl. Her husband must be living in the dark ages. Buy some really sexy knickers and hang them outside. That’ll either shut him up or give him a heart attack 😂😂

I'm a rather generously proportioned woman and wouldn't hesitate to hang out a few of my large-cupped lacy bras in this situation!

Mine goes out on the line, so do most of our neighbours

Caramme, I too put my washing out on the line when I can. You are right to dry it outside. From an environmental point of it saves you money and you are not polluting the atmosphere. Using electricity produces emissions to the atmosphere albeit not in your immediate vicinity. Therefore, you are helping reduce your carbon footprint and reducing the impact on the climate which is such a huge topic just now. On top of that, washing dried outside smells fantastic. On really sunny days I always feel it smells of sunshine. Perhaps you should point that out to her if she ever raises the topic again.

get it outside, better for your purse and the planet, i dry my underwear outside, put bunch up ,my knickers to make them look smaller,

I wonder what my neighbours think of me. For many years, I’ve noticed I’m the only one who puts washing out but it wasn’t always this way. I like the suggestion to hang out a big pair of bloomers! I’m tempted to get my sewing machine as I’ve some lovely purple spotted fabric, itching to be used!

In darkest Hampshire here, climate change really does seem to have arrived
Today it is drizzling again.... the garden is a quagmire again We are also in an ice pocket so all bloomers will be stiff as flags on frosty days. Forgotten about the birds, squirrels, insects and their activities too

Still no neighbours to object ..... I am not too sure when I could have last put the line out
Possibly last summer

I can cut down on my own washing but hospital staff seem to need to change my husband's clothing...... woollens and all almost daily
I have taken to folding those items that still look usable and sending them back for him to wear again as he would at home
How on earth do people find enough room to hang stuff to dryindoors?

My incompetence led me to dispense with my tumble drier years ago Too many garments only fit for a large doll after its use

I have become an expert at sniffing at, cursorily examining and refolding items

Saves water and soap powder too

Well I'm absolutely flabbergasted! I love pegging my washing out, it smells and feels so much better. Unhygienic?? Well what utter nonsense. You keep on drying your washing outside as much as you can. As for her not speaking I'd look on that as a bonus!

How rude of your neighbour, I love hanging my washing outside . I have a rotary dryer and I’ve always hung my undies out . It’s never occurred to me not to until now due to this post 🤔. However my washing isn’t overlooked unless my neighbours are looking out their upstairs windows .
I have a pulley dryer in my utility room for wet days and I do use my tumble dryer for towels as it does get them softer and fluffier.
One point about the younger generation is that if you’re working , you might not have time to put your washing out before work and you need to be sure the weather will be dry. Also not everyone has a garden , my DD doesn’t

I think I would have needed to wash extra knix, because I would have wet myself laughing at her! Ignore the silly cow, and as others have suggested, get some saucy and/or enormous undergarments out there for her enjoyment!