How do you get men's white y-fronts clean without using bio detergent (which they are so often allergic to) and a boil wash, which ruins the elastic ... c

Thank heavens the other half wears boxer shorts (much more flattering) and since I read him an article that showed what sort of things men can pick up if they don't change their underpants every day (thrush is the least of them!) he changes them every day. Many, many years ago, as a young married woman, I visited my mother and had to take a trip down Putney Hill to shop for her. It was a bitterly cold day and she insisted that I put a pair of my father's on over mine, to keep warm. I have never shopped so fast in my life, terrified that I would have some sort of accident and everyone would see what I was wearing!

Why do men find it so hard to not leave 'marks' ? Is it laziness or just leaving 'their mark' excuse pun. Maybe dating back to neolithic time when they peed and pooed wherever. Just a thought

Thanks Gaggi - you have just reminded me about the efficacy of Napisan, which does wonders for white, not cotton bras and pants. I have never had pants problems with my very clean old man but badly stained dish towels and cloths get an overnight soak in the sink (cleans the sink too) with a dilute bleach solution and into a 40 wash in the morning with great results.

Bin them and buy some M & S 'cotton slips' or boxers. I should also have a word with the DH. Mine doesn't deliver his to the wash basket looking as if they need washing.

Shove him in the back garden and turn the hose on him and then give him a scrub with the yard broom. He'll thank you for it.

Oh, it really isn't that bad. I meant men in general.

Umm............. jinglebellfrocks, do you separate your whites from your colours when you do the washing? Just asking.

Anyone tried Lidl's stain removing powder? I couldn't live without it - it gets all sorts of stains out of fabric, and is also brilliant for cleaning brown stains off teacups, coffee pots etc.
I don't have an OH to wash pants for, thank God, but that does mean I have to buy dusters!

tigger his pants go in on their own.

Teacher11! He is very clean! He has a bath every morning.

Quit knocking my old man. I have no doubt whatsoflippinever that his pants are no worse than the next bloke's. It's just being white cotton that shows the slight discolouration up. And, like I said before, hard water doesn't help with whiteness.

With boxer shorts, wouldn't that final inevitable drip go down his leg?

Napisan does not get baby poo stains out of nappies.

"Can't you just teach him to wipe his bottom properly?"

It's not that.

I agree with jinglebellsfrocks. My OH has white and coloured. I never put whites in with anything else, I just use Ariel bio powder and pop in a sachet of Dr Beckmann Glowhite stain remover. £2.00 for 5 sachets. All my whites look sparkling be it socks, towels or pants and when they go on the line I know I will not be embarrassed by off whites. My Nan used an old boiler and a "blue" in a sock, so thank goodness we don't have to do that anymore.

Just thrown the damned Y fronts away! Revolting items.

Don't be mean. He's comfortable in them. And a vest tucked into those slips looks ridiculous.

I am with jingles. I take great pride in hanging out my washing. I never put whites in with anything else, I think that's half the problem. I use Ariel bio powder and chuck in a sachet of Dr Beckmann Glowhite stain remover. £2.00 for 5 sachets in Wilko. Put in some nice fabric softener and that's it. Perhaps I am lucky that OH doesn't seem to be bothered about bio powder. All my whites, be it socks, towels or pants look sparkling in the sun on the line. I remember my poor old Nan sweating over a boiler and then using a "blue" in a sock for the final rinse, thank goodness we don't have to do that anymore.

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had not appeared so I did it again and of course then they both came up.

I might buy one or some of these various products. And perhaps use them. If I can actually get myself to care enough.

Thank you for all the advice.

#madeathread

Bored now

Jingl, is your OH John Major ;) ?

Well surely it's not just he-pants that present this problem. What about ladeez white kecks?

Ooh, ta 4 Lidl tip sluttygran.

Tena pads Jaxie

It find the 90 degree wash gets most whites clean without spoiling the elastic.

Thankfully it's not a problem for me?