Drying the washing.

Ridiculous! I’d probably would have quickly said doing my part to be environmentally friendly unlike some of my neighbors!

I always hang out laundry on the line, pants and all! Your neighbour was rude. Ignore her. Much better for your clothes and the environment to line dry.

Brilliant cartoon Foxygloves!

There’s nothing nicer than the smell of washing dried outside and if it’s bedding it’s bliss to get into.
When I was a child no one would put washing out on a Sunday.

Doodledog

Of course it's not unacceptable . If anything, using dryers is unacceptable as it uses power that could be saved. I use both, as well as an indoor heated airer, decision based on the weather and how likely it is to get things dry fairly quickly.

What is unacceptable, IMO is for a stranger to comment on your habits, particularly those you display in your own home, and even more so when she is a newcomer.

Oh, and the idea that hanging out washing is unhygienic is just ridiculous. Just ignore her.

Interfering old bat, you carry on and I hope the weather is with you. If that happened to me I would 'find' old tea towels, dusters, old shirts and sheets to put out every day that the weather was fine. Besides the sun makes things fresh, and bleaches out stains. I put some dust sheets out last summer after decorating, washed first, and after a day in the sun they were lovely, ready to fold and put away until next DIY.

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.

Was he a delicate old git? I would have been inclined to 'find' some old bloomers to hang out every day that it was fine. I hope you ignored her

Blossoming

I dry washing outside whenever possible. Your neighbour sounds like Hyacinth Bucket.

I often wonder where Mrs Pail dried her corsets, she always looked trussed up like an aunt from the 1940's

Why on earth do you need to hang underwear out of sight men, women, children all wear underwear for goodness sake mine all go on my line and why not if someone doesn’t like it ….don’t look mate

Offended by washing on a line ? Give me strength.
If I am putting washing on the line then the whole lot goes out, if people don't want to see underwear then don't look.

Just an update. The weather has been, and still is, sunny and (almost) warm. Bolstered by your comments I have been washing everything in sight, sticking it all out on the line and propping it as high as it will go. It all smells wonderful and fresh!

I’ve got a washing line full of clean laundry today (and yesterday) as the weather is glorious. A great drying day, as my mother used to say.

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.

I don't know what I'd do without a pulley, you're so right. I have mine in the kitchen and have for 40+ years. Near the gas cooker it dries things so well, but for feeling like things are properly aired and smell great, outdoor drying is definitely the best.
Neighbours being a bunch of rude, thick, eco-wasteful snowflakes would drive me mad. Afraid they would get two verbal barrels from me. And my undies go out on a peggy-thingummy too.
What is the world coming to, peg out and go for it! ❤️

gagsy

There’s nothing nicer than the smell of washing dried outside and if it’s bedding it’s bliss to get into.
When I was a child no one would put washing out on a Sunday.

Totally agree. As for Sunday washing you've brought back memories. We grew up in Mid Wales, and halfway up a hill. Mum ran a farm guest house, so Saturday was a day not to speak as we had laundry everywhere. She was mortified if some drying ran over to Sunday because we'd be thought badly of in Chapel!

Hang your washing loud and proud