My thought exactly. I opened it because I thought how much can one possibly say about laundry. Little did I know what I was getting myself into.  I started reading it and saw how it flips back and forth. So I read it all because it was quite interesting (both subjects).

I love how this threads keeps alternating between the discussion of funky clothes and the discussion of farts. Like it's trying to reach a higher ground but just can't seem to find its way. Much better thread than you'd have thought it would be.

I guess I'm lucky that my 14-yo dd makes sure she tells me loudly & clearly whenever she thinks I stink.  Especially after I get back from a run. If I take time to eat & drink before jumping in the shower, it's "Eeeeeew, MOM!!  You smell!"

Keeps me on top of my laundry.

 

And just to make sure I cover both aspects of this thread, the same 14-yo dd still thinks that farts are hilarious.

I'm lucky that my 15 year old boy smells like a healthy growing adolescent. In other words, there is no way he can ever say that I smell worse than him, even after I finish a 20 miler.  Also, I have NEVER farted in my life, of course.

I forgot the original question... I wash everything I wear after I wear it once. Absolutely no wearing again my dried up sweaty clothes. Ewww... I make an exception only for warmer jackets and gloves, because if I need to wear them,  it must be mighty cold outside and I'm less likely to sweat then. But I use no special detergent and everything is washed together, civilian and running clothes, even darks and whites, and everything in the dryer after. If it dies, then it wasn't meant for me. You've got to be tough to live with me.

For running stuff that is really stinky I use the "auto soak" setting on the washer and toss in a few tablespoons of Borax. So far that has worked every time.  Before I started doing that, some of my tech shirts would still smell after going through the laundry.  I think it's the newer "High Efficiency" washers that are to blame.  They use less water and tech shirts are made NOT to absorb water anyway  Soaking them seems to be the trick.

 

 

Same here.  I refuse to sort laundry.  I have better things to do with my time & it all comes out clean anyway.

lol - my refusal to sort laundry is why DH does all of the family laundry. (I do all the cooking) He used to have a good deal until we had 3 sons : )

The only exception is I hand-wash my running bras. I was bringing them right into the shower with me and using the same ivory bar soap on them that I did on my body. Then hanging to dry afterwards from the shower head. (I wasn't wearing the bra in the shower when washing it, because that would be beyond lazy and painful to take off when soaking wet).  Now I have a liquid sport wash so I toss my sportsbra in an ice cream pail of wash and water while I shower then squeeze suds through and rinse/ hang dry after my shower so it is ready for next day.

All my other running clothes he does with his regular laundry. One wear, one wash. Exception running jackets - about 3-5 wears in between wash depending on the amount of miles on them. Running tights once/ week - because that is when he does that type of laundry.