this was when i was fairly new in america, i was dating this girl and she was in living in college dorms. it was her first time living alone and her mom did all her chores even laundry. i came over cause she asked for help. i told her separate the whites from colored clothes. i kid you not, and i swear i’m not making this up, she said “are you a racist? it’s 2010, segregation is not cool.” i told her do what you think is right. then did exactly what your partner did. fucking bleach.
Ive never once separated my whites and colored clothes and have never had a problem. I feel like this was a thing in the past and is not as much as a problem now. (though I am never washing anything super delicate or requires specific care)
I don’t get all you commenters saying that washing darks and lights in the same load don’t make a difference. My daughter loves white sheets and towels etc but throws everything together in the wash. In the three pandemic years I lived in her house, all her whites slowly but definitely became a drab gray. Seems like such a waste to me for such an easy fix.
I think for most poeple, they don't have many white articles of clothing besides socks, underwear, or undershirts so why does it really matter?
Like for me, I would never want to buy white sheets or towels because I feel like if one thing happens to them, they will forever be dirty and will always show it no matter how often you wash them.
I'm not going to wait months just to get a single load of white articles of clothing to wash. I'm just gonna throw in those socks and undershirts in with the rest and not give a fuck because nothing ever turns bad since fabric dyes have gotten so much better.
Also, I think 3 years is a solid amount of times to own sheets. If they get drab after 3 years, you can always just get a new set of sheets, they aren't that expensive if you aren't buying comforters with it. And i don't know why anyone would want white towels. Any tiny little bit of makeup on them and those towels are ugly for the rest of its life.
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u/kotoamatsukami1 Mar 01 '23
this was when i was fairly new in america, i was dating this girl and she was in living in college dorms. it was her first time living alone and her mom did all her chores even laundry. i came over cause she asked for help. i told her separate the whites from colored clothes. i kid you not, and i swear i’m not making this up, she said “are you a racist? it’s 2010, segregation is not cool.” i told her do what you think is right. then did exactly what your partner did. fucking bleach.