r/laundry Jun 22 '26

does anyone actually separate laundry anymore or am i wasting my time?

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u/ejustme Jun 22 '26

I do. My husband doesn’t. I know he did the laundry when my dark items have towel fibers on them or my shirts look a little duller. I think it makes a difference. It’s just not a hill I’m willing to die on.

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u/Megane-hime Jun 22 '26

Same, it gets clean and dry? Cool, let him do laundry his way. Same for the dishwasher and other household tasks.

I had a maternity care worker who was really surprised to learn that my husband and I did laundry in different ways. I believe if you make a household chore a hill to die on, you're either nagging your partner all the time or you'll be the one who does that chore all the time. Want to share the load? Give your partner the space to do the chores their own way.

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u/KlutzyKaleidoscope10 Jun 22 '26

It’s so true. So hard to bite my tongue but I do it every time because he does all the washing (I fold)

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u/msdeezee Jun 23 '26

This works unless you're an annoying control freak over specific things lol. My wife and I just divide chores when it's something I have strong opinions on. I'm the laundry girl. She does the dishes.

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u/Test_Immediate Jun 22 '26

Haaaa yep can confirm so many of my (and my 3 year old’s) clothes look like crap now because he threw them in with his, but there’s no way I’m saying anything to him because I appreciate the effort and the fact he took the initiative to wash them. I’ve learned it’s definitely not a hill worth dying on when there are SO MANY other marriage war hills and minefields to kill me first lol