Separating Laundry

Sheets and towels can go together as long as they're close to the same color (wouldn't want black towel lint on white sheets). They both go in hot water and get vinegar in the load to help disinfect.

Sounds like DS's girlfriend wasn't taught to do laundry properly, or just chooses not to separate out of laziness. I'll admit I don't separate as much as some people do, but whites get their own load because I don't want them dingy, and sheets/towels go separate from clothes.

Sheets get washed on their own, as I usually add bleach. Also, adding in towels increases the wrinkle factor in the sheets. Towels on their own, because of their weight. I separate whites, darks, and super darks.

I’ll dissent! I wash everything together. We don’t have a lot of ‘whites’ per say. I have no problem tossing everything into the wash that needs washed, as long as the load is reasonably sized so the machine can agitate properly.

I used to separate everything but I have gotten lazy in my old age!! I separate out whites and sheets get washed separately but that is about it.

I separate by colors - whites, lights & darks. Our towels/washcloths are cream colored & there's only two of us, so they go in with our whites. We rarely have white shirts, so our whites consist of mostly socks & towels. Now that it's summer, I do have white pants/capris to add to that mix.

Our sheets/pillowcases are burgundy & get washed on their own.

I separate lights, darks, towels, sheets. It's just DH and I, I typically have 1 load of lights (includes whites) one load of darks and 1 sheets, and 1 towels. Admittedly I only wash my sheets every other week, so on the off week I throw pillow cases only in with the towels.

Sheets are washed alone, and towels are washed alone. Other than that, everything can be washed together regardless of color. I learned from my girls when they were in college to just use ColorCatchers. Love those things.

We generate enough laundry that separating isn’t even a question. I usually have about 8 loads a week and that is since being done with cloth diapers.

Do her a favor and give her a box of these.
They won't help with the fuzz that gets on clothing from towels & heavy socks, and they aren't gonna help if you leave wet laundry sitting around (where it can bleed into other wet clothing), but they are fantastic for catching dye runoff.

I use them every load. I'll toss in a new one with older ones I'm reusing.

The used cloths are absolutely fantastic for cleaning up the gunk that gets on the washer and dryer.

Sheets and towels are separate loads for me.

Sheets, Towels, Undies, Casual (jeans/tees - usually light clothes), Dressy (work clothes-usually dark clothes)

I rarely separate anything - usually only if it is a new item and I'm concerned the colour will run.
When my work uniform was white cotton then I did used to do those separately but that was a good long time ago now.
Now it all goes in together.

I live alone & I don't need my towels to be snow white...dingy is just fine, they still get me dry after a shower no matter what shade of white they are.
I have a good set of towels I put out when someone visits.
I pretty much only wear dark colours...I don't own any white shirts or many light colored clothes so I don't have to worry about that. My sheets are all coloured as well (no white) so they just go in with everything else.

So my usual routine is to grab whatever needs washing, clothes, sheets, towels etc and do it all in one load. usually once a week.
If for some reason I've got more then one load then I'll make some attempt to separate them for ease, but commonly towels and bedding goes in one load and clothes in the other.

I wash them separately because the weight and texture create a lot of friction in the agitate and spin cycles. I think separating by fabric type helps clothes look better longer.

I separate also, but sheets and towels go together because they are all white all the time.  Boring, I know, but it makes laundry so much easier