Do people in the UK wash their undies in the washer?

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Apparently it's cultural to wash your under clothing in the washing machine. Underwear would be what you brits call knickers and boys briefs and boxers.

Do you Brits wash your knickers, and male boxers and male briefs in the washing machine or do you wash them in the sink or tub?

Washing machine unless particularly soiled or if ones washing machine is not working.

All washable fabrics goes in the washing-machine, and that includes underwear....and face masks....

Personally (being the macho type...) I never soil my undergarments... <jokingly said>

I still put my boxers in the washing machine. I don't wear boxers for more than a day.
Do all my own washing.

I did use to hang out with a smelly young man who used to follow the trend at the time
which was known as "Krusty", referring to a student like trend to pretend to be like new age travellers / self sufficient types... who were known to grow krusty dread locks, a lot like rasta dread locks but more unkept, and who
were proud of never washing their clothes for months if not years....

I personally hated that Krusty trend.

In some parts of the UK, it is more a custom for people not to even wear undies...
The tradition for Scottish men for example, to wear kilts with no undergarments...

but alas, these Scottish folk are a hardy breed, and they come from Celt Warrior heritage!
While the legend is these Scots do not wear undergarments, they apparently have a custom of wearing sporen over their kilts... which i believe may help warm the neither regions....

although I am not overly sure of that one.... and a bit shy to ask.... (especially in case some Scots, who are prone to be macho and a little homophobic, misinterprets my questioning as personal interest in his sporen contents...lol)...

or is the question...

do the undies wash their people...

Washing machine(Aussie here who’s living in the UK). I hand wash “special underwear” that’s a bit fancier/delicate. I never put brassieres in the clothes dryer though, as it damages the wire and they need gentle air drying to keep them in good shape.

I don't wash my underwear. I wear Depends.

Well being scottish myself i can tell you Scots only tend to wear kilts at weddings and other occasions, but there rarely wore outside of that.

I always wash my underwear in the washing machine.

Its rare that I hand wash anything. When I do, its usually sports stuff which needs a little bit of cleaning, but I don't want to wait an hour for the machine.

So, there is a culture of not washing underwear in a washing machine?

YES...

Where the hell doesn't?!