Social media content creator, Allison Delperdang, has sparked a pretty heated debate after asking the online community how often they wash their pajamas.
What seemed like a pretty basic question has garnered a lot of attention, with Allison’s 30-second video racking up over 1.7 million views and receiving close to 8,000 comments!
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Keep reading to find out what people across the web had to say!
Iowa mother-to-be, Allison, started off her TikTok video by explaining that her mother made her and her siblings wear their pajamas “multiple nights in a row” as they weren’t dirty enough to warrant a wash.
“I need to know if people wear pajamas multiple nights in a row. When I was younger, my parents always made us wear pajamas more than like, multiple nights in a row because they weren’t dirty. And I still do that as an adult. I’ve worn these three nights in a row,” she began.
“So I need to know if as adults we’re still doing that or should I be literally making dirty clothes every single night? Are we wearing pajamas multiple nights or what’s the situation?” she asked her 20,000 TikTok followers.
@allisondelperdang what are adults doing these days? Asking for a friend… #pajamas #laundry #sleep #sleepover #adulting #adult #DoritosTriangleTryout ♬ original sound – Allison Delperdang
(When we refer to pajamas, this simply means anything you’d wear to sleep, which can obviously be anything from a t-shirt and boxers to a good old-fashioned nightie).
Experts weigh in
Martha Stewart actually previously weighed in on the debate, telling the TODAY show: “I absolutely suggest you wash your pajamas, your nightgowns, your underwear, whatever you sleep in, every day.”
The TODAY anchors – Carson Daly, Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker – also discussed this apparently divisive topic.
Daly revealed that he washes his pajamas “every day”, with both Kotb and Roker agreeing and saying the same.
An X (formerly Twitter) poll conducted by the show later revealed that the largest group, 46%, wash once a week. Just over quarter said they do it twice a week, and and about 20% said they wash theirs daily. Hilariously, close to 10% chose the “I’m supposed to wash them?” option (though, they’re probably living in a household where someone else does the washing…).
However, not everyone is as strict as Stewart, with Good Housekeeping magazine saying that once a week is the longest you should go, and the American Cleaning Institute recommending that pajamas get a good wash after being worn about three or four times.
What does the internet think?
As for what the internet thinks, Allison found out very quickly that everyone had a different opinion – and each person unsurprisingly believed that their way was the most ‘normal’ choice. Though, for the most part, the majority of Allison’s followers leaned more towards the ‘washing once-a-week’ or ‘only when stinky’ side of the debate (still, it did get pretty heated between certain users).
“No, new ones every night for me, I don’t wear jeans more than one day either (I know some people wear jeans several days in a row too),” one person commented.
“I’m a 2 night and done gal,” a further person wrote.
Another added: “I wear them for like a week straight haha I hate doing laundry.”
Someone else agreed, writing: “Wait. There’s people that DON’T wear their pjs multiple nights in a row????”
One internet user chimed in with: “I wear it till I feel like it’s dirty or I have a rough night of sweating.”
What do you think? How often do you wash your pajamas? Let us know in the comments!