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When you buy new clothes do you wash it before using it? Have you considered that others may have tried it on before you? Consider this when you think about pants and shirts especially where the clothing made contact with whomever's underarm and crotch.

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I know I should, but I don't generally wash my clothes before I wear them after having bought them. There are exceptions. I generally will wash my grandson's clothes because he has sensitive skin and I want to remove the sizing and other "chemicals" left on from the manufacturing process. Also, if I think a shirt has a lot of dye that will come off on me if I wear it before washing it, I will wash it first.

I assume that everyone trying on clothes keeps their undergarments on when trying stuff on since this is the law. Of course, there is no real guarantee that they do, but I don't worry about it much. Also, since I always wear undergarments, my own "private" areas don't come in touch with the clothing.

I eat at salad bars too, and there have been studies that show this isn't exactly a sanitary way to get our food. I just don't let the little things bother me too much. At least I try not to.

Edited: tenaheff on 20th Jan, 2005 - 4:25pm

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We always wash new clothes before wearing it. I guess it is more out of habit than anything else. The exception may be clothes that come in packages like underwear or socks.

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I definitely consider if someone else has worn the item before me. If it is a packaged item that has not be opened, then I may not wash it. If it is regular pants or a shirt, then I will wash them before wearing them. Now if it was a suit, then I probably would not have it dry cleaned until it needs it. However, I am definitely not phobic about it.

Vincenzo

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I do wash clothes before wearing them. Not necessarily because of previous try-ons, but because I like to have the fabric free of the stiffness, and often the wrinkles from being folded or packaged.

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It depends on how quickly and soon I have to wear whatever I bought. If I am buying something last minute because I have to wear it, then it usually doesn't get washed. If I have leisure time and do laundry before I wear it, then I do use it. There are exceptions to that rule, though. If I buy undergarments that aren't packaged, I definately wash them beforehand.

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I don't even consider other people having tried on an item that I have bought.It just doesn't occur to me.

I don't wash new items, because I like them to look new. Once an item has been washed, it loses some of its 'newness'

I think you can always find something 'worrying' in every day living, there is already in my opinion too many things to worry about, without looking for more

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I always wash new clothes before wearing them. Why? Simply because there were other people who have tried them on before me. I usually think about other person's hygiene for instance, the other person who tried the outfit on before me, was probably sweaty or didn't take a shower before coming into the store! The only exception I am willing to make would be, as Vincenzo suggested, if the outfit is a packaged item, then I would wear it first and wash it afterwards.