When I was in grade school, I wore my jeans until, yes, they were stiff as a board. My mother never mentioned it. Maybe she appreciated the lighter laundry load.
Now that I telecommute I may recycle quite a bit. I’m sure my wife appreciates it. I used to do laundry. When I was single there were 2 kinds - whites/hot/occasionalbleach and everythingelse/cold. Once I got married I learned there are like 38 varieties of laundry which I cannot wrap my head around so I capitulated to wife unit.