Throw it outside. You are kicking them out, not sending them on a tropical holiday. Why should you wash them first?

i think he/she is capable of washing and folding his/her own clothes

I think it depends on why you are kicking them out.

throw them in the yard.

I took all of my x's clothes placed them in the tub, poured mayo, ketchup, mustard, my cats kitty litter, broke his cd's, and his idolized CD player. Put it in a garbage bag, let it bake for a few days, and then i dropped it off at his house. Your alot more kinder then I.

just dump them in the yard

Be civil always. Put them in a bag (no more folding, just put them all in there), then give the bag to him or her. Then, smile at them and say goodbye. Give them another reason to regret that they've lost you :)

I'd throw his clothes in bags as they were. Washed or otherwise. Depending on *why* I was kicking him out, I might feel like binning the lot in the heat of the moment. But I'd hope sanity would prevail

Make him pack his own crap, if he doesn't toss them out side, he can get them there.

Keep the comfiest items for yourself, then give the rest to the Salvation Army. :)

Chuck 'em in a bag. Our well can't support a washer and dryer, and I'll be DAMNED if I'm driving 16 miles each way just to be nice to someone I'm giving Da Boot.

None of the above. If I am at the point of kicking him out, I am done "doing" for him. He can do it himself.

I am in my eighties and had plenty of men in my life. I broke up with about half and half broke up with me -- but not once did we break up mad. Look, when you once loved or even liked each other how can you end something, no matter what happened, on a note of hate? If they were worth loving once then they are worth loving always.

Funny you should ask that. When I was going through my divorce, I wrapped all the breakable stuff in her clothes and boxed that stuff up. When I ran out of boxes, I just basically threw her wardrobe into trash bags.

What movie is that, Waiting to Exhale? where she puts all his crap in the driveway and lights it on fire? that's pretty stinkin funny to fantasize about, but the real answer, you know, is from Margaret and Doggie S.

If you can't leave nicely than you have a lot of growing up to do. My heart was broken but I understand that I wasn't for him but I still care for him and always will.Why should I be angry or harbor ill will for him He did what was good for him at the time. I understand.

Have you ever heard 'Little Goodbyes' by SHeDAISY? Great song. It's about her leaving, not her s/o or whatever. Anyway, there is a lyric line where she claims to make a sandwich, but I have no idea if the sandwich is for her or the one she is leaving. The lyrics didn;t make it so clear. Listen to this and see what you think. The line is a part of the first verse, so listen carefully. ;-) BTW, the one with the shorter, darker hair is the cutest.

garbage bags....it's much quicker!!

it depends how deep the wounds are from the relationship, how well they get along, and how mature they are. washing and folding might be a bit much. i would be nice and arrange for a time for them to get their clothes. btw, i dislike the term "kicking your s/o out of your house". it sounds nasty, like something a control freak would say on a power trip. its disrespectful. i had one nightmarish split involving my s/o throwing my clothes into the driveway and running them over with a car. i called the police and they made him put them all back in the house and hang them back up in the closet. much better in my opinion to split on good terms, amicably & civilly. im still best friends with my last ex. i wouldnt have wanted to waste such a beautiful friendship by behaving badly during the breakup!

Well, I'm an Accessory Diva, so prefer boxes to garbage bags, and even with 3 ex-husbands cannot imagine hating someone so much that I'd throw their belongings out in the yard. A little extra courtesy now will buy you a lot of karma, Tjoe...

I was the kind of husband who played around too much. I was making a lot of money and women were easy to come by. I came home from a business trip at dinner time. My wife made me a nice dinner and we went to bed. - In the morning I discovered that she had cut one sleeve off of each suit and sport jacket in the closet but had left them on the hangers so that from the front of the closet they looked fine. She cut a hole in the front of of each of my cashmere sweaters. and folded them back into the bureau so that I didn't notice until I was packing to leave. She took a two thousand dollar cashmere camel hair overcoat and placed it under the wheels of my car so that when I finally pulled out the next morning I drove over it and pressed it into the oil and grease on the garage floor. The Judge was not interested in any of this when it came to alimony. She went straight by the book. Today I am very happily re-married, and when my ex-wife and I meet on holidays with our children we are fine together. My present wife likes her. Figure that out.

I would just put the clothes in a big trash bag and leave it outside on the porch for them to pick up. I would think that it is about time that they do their own laundry.

Such a mean question! I take it we are all adults and know how to behave with each other,lets use a bit of respect for another.

Is this a joke? Why are you kicking him out? Must be a good reason. Have a yard sale, get your moneys worth girl!

money's

i once kicked an ex out of my appt... i did not even give her the liberty of a garbage bag... she came home after what looked like a 3 or 4 day drug binge or something... she had not answered my calls and had just recently moved in with me... well she shows up at the door stinky and dirty after not talking to me for three days... i was like wtf, i told her to go away and i would think about letting her come back then... she tried to push her way in and begged to take a shower but i told her she should grab her stuff and go... she started balling and was obviously all cracked out on something, she made such a scene that i finally gave in to allow her to use the bathroom to pee then start packing. well she gets in there and what does she do? she gets in the shower... i was so pissed that by the time she got out i had 80% of her stuff on the sidewalk... we end up frantically racing each other, her bringing things back in and me taking them back out... after a while i came to my senses and allowed her to use me as a storage facility until she found a new place, but i think i should have left her stuff outside... jk, i am not that mean but she really pissed me off with her disappearing act when i made a nice dinner for us on the first day she was gone

Hand it to them, in a garbage bag. It's theirs to deal with, now. But I'm not mean enough to throw them out.

if s/he has been kind and fair, i'd probably wash and fold. if s/he has been unjust or irresponsible... then it's trash bags...

I have never kicked anyone out of my house. Since I am not familiar with the circumstances of the break up, I would opt for doing the kind-hearted thing. I would not wash their clothes. I would tell them when they can come over and collect their belongings. I think garbage bag is a little extreme.

i would put everything in bags and tell them to pick it up... dont look bad by throwing things out but you shouldnt have to be super nice to them when clearly the person did you wrong!

Moonchild, I'm sorry you perceived that as a mean question- it is a question. She needs to learn some self-respect, and I respect her for asking the question, wasn't trying to be mean in any form!

Depends if you want to leave it as a Bad or Good ending, I would be respectful of others things but I wouldn'tgo as far as to wash and fold their clothes

Okay, I thought it was you- you look so young. I can't believe with a newborn baby, she had time to wash his clothes. I feel for her. maybe she'll learn the hard way like I have. The only person I need to worry about is ME, and my angel daughter, and not ANY man! Easier said than done, but I have to do it or I'll be miserable. I have issues too. Thanks for sharing, give her my best.

He packed his own bags. I wasn't about to.

I put them in a double lined garbage bag. Then made a salad with all the rotten things in my fridge and to top it all off I dumped my dirty kitty litter in there. Boy I can't wait til he opens it in summer! Yuck!

Sounds like your s/o is a guy. Either way, give the person a break of clean clothes and stuff, if it's not too difficult or the person is abusive and whatever. He or she will need a clean, fresh start. Everything will cost more 'out there' - food, laundry, lodging and the works. Usually, relationships that reach the stage of s/o also include some additional matters that come up later on, no matter how hard you try to make the break clean, right now-and-forever: like all kinds of stuff that arrives in the mail, dry cleaning and packages that slipped your attention, telephone and other shared bills, medical bills, taxes, rent or mortgage settlements, insurance details, people arriving at the door expecting to see the 'kicked out' s/o, on-and-on for months or more. My point is, you never know how many times you are going to have to deal with the kicked out s/o. even after he or she is out of the house. If you are not reasonable, you may find a distasteful small claims court session, or worse, in store for you. But, you sound like someone who really wants to do the right thing, even though something has prompted you to seal the envelope, for good. I trust you are someone who knows what has to be done and has the spine to do it, while the iron is hot. Best wishes to both of you.

Hell no..I wouldnt..but then again I didnt make my ex leave..I got my shit and I left..LMAO :)

make him pack his own shit, its up to him whether he wants it clean or dirty!

She washed her own cloths (for once) so I supplied the bag...

dealing with this now, i can say that i washed and folded and set aside my ex s/o 's clothing. ""probably b/c there wasnt much there :) ""

When my ex kicked me out *for no reason other than he freaked out over commitment* he packed my things very nicely. It was weird. He did a better job than I've ever done. THANKS ASSHOLE FOR PLACING MY DISHES IN SUCH SAFE CONDITIONS

I'd burn it and buy a small urn for the ashes uo...

No you just put all there clothes in bags clean or dirty that's his problem now and send them on there way