Honestly I don ' t even think it would ' ve been a huge deal if she had asked politely and been willing to take no for an answer . Something like hey if I give you notice before I ' m coming over would you mind taking your drying clothes off the railing ? I ' m not super comfortable seeing other people ' s underthings that I ' m barely aquatinted with . I think that would ' ve been a reasonable request . yeah idk i ' m actually pretty conflict averse irl but someone saying this to me would be a oneway ticket to well maybe you should consider that before coming into my home in future . basically all my friends live in shared accommodation and have since we left HS , and this just the most normal thing in the world to do . even before we moved into our own places , we were exposed to our families ' washing in each others ' homes . who the heck dries their clothes in their bedroom ? more to the point who the heck is a guest in someone ' s home and then complains about laundry drying where they can see it ? this is 100 % a gf jealousy issue as far as i ' m concerned , i totally do not buy that she ' s just in general uncomfortable with anyone ' s laundry and if she is she probably has OCD or similar and needs to get it seen to .