You don't have to be rich to own a washer dryer.  Yeah it might not be your cup of tea, but a grown man should not be using other people to do his laundry still!  That is insane and childish.  You say you got a bonus of 25k for Christmas, use 500 or 1000 of that and buy a nice washer dryer combo unit that would fit nicely in your apartment.
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