Aniessa and Emilio Navarro like talkin’ dirty. Dirty shirts, dirty socks and dirty undies. Rather than a bouquet of roses or the flickering flame of a candle, a sack of unclean clothes is oft the centerpiece of the newlyweds’ romantic rendezvous.
“We love going on laundromat dates,” Aniessa, 26, a lifestyle influencer from Nolita, told The Post. For around $50 a visit, she and Emilio, 26, a personal trainer, enjoy an intimate tete-a-tete at Laundry to Go on Mott Street as their gear goes for a rinse. “It’s where we catch up with one another, laugh, talk, people-watch,” she said.
“And we spoil ourselves with sweet treats while the machines are running.” The pair is in the rising number of twenty-somethings forgoing luxe liaisons at hotspots like Cosme and Carbone for some cozy quality time around a community washer and dryer. The swishes, sloshes and rumbles of the appliances have served as the background sounds of meet-cutes and meetups in Y2K romcoms like “Big Daddy,” “Friends” and “40 Days and 40 Nights.
” Now, Gen Z lovebirds, some who simply can’t swing dinners at bougie bistros or cocktails at chichi clubs owing to inflation, are, too, flocking to laundromats for inexpensive evenings out. The price of knocking out a load of laundry typically ranges between $3 to $12 per machine, whereas intimate nights on the town cost sweethearts across the US $2,500 a year . So, beneath TikTok’s #RomanticizeYourLife stamp, cost-conscious couples are gla.