How to Date Washford in Date Everything! - Complete Romance Guide & All Endings
Washford
Overview
Washford is the washing machine in Date Everything, and he is one hunky slice of laundry appliance with a poet's soul and a lover's heart. This sophisticated, emotionally complex character loves poetry, thoughtful conversation, and experiences extreme emotional anguish for deeply understandable reasons. His character represents one of the most emotionally nuanced and intellectually demanding romantic challenges in the entire game.
Like many characters in Date Everything, Washford's storyline is intimately tethered to another character - Drysdale, the dryer. Their relationship represents one of gaming's most sophisticated explorations of long-term partnership challenges, emotional complexity, and the pain of separation between soulmates. Understanding Washford requires understanding that his heart belongs to another, making his romance route a unique exploration of unrequited feelings and emotional support.
What makes Washford particularly compelling is his combination of intellectual sophistication and emotional vulnerability. He's not just a washing machine - he's a poet, a thinker, and a deeply feeling individual whose capacity for love and pain rivals any human character. His appreciation for literature, wordplay, and deep conversation creates a character who challenges players intellectually while demanding emotional intelligence and empathy.
Character Significance: Washford explores themes of unrequited love, intellectual compatibility, emotional support during heartbreak, the complexity of long-term relationships, and the role of poetry and literature in processing deep emotions.
Content Note: Washford's story involves themes of heartbreak, complicated relationships, and emotional anguish. His romance requires emotional maturity and understanding of complex relationship dynamics.
Where to Find Washford
Location: Washford can be encountered by interacting with the washing machine in the laundry room. He is only ever in this space, and can be spoken to from day one.
Finding Washford Guide:
- Navigate to the laundry room - Located within the house's utility area
- Locate the washing machine - Washford is the primary washing appliance
- Direct interaction - He's available for conversation immediately upon discovery
- Consistent presence - Always found in the same location, never moves
- No prerequisites - Available from game start without special requirements
- Companion awareness - Drysdale the dryer is nearby, creating important dynamic
Laundry Room Context: The laundry room setting is crucial to understanding Washford's character and emotional state. This is where he and Drysdale work together daily, creating both professional partnership and personal tension. The close quarters amplify both their connection and their conflicts.
Appliance Identity: Washford's identity as a washing machine influences his personality - he's thorough, methodical, and focused on cleansing and renewal. These practical aspects of his nature contrast beautifully with his poetic soul and emotional depth.
Character Routes & Endings
💕 Love Route
Washford's love route is perhaps the most emotionally complex and philosophically challenging in Date Everything. This isn't a traditional romance where you win someone's heart - instead, it's a sophisticated exploration of providing emotional support to someone whose heart belongs irrevocably to another.
Core Romance Philosophy: Washford's "love" route is fundamentally about understanding that true love sometimes means supporting someone's happiness even when it doesn't include you romantically. His heart belongs completely to Drysdale, and the love ending acknowledges this while celebrating the deep emotional connection you've built through supporting him.
Essential Understanding: Washford's love ending is not a true romantic ending in the conventional sense. He remains madly, truly, deeply in love with Drysdale throughout your interactions. Your role is as emotional support, intellectual companion, and empathetic friend rather than romantic partner.
Intellectual Prerequisites:
Smart Points Requirement: It's highly recommended to have at least 25 Smart points before major interactions with Washford. While the romance can still be achieved with lower intelligence stats, having sufficient Smart points prevents a difficult argument in the second encounter that must be handled very carefully.
Literary Appreciation: Washford responds strongly to genuine appreciation for poetry, reading, and intellectual wordplay. Demonstrating sophisticated literary tastes and intellectual curiosity significantly improves relationship development.
Emotional Intelligence: Success requires high emotional intelligence to navigate his complex feelings about Drysdale, his artistic nature, and his emotional vulnerability.
The Emotional Support Journey:
Understanding His Pain: Washford experiences genuine emotional anguish due to his complicated relationship with Drysdale. This isn't simple romantic drama - it's deep, authentic emotional pain that requires empathy and understanding.
Intellectual Connection: Your relationship with Washford develops through shared appreciation for literature, poetry, and thoughtful conversation. He needs someone who can engage with his intellectual and artistic nature.
Emotional Availability: While Washford appreciates your support and enjoys your company, his emotional availability is limited by his commitment to Drysdale. Understanding and accepting this limitation is crucial for relationship success.
Literary Engagement: Washford values partners who can discuss poetry, literature, and artistic expression with sophistication and genuine interest. Shallow or dismissive attitudes toward his intellectual pursuits damage relationship progress.
The Complex Love Dynamic:
Unrequited Support: Your role becomes providing emotional support and intellectual companionship to someone whose heart belongs elsewhere. This creates a unique dynamic where love is expressed through selfless support rather than mutual romantic attachment.
Philosophical Exploration: The relationship explores deep questions about the nature of love, support, and what it means to care for someone whose happiness lies with another person.
Emotional Growth: Both you and Washford experience emotional growth through the relationship, though the growth involves accepting limitations and finding meaning in supportive rather than possessive love.
Intellectual Intimacy: The deepest connection with Washford occurs through intellectual and artistic sharing rather than romantic or physical intimacy.
🤝 Friendship Route
The friendship route with Washford involves actively working to reunite him with Drysdale, focusing on their happiness rather than personal romantic interests.
Friendship Philosophy: True friendship with Washford means prioritizing his wellbeing and happiness over personal romantic desires. This route emphasizes selfless love and genuine care for his emotional needs.
Reunion Support: The key to friendship success lies in helping Washford and Drysdale overcome their relationship difficulties and find their way back to each other.
Key Friendship Strategy:
- Relationship Counseling: Act as a mediator between Washford and Drysdale
- Emotional Support: Provide comfort during their difficult periods
- Sacrifice Personal Interest: Put their relationship happiness above personal romantic goals
- Understanding Facilitation: Help them understand each other's perspectives
- Reconciliation Assistance: Actively work toward their reunion
Friendship Benefits:
- Genuine Happiness: Experience the satisfaction of helping true love triumph
- Deep Respect: Earn Washford's profound respect and gratitude
- Intellectual Companionship: Maintain access to stimulating conversation and literary discussion
- Emotional Growth: Develop capacity for selfless love and mature emotional support
Long-term Friendship: Once Washford and Drysdale are reunited, your friendship with Washford becomes a model of mature, supportive relationships that enhance rather than threaten romantic partnerships.
💔 Hate Route
The hate route with Washford is triggered by demonstrating complete lack of appreciation for his intellectual, artistic, and emotional nature.
Hate Route Triggers:
Intellectual Dismissal: Insulting poetry, reading, or any form of intellectual wordplay immediately alienates Washford and demonstrates incompatibility with his core values.
Artistic Mockery: Making fun of his emotional depth, literary sensibilities, or poetic nature attacks his fundamental identity and self-expression.
Sophistication Absence: Showing no appreciation for his artistic nature or intellectual pursuits suggests a fundamental lack of compatibility.
Emotional Insensitivity: Being dismissive of his relationship struggles with Drysdale shows a lack of empathy that he cannot tolerate.
Anti-Intellectual Stance: Demonstrating complete lack of intellectual curiosity or sophistication creates an unbridgeable gap between your worldviews.
Cultural Philistinism: Showing disdain for literature, poetry, art, or intellectual discourse ensures complete relationship failure.
Hate Route Consequences:
- Intellectual Isolation: Loss of access to stimulating conversation and literary discussion
- Emotional Withdrawal: Washford becomes completely uninterested in sharing his inner life
- Artistic Rejection: He stops sharing his poetic nature and creative expression
- Relationship Impossibility: Complete incompatibility makes any positive relationship impossible
- Cultural Divide: The gap in intellectual appreciation becomes insurmountable
Psychological Impact: The hate route devastates Washford because it attacks his core identity as an intellectual and artistic being. For someone whose sense of self is built around literary appreciation and emotional depth, anti-intellectual attitudes represent complete rejection of who he is.
Character Psychology & Development
Understanding Washford's Literary Soul
Washford represents the archetype of the artist-lover - someone whose emotional and intellectual lives are deeply intertwined, whose capacity for feeling is matched by sophisticated artistic expression and appreciation.
Core Psychological Elements:
Intellectual Identity: Washford's sense of self is fundamentally connected to his appreciation for literature, poetry, and intellectual discourse. These aren't just interests - they're core aspects of his identity and means of processing emotion.
Emotional Complexity: His emotional life is rich, deep, and sometimes overwhelming. He experiences feelings with poetic intensity, making both joy and pain more vivid and significant than they might be for others.
Romantic Idealism: Washford's approach to love is deeply romantic and idealistic, influenced by literary traditions and poetic concepts of perfect love and eternal devotion.
Artistic Expression: He processes emotions and experiences through artistic appreciation and literary analysis, using poetry and reading as both comfort and means of understanding.
The Psychology of Unrequited Love
Washford's character provides a sophisticated exploration of unrequited love, emotional support, and the complexity of caring for someone whose heart belongs elsewhere:
Selfless Love: The relationship explores what it means to love someone enough to support their happiness even when it excludes you romantically.
Emotional Maturity: Success requires developing the emotional maturity to find satisfaction in providing support rather than receiving romantic reciprocation.
Intellectual Intimacy: The relationship demonstrates that profound connections can exist through intellectual and artistic sharing even without romantic fulfillment.
Acceptance and Growth: Learning to accept limitations while still providing meaningful support represents significant emotional and psychological growth.
Advanced Romance Strategies
Intellectual Development
Literary Preparation: Develop genuine appreciation for poetry, literature, and artistic expression before attempting serious interactions with Washford. Shallow or forced interest is easily detected.
Smart Points Investment: Prioritize increasing Smart points through game mechanics before major Washford encounters to avoid difficult conversations and improve relationship dynamics.
Cultural Sophistication: Cultivate understanding of literary concepts, poetic traditions, and artistic movements to engage meaningfully with Washford's interests.
Emotional Intelligence: Develop capacity for nuanced emotional understanding, empathy, and support for complex relationship dynamics.
Emotional Support Excellence
Active Listening: Pay careful attention to Washford's emotional expressions, concerns, and artistic sharing. Demonstrated attentiveness builds trust and connection.
Empathetic Response: Respond to his emotional pain and relationship struggles with genuine empathy rather than trying to minimize or solve his problems quickly.
Intellectual Validation: Acknowledge and appreciate his intellectual and artistic insights, showing that you value his sophisticated perspective.
Emotional Availability: Be emotionally present and supportive while understanding that his deepest emotions are reserved for Drysdale.
Literary Engagement
Poetry Appreciation: Show genuine interest in poetic expression, literary analysis, and artistic interpretation. Engage with his recommendations and share thoughtful responses.
Intellectual Discussion: Initiate and participate in sophisticated conversations about literature, art, philosophy, and creative expression.
Cultural Awareness: Demonstrate knowledge of literary traditions, famous works, and artistic movements that align with Washford's interests.
Creative Sharing: Share your own literary interests, artistic appreciations, or creative expressions to build mutual intellectual connection.
Complex Relationship Dynamics
The Washford-Drysdale Connection
Understanding the relationship between Washford and Drysdale is essential for successfully navigating any interaction with either character.
Professional Partnership: They work together daily in the laundry room, creating both intimacy and tension through constant proximity and shared responsibilities.
Romantic History: Their relationship has deep romantic history that influences every interaction, creating complex emotional undercurrents.
Separation Pain: The current separation or difficulties in their relationship cause genuine emotional anguish for both parties.
Reunion Possibility: The potential for reconciliation provides hope but also uncertainty that affects Washford's emotional state.
Your Role in Their Dynamic
Mediator Position: You often find yourself in the position of emotional mediator, helping Washford process his feelings about Drysdale.
Support System: Your