Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

[Razzy]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

my dh is welcomed to do any of those things if he so chooses I will not stop him. Now my dh is particular on how he wants his clothes folded and hung so he does his own folding and putting up.

Razzy

[PrincessPerky]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

My Dh came not knowing thing one about laundry, which up until my son was born was fine, but when you are nursing 20 hours a day a litle help is needed. I made a laundry chart for him. No sense complaining htat he doesn't know how to do laundry when no one ever taught him. Now he does most of it when I am sick, or whatnot. He does a great job, and yeah he isn't perfect but niether am I!

[Razzy]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

I totally agree that none of are perfect. I believe that when we have kids we need to teach both sexes how to do laundry and other things so they know how to survive.


Razzy

[MargaretKur]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

Talk about survival! I agree with you totally there. It's hard to believe in this day and age that many parents haven't realized that boys need to learn how to clean, cook, and do laundry. Also, they should realize that girls should know how to do some basic repairs around the house and in the car.

When I grew up it certainly was different. I'm glad for the sewing in home ec, but I wanted to learn how to make a stool in wood shop, too! Of course that just "wasn't done" so I know where a lot of you are coming from.

In our home, we both do laundry and are basically responsible for our own clothes. My husband is retired and I work irregular hours. I do as much as I can by hand in the sink. Occasionally, my husband will do some hand laundry as well. As for the laundromat (we rent and have no hookup for a washer/dryer) my husband usually takes the bulk of his clothes, plus anything of mine that is difficult to wash manually. Of course, he also takes the bedsheets and towels.

He uses a bit more detergent than I would, but that's OK. He likes to spend the time sitting and reading as the machines run, but that drives me crazy...I'd rather be doing something useful. So, he just brings my clothes home flattened and folded over once and I fold or hang them.

The only time he really wants me to go with him is when we're doing the infrequent bulk items such as the winter comforters and blankets that have to go into the giant machine (I don't know what's so "mysterious" about the big machine, but it's not a big deal, LOL).

It's great not to have to worry too much about doing the laundry at our house.

BTW, so as not to let the hand laundry build up, I do my best to wash underwear daily in the morning either right before or after I shower. Other things I try to do in pairs or threes so I don't wear myself out. There's no "wash day" mentality for me.

[Razzy]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

I refuse to do all my laundry in one day. I find that if I a load a day over two to three days it makes it much easier on the both of us. Yes occassionay we do have to do an emergency unexpected load, that is to be expect when you have a lil one. This way I can hang my clothes to dry and not have to worry if I can fit all the clothes on the line.


Razzy

[PrincessPerky]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

Oh my yes, two loads a day, every day, that is like 10 on one day! I could never do that! (I don't usually do two when DH is home)

I used to handwash my 'delicates' I would wash them in the shower while I was already there (soap and drying rack is rather handy) but now I am a bit lazy, 2 kids can do that to you .

[Razzy]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

I know people who do all their laundry in one day and they are ruled by their washer and dryer for that day. If I spread them out then I don't feel like I'm chainded or ruled by my washer and dryer. Now if I am behind on laundry because I am sick then dh will step up to the plate and do laundry he will even hang it for me.


Razzy

[SeeAPenny]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

DH washes, folds and puts away his own clothes (which he prefers). I do mine and our two kids. Works out well for us.....

[byusteeler]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

My husband does laundry as much as I do. He is AWSOME! My brother retired and was going to be a house husband. One day his wife came home from work and found him on the family room floor with piles of clothes and she asked "What are you doing?" his reply "sorting laundry" as the piles were all mixed lights, darks, colors, She asked "what criteria are you using to sort the laundry." He said " That much fits in the washer" She did not let him off the hook though. She taught him how to sort and now he does the laundry just fine. My son-in-law sorts just fine but forgets to check pockets. My daughter is still working on him.

[getforfree]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

That's why we are trying to wear the clothes a few times before they go in the wash. With 5 people now I have 5 loads on average a week, it used to be 8 not long time ago. The bedding and towels take lots of space, so I try to reuse them as much as I can. I do the laundry whenever I feel like it, sometimes I have only 1 load, because the other color load is not a full load yet, sometimes I have like 6 loads. I have enough hanging space for 5 loads, but in the summer time, by the time the last load is washed, some of the clothes is dry, so I have some extra space then.

[cschin4]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

Some "passive-aggressive" men act incapable of understanding laundry including presorting, etc. That way, they don't have to deal with it and their wives can do it. But, we both do laundry. If hubby can't figure it out, then he can wear pink shirts to work. But so far, he has demonstrated that he is quite capable.

[aurielle]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

DH and I each wash our own clothes. He has a blue collar job and I work in an office, my clothes need to be washed and dried differently from his.

I wash the towels, sheets and blankets.

[pearlieq]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

DH and I split the workload. I gather up the laundry, he carries it downstairs. I sort, wash, & switch it, he carries it back up stairs. We usually put it away together.

He has occasionally done a load by himself, but tends to only wash his own clothes. He swears he doesn't intend for that to happen, but it always does! In general, though, our system works for us.

[LuxLiving]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

The Hubster does his own laundry on Sunday afternoons. He likes it that way and so do I.

When I get up I put one load a day in for me and the two boys still at home. When CashHappySon gets up it is his job to move it to the dryer and to fold and put them away when they're dry.

On Saturday I do two loads, one whites and the other regular load for that day. On this day FrugalSon does the moving, folding and putting away. He works during the mornings during the week so CashHappy gets the job.

They also load and unload dishwasher.

Training future husbands here. Hope they get a wife that will work with them on stuff, but whatever the case they aren't leaving here 'stooopid' on how to do housework and cooking!

[JoyJoy]

Re: Ladies, if you are stuck doing laundry you have only yourself to blame

Hubby is the oldest of 10 children. He learned to wash clothes from his mother and his dad taught him how to press clothes just like they do in the cleaners. He gets clothes so clean and press clothes so well that the people at work used to ask him where did he take his shirts and pants to be pressed!! Now that he's retired he does ALL the washing and even presses my clothes. He loves to wash and he loves to watch the clothes agitate. He stares at the clothes in the water just like he did when he was a child, he says. I don't mind a bit. Would love for him to like cleaning all 3 bathrooms as well. LOL