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

[rob62521]

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

I don't care who does my laundry? Any volunteers????

Actually, my husband doesn't know how -- his mother never taught him and he has no desire to learn. I'm too cheap to send it out, so I'm stuck doing it. It's better than doing it with a washboard, though!

[Diolla]

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

When I was married my ex did all the laundry and he did a much better job than I.

Now I throw a load in everyday, DS puts it in the dryer when he gets home from school and we put it away together. Except Tuesdays, that is DS's day to do his laundry and he does it all.

BTW- I totally flunked the laundry test.

[Ima saver]

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Well my dh works 7 days a week, does all the housework and most of the cooking, so i feel like I really should do all the laundry. I do about 3 loads a week, so it is pretty easy!

[lrjohnson]

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I have no problem with My Guy doing laundry, as far as doing it right. However, he is much more apt to use the dryer, so I'm doing most of it lately in order to be able to hang dry it. He's frugal, but he's not on The Challenge, so and extra fifty cents here and there don't matter to him the same as it means to me.

Has anyone had a change in their household since posting in the thread in 2004, 2005?

[sarah]

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I absolutely hate doing laundry. With a passion, I think it is one of the worse jobs in the house and I managed to get out of it for years. However, as a widow I am doing it again. UGH. I usually put it off until I do not have a choice.

[Bookie]

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Never have understood what the deal is with doing laundry. It's not like we have to take it to the river and pound it on rocks.

I got those lessons as a kid. Wash clothes, cook a meal (and wash up), basic housework. It was considered survival training, and I was surprised to discover it wasn't universally required. My college roommate had literally never done a load of laundry. Took it home to mother.

Bit of historical trivia: During the California gold rush, miners set their laundry across the Pacific Ocean to be done in China.

[Broken Arrow]

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

Strange. I've always done my share of the laundry. I don't mind it. It's not like I have to scrub it by hand with a wash board or anything. I know the basics of it; not pretty, but it gets by and even smells nice.

[tgavin71]

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My husband is hopeless with washing. He chucks everything in together. Towels, sheets, clothes of varous colours. I usually have to rewash it all. I know he is just trying to help but it back fires. On the ironing side of things he is fantastic. Irons much better than I do.

[getforfree]

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My dh can't do laundry. Once I asked him to take it from the machine and put it in the basked, so I could hang it outside, he just dropped it all there, all messed up. I usually take one thing at the time and put it on the top of each other, so when I am taking one item, the rest won't fall on dirty ground. I also asked him to go and hang it, he said no, it can wait untill you are done cooking. If he ever cooks anything, he makes lot's of mess. So, it's easier for me to cook, than clean after he would cook.

[amberfocus]

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

Never have understood what the deal is with doing laundry. It's not like we have to take it to the river and pound it on rocks.

*LOL!*

I must admit that I'm not particular about most things, including how the laundry gets done, so the Boy does the laundry, and in fact, is better at it than me (he sorts, and I don't bother). He hates folding clothes, though, so I'll fold.

But I never understood laundry-phobia, either--unless you actually have to do it by hand, which I did have to do when I was abroad. That totally un-spoiled me with regards to washing machines!

~mimi

[geojen]

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My husband doesn't do laundry very often. I think he knows full well how to do things like this, he just does it wrong on purpose so I won't ask him again!! Case in point: When he cleans the bathroom, it takes him about 1 hour. He has to sit and rest while he's doiing it cause it takes him so long. We have a small bathroom! Should not be this big of deal. But he makes it big deal every stinkin time. He even completely removes the shower curtain rod from the room. Why?? What is the purpose of this, other than to passively aggressively state "Hey, I am cleaning the bathroom, I need a medal cause I am doing such a thorough job."

[Ima saver]

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My dh husband always cleans the bathrooms, all of them. That is something I have never done in my life. If only that wonderful man could be cloned!! I happily do his laundry!!

[b4freedom]

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It's funny, between you and me (and my wife when she finds this post), I don't like it when my wife does the laundry or the dishes. I'd rather do it and let her put them away. I HATE putting away dishes and laundry. Many times, my whites have come out blue or pink and the dishes aren't clean or a bowl is full of water. (Did you know, there are actually directions with a new dishwasher on how to load it - I wish people would read them).

Oh, and at age 12, I lived with my grandmother and she forced me to learn how to cook, do laundry, and sew. My MIL can't do any of that and so I guess my wife never learned.

[nanamom]

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When my DH an dI were first married I told him I would be doing the laundry that day and he actually sat down and gave me instructions on how to do it. He discovered that he had married an old fashioned girl who believed laundry was my job and he hasn't touched it since. I did teach my DS1 how to do it and will teach DS2 as well. In fact a decade and a half ago when I was deathly ill my DS1 took over the laundry and did all of it for several weeks. So it's my fault and I like it that way.

[tabbycat31]

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I am single therefore do all my own laundry. I dont let anyone touch my laundry due to an incident I had in high school when my dad threw a load in. I had a brand new pair of jeans, and he used bleach instead of detergent.