Do you still iron your clothes or is it a thing of the past?

[Anonymous]

57 no ironing. Still have the one my mom sent me to college with just in case. No one has to dress for work. DH will send a shirt out before occasions.

[Anonymous]

I iron all the time. I ironed my sheets (well, the top 18 inches) and pillowcases today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently stayed in three European cities/hotels, and none of them had irons or ironing boards in the rooms. When I called down to the front desk to request it, they promptly delivered it to my room, but it had me wondering if ironing is the latest dinosaur.

When I am home, I don't really iron or steam my clothes much, but most of my clothes were wrinkled from being stuffed into the suitcase, so I was taken aback not to see them in the room as a staple, like a blow dryer. I can't recall the last US hotel I stayed in, so I'm unsure if this is a European trend or occurring in most hotels.

Do you still own/use an iron?

Own and use an iron.

[Anonymous]

I don't own an iron. Ironing is man's work and there's no man here.

[Anonymous]

It’s becoming a thing of the past. Clothes are more and more casual. Also, no iron shirts are popular.

[Anonymous]

We only use cloth napkins so I iron the napkins.

I wash the placemats but they usually fluff out.

[Anonymous]

I'm 45, dress stylishly, and come from Europe. My mother ironed something nearly every day. I vowed I would never do that. My husband gets the iron out when he needs to add a patch on worn gardening clothing or something. I haven't had to use it in years, and can live with a few wrinkles in my clothes. If it's something that's wrinkle-prone, I hang it up to dry.

[Anonymous]

I use my iron more commonly for blocking knitting and crochet than I do for clothing.

[Anonymous]

I do not iron my clothes, but probably would if I had to work in a professional career.

But all of my current clothes are pretty casual - - I just make sure to lay them out flat or immediately fold them after I take them out of the dryer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:😂🤣

Yeah, this.

[Anonymous]

Our iron is kept with the perler beads my kids craft with.

We use it for clothes about twice a year.

[Anonymous]

I own an iron and use it a couple of times per year, when I am sewing (quilts or windows coverings). For clothing, maybe twice in 3 years.

[Anonymous]

I use both an iron and steamer. Wrinkled clothes look awful

[Anonymous]

I use a steamer occasionally but most of my clothes are knits or non-iron, including work clothes.

I iron tablecloths and napkins about twice a year - when the basket gets full or I need something (usually I do a big iron before Thanksgiving/Christmas).

[Anonymous]

Like never. Expect for new curtains. Once or twice when my son needed to wear pants (not sweat pants) for a school dance.

I think ironed a dress in the last year or so for a wedding.