PSA: for the love of God send out your laundry

[Anonymous]

Oh I love doing laundry. I can't imagine sending it out. I love ironing too. I watch TV while doing it. There is something very satisfying about those nest stacks of folded laundry.

I always tell my DH that when I retire I am going to work in the Costco clothes section where I can go around and refold clothes all day.

I do have weekly house cleaners. I am not down with that.

[Anonymous]

No way I would send out my laundry. Laundry isn’t that hard - you can get the folding part done in minutes while watching your favorite show. I have too much invested in my clothing and other textiles to let a stranger cook them on the highest heat setting and damage them in other ways in an industrial laundry setting.

[Anonymous]

This is at the bottom of the list of chores I would consider outsourcing. In fact, it’s not even on the list.

[Anonymous]

God level option- let DH do the laundry and get him to actually do it WELL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glad you found a resource that helps your quality of life. Even in budget, I can’t imagine sending my family’s clothes out to be laundered. I don’t love doing laundry, but I don’t mind it.

Imagine it babe. Game-changer.

PP, here. lol. I’m sure it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way I would send out my laundry. Laundry isn’t that hard - you can get the folding part done in minutes while watching your favorite show. I have too much invested in my clothing and other textiles to let a stranger cook them on the highest heat setting and damage them in other ways in an industrial laundry setting.

We have done it for 6 years. I have some pretty high end stuff. Nothing has ever EVER come back damaged. Maybe 2 items have ever gotten lost, and once an item belonging to someone else ended up in our stuff. Pretty good success rate over 6 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God level option- let DH do the laundry and get him to actually do it WELL.

OMG no. If I were going to pick some tasks for DH to take over it wouldn't be something I can pay $30/week to outsource. Vacation planning maybe...

[Anonymous]

I don’t get this.

Laundry is the easiest thing to do: toss it in, hit a button, walk away.

What am I missing here?

It’s not like scrubbing toilets or floors.

Heck, even my 8 year old knows how to do laundry.

[Anonymous]

You still have to put it away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You still have to put it away.

They sort it by item type and mostly get right what stuff is mine, my son's, my daughter's, my husband's. So that goes fast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You still have to put it away.

Now THIS service I would pay top dollar for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get this.

Laundry is the easiest thing to do: toss it in, hit a button, walk away.

What am I missing here?

It’s not like scrubbing toilets or floors.

Heck, even my 8 year old knows how to do laundry.

If you're living out of baskets of clean laundry, it's not easier to send out. If you're not, it's a lot more than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You still have to put it away.

Now THIS service I would pay top dollar for.

Actually my cleaners do do that out of the delivered bags. But it's really easy since it's in stacks of tees, underwear, pants, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God level option- let DH do the laundry and get him to actually do it WELL.

OMG no. If I were going to pick some tasks for DH to take over it wouldn't be something I can pay $30/week to outsource. Vacation planning maybe...

Um what chores fit the cost/benefit calculation for your DH?

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to outsource dishes?

That’s our most dreaded household chore.