Wives, do you fold and put away your husband's laundry?
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Anonymous
| Married 22 years. I started out doing all the laundry and folding it. DH would never put his away or at least keep the clean away from the dirty. Then he would say he didn't know what was dirty or clean, so just wash it all and he'd sort it out. Rinse. Repeat. Add in 2 kids. One day I got fed up with washing clothes that I knew were clean, so I stopped doing his laundry possibly 15 years ago. Then my kids started doing their own laundry. The younger one was better about it than the older one. Now everyone does their own laundry. I still have to move piles of DHs clothes when they're in the way of the rest of the laundry. |
Anonymous
| I'm a homemaker and my husband works. I wash his clothes which are mostly dirty work uniforms. I hang up his shirts and fold his pants. I put his folded pants on his closet shelf. He has his own closet. He complains because he doesn't like the fact that I put his clean clothes away neatly and organized. He says just throw them on the shelf and cram his shirts into one dresser drawer. Lol he's very messy and that's why I use the spare bedroom closet instead of sharing the one in master bedroom. Now he's taking over the big drawers in our built in dinning room area pantry with his clothes. He gets clothes from thrift stores that he never wears, he has about 15 dress pants and suit jackets that he's never worn that are wadded up in drawers. He has plenty of room in his closet and dresser but still complains if I tidy up and organize. |
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I put fold and put away everyone's laundry. My kids and DH do not match my standards of how clothes should be put away. It should not be a big deal if they can live with a messy closet or drawer, right? But the problem is that when they cannot find something in the jumble then they start asking me to look for it. I cannot stand the last minute headache of looking for a shirt or socks.
Another reason I fold the laundry is because we have limited storage and different styles of storage. To fit clothes in properly for everyone in their own space, I need to fold clothes differently for each of them. My DS's hoodies are on hangers because he has more hanging space in his closet. My DH's is folded in 3rds and kept on a shelf on top of his closet. I have sweaters that need to fit into a drawer that is only about 8" high - and I try to fold like marie kondo, so that every inch of the drawer is used and it is a cinch to retrieve clothes. My aim is that all the clothes are visible and easy to remove without disturbing other clothes. Stacking folded clothes only work on towels, bedlinens, socks and undies - stuff that just need to be clean. With t-shirts and pants etc, if I stack them, the bottom most item will be pulled out - so I try and fold it in Konmari style so that everything is visible and easily accessible. I have simplified laundry a lot. Towels, bedsheets are all White. Our undies are different colors so that there is no mix up. Socks are also different styles for each one of us, so that we can sort easily. I also do a load of laundry every day so that I am not stuck with a pile of clothes. It took some time but now laundry is very organized in our house. I have also taught my kids how to fold properly. DH can fold but very sloppily. |
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My dh does nearly all the laundry. Definitely his own and the preschooler. Mine and the sheets most of the time. He also irons his stuff and whatever of mine I request. Thank goodness the military taught him to be very efficient at all of it.
He does a great job and since it's my most hated chore it works well in our household. |
Anonymous
| No, he does his own laundry and has for many years. |
Anonymous
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No, he does mine.
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Anonymous
| Husband does all the laundry in the household. I hated it, much more equal now that he has taken on one of the 'big' chores. |
Anonymous
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My DH does his laundry. And does the kids' laundry most of the time.
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Anonymous
| Nope. We each do our own. I take care of the kid's clothes (and folding and putting away) and he does a lot of the household linens (sheets and towels). Though I do smaller stuff like rags, place mats, and the kid's towels and wash clothes. He does our towels and sheets, and we kinda ask about the kid's sheets and how long it's been. |
Anonymous
| No. I usually sort and he puts his away. |
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I mostly do the laundry, sort it, and put mine away, then the kids and DH each put their own away. I haven't really bothered to understand DH's side of the wardrobe, where he keeps which clothes, etc. I suppose I could, but it never came up. Also, he has a different way of folding his clothes than I do. Again, I suppose I could do it his way, but I never felt the need to. I leave his clothes on the bed next to the wardrobe, and he puts them away promptly.
I do know how the kids' clothes are organized, so I could put them away, but that's one chore that I can actually get them to do pretty easily. 
Oh, and I also almost never buy clothes for DH without him being there, he prefers to buy things for himself, or when we shop together. In general, I feel like you do that only for small children, and a grown person should be able to handle personal chores themselves. |
Anonymous
| DH moved out and left the family to pursue another woman. On those occasions when we both spend time together, I still pick up his dirty clothes, wash and dry them, and fold and put them away for him. I awill also still make his bed, and clean up after him in the bathroom and kitchen (doing dishes). I am a kind and forgiving person, and I would do no less for anyone who stays under my roof for a visit. |
Anonymous
OMG if I stay with you please don't touch my dirty clothes. Or my bed. THANKS. |
Anonymous
I always ask family, friends or guests if they would like to have their bed made and/or laundry done. You might be surprised to hear that almost everyone wants the latter. If you leave your dirty towels on my bathroom floor, and/or your dirty dishes scattered around the house and kitchen, I take it upon myself to clean up, because our family does not live that way. |
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I do everyone's laundry, fold, iron and put it away. I actually enjoy it. It's probably my least hated chore.
But some of you are probably washing towels and PJs after every use, sheets 2x a week and making way more work for yourselves than you need to. I'm alwa |