Wives, do you fold and put away your husband's laundry?

[Anonymous]

We had a very lively debate at Christmas dinner after it came out that my husband and I fold and put away our own clothes. We each do our fair share of laundry, but I probably do it more because I work a part time schedule. But once it comes out of the dryer, we each take care of our own stuff. It has never even occurred to me to put his clothes away. He's a grown man and is perfectly capable of doing this himself.

All of the other wives were astonished and apparently always fold and put away their husband's clothes. None of the husbands ever put their wives' clothes away. FWIW, the other couples were 10+ years older than my husband and I. (DH and I are late 30's/early 40's)

Are we the outliers or are there other couples like us?

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I put it away and sometimes DH puts it away. But whoever does it does it for both of us. It seems weird to be folding clothes and ignore half of it.

[Anonymous]

No, I don't.

[Anonymous]

A good wife does.

[Anonymous]

For the most part. Usually if I'm folding when he's hone, he'll put them away himself. Fwiw, I'm at SAHM.

[Anonymous]

Yes. We have a division of chores. It's much more economical chores wise that we both do separate chores.

[Anonymous]

We fold and put away each others' clothes. I probably do more laundry, but he definitely does some, too. Whereas he does other things more than I do, so it balances out.

We are as or more 50-50 on all chores as any couple I've known.

[Anonymous]

Yes I do. Laundry is one chore I really don't mind.

[Anonymous]

Everyone except the grade schooler usually handles their own laundry. If I run a mixed load (1-2x a week) I fold it all and put it away. If asked, I will run a load for someone, put it neatly in the basket and leave it on floor of his/her closet. This is what I do for the grade schooler.

[Anonymous]

Outlier on the other side. My husband does all of the laundry - including putting it all away. This means I often find things in strange places ( nightgowns hung up.... Silk tops in the pj drawer). But I don't complain! To be fair, I work much longer hours and many more weekends than he does. So by the time I would get around to it, we would be out of clean underwear!

[Anonymous]

Nope. I have a hard enough time folding and putting away my laundry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a very lively debate at Christmas dinner after it came out that my husband and I fold and put away our own clothes. We each do our fair share of laundry, but I probably do it more because I work a part time schedule. But once it comes out of the dryer, we each take care of our own stuff. It has never even occurred to me to put his clothes away. He's a grown man and is perfectly capable of doing this himself.

All of the other wives were astonished and apparently always fold and put away their husband's clothes. None of the husbands ever put their wives' clothes away. FWIW, the other couples were 10+ years older than my husband and I. (DH and I are late 30's/early 40's)

Are we the outliers or are there other couples like us?

And does he not do things for you, that you, a grown woman, are perfectly capable of doing for yourself? It's called a marriage, OP, often referred to as a partnership. You help each other out once in awhile. You should give it a try sometime.

[Anonymous]

I work part time and I actually enjoy folding a giant pike of laundry because on my days off it gives me an excuse to watch Netflix and not feel lazy. So I fold everyone's clothes, but then they all put their own clothes away, dh included.

[Anonymous]

SAHM here. I'll wash his clothes and sort them with everyone else's, but he puts them away.

[Anonymous]

I'll occasionally flip his laundry from washer to dryer, but other than that it's on him. I do the baby and the household (sheets/towels) laundry.