College laundry services?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i don't understand parents who pay for this.

kids can do their own laundry. it's part of growing up and managing life.

what else can't your kid do for him/herself?

I don't understand parents who can mind their own Effing business? I have not college aged kid but what other parents allow with their kid's laundry will not be a concern of mine.

What else are you nosy about in life? Geez. Get a life.

Someone started a thread on the topic silly!!

[Anonymous]

I remember my mom putting $20 under the fitted sheet when they unpacked his dorm. He called in April to say - amazing! - there was $20 on his mattress.

[Anonymous]

When we went on a tour of University of Rhode Island, tour guide mentioned there were companies who did this. Pick-up/drop off at the dorm. It was a negative as far as I was concerned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We won't even pay for housecleaning, lawn care or car wash, so no, kids have to do their own laundry.

Wow, go you. Some of us are too busy to clean our own 7000 sq ft house or mow our 5 acre lot. I do wash my own car though. Please don't expect everyone to live as you do. We are all different.

DP. Way to flaunt your wealth. Blech.

[Anonymous]

Doing laundry, you met people. In an unpretentious way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i don't understand parents who pay for this.

kids can do their own laundry. it's part of growing up and managing life.

what else can't your kid do for him/herself?

I don't understand parents who can mind their own Effing business? I have not college aged kid but what other parents allow with their kid's laundry will not be a concern of mine.

What else are you nosy about in life? Geez. Get a life.

Someone started a thread on the topic silly!!

Just because their is a judgy or nosey or mean thought in your head doesn't mean you need to say it, whether it was solicited or not.

And lbh, this is beyond the OP. It's piling on, smugness, and superiority complex. And it's gross. It doesn't affect you so MYOB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i don't understand parents who pay for this.

kids can do their own laundry. it's part of growing up and managing life.

what else can't your kid do for him/herself?

I don't understand parents who can mind their own Effing business? I have not college aged kid but what other parents allow with their kid's laundry will not be a concern of mine.

What else are you nosy about in life? Geez. Get a life.

Someone started a thread on the topic silly!!

Just because their is a judgy or nosey or mean thought in your head doesn't mean you need to say it, whether it was solicited or not.

And lbh, this is beyond the OP. It's piling on, smugness, and superiority complex. And it's gross. It doesn't affect you so MYOB.

"Superiority complex" because I make my kid do his own laundry?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We won't even pay for housecleaning, lawn care or car wash, so no, kids have to do their own laundry.

Wow, go you. Some of us are too busy to clean our own 7000 sq ft house or mow our 5 acre lot. I do wash my own car though. Please don't expect everyone to live as you do. We are all different.

OP asked a question, I responded. Where in my post did I tell others to do likewise?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless your child is disabled, they need to learn how to do their own laundry. It's an extremely important life skill.

Our child went from college to executive management and didn't have time for laundry so he hired a house cleaner to take of things. So you may want to check yourself on these life skills bs.

well, aren't you special. most kids don't go from being a college kids to being an executive.

<eyeroll>

[Anonymous]

My kid has a full time job and full time college so yea, he pays for cleaners and laundry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless your child is disabled, they need to learn how to do their own laundry. It's an extremely important life skill.

Our child went from college to executive management and didn't have time for laundry so he hired a house cleaner to take of things. So you may want to check yourself on these life skills bs.

well, aren't you special. most kids don't go from being a college kids to being an executive.

<eyeroll>

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid has a full time job and full time college so yea, he pays for cleaners and laundry.

sure, i some cases it is warranted. in most cases helicopter arranging and paying for it is not warranted. obviously, everyone can do what they want whether i think it is stupid or not.

i will say that i have known kids who had the service but were too lazy to even bring it to the pickup spot.

also, many boys will not wash their sheets all year. best case is put on several fitted sheets and peel off one periodically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do most colleges have laundry services (wash and fold) these days?

Do your kids use it?

You're kidding, right? Laundry is part of the executive functioning for adulthood that college should in theory be fostering. If DC doesn't have a disability, then heck no on outsourcing the laundry. Geez.

I have done at most 10-20 loads of laundry since Junior year of college. I do know how to do it. Single mom growing up and I did the laundry for the house from about 12-13 until 17. And I did do laundry freshman and Soph years but starting junior year I took to fluff and fold. Not all that expensive. And I never did laundry again except in emergencies. So I don't think it is all that important. DC is in college and the weekly laundry service was like 600 for the year. Laundry pick up and drop off every week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do most colleges have laundry services (wash and fold) these days?

Do your kids use it?

You're kidding, right? Laundry is part of the executive functioning for adulthood that college should in theory be fostering. If DC doesn't have a disability, then heck no on outsourcing the laundry. Geez.

I have done at most 10-20 loads of laundry since Junior year of college. I do know how to do it. Single mom growing up and I did the laundry for the house from about 12-13 until 17. And I did do laundry freshman and Soph years but starting junior year I took to fluff and fold. Not all that expensive. And I never did laundry again except in emergencies. So I don't think it is all that important. DC is in college and the weekly laundry service was like 600 for the year. Laundry pick up and drop off every week.

Great deal…