Does anyone else not fold their laundry?

[Anonymous]

i hate folding laundry and it sits in the hamper for days, as we scavenge through it, looking for specific items. then, that gets annoying, so i force myself to fold it.

i also hate:

unloading the dishwasher
vacuuming
cleaning the bathroom

but these are all necessary evils.

[Anonymous]

Who would've thought a thread about folding laundry could ignite into 7 pages and so much vitriol?!

For the record, laundry is always folded in my house and whether other people fold or not is a matter of complete indifference to me.

[Anonymous]

WOW! This thread was so odd. This is why I didn't buy a house with three floors...just so I wouldn't have to make the heartbreaking choice between time with my children and folding laundry.

These are the tough, tough choices today's woman has to make. Lucky for me, I live in a 3B condo and can both fold laundry AND play with my children.

But, if there is a place where a woman like me can donate time and money to women who can not both fold and play. I stand in solidarity with you. MY SISTERS!

[Anonymous]

I put it in the washer, husband flips it to the dryer, husband folds it, I put it away (except he puts away his stuff).

Not sure how or when this arrangement began but it keeps the peace.

[Anonymous]

I don't. My housekeeper does our laundry.

[Anonymous]

I hang all our clothes and the kids' clothes are still small enough to lay flat & fit in their drawers. Doesn't feel like cutting corners... except all our socks live in the "sock hamper," which I never pair and drives my DH batty (Not batty enough to take the hint to pair them himself, though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WOW! This thread was so odd. This is why I didn't buy a house with three floors...just so I wouldn't have to make the heartbreaking choice between time with my children and folding laundry.

These are the tough, tough choices today's woman has to make. Lucky for me, I live in a 3B condo and can both fold laundry AND play with my children.

But, if there is a place where a woman like me can donate time and money to women who can not both fold and play. I stand in solidarity with you. MY SISTERS!

[Anonymous]

I'm a meticulous folder and can't stand scavenging through laundry baskets.

That said, I'm a total slacker in other areas.

[Anonymous]

13:32 again. I worked in retail in high school and college, which I think is why I'm so particular about folding. I know it's not the best use of my time while I'm doing it - I snap up all onesies, zip and snap all pajamas - but it's just compulsive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hang all our clothes and the kids' clothes are still small enough to lay flat & fit in their drawers. Doesn't feel like cutting corners... except all our socks live in the "sock hamper," which I never pair and drives my DH batty (Not batty enough to take the hint to pair them himself, though

I rarely pair socks and have a sock basket. My husband did take the hint and every couple of weeks will ask for the sock basket. He will fold socks and watch his man shows.

[Anonymous]

I never fold laundry.

I understand why it's done - so clothing isn't wrinkly, neat, etc but I'm too lazy to fold the laundry, DOES NOT mean I'm lazy in other aspects of my home cleaning/organizing. Folding has just never been important to me.

Whatever works for each.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess you learn something new every day. I honestly did not know that there were people who didn't fold laundry. How completely lazy.

Whatever. At least I spend quality time with my children. What's the use of paying someone to do it when I could use the money elsewhere or Having the kids bored/parked in front of the TV so I could do something that serves no purpose at all?

There are many reasons to fold your laundry: your not an animal, you can find your clothes quickly; you are more likely to wear more of your clothes if you can easily see them; you're a grown up...just to name a few.

The excuses you gave were the same excuses my MIL used to give about why her and FIL's laundry was always piled up on top of their dresser and why they couldn't vacuum each week, etc.etc. If you can't find the time to fold your laundry I'm guessing that philosophy reaches into most parts of your life and organizational skills just like with her. Your excuses are just that, excuses, for being unorganized, lazy, or both.

We both work F/T with some odd hours even thrown in and we easily manage to have her laundry folded and put away at all times. Maybe do your laundry more often - 1-2 loads a days or every other day - and then the task of folding it all and putting it away won't be so daunting. Also, purge your clothes to make it easier. People typically wear 20% of their clothes 80% of the time. For me that's not true for my work suits/outfits or my gym clothes, but I have to keep this in mind for tees, shorts, sweaters, and jeans.

We also spend a lot of quality time with our children and we don't pay anyone to do it for us. It really is an quick and easy task. Also children can learn to fold their laundry and help put it away starting at a really early age. My 3yo can fold basic things and put most of his laundry away as can my older one.

Do you find that there are many other household tasks that you cut corners with or is this the only one?

My two cents: Anyone who can take the time to write five paragraphs berating another poster for her lack of laundry folding must be cutting corners somewhere else. Where, can I ask?

Can't think of where we cut many corners? We work f/t, spend a lot of time with kids and each other. Have hobbies, coach kids' teams, volunteer at their school, work out 4-5 days/week, have a clean/organized house, don't outsource much (oil changes, dry cleaning is all I can think of), spend time with friends, cook most meals, host our friends (we're hosting several friends/families with kids for Thanksgiving, we did Halloween pumpkin carving and H-night).

We're not perfect, but we've worked hard to organize and create structure in certain areas of our life so we can relax and enjoy a lot of free time in other areas. There are a lot of resources and ideas out there to help. iheartorganizing.blogspot.com is one of my favorite.

You sound completely insufferable.

I agree. I can't imagine being friends with someone like this. My guess is she doesn't have many.

[Anonymous]

I fold the laundry, but wait until I have a few loads finished before I fold. It is one chore that I secretly enjoy, for some odd reason. The things that need to be ironed go in a basket until I have the time and desire to iron. I can't stand wrinkled clothes; I blame my mom, who ironed practically everything.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess you learn something new every day. I honestly did not know that there were people who didn't fold laundry. How completely lazy.

Whatever. At least I spend quality time with my children. What's the use of paying someone to do it when I could use the money elsewhere or Having the kids bored/parked in front of the TV so I could do something that serves no purpose at all?

There are many reasons to fold your laundry: your not an animal, you can find your clothes quickly; you are more likely to wear more of your clothes if you can easily see them; you're a grown up...just to name a few.

The excuses you gave were the same excuses my MIL used to give about why her and FIL's laundry was always piled up on top of their dresser and why they couldn't vacuum each week, etc.etc. If you can't find the time to fold your laundry I'm guessing that philosophy reaches into most parts of your life and organizational skills just like with her. Your excuses are just that, excuses, for being unorganized, lazy, or both.

We both work F/T with some odd hours even thrown in and we easily manage to have her laundry folded and put away at all times. Maybe do your laundry more often - 1-2 loads a days or every other day - and then the task of folding it all and putting it away won't be so daunting. Also, purge your clothes to make it easier. People typically wear 20% of their clothes 80% of the time. For me that's not true for my work suits/outfits or my gym clothes, but I have to keep this in mind for tees, shorts, sweaters, and jeans.

We also spend a lot of quality time with our children and we don't pay anyone to do it for us. It really is an quick and easy task. Also children can learn to fold their laundry and help put it away starting at a really early age. My 3yo can fold basic things and put most of his laundry away as can my older one.

Do you find that there are many other household tasks that you cut corners with or is this the only one?

My two cents: Anyone who can take the time to write five paragraphs berating another poster for her lack of laundry folding must be cutting corners somewhere else. Where, can I ask?

Can't think of where we cut many corners? We work f/t, spend a lot of time with kids and each other. Have hobbies, coach kids' teams, volunteer at their school, work out 4-5 days/week, have a clean/organized house, don't outsource much (oil changes, dry cleaning is all I can think of), spend time with friends, cook most meals, host our friends (we're hosting several friends/families with kids for Thanksgiving, we did Halloween pumpkin carving and H-night).

We're not perfect, but we've worked hard to organize and create structure in certain areas of our life so we can relax and enjoy a lot of free time in other areas. There are a lot of resources and ideas out there to help. iheartorganizing.blogspot.com is one of my favorite.

You sound completely insufferable.

I agree. I can't imagine being friends with someone like this. My guess is she doesn't have many.

We have many friends who are exactly the same. Very organized and tidy houses without laundry baskets full of clothes just lying around. Many of the posters either fold their laundry or pay to have it folded, so I'm not in the minority by any means. Sorry if my tone offended you, but I was initially responding to the poster who's tone indicated that it's a choice of laundry or time with her kids - which just isn't true for MANY people.

[Anonymous]

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We have many friends who are exactly the same. Very organized and tidy houses without laundry baskets full of clothes just lying around. Many of the posters either fold their laundry or pay to have it folded, so I'm not in the minority by any means. Sorry if my tone offended you, but I was initially responding to the poster who's tone indicated that it's a choice of laundry or time with her kids - which just isn't true for MANY people.

Waah!!!!! It's all 15:30's fault! She should have known better than to respond to my post at 15:17 about "how completely lazy." And so what if I totally overreacted with my over-the-top post at 17:44 -- and what was the incendiary language I used there? Oh right, something about animals and laziness and being a mess in every aspect of life. And yeah, I did sort of apply these sweeping generalizations to EVERYBODY who doesn't fold their laundry. But 15:30 asked for it, she had it coming!

And I STILL can't imagine that not everybody faces the exact same set of choices that I face. And now in my post above you made me bend just a little (I had to say it "isn't true for MANY people") and it's making me start to twitch....

And when I go into someone's house and they have "laundry baskets full of clothes just lying around," I immediately scratch them off my social list and unfriend them on Facebook.