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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I put the extra money towards travel and savings.

I’m baffled by people who complain about laundry. You put it in and walk away. What’s so hard?

Cleaners would be nice but I’d rather have that money for a nicer vacation. [/quote]

Do you actually do the laundry in your house? Putting it in is one of many steps. Sorting, washing, drying, folding, putting away. Let me guess, your wife does all the laundry? [/quote]

I am the wife. And I have a demanding job and a handful of kids.

We have laundry baskets in each room for clothes and laundry baskets in the 3 bathrooms where we shower.

I alternate days of clothing and towels. Sheets are done every week or so separately. We have multiple sets of back up sheets.

I do a load of something each night.

My teens/tweens have been trained to do laundry and are responsible for folding and putting away their laundry. Sometimes I do it for them, but mostly I leave it on their bed or desk for them to put away.

Laundry is only hard if you make it hard.

How much do people spend on outsourcing laundry? Regardless, I’d rather put that money towards a nice vacation. [/quote]

Laundry is 2.5 dollars per lb.
you are gong nowhere for vacation even assume you have 100 lbs/month. 
the run down motel by daleware beach is going for 699/night on weekends. [/quote]

OP is almost doubling her salary. She could go on a vacation. And you can go tons of places for under $200/night. That's totally what I would do. (And do, we live on basically the same budget as we did when I made $50k less.)

The other lifestyle splurge I'd consider if I were OP is a babysitter so you can get out on your own sometimes. Unless you have local family, it's cost prohibitive at a lower income. [/quote]

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