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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] [b]How completely lazy.[/b] [/quote]
[quote=Anonymous]There are many reasons to fold your laundry: [b]your [sic] not an animal,[/b] you can find your clothes quickly; you are more likely to wear more of your clothes if you can easily see them; [b]you're a grown up...[/b]just to name a few.

The [b]excuses[/b] 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 [b]I'm guessing that philosophy reaches into most parts of your life[/b] and organizational skills just like with her.  [b]Your excuses are just that, excuses, for being unorganized, lazy, or both.[/b]

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.

[b]Do you find that there are many other household tasks that you cut corners with or is this the only one? [/b]   
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[quote=Anonymous]Why?  [b]Because I don't believe it's a trade-off: family time or an organized/clean house?.[/b]  I don't understand this reasoning and the excuses that follow unless there are extenuating circumstances.  [/quote]

[quote=Anonymous]I never stated that I think my way is better, but was actually responding to the pp who nastily stated that if you spend time folding laundry you must be ignoring your kids.  She made it fairly clear that her way is better and you had to choose - a household chore or your kids or paying for it to be done for you.  I was simply pointing out that [b]she is making that choice to forgo folding her laundry because there are plenty of people who can fold and put their laundry away and still have time for their kids. . [sic][/b]

You must give a shit about what people are doing with their laundry or you wouldn't be reading this post and responding to me.  Not judging and could care less if you or others fold their laundry or not, but [b]will correct the poster that thinks you everyone is giving up something else just to get their laundry folded.[/b].[/quote]

As a public service, I've bolded the offensive parts (some of them, at least) from several of your posts. The main problem I see is that you assume everybody faces the exact same time management choices as you. That everyone has the same schedule  and challenges as you, even the same number of kids of the same ages, so if they don't make the same choices as you there's something wrong with them. That combined, of course, with your totally judgy language about animals and laziness....

-- signed, one of the posters who pays the housekeepers to fold my laundry[/quote]

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