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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
Seriously. Laundry is the bane of my existence. [/quote]

But 8-10 hours? I do laundry twice a week for myself and two kids. DH does his own. It is not 8-10 hours. But I don’t pre-sort or iron, and kids put their own laundry away once I fold it - plus I’ve stopped turning the clothes right side in. They can do that when they wear it and they do, even if they somehow can’t manage to do it before they drop it in the hamper. [/quote]

+1. I can’t figure out how laundry takes 8-10 hours. Are people changing 7 times a day? We have a family of 4 and we run one white load and one color load a week. It definitely doesn’t take 8-10 hours.

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There's no way this is true unless your kids are tiny. Mine are 13, 15 and 17 who play sports. Easily we can do a load a day, not counting towels and sheets. [/quote]

NP.  Mine are 13 and 15 doing travel sports and I agree - I am always doing laundry. BUT it is just putting it in the wash and dryer.  It's not like it's that hard.  I run multiple loads through the week for sure! I actually don't mind folding.  I would never outsource my laundry as I do high house cleaners and use dry cleaners.  I would say one thing that makes my life easier is our machines are upstairs and it's nothing to stick something in the washer or dryer as frequently as needed. When it was in the basement or if you have to constantly carry dry clothes to fold up steps, that sucks.  I just take it out of my dryer and fold in my bedroom in front of the TV so it's not a big deal.

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You guys have time to be in front of the TV?[/quote]

You get the idea...put clothes is wash...maybe 15 mins if you are collecting it from hampers.  Do anything else till the washer dings.  Spend 5 mins putting it in dryer.  Do anything else till dryer bings.  You did not spend two hours on laundry.[/quote]

you can't really do anything meaningful while you wait. want to hit the gym? a full session is 60 min. want to take a barre class? that's 90 minutes. want to watch an episode? that's a full hour. just because you are not "washing" doesn't mean your time isn't tied up in said errands. [/quote]

Ok I get not wanting to leave the house (though I do) but you can not make dinner, do other chores, chat with someone, play with kids or dog, read a book, do a craft or hobby...literally anything while your washer or dryer is going?[/quote]

Fine, just slaving away for more chores. I get it. [/quote]

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