Anonymous
11/21/2012 00:47
Subject: Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
The nanny does all the laundry. I hate how she folds it.
But of course I don't say anything.
But of course I don't say anything.
Anonymous
11/21/2012 00:42
Subject: Re:Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
This thread is hilarious. I had no idea that there were people out there who didn't fold laundry but I absolutely approve 100%! Wow -- how liberating. I fold. I put away. But I am seriously contemplating making a change. My husband and sons don't care a bit and my work is often undone within 24 hours.
Anonymous
11/20/2012 23:28
Subject: Re:Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
+1. Who gives a flying what events you hosted.
Anonymous
11/20/2012 23:16
Subject: Re:Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Why? Because I don't believe it's a trade-off: family time or an organized/clean house? I don't understand this reasoning and the excuses that follow unless there are extenuating circumstances.
I'm the PP that was called lazy several pages ago. Our laundry room is 3 floods up and most of the time there's not enough machines to get it done all at once. We do laundry once a week. DH travels for work and we have very limited time together. No I won't leave my children alone at home and climb all those steps to do laundry. It comes downstairs inside of the hampers and that's where we find them. You're welcome to come over and fold them so I can spend time with my family or just look away when you see me entering the grocery store in wrinkled yoga pants. For me it is a trade of and I prefer to spend our sat evening playing games with the kids and DH instead.
Anonymous
11/20/2012 22:33
Subject: Re:Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:\
Because you think your way is inherently better than the way someone else may choose to do things. Because you wrote a ridiculously long thread about how great you are for doing laundry. Because for some reason you give a shit whether someone else - someone that you don't know - folds laundry. And because you sound like Judgy McJudgerson.
+1. I actually like organizing myself, and I confess to a secret admiration for Martha Stewart. But when someone comes on DCUM with a huge post about how perfect she is and how anyone who can't fold their laundry is probably a mess in all other aspects of life... well, I don't find much commendable in this behavior.
I keep rereading my post looking for where i said I was perfect....hmmm..and yet I keep finding the part where i said "We're not perfect,.." I'll repeat, I was trying to point out to the pp that it is possible for people who work f/t to keep their laundry folder and put away fairly easily and still have a life outside the laundry room. Many of my friends are the same way. The only people I know that use the logic of - it's the chores or my family time are those that admit to lacking organizational/cleaning skills or admit to just being lazy about it and not caring. I also offered some organizational blogs to help if help is wanted. I don't think the nasty pp wants help however.
Anonymous
11/20/2012 22:26
Subject: Re:Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Why? Because I don't believe it's a trade-off: family time or an organized/clean house? I don't understand this reasoning and the excuses that follow unless there are extenuating circumstances.
Because you think your way is inherently better than the way someone else may choose to do things. Because you wrote a ridiculously long thread about how great you are for doing laundry. Because for some reason you give a shit whether someone else - someone that you don't know - folds laundry. And because you sound like Judgy McJudgerson.
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 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.
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 will correct the poster that thinks you everyone is giving up something else just to get their laundry folded.
Anonymous
11/20/2012 22:19
Subject: Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
I hang what I can. The only things folded are PJ's, t shirts (like college T's, 5k shirts, etc that I wear maybe one a week), and jeans.
Anonymous
11/20/2012 21:50
Subject: Re:Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
Anonymous wrote:\
Because you think your way is inherently better than the way someone else may choose to do things. Because you wrote a ridiculously long thread about how great you are for doing laundry. Because for some reason you give a shit whether someone else - someone that you don't know - folds laundry. And because you sound like Judgy McJudgerson.
+1. I actually like organizing myself, and I confess to a secret admiration for Martha Stewart. But when someone comes on DCUM with a huge post about how perfect she is and how anyone who can't fold their laundry is probably a mess in all other aspects of life... well, I don't find much commendable in this behavior.
Anonymous
11/20/2012 21:43
Subject: Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
Anonymous wrote:I just sort it into piles and stuff it into drawers (or leave it out). I might hang certain things, or fold something wrinkly, but for most things, it doesn't seem to matter. How rare am I?
I try avoid folding, but for the kids (who have the largest volume of laundry) I have a mix of folded/not folded:
1) hang all shirts, dresses, sweaters, skirts in closets
2) have a drawer for all their socks (about 40 pairs of the same type/size of white ankle socks) - not folded
3) have one drawer for all their underwear - not folded
4) have one drawer for each child for jeans, leggings, shorts - folded
5) have one drawer for each child for PJs - folded
This is a pretty easy way to go. I would probably stuff everything, but the drawer can not hold has much of the larger items when stuffed!
Anonymous
11/20/2012 21:37
Subject: Re:Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Why? Because I don't believe it's a trade-off: family time or an organized/clean house? I don't understand this reasoning and the excuses that follow unless there are extenuating circumstances.
Because you think your way is inherently better than the way someone else may choose to do things. Because you wrote a ridiculously long thread about how great you are for doing laundry. Because for some reason you give a shit whether someone else - someone that you don't know - folds laundry. And because you sound like Judgy McJudgerson.
Anonymous
11/20/2012 21:37
Subject: Re:Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Why? Because I don't believe it's a trade-off: family time or an organized/clean house? I don't understand this reasoning and the excuses that follow unless there are extenuating circumstances.
What other organization sites do you visit? They are like porn for me.
hehe..me too. Others I like:
See Jane Work (http://www.seejanework.com/blog/)
Organized Mom (http://www.organizedmom.net/category/blog/)
Plus iheartorganizing has a lot of additional blogs/websites listed on it. Check them out!
Anonymous
11/20/2012 21:33
Subject: Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We do a load or two a day, so it amounts to 10 minutes of folding. I've never understood the big deal about laundry. It isn't like you need to haul it to the river and beat it against a rock. The only part of it that is work takes 10 minutes and you're done.
Me too
+2.
I don't get the comments about not wanting to spend "hours" folding laundry. We probably do 7-8 loads a week, fold them all neatly, and I doubt we spend much more than an hour total all week. I think people who don't do it overestimate how much time it takes. I also don't get why people don't like it -- the clothes are clean and warm, smell nice, and you can do it while sitting and watching tv.
Anonymous
11/20/2012 21:20
Subject: Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
I don't fold my kids clothes. What is the point? They are constantly rifling through their drawers. I will though iron a lot of their clothes and I iron everything I wear.
Anonymous
11/20/2012 21:04
Subject: Re:Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Why? Because I don't believe it's a trade-off: family time or an organized/clean house? I don't understand this reasoning and the excuses that follow unless there are extenuating circumstances.
What other organization sites do you visit? They are like porn for me.
Anonymous
11/20/2012 20:56
Subject: Does anyone else not fold their laundry?
Anonymous wrote:We do a load or two a day, so it amounts to 10 minutes of folding. I've never understood the big deal about laundry. It isn't like you need to haul it to the river and beat it against a rock. The only part of it that is work takes 10 minutes and you're done.
Me too