Rrrrrrrrrrrandom poll time!

[stoney321]

Because this gives me an eye twitch. (I don't SAY anything, I just don't like it. We'll see if you can figure out what I mean.)
Poll LAUNDRY

LOOK I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF SOMEONE DOES YOUR FLIPPING LAUNDRY FOR YOU, STICK TO THE PLAN. ETA: And so I don't offend anyone: YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS POLL SERIOUSLY. Wait, I mean take this poll as a sign of my insanity

Comments

[poisontaster]

To be fair, whether and when I fold my laundry is dependent on medical issues of fatigue and not that I don't think they SHOULD be or that I don't WANT to fold them immediately. Also my husband does not like to have his clothes folded, he throws them into an ungodly, horrifying pile on his side of the closet that I must avert my eyes from every time I go in there. So, that happens, too.

[stoney321]

Oh, absolutely your health should come before some damn towels, tees, etc., no question! (This is mostly me making a snotty side eye at the fellow inhabitants of my house.)

AND I FULLY ADMIT MY MILD, YET PERSISTENT CASE OF OCD. whispers: CDO.

[poisontaster]

Oh, yeah, I absolutely didn't take it as a criticism of me, personally (I do all my own crit in-house, no need to outsource!) but it does sometimes drive me crazy that I have clothes sitting in our spare bedroom that are not folded and are not getting folded, because The Husband DEFINITELY cannot be trusted with even the folding of towels. Or the loading of the dishwasher. Or, really, cleaning of any type, as he tried to kill me with ammonia fumes the last time he tried.

[stoney321]

*smish* (I've had people take my polls personally before, so I realized that I needed to put little disclaimers on them and that I had failed to do so here.)

OMG WHY IS FOLDING A TOWEL SO DIFFICULT?! I mean, I've seen my husband fold a piece of paper for an envelope, so....

[wesleysgirl]

I generally fold laundry within a few hours of it being dry. That's the best I can do, LOL. Also, I divide into piles by who the clothes belong to before folding (but then pretty much fold whatever's nearest to hand.) I do not fold underwear.

[stoney321]

One of my greatest moments as a mother was the first time my child did his own laundry. That and when they were old enough to load the dishwasher.

OH HOW LOVELY IT IS TO HAVE MINIONS! I mean, children. No...I meant minions. :D

[beadattitude]

I had a friend tell her kids they had to be a certain age before they could load the dishwasher, and it had them clamouring to do it. Each child kept up the ruse of what a great job/honor it was until all four boys were of age, which I think was 7 or 8. Brilliant, no?

[stoney321]

TOTALLY BRILLIANT. Sneaky parenting is the best kind of parenting.

[altyronsmaker]

Folding laundry is ZEN. I hold to this. I fold it straight out of the dryer, and put it in piles on top of the washer as the new load is washing. When I'm done folding, I take the piles, bottoms on the bottom, tees and tops in the middle with undies and what not on top, and take them to the dresser.

My roommates in college LOVED when I did laundry. I was a few years older than they were, and they were still living like they were at home, with mommy to do for them. Invariably, their clothes would still be in the dryer on MY DAY!!!! (yes, this angered me, WE HAD A SCHEDULE DAMN IT!). And as I thought it rude to just pile their crap on top of the dryer, I folded their laundry while mine washed. Neat little piles of teeny tiny tee shirts and basketball shorts, camis and jeans...

I won't go into the messes in the kitchen....

In other words: ORDER in the laundry room! Yes, by jeeves. Fold the damned clothes!!!! *seethes*

[stoney321]

I just held my hands up like you were channeling Christ and I was your disciple. PREACH. ON.

OH MY GOSH. Order, yes yes yes, it pleases me so! I can't stand when my house is in chaos and messy, it makes me itch and feel crazed. You and I could totally Golden Girls it one day. :D

[beadattitude]

Yep! And my college roomie used to like to watch me fold laundry because I'd go all zen and then come out with some solution to a problem/observation. We called it Mental Knitting.

[stoney321]

I taught my kids to FOLD THE CLOTHES THEY TOUCH in a store, because the workers there do not need extra shit to do. (And to fold it the way it was folded originally.)

I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD JUST BE NAKED, YES. (And hahaha, your mom with laundry is me with dishes.)

[stoney321]

Laundry is definitely meant to be done while watching a movie/tv! And with a pot of something simmering on the stove. Mmmm, laundry day...

:D