How long can I go w/out folding the clean laundry?

[Shine]

We're now up to Day 4.

The living room furniture is covered with clean, dry, UNfolded laundry and it's been that way since Sunday. Our home looks like a complete pig sty.

The kids have been picking out their daily clean clothes to wear out of the piles.... :eyes:

The laundry has been "Mom's job" for all these years and I absolutely loathe it.

I think it's high time they start folding their own damn laundry, dammit.

It's time for a FAMILY MEETING.

:grr:

:rant:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Shine!

Day 4?

You're doing well!

I hate living out of my laundry basket, and that's what I'm doing right now too!

But it's just the two of us, so.......

I need to fold the laundry!

I'll do it tonight! Honest... :yoiks:

:hug:

[KitchenWitch]

2. We are on week two!

but I haz an excuse!

:D

[Midlodemocrat]

3. I'm with you. I despise folding laundry.

When the kids were little, I would fold when they were napping and I would watch soaps. Now, I just don't have the time.

Folding laundry is BabyMidlo's job. She's pretty good at keeping up. I figure a load a day isn't all that much.

[LeftyMom]

4. If I don't put mine away ASAP, it winds up back in the dirty clothes.

One of the former ferals seems to think any laundry that hits the floor is hers for target practice, IYKWIM.

:eyes:

[malta blue]

5. Go get em Shine!

I hate laundry duty. I haul it downstairs to the washer. I do the laundry. I fold it. I haul it back upstairs...

Lately I have been making Little MB sort through it, but most of the time it ends up unfolded in the process. She has to put her own clothes away, a chore that she absolutely hates, and the clothes have ended up under the bed, stuffed in the back of the closet, etc., anything to avoid actually opening the drawers and putting it away.

[BarenakedLady]

6. I hear ya

I'm on some sort of strike. I'm not sure what I'm revolting, but I'm revolted anyway. This place is insane.

:silly:

[NightWatcher]

7. just let the clean pile gradually turn into a dirty pile, then wash and repeat

you can go forever without folding

[SalmonChantedEvening]

8. It gets folded?

Wow, the things ya learn on DU.

:D

[AwakeAtLast]

9. I had a friend (w/ 4 kids, BTW) who called laundry "moving clothes around"

I always got a kick out of that!

[McCamy Taylor]

10. Forever, silly. Wear it and put it back in the dirty clothes,

[AlCzervik]

11. i bring the basket up to my daughter's room and put it on her bed and tell her

at what time i will be back to make sure her clothes are put away. She hangs up most everything now "It's easy than folding" whatever way is fine by me as long as it's not me doing to folding or the hanging. We went to this system in June when school got out, so far, so good. I take care of my own stuff and my husband is never home, he only generates dirly laundry about every 5 weeks or so--thank you Shinzen Hyatt!

[Inchworm]

12. Dude, I've been sucking lately

I have one again used my drawers for things like mail, books, cameras, coffee cups...

It is pretty handy just keeping them in a basket in the bathroom by dirty hamper. It is an act of efficiency. Reeeeally it is. ;)

:hi:

[JVS]

13. Hey, if everyone is happy with unfolded, rock on.

[Breeze54]

14. My mother introduced me to an iron at age 8 !

:P

First on cloth napkins and pillow cases but I graduated fast to white shirts for my Dad and my school uniform. But these days, I don't fold, I try to hang things up right out of the dryer... almost everything that can hang on a hanger or if I fail to put clothes away, which is often, I just wet a facecloth and throw it in the dryer with the wrinkled clothes for about 30 minutes and Whalla! No more wrinkles and then I hang them up! Hang in there! You didn't say how old the kids are but my kids started simple chores at age 8. ;)

[siligut]

22. Have you heard of Downy Wrinkle Releaser?

http://www.downy.com/en_US/products/wrinklereleaser.jsp It works! I use it mostly on casual cotton, like my husband's T-shirts and my blouses. It also helps to iron out hard to smooth wrinkles when you spray it on.

[SPKrazy]

15. Is there something wrong with what you are doing?

I never heard of folding laundry :rofl:

[mopinko]

the one job that gets easier the longer you put it off. how long? forever.

lighten up. 4 days? i would be calling dcfs to beg them to come take a look.

[mopinko]

16. oops

[Swede]

17. Fold?

:shrug:

[Gormy Cuss]

18. Your kids are fortunate that you've done all the laundry up until now.

We were responsible for washing our own clothes at 12. All you're asking the spawn to do is fold it and put it away.

Hope the family meeting goes well.

[rcrush]

19. hah I havent washed any of my clothes in 3 weeks!

I just wear whatever is on the floor.

[petronius]

20. I went pretty much my entire grad school career without folding laundry

Also, dishes can be washed on an 'as needed' basis... :)

Folding laundry sounds like an excellent kid chore - you should definitely start handing out assignments!

[tigereye]

21. mebbe they're old enough to sort em and take em upstairs!

and mebbe put em away! Imagine that!


:rofl:


I have been having my son put his away - and my husband does his own since he doesn't get the "lights and darks don't mix rule"


On edit, I always sort of, fold em right away.... :hide: but then there are only 3 of us. My husband folds his own and does a much better job than I do! (actually he does all chores and cleaning better than I do)


:yoiks:

[latebloomer]

23. at least you washed them!

I've been contemplating doing a couple of loads for days now.

My daughter does her own laundry. My son does laundry occasionally, but it takes so much nagging that I wind up doing it myself. Just what he wants.

Which reminds me, I've been nagging him for a week to sort through the big pile of sheet music that was covering the piano. Gonna go carry out my threat to dump it on his bed, where it'll probably find its final resting place on the floor.

[kentauros]

24. Try a couple of years!

:P

I hang up most everything (shirts, pants, jeans) and the rest sits in the basket until I need it. Underwear, socks, towels don't really need folding.

[Beer Snob-50]

25. i am shocked and disappointed in all of you

i am sure sarah palin folds her laundry. however in the pirate household, we all fold the laundry as needed. although when there is lots of it, i will bring out the "i am dad" card and get one of the kids to do it.

[sarge43]

26. Quick sort it by owner and throw the result(s) in owner's room(s) n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

27. my house would fall down if there wasn't a pile of unfolded laundry somewhere

even if it is just clean towels in the dryer

[Skittles]

28. you want I should kick some lazy family ass, Shine?

I mean, come on

[harmonicon]

29. forever

trust me