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Poll Results: do you fold underwear?

 
  • 35% (134)
    yes
  • 23% (89)
    no
  • 20% (77)
    I only match and fold socks
  • 17% (67)
    Hahahaha, I'm lucky I get the laundry done
  • 2% (8)
    other
375 Total Votes  
post #1 of 124
12/22/07 at 11:59pm
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I was at a friend's house the other day and she was doing laundry and I was really amazed to see her fold underwear. She has three girls. I fold DS' boxers because they fit in the drawer better and I always fold our socks but I've never been in the habit of folding underwear. I just shove it in my drawer. My friend's house is ALWAYS uncluttered and clean but I had not idea it extended to everyone's underwear drawer.
post #2 of 124
12/23/07 at 12:03am
Not only do I fold my underwear, I lay them in the drawer criss-cross (like the waistband of one to the crotch of the other) so that the stack lays flat. :
post #3 of 124
12/23/07 at 12:05am
Amusingly enough, we have a small, cluttered, messy house, but I do fold my underwear. It fits in my drawer better and is easier for me to find what I want when I'm only half awake in the morning. Plus, I just like the way it looks.
post #4 of 124
12/23/07 at 12:08am
Definitely. And I feel guilty just folding it, because my mother irons it!
post #5 of 124
12/23/07 at 12:11am
Um yeah i'm lucky to even have clean underwear. Most the time they don't even make it into the drawer much less folded. Plus i can never figure out how to fold them. They just get shoved in the drawer.
post #6 of 124
12/23/07 at 12:11am
No way!
post #7 of 124
12/23/07 at 12:13am
I fold my bras so they don't get totally jumbled in the drawer. I have a variety of underwear styles for myself- some bikinis and some "bike shorts" style. The "bike shorts" type ones get folded so they fit in the drawer properly. The bikinis usually get stuffed in the drawer, but once in a while I'll fold them to make them fit in more neatly. It depends on my mood.

I don't usually fold the kids' undies, but sometimes they've got a lot of stuff in a small drawer and it all just fits in better when folded.
post #8 of 124
12/23/07 at 12:14am
Yup. I sure do.
post #9 of 124
12/23/07 at 12:20am
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Originally Posted by Sol_Solved View Post
Definitely. And I feel guilty just folding it, because my mother irons it!


No way! I don't even match DH's socks (we have a laundry basket just for clean socks). His underwear gets folded because they wouldn't fit in the drawer otherwise, but mine just get tossed into the drawer (bras too).

But, I will say that my dresser drawers are much deeper than normal. DH's underwear drawer is only maybe 3 inches deep. Mine is closer to 12.
post #10 of 124
12/23/07 at 12:23am
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Originally Posted by Sol_Solved View Post
Definitely. And I feel guilty just folding it, because my mother irons it!
Wow - just Wow!

I'm a stuffer, but my dresser has 3 narrow but deep drawers on top, so one for each socks (folded), bras (maybe halved) and undies (stuffed). I had no idea so many folded! I admire your dedication!
post #11 of 124
12/23/07 at 12:55am
Awww why? Underwear doesnt look different if its been folded. I wouldnt fold my clothes either, if they didnt you know.. get wrinkled LOL

I have one of those hangy mesh things with holes and I keep my undies in there, I just reach in and grab a pair in the morning. The bottom cubby has socks, and I just match them right there. The middle has my bras, and I fold them into themselves. Its organized chaos.
post #12 of 124
12/23/07 at 1:24am
life is too short to fold underwear!
post #13 of 124
12/23/07 at 2:01am
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Originally Posted by earthmama369 View Post
Amusingly enough, we have a small, cluttered, messy house, but I do fold my underwear. It fits in my drawer better and is easier for me to find what I want when I'm only half awake in the morning. Plus, I just like the way it looks.
that's me too. rest of the house is cluttered and crazy looking, but my underwear drawer is neat and tidy
post #14 of 124
12/23/07 at 4:20am
I fold mine, hubby's and my kids' underwear! I always have because it just fits better in drawers. Now we all use shelves in our closet and if I didn't fold them, there would be a huge mess that falls every time we grab a pair.

I fold my towels and jeans too. Feels like the same importance to me!
post #15 of 124
12/23/07 at 4:26am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sol_Solved View Post
Definitely. And I feel guilty just folding it, because my mother irons it!
My MIL irons it too! She comes to help me sometimes and I have nice ironed undies .

I pair socks, but I don't fold them just shove them in a drawer (or the kids ones in their baskets).
post #16 of 124
12/23/07 at 4:28am
You mean we are supposed to wear underwear???

the few pairs I do have to wear with certain outfits get shoved int eh drawer. The kids also just get tossed in a drawer now that I am making a real effort to get the clean laundry from the baskets into the drawers.
post #17 of 124
12/23/07 at 6:08am
I do - just fold undies and bras in half. Socks being matched? Nope.
post #18 of 124
12/23/07 at 10:15am
I fold DF's underwear, not mine.
post #19 of 124
12/23/07 at 11:21am
I didn't know we were allowed to not fold our undies! Thanks to my mother's influence, that drawer is the one place of order in my house. She just shakes her head sadly at the rest of my home.

For those wondering how the queen of clean folds undies, it's crotch up to just below the waistband, then sides in.
post #20 of 124
12/23/07 at 12:09pm
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Originally Posted by HappiLeigh View Post
Not only do I fold my underwear, I lay them in the drawer criss-cross (like the waistband of one to the crotch of the other) so that the stack lays flat. :
I do the same thing! I never knew that not folding underwear was an option?
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