do you fold your underwear? - Page 5

[spmamma]

Originally Posted by HappiLeigh

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. :

That's what I do with DH's boxers! I thought I was the only one!

I do fold my underwear, although for some reason I don't criss-cross mine.

[wonderwahine]

Originally Posted by Llyra

It's not that I don't fold laundry. I don't fold ANYTHING really. Mostly it just lives in the laundry basket in the upstairs hallway, gets used from there, and tossed back in with the dirties. I hang stuff that wrinkles easily, and DH hangs his dress clothes, but that's it.

If I do put stuff away, which is fairly rare, only clothing and large stuff like sheets and towels get folded. Washclothes, underwear, and stuff like that get tossed in drawers loose or put in baskets in the closet.

i cant live out of a laundry basket, drives me tottaly insane and causes depression spirals. The second the dryer stops, i pull it out and fold it, put it all away in the right spots. I even do it on the days that i have 5 or 6 loads of laundry.

[the_lissa]

Me too.

[wonderwahine]

and if I'm lucky, dh folds for me he also folds underwear

[normajean]

Originally Posted by Sol_Solved

Definitely. And I feel guilty just folding it, because my mother irons it!

My grandma irons grandpa's hankies, because "how embarrassing would it be if he had to blow his nose and pulled out a wrinkled hanky?"

[wonderwahine]

i iron hankies........... so does my mum

[zeldabee]

I have memories of having to iron pillowcases, hankies, Dad's briefs, all kinds of linens...I felt then, and I do now, that it was excessive. I admit it is nice to sleep in ironed sheets. They feel great...when you first get in bed the first time. It's certainly not worth taking the time to do it now.

I feel strangely virtuous when I iron, now. I do it now and then, but not regularly. Then there's the lavender linen water that leaves such a subtle wonderful scent. Some of my napkins look very nice when they're ironed, but usually they're folded and put in the basket without being ironed.

To iron underwear just seems so wrong to me.

I can't believe only one other person stacks underwear. It seems pretty logical to me. They fit in the drawer neatly, but not much work is involved.

[MichelleS]

I fold my DH's husband, because he likes it that way, but I just throw mine in my drawer.

[Periwinkle]

Yes, but I can't recommend it.

[Periwinkle]

Originally Posted by MichelleS

I fold my DH's husband, because he likes it that way, but I just throw mine in my drawer.

I read this and honest to God I thought you meant you have 2 husbands. I was like, COOL!!!

[MeredithMommy]

seriously?!? OMG!!! I just toss it into the top drawer of everyones dresser. I didn't know you all were all seceretly living as closet martha stewarts!!!

[wonderwahine]

Originally Posted by MeredithMommy

seriously?!? OMG!!! I just toss it into the top drawer of everyones dresser. I didn't know you all were all seceretly living as closet martha stewarts!!!

oh trust me, im no martha, theres a sink full of dishes, a dishwasher full of dishes, a laundry basket full of laundry waiting to be washed, toys everywhere........ but messy clothes that spill out of my drawers drive me insane

[liliaceae]

I had no idea women actually folded their underwear.

[dianna11]

Really?! 80 of you fold your underwear?!?!?!

I feel like such a slop! I just take my underwear and bras and wad them into my drawer all willy-nilly. Granted, they're all thongs, so folding them is a little tricky, but even the booty shorts just get tossed into the drawer.

I roll DH's boxers: fold them in half, then make them into a jelly roll sort of thing, so they fit into the drawer better.

...did I just read that someone's mother ironed their drawers?

I am clearly lazy

[charmander]

I voted other because I do fold my own underwear, but not the underwear of DH, DD, or DS.

[mrspineau]

I found the coolest way to fold underwear on the net.... its hard to explain so search google if you are interested. I always fold it! I am kind of obsessive about folding things perfectly. It is just so nice to open a drawer and see everything perfectly laid out or open a closet and see things neatly stacked. And really, it doesn't take very long. There is also a neat way of folding T-shirts that I found on the net too. I think it's called the Japanese fold? It's actually quite a time-saver.

[ustasmom]

Originally Posted by mrspineau

I found the coolest way to fold underwear on the net.... its hard to explain so search google if you are interested. I always fold it! I am kind of obsessive about folding things perfectly. It is just so nice to open a drawer and see everything perfectly laid out or open a closet and see things neatly stacked. And really, it doesn't take very long. There is also a neat way of folding T-shirts that I found on the net too. I think it's called the Japanese fold? It's actually quite a time-saver.

I googled it and I found a video on YouTube. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I would think that you would be putting unnecessary strain on the elastic and that you would end up with shot elastic sooner.

My dh wants underwear folded in half. Socks are stacked in pairs and folded together. No folding over a cuff over the pair as that also wears the elastic out.

[MamaLeslie]

I fold underwear when I manage to get any of my laundry folded. Which isn't often these days...

[kijip]

Yes and no.

Socks? Yes.

Boxers? Yes.

PJs? Yes.

T-shirts and undershirts? Yes.

Bras? Sort of. As much as they can be folded.

Underpants? Not really. It doesn't really fold up well, especially my "prettier" pairs. My son's underpants goes loose in a drawer because if I fold it, it all gets unfolded as he searches through each morning looking for his favorites.

[kijip]

Originally Posted by jeca

Nope, I just throw them in the in the drawer.

Yeah, prebaby I used to iron sheets and wash the kitchen ceiling on a schedule. Post baby, new standards fo sho.