Laundry... - Do you do

Boys r us wrote: everyone's laundry in the house?

I don't do Rick's Laundry, I do my own and the kid's. A lot of his goes to the dry cleaners anyhow, but he has a whole lot of undershirts, socks, jeans and shirts...and he does his own. Not sure how it started out this way..but I was thinking last ngiht how much it helped me that he did his own. I was busy doing mine and the kids and I looked over an saw his huge stack he needs to do and sort of felt bad, then I was like WHY..why do I feel bad...we both work 40 hours a week, I do everything else around the house..he can wash his clothes!

MomToMany replied: It's great he does his own. Don't feel guilty; he knows when it needs to get done. My DH asks me to wash certain things if I'm behind, which irritates me because he could do i t himself if he really tried.

I do everyone's laundry. I don't think DH knows how to run the washing machine.

I'm such a weirdo, I love washing the diapers! My favorite laundry by far, LOL!

gr33n3y3z replied: Yes I do all 6 of our laundry But Ed will do some for me Maybe Rick will if I refuse to wash his clothes and he runs out of things to wear I do about 3 loads a day

amynicole21 replied: I insist on doing mine and Sophia's, and will usually do DH's unless he gets to it first. He is incapable of following laundry directions, and until recently had no idea why you use different temperatures. I've had several things ruined in the wash by him, so this is a hard and fast rule in our house.

coasterqueen replied: I do all of ours. I don't want to laundry baskets in the bathroom to seperate clothes so it's just easy to have one and do ours. Kylie has her own basket in her room too.

I've never thought about even asking Ryan to do his own. It just made sense to throw them all in there together I guess. I have to say that he does help out when I get really behind and need to fold the clothes. I'm good washing them most times but folding them is a different story.

Sunflower04 replied: My DH does all the laundry. I just helped out with the folding and putting away.

kit_kats_mom replied: After my DH washed and dried my full length, formal wool coat during his unemployment a few years ago, he has lost all laundry privliges.

I know he was trying to help but the coat fell off of the coat rack and into the laundry basket. It was a $300 coat and it could have fit a 3 year old when I pulled it out of the basket of clean clothes.

I cried for awhile over that one and I still like to bring it up sometimes when he's being a jerk.

ctymom replied: The two things I hate to do is laundry and dishes! I'm HORRIBLE at both. So hubby does the dishes and I struggle along with laundry. Poor kids are always coming up to me "Mom.. i'm out of clothes!". DH does his own clothes. I'm bad enough without having to worry about his too!

Pamela

MommyToAshley replied: We just throw the clothes all together. (Ashley's is kept separate in her own basket) Then, we both do laundry. I usually throw them in the wash, but we both do the folding and putting away, which is the part I dread.

kimberley replied: i do everyone's laundry too but have recently protesting against carrying it all (with babe in arms) down the stairs. my motto... if you want it washed, bring it downstairs. DH rarely does this unless i bug him to but the boys are good about it (although i find stray socks on the stairs a lot). At night, DH will switch the loads and carry the stuff up for me though

ps i hate folding and putting away too!

booey2 replied: Dare I say it, DH does wash all the clothes but he refuses to fold and put away mine or the boys. His excuse is that (when they were little) the clothes were to hard to fold because they were so little. Well he has never gotten past that and still doesn't fold any of ours. So as I sit here at work there are two baskets sitting in my living room waiting for me to fold and put them away. DH has ruined a few of my things washing them and even putting stuff in the dryer that shouldn't be in there. That just means I get to go out and buy new stuff (and I don't really like doing that- too much trouble ).

My2Beauties replied: Brian does most of the laundry I have to admit, there will be a huge pile of clothes in the hamper and I just look at them like "Huh, wonder when he is gonna get to that laundry?" I figure if I do the nasty dishes then by gollie he's doing the laundry!

FroggyJK replied: Since I am a SAHM, I do all the laundry. He does help put it away sometimes (that's the part I hate the most).

Kaitlin'smom replied: I do all the laundy, I do make DH separte his clothes (this way he has some clue how to wash them if needed) I wash our together and he has to put his clothes aways. Kaitlin's is done separate.

Maddie&EthansMom replied: I do all the laundry. DH will help me if it is behind. Normally he can get it caught up for me. He does like to remind me when he is out of undershirts, etc. I will do his laundry, but I expect him to put it away. He never does.

5littleladies replied: I do all the laundry in our house. I hate it, but I do it.

A&A'smommy replied: Yeah I started doing dhs laundry about a week before we got married I don't mind I love him so its no big deal plus it makes me feel more needed

mama3x replied: When not pg, I do all the laundry except DS's. I have him do it himself since he's old enough and strong enough to carry his own basket to the laundry room.

I like folding and putting away more than the machine part. I used to love hanging laundry on the clothesline too (it was like therapy and DS could play in the yard with me while I was doing it) but since we've been in a condo for the past 4 yrs, I have to deal with the dryer.

MomToJade&Jordan replied:
My DH did this to a cashmere sweater of mine once. I was picking clumps of cashmere out of the washer for a good hour. I do most of the laundry. he will do loads sometimes, but I am the one who folds everything. The only thing he will do on a regular basis is hi BDU's (cami's for those who want to know). Those he wears everyday to work which is great because washing the Blues are a pain in the butt.