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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jan 1, 2022 17:07:37 GMT
This is meant as a light hearted thread.
Do you ever (or often) find yourself finishing a family member 's load of laundry so that you can start your own?
I think the odds are 50/50 that I will need to at least fold stuff that's in the dryer to do my own.
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Post by carhoch on Jan 1, 2022 17:18:32 GMT
We live in an RV full-time right now we are park next to my sons house for the holidays and use their laundry ,of course I regularly put stuff in dryer and fold a load that don’t belong to me but we’re family no big deal.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 1, 2022 17:19:41 GMT
Finish? Heck, I do it all. I really need to start making my 11yo do her own. That kid wears more clothes in a week than DH and I combined.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 1, 2022 17:21:18 GMT
DH is the primary laundry person at our house. It's just the two of us, so there is no "mine" and "his".
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Post by sueg on Jan 1, 2022 17:23:33 GMT
It is just the two of us, so all the laundry is in together. Quite often DH will start a load when he gets up, straight after his shower, and I unload and hang it to dry when I get up an hour or so later. We each tend to fold our own, but one of us will unload the drying rack and put things on the bed.
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Post by gar on Jan 1, 2022 17:23:39 GMT
I’ve always done all the laundry and now it’s just us two I still do it all. He’s works long hard hours, I don’t. When DDs were here they had chores but laundry wasn’t one of them.
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Post by Jili on Jan 1, 2022 17:23:42 GMT
Sort of. My dd is an adult. I will move her wet laundry from the washer to the dryer, but that’s it. If I need the dryer I will move the dry clothes to a basket but I will not do anything further. I won’t bring the basket upstairs or fold anything.
I should add that if I know dd is doing her laundry I will direct her to transfer her things to the dryer, etc. If I happen to be right at the machines I will just move her things as described above.
Dh and I do laundry together so it’s no big deal either way. We both pitch in when the washer is done, things need to be folded, etc.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jan 1, 2022 17:24:08 GMT
Not really because my husband usually really stays on top of the laundry. But yes my two younger kids are notorious for leaving laundry in the drier - if my 21yo is home, he’s pretty good with his laundry.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jan 1, 2022 17:26:41 GMT
I've always done the laundry and I'm fine with that. Last year DH took over most of the cleaning (bathrooms and floors/carpet) so laundry is a breeze!
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Post by kelly8875 on Jan 1, 2022 17:26:47 GMT
Rarely. My kids (20 and 22) do their own. They’re pretty good about getting it done themselves. I will offer to switch it to the dryer for them if they are doing it in the evenings and maybe will go to bed before me. Usually that’s for my son, and I know he may need something in the load for work the next day. At least it’ll be dry for him.
I do the laundry that is in our closet hamper, but won’t touch the clothes on the floor or by DBFs side of the bed. I don’t put it away for him though.
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Post by littlemama on Jan 1, 2022 17:27:20 GMT
None of us generate enough laundry to warrant doing it individually, so no. Everyone's laundry is done together by whomever has time at that moment.
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Post by natscraps on Jan 1, 2022 17:27:36 GMT
It depends on my mood, how long it’s been left, and what the load consists of. If there are shirts in the load I won’t finish it because DH does not put all his shirts in the dryer. If it’s been more than 24 hours and several reminders have been given, the load gets tossed in a basket (or on the floor of the person didn’t have the courtesy to leave the basket) and it can be dealt with later.
I have a permanent reservation for the laundry room on Sundays. That’s when I do my work clothes and DS’s laundry. The rest of the week I give ample warning if I’m going to run a load.
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Post by Kerri W on Jan 1, 2022 17:29:06 GMT
Not often. DS2 is the only child left at home and he takes FOREVER to do his laundry. Drives me crazy and it's really the only thing I lecture him about. If he leaves it in the dryer, I put it on his bed. After telling him 27 times of course.
When all the kids were home, they each had a certain day of the week that they did their own laundry starting around 12 yo or so. There were certainly reminders that the last person needed to finish up their use of the machines so the next person could use them but nothing excessive. Not sure what magic I worked (lol) but this was never a huge issue in our household.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Jan 1, 2022 17:32:08 GMT
Finish? this is a concept I know nothing about. I did all the laundry. My dd still brings hers home for me. I have no problem with that, because I LOVE doing laundry! I do. It's my favorite thing, after that is grocery shopping.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jan 1, 2022 17:34:49 GMT
We don’t separate laundry by family members, it all gets done together and I probably do 95% of it, but I really don’t mind! My husband puts his own clean clothes away and I think that’s the worst part of doing laundry.
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Post by epeanymous on Jan 1, 2022 17:38:22 GMT
I do 98% of the laundry in my house. Between having six kids, two of whom do a lot of sports, one of whom does some sports and some arts performance, and my daily workout clothes, the bare daily minimum is two loads of laundry. Every once in a while, one of the teens or my husband will throw in a load, but they never remember to move it. Never!
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Post by katlady on Jan 1, 2022 17:39:07 GMT
We combine our laundry so we have a full load. So no “his” or “her” load. I do about 75% of the work. SO will sometimes help fold and he does put his own clothes away. When the boys were home, it was still usually all combined. They folded their own clothes though.
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Post by paget on Jan 1, 2022 17:43:12 GMT
It’s just dh and I at home and I will toss his into the dryer - and also run the dryer longer as needed if his stuff isn’t dry. I did his laundry for over 20 years, so I’m used to it (I gave him his laundry “back” when I started working outside the home and long commute). But now I telework and I’m home more than him so I don’t mind helping him. His memory and attention to this type of detail isn’t the best.
I won’t fold or put his away though since his “system” is terrible.
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Post by Gennifer on Jan 1, 2022 17:48:27 GMT
Everyone does their own in my house. It’s rare that someone leaves it in the dryer, but if they do, I will usually fold it for them. But, really rare… like maybe once or twice a year.
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 1, 2022 17:59:18 GMT
If I find someone's clothes in the washer when I need to use it I'll switch that to the dryer. If I find clothes in the dryer I'll dump them into a nearby laundry basket. I'm not about to fold someone else's laundry because everyone folds stuff differently. If dh or dd tried to fold my teeshirts for example I'd have to refold them all anyway. lol I have to refold towels if dh does them because they don't fit well in the closet when folded his way.
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Post by Linda on Jan 1, 2022 18:02:54 GMT
I am the primary laundry person here - others will throw in a load or move a load along if asked though. They all know HOW to do laundry but as a SAHM, I'm the person with the time.
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Post by myshelly on Jan 1, 2022 18:07:07 GMT
We don’t do laundry separately.
I do all of the laundry all together.
Laundry is my favorite chore. I love it. I find it relaxing.
I believe in sorting by color (and sometimes also by type, for example, jeans only get washed with jeans), so if we did individual loads, no one would have loads big enough to justify doing them.
My kids now how to sort, how to do laundry, which laundry gets which settings and which water temps, which load gets which detergent, what gets hung to dry vs what goes in the dryer. They can do the laundry or move the laundry to the next step if I ask them to, but beyond making sure they all know how to do it, I prefer to do it myself.
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Post by SabrinaP on Jan 1, 2022 18:09:41 GMT
I will move the boys’ into the dryer. If it’s in the dryer, I will put it into a basket, but I will not fold or hang it. My boys do their own laundry and I do the laundry for DH and me along with towels and sheets.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jan 1, 2022 18:11:20 GMT
Laundry is SO's chore, based on mutual agreement in the division of labor. However, the laundry room is attched to "my" bathroom, so if I go in to take a shower or put something away, and I see there's a load that needs to be moved to the dryer, I will often throw it in.
I will also start a load before I get in the shower if there's stuff in the hampers. SO prefers small loads so it takes less time to put away. (Don't worry, we have load size settings.)
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Post by originalvanillabean on Jan 1, 2022 18:14:11 GMT
I do all of the laundry and I don't mind at all. Actually I love laundry...except matching socks. That is DH job
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Post by scrapmaven on Jan 1, 2022 18:17:26 GMT
Nope. Not just nope, but NOPE! Everyone does their own laundry. It's very nice, I must say.
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Post by freecharlie on Jan 1, 2022 18:21:02 GMT
Yes...all the time. Or I did. Now I just shove stbx's into a clothes basket. He's finally doing his laundry from start to finish because I won't. He was actually irritated at the beginning that I didn't fold his laundry.
But I digress, I still do much of yds's laundry and it really rarely fails that we do a bunch of kandy and the last load stays in the dryer
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Post by voltagain on Jan 1, 2022 18:28:52 GMT
My kids started doing their own laundry when they could reach the bottom of the washer's tub to get things out. I would move wet laundry to the dryer but dried laundry went to a laundry basket to to their bed to be folded (or not.. their choice)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2022 18:30:06 GMT
When the boys were still living with us, they were responsible for their own laundry. Occasionally I've moved their stuff from washer to dryer or dryer to basket. It's on them to take care of it from there. We've timed things so they had their own laundry days and I did the rest on other days.
Now it's just us. Our clothes get washed together.
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Post by littlemama on Jan 1, 2022 18:46:21 GMT
My kids started doing their own laundry when they could reach the bottom of the washer's tub to get things out. I would move wet laundry to the dryer but dried laundry went to a laundry basket to to their bed to be folded (or not.. their choice) Well, by that standard, I dont have to do laundry as I cant reach the bottom of the washer! 😂😂 I cant wait to tell my family!
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