Just slip your knickers off

I know the feeling. I have 4 sons, my boyfriend and me. I just hate to get to the laundry and realize that almost everything has to be turned the right way before I can fold it. Socks are inside out, pants have one leg turned in, shirts are inside out, and unders are still in the pants. I also don't like when they take their clothes off they can't even toss them in the basket a foot away from where they took them off at. It frustrates me so much.

You poor thing. Although I will admit that I understand exactly what you mean. The only problem is that the only laundry that I do is my own. so the only person that I can get annoyed with is me. I get upset when I do not pull my panties out of my pants after taking them off. Or when my socks are still in my pant leg. Unlike you, I hate doing the wash. The problem is, I can not wear an item twice without washing it. So I find myself washing all the time. The thing that I hate the most though, is when I forget to check my pockets. Especially when there is something that can damage my clothes. Or something that is easily destroyed. Alright, I believe I am done now.

Lol p1 those used to be my biggest grudges when the Kids where small and before I moved Well in the end I washed them like that and left them like that when dried and folded the Kids used to grumble but I told them they are the ones who left them like that in the first Place lol

Do what I do... leave them in that state. Wash them in that state. Fold them in that state. Return them in that state. It's not your job to fix it all, and sometimes, the washer or dryer will do all that for you. If it doesn't... no worries.. it's not your problem. I used to fix shirts and pjs and pants that were put through the wash inside out, and would ask my boys to fix them right when they put them in the hampers in the first place. When that wasn't happening, I decided "F it!", and let it be. Sometimes socks are returned in little wet balls, and many times shirts are nicely folded although they're inside out. If the boys plan on wearing those things, they'll have to fix them eventually. Not my problem.

All I can say is that I do that stuff all the time. I wash the clothing that way too half the time. You'd probably kill me if I was your wife.

Morning P1ke! saw you were awake and noticed laundry day was this subject..could have swore it was something else..LOL..oh well maybe I'll find you discussing something else that will catch my eye instead of a different kind of bubbles surrounded by clothes..LOL

I have separate laundry bins...but I still find that my son does the knickers in shorts! But he's getting out of it...after being repeatedly told and I've put a sign on his laundry bin saying 'SEPARATE'! lol..he now knows he has to separate the items from each other before he puts them in! My husband doesn't use the bin at all...he walks upto the laundry bin...DOES NOT open the lid and dumps his clothes there! That really bugs me...though it's an improvement over standing at one corner of the room and throwing the clothes to the bin hoping the bin would catch it....I'd end up picking up each item from the floor.

rotflmao LMAO LMAO welcome to mother wife hood! And very good luck at changing those behaviors. I have been spouting this for ummmm 28 years! Still its the same thing every time a load of laundry goes in the washing machine... But what is really cool is finding 20 dollar bills left in the pants pockets of your husbands :)) makes the washing almost pay for itself! MIND YOU i said almost.

I ALWAYS leave my shirts buttoned, I just treat them as pull overs - so much easier to get dressed that way!

When I still did the laundry the worst thing was when pockets weren't emptied! That used to drive me insane! xxxx

But why would they wear knickers with pantyhose or tights? The 'panty' in pantyhose should tell us that we don't need the panties. And as for tights, well, it's the same thing. I never wear knickers, as you call them, with my pantyhose or tights. Yikes - too much underclothes! But I do know what you mean, really I do. My hubby is horrible for stuff like that. Socks in a ball, all kinds of stuff in his pockets, one leg inside out - one not, and I'm always finding money in the washer when I empty it, which isn't all bad, mind you, and he never remembers that he's left it in there, so it goes into my pockets, but that's not really the point, is it? BUT, I never complain, or say a word, because the guy works his butt off, I don't work but nearly 4 hours a week, and he often does his own laundry, so I've got no room to complain. And I don't. I do all my own laundry - I wouldn't dare let him do it. I'm very picky about how mine is done, and there are specific things that I never dry in the dryer, that have to be hung up to dry, pockets smoothed, cuffs straightened, etc. And I never dry my bras in the dryer either - they last longer when hung to dry and stay in shape better too. So, p1ke, first, I'd tell them not to wear knickers with their tights/pantyhose, and second, I think you're doing your ranting in just the right place, darlin. I know that the last thing you want to do is complain to your sweet wife about something so small as that. Save it up for the big stuff. And btw, the way you put your rant is so cute, honestly, I'm tickled still.

Thought this was gonna be a saucy one from you by the title, very good! Its the things left in pockets that annoy me more than anything. I have found toy soldiers, pebbles, train tickets, cash cards and money. Why don't they empty their pockets, tissues, grrr, gets all over everything if you miss one in a pocket and takes forever to get off. On the whole the girls are brilliant with their clothes and having put one handwash designer item through the machine they make sure all the handwash is separated now so I don't ruin it for them. They don't wear tights really so I don't have that problem thankfully because I think that would infuriate me too. Ellie :D

I hate t-shirts inside jumpers!! I remove them but my boyfriend when he does the washing will just shove it in as it is, so the t-shirt is still inside!! Grrr!!! Also pockets not being emptied, why can they be emptied when removing them??? My work badge has been washed this morning as my boyfriend didnt see it on my shirt!! I would have removed had he not beaten me to get the washing!! lol I dont have the trouble of knickers in tights as I dont wear them but have been in there, from when I lived with my mum, she would often do this and it irrated me. Buttons on shirts doesnt bother me.

LOL piky ...you get worse!!..i see exactly where you are coming from though...the untangling has to take place before the washer can be loaed....but i have a habit of doing the above mentioned things that you frown upon...once while walking my little four legs i felt something brush my ankle...quite a scary feel really...when i looked around ..the previous days undies were trailing out of the bottom of my trouser leg...dangling around my ankles...so instead of removing them and putting them in the washbin ..as i should have done..they had been in my trouser leg and had `worked ` their way down!!!...I felt a bit embarassed...but given that ive probably one much much worse...just picked them u and tucked them in my pocket.....But the hooror of horrors are those tights that get put into the tub by mistake ...then they `tie` themselves all around the remainder of the washing...and when you take it out...Bingo....even Houdini couldnt unknot it all...

I'm guilty of all of the above. So I can't complain too loudly. What I don't like though is my son's pockets. I know, I know. I should be more aware of this and empty them before I put his clothing in the wash, but invariably I forget and the things I have found could probably fill a book.

I have raised 4 girls on my own...I so feel your pain! I stopped doing everyones laundry several years ago. We are all responsible for our own. I do mine and towels and that is it. My girls began doing their own laundry at 10. I supply the supplies. Is your wife the little culprit? You need to raise her right cuz someone did not.

oh p1ke has my daughter been leaving her washing at your place again.lol.isn't it annoying,she does it all the time with her stockings and i could scream,it takes me twice as long to do the washing,which i hate doing anyway.cheers sue

I know the feeling. underwear still in the jeans. Two shirts together. socks rolled up into a ball. yeah drives me crazy, no matter how many times I say to separate the clothes, there are still some that don't make it.

Dirty socks rolled together in a ball. Bedsheets stuffed inside pillowcases. Pockets full of kleenex. Velcro tabs not done up. Pens left in pockets. Darks mixed with whites. Wet towels in the washer for days before being found. Shall I go on? Laundry day is the pits and if I wasn't reduced to having access to only one pair of knickers, I'd never do laundry again!

haha.. you're right. Even guys leave their laundry all tied up.. like socks and boxer shorts in the trousers... I never thought parents minded it!! :) I apologise on behalf of the lazy children who can't be bothered to separate their uderwear from the rest!! :)