Ironing

[mrs_overall]

I was gobsmacked today when a friend told me she irons socks & undies. Why? I do the bare minimum of ironing. What about the rest of you?

[Barmaid]

Sorry, can you explain "ironing", please?

[vodkancoke]

Oh God Mrs O, I iron everything.....socks, underwear, towels, dish towels, pillowcases, sheets, duvet covers...the list is endless!

[mrs_overall]

lol

[carolegif]

I never do, but OH does! he used to iron towels until I told him it stops them absorbing water properly!

[mrs_overall]

that was lol @ barmaid, not you vodka

Why iron socks & undies?

[Stephen_G]

Evening, mrs_o.

No, I wouldn't iron undies or socks. Strange friend!

[Barmaid]

Seriously, I do most things in this house. But I absolutely REFUSE to iron anything. I am a hopeless impatient ironer. If anything needs ironing I get Mr BM to do it.

I've lost count of the times I've gone off for a shower to go to work and come down with something and said "darling" (flutters eyelashes) "would you be ever so sweet and iron this for me and then I might cook you something very nice for tea".

[sherrardk]

I iron clothes, but not bedding, underwear, etc - it's like a Chinese laundry here as it is.

[tenrec]

Yep, I have a friend that irons everything including tights! Me, no very rarely.

[pastafreak]

I iron my work uniform...and that's it. Every thing else I own doesn't need it.

[vodkancoke]

Because it's how I have been brung up! lol My Mum irons everything too and it's just how it always has been in our house. I can't explain why, it's just habit I guess.

[EcclesCake]

I only iron in the summer when linen clothing is just that bit too crumpled.

I once found my Mother ironing my bra!

[mrs_overall]

In winter I have even been known to iron just the front of school shirts as the kids wore jumpers over them

[2sp_]

I got rid of my iron about 8 years ago. Cannot begin to tell you how liberating it was.

Life is too short to spend any of it ironing.

[boxtops]

I absolutely can't understand this either, mrs 0 - why would anyone iron socks or pants? why would anyone iron anything that doesn't need it? Ironing towels wrecks the bounciness. I admit to ironing teatowels otherwise they won't fit in the drawer, and pillowcases, but not much else. Why would you?

[gingejbee]

The important word is "needs". If anything needs ironing, it gets ironed. Otherwise.....tough.

[Barmaid]

Mr BM did once ask me to iron a shirt for an evening function. So I ironed the front and the collars........

(He never asked me again).

[mazie]

I LOVE it.... I used to iron everything. My kids clothes were the talk of the school.... Now neither of them iron anything.....Last time I went to my Daughters I plugged the iron in to iron the Kids school shirts. The light was flashing on and off so I took the plus to bits. I was horrified to see the earth wire wasn't connected. I spoke to the Daughter and said " You know you could have had a very nasty shock" she said "no I couldn't Mother, I've never used the iron since I've been here" The shame....2 years and no kids clothes ironed :o(

[mrs_overall]

Mr O irons his own shirts as he was fed up of the tram lines on the sleeves

(My cunning plan worked)

[Psybbo]

Oh I remember, it's that thing taking up room in the cupboard, comes out when OH needs a shirt ironing for a funeral