to make dh iron his own shirts even though I'm a SAHM?

[emkana]

He's currently ironing in the kitchen and muttering to himself and wants the MN consensus on this.

[DoingTheBestICan]

Is the ironing making him ill? If not tell him to shut up & keep ironing

[DuelingFanjo]

I don't think he should ASSUME you should do them. You should be able to have a conversation about it. personally I think being a SAHM is about being a MUM and you are not his mum so why should you get him ready for school work?

What is so pressing in his life that he needs you to do it for him? What will he be doing when you are ironing?

[LynetteScavo]

YANBU.

Is he only doing his shirts?

[AnyFucker]

well, about 15 yrs ago my dh complained about some ironing I had done not being of good enough standard

needless to say, he has done his own ironing ever since

[DuelingFanjo]

and PS - does he iron your clothes so that you can do your job or does he for some bizzare reason think you should do everything?

[emkana]

He's only doing his shirts because nothing else in this house gets ironed

[LadyGlencoraPalliser]

I don't iron. DH does his own shirts. You're his wife not his mother or his bloody housekeeper.
He wears 'em, he irons 'em.
End of.

[emkana]

in his defence he's not entirely serious in his complaining

[Hulababy]

YANBU

I work PT (every morning, term time only). Although I do most of the other housework (albeit not all every time) and do the cooking, DH does ALL our ironing - that is his, mine and 7y DD's clothes.

[ShrimpOnTheBarbie]

You are a SAHM NOT a SAHIL (Ironing Lady)!! I am one too and never iron my DHs shirts unless he is in a huge rush/late and I am feeling particularly generous. He irons for me under the same circumstances.

[Firawla]

I think yabu a little bit, its normal for sahms to do it
depends if he works long hours then yabu, if he works average or shorter hours and doesn't mind then yanbu

[dutchmanswife]

They are his shirts, they are his responsibilty. If he doesn't want to iron them he should either wear them creased or send them out to an ironing srvice.

[traceybath]

I'm a SAHM and I iron.

I iron DH's shirts because I don't actually mind ironing and he works very long hours.

I also have a cleaner once a week so have help in that way.

As with most things I think its what works in your relationship.

[Niecie]

I have never, in 16 yrs of marriage ironed DH's shirts. He used to do his own but now I take them to an ironing lady who does them for me. I have enough to do with my own and the DC's.

Tell your DH he could pay to get them done.

Mind you, I do have the hassle of taking them and picking them up but rather that than actually have to do them.

[choochoo73]

The Suffragettes did not chain themselves to railings for me to iron shirts.
Luckily for me my husband would rather do it himself as I am rubbish with an iron.

[purpleduck]

we tend to take turns...even when I was a SAHM we did this.

[PommePoire]

I too am a SAHM and do not routinely do my husband's ironing. I didn't do it when I was BC either. He has never expected me to do it and he never asks me to do it. So, if I can see he's really tired and I'm not especially or if he's had to bring paperwork home at the weekend then I offer and sometimes, he gratefully accepts. YANBU.

[IdrisTheDragon]

I am a SAHM and DH generally irons his own shirts. He does work long hours, but they are his shirts. He doesn't seem to mind

[babyicebean]

Ironing............remind me again what it is?

[kittywise]

I am a sahm and do everyone's ironing. I see it as part of my remit. He earns money so I can stay at home, why should he iron his shirts?

[Barrelofloves]

I can't iron. am sahm and dh does his own ironing. We have a sheila maid upstairs where everything is hung from coat hanger/hanging pegs and so it means clothes are not crumpled and also we don't have to tumble dry or iron anything else! Brill!

[BetsyBoop]

tell him to by non-iron shirts, that's what DH does, as we both hate ironing with a passion