Laundry is not hard

Oh my god THE SOCKS.

And why are my DH’s always inside fucking out?!

I hate laundry.

It’s the drying that can be a nightmare if you don’t have space for a dryer, a laundry room or a cover of some sort so you can air dry in all weathers. I do 6 clothes loads a week not including bedding and this rises to eight in summer (not including bedding) two hour cycles because my machine is rubbish it won’t wash clothes properly on the hour cycle no matter how little I put in 🤷‍♀️ I hate cooking it’s the worst household chore ever.

It's not hard but it is a constant job in my house. Also, it's not just washing the laundry, it's drying it, ironing it and/or putting it away. By which time, the basket is full again. I think that's what people tend to find makes them moan about laundry.

Your post just comes across as smug. I've got 3 kids, one being a toddler, if I left clothes on the stairs the toddler might well trip over them. She's also be inclined to throw them everywhere and then sit in amongst them. That would already add more time on to what is a necessary but thankless task. I fold and put away clothes as soon as they are dry but we are a 5 person household to your 3 so yes it does take longer.

I really don't understand why despite the numerous posters explaining why they dislike it or struggle you keep harping on about it being easy.

I scrub my oven so rarely that it doesn't even feature in my list of things I dislike doing. Laundry, on the other hand, is incessant.

I actually don't mind it that much, but you have to sort colours, bring it downstairs, then hang it up, fold it, put it away. The putting it in the machine part is fine, I agree with you there.

I imagine they are also the same ones claiming that laundy takes up so much of their time - it's hard to feel a shred of sympathy for them.

I don't mind doing laundry, it's easy enough but it's time consuming. I gather washing from 5 different rooms, sort into lights/darks, load into machine, hang out on clothesline, sometimes more than once if not really dry. Then I bring in and hang on clothes horse overnight, after which I seperate into 2 piles, one to be folded and put away, the other for ironing. I wash for 6 people, that's a lot of matching up socks! And then of course there is the stripping and making of beds, again very time-consuming. Yes its not rocket science, but sometimes it seems endless.

This. Its such an endless faff.

Don’t worry about pairing socks, just buy everyone their own plain coloured socks 🤣 if they have different sized feet, my grandchildren all have similar sized feet so I bulk buy them black socks

This.

Or perhaps:

My DM takes an age doing laundry. She uses certain powders, or additives or liquids for certain things. She presses certain items. Irons others. Tumbles some. Line dries some. Starches. Has a laundry room. Her standards are immaculate.

I take probably an hour a day, because of sheer volume. Iron little. Fold still warm out of the drier and ensure no creases. My standards are less than DM but reasonably high.

OP. Takes less than two minutes to fold a load...

What is even the point of your post? Just because you don't find something difficult/tedious/annoying it doesn't mean others shouldn't. Sounds like you're bored with your life if you have nothing better to do with your life than make pointless posts judging others about laundry on mums net 😒 clearly the laundry isn't quite as fulfilling for you as you're trying to make out..

if Ieave piles of washing in the living there's a risk someone will make a nest.

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I can relate

I hate doing the washing!! The actual washing part, like you say, is easy. For me it's forgetting it's in the machine, and having to re-wash, or putting it in the tumble and forgetting about it so have to wash it again then folding it but never getting around to putting it away. Small, mundane tasks can actually be really hard for neurodivergent people because we are easily distracted and tend to start other jobs before completing the 1st so most stuff is half finished, well for me anyway. I wouldn't say washing is the worst job though, because I don't have to do it everyday. For me it's washing up because it is truly never ending!

laundry is not a problem. It’s socks that are the problem. SOCKS. Balling them up, unballing ones that have gone in together and they are still damp from the dryer etc, odd socks. socks everywhere

Oh and don’t forget the fun of mould and damp if your home is small and cold.

I used to live in a tiny flat with no space to dry, no space to have a dryer, and I worked full time, someone else had to cook my kids pasta then we got home and everything had to be crammed into those few hours. I wasn’t home all day so heating wasn’t on and it took longer to dry, so a backlog built up. The pile felt overwhelming in my small space! I didn’t moan about laundry as I had no one to moan to but I certainly thought it!

laundry isn’t inherently hard but it is boring, thankless and repetitive, and made harder by lack of resources and circumstances. The more I think about it, the less i understand why you posted this in the first place.

It's not hard but it has to be one of the most boring tasks in the world. Having R. arthritis means hanging stuff up is painful and slow, same as getting if off the line. Agree with others in that in never seems to end either. Cleaning the oven is quick(ish) and the results last several weeks, and a quick wipe down of the hob after using gives satisfying results, laundry is just endless, esp. endless sports kits that need washing after every use in the endless mud!

@Viohh i think it’s the relentlessness of laundry that makes most of us grumblers grumble about it. You never really get that ‘ah it’s done’ kind of satisfaction.

I think for most people it’s not the chore of doing the laundry it’s the struggle of getting it dry especially this time of year. Not everyone has a dryer, not everyone can afford to put the heating on just to dry washing and if the house is cold washing takes days to dry

Same people probably complain about paying £300 a month electric bill

I am shocked with how much washing some people claim to be doing. 2-3 loads a day?

I'm not. People boast about changing their sheets every couple of days, using a towel only once, clean pyjamas every day, etc etc etc.

I am shocked with how much washing some people claim to be doing. 2-3 loads a day?

Right. That’s what we do in a week usually.

brilliant post, ❤️ this reply.

@SoupDragon 🤣 no need for me to read the rest of the thread, you nailed it.

It’s hard to dry laundry in a flat in winter.

Were moving to a house with a laundry room and more space. I think it will be 10x easier when we’re there.

But you’re right that lobbing it in is a 5 min job, hanging it out is a 5 min job and folding and putting away is a 5 min job.