Laundry is not hard

Well yes.

Ensuring everyone is fed (and the kitchen remains clean and hygenic) is another sysiphean task that takes more than 2 minutes.

But super-OP combines both laundry and cooking in one fell swoop. We should all bow down at her greatness.

I also find that while I’m trying to cook the rest of the meal, and tidy up, I’m also dealing with a 3 year old who has questions/demands or is just getting in the way with bloody toy cars. And also nagging a teenager to make sure that he is doing him homework/has his stuff ready for a club and so on. Or delegating stuff to him and then having to nag to make sure it gets done.

None of this put a pot of pasta on and then fold a dryer full of laundry on the island.

Laundry isn't difficult, true. It is time consuming and relentless though, especially when you don't have a tumble dryer and the weather is rubbish for drying... and you work full time shifts so coordinating time critical laundry (school uniform when I'm on 12 hour shifts over the whole weekend) is a huge pain in the arse.

So many excuses it’s comical. It’s
laundry not the building of the Taj Manal

Personally I find laundry takes up a lot of time. I sort, I put in the washer, I sort into tumble and hanging items, I hang, I stick in the tumbler, I take down and fold, I sort into piles for each person, I leave on the worktop in the laundry for family members to go collect and put away.

However I don't have a problem with dishes as we have a machine. You clearly find dishes harder. Yet somehow you don't understand that for other people it's the other way round.

Personally I don eat plain pasta with my fingers and no drink. So while pasta is cooking I am prepping the rest of the meal, laying the table, doing drinks, putting away washing up etc.

Same here! We have a heat pump condenser dryer which takes 2.5 hours to dry a load. So my life is a constant cycle of washing, taking stuff out to the garage, bringing stuff in from the garage and so on. Also we can't dry indoors as we live in a bungalow with a damp problem

why is it hard.. well.

Lets preface this b pointing out before we go any further, that i'm disabled.. physically disabled, and i also have ADHD.

It hurts to carry the laundry down the stairs.
It hurts to hang it out
It hurts to bend over putting it in/out of the washing machine and tumble dryer
it hurts to stand and fold it
it hurts to carry it back up the stairs.

Knowing that it hurts, and i frequently have to rest and/or sit on the kitchen floor to do much of the sorting of loads, putting in/out of the washer/dryer, it compounds the issue that i procrastinate due to my adhd.

Funnily enough, i'm not exactly enthusiastic to start a chore that causes me a lot of pain.

So i'm Glad you find it easy. I don't.

Of course you are. Consultants are literally famous for offering opinions of stuff they've got no idea about haha!!

I know it's been done but here👑👑queen of laundry we'll done gold stars and medals too ⭐⭐⭐🥇🥇🥇🥇

Your post was a general post.
It was directed at anyone on MN.

You’ve taken it out of the context of all the other housework. That’s why it sounds a bit smug. Also how do your twins carry it up the stairs (I presume they’re babies? Otherwise why mention it)
i hate checking pockets but I know my kids and husband will forget. My husband is a labourer so doing his dirty work clothes is a pain.
my older kids have sport every day so keeping PE kits washed is a pain when they need them again the next day (too expensive to buy a second set)

@UnNiddeRides he does have more than one set of clothes however as mentioned previously due to the nature of his job I wouldn’t want the dirty clothes hanging around in a basket, my machine is also eco friendly and the instructions say the eco cycle uses half the amount of water that a full wash would (it’s a small machine so a full wash would Only be 4 jumpers, 4 pants and 4 lots of underwear and socks) the method I use does help me keep on top of washing

I once put Christmas lights on the mountain of clean clothes in DS2's room. He still didn't notice it.

I could build a Taj Mahal of dried folded laundry and put it in the stairs and only my husband would take it up. My three kids would need x reminders each (multiply X by age and disposition of child) and would leap frog said fabric structure until it became easier to just build a flying fox over it. And then I reckon they'd prefer to do that. I blame the parents.

That doesn't mean that it isn't.

your posts are more "smug as fuck" and "superior" rather than bragging though.

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

Me too. Even when it was 3 teen/adult children 1 adult and a dog we never had to do that much (or when they were small children). Not even when 2 of the teens were playing rugby several times a week. I get it if you're using reusable nappies etc but otherwise it seems excessive (no doubt posters will be along shortly to call everyone who does less laundry dirty and smelly)

It’s not excuses @Viohh. You just seem to be determined to crow about how everyone else isn’t as good as you.

Seriously. If you need to boast about laundry like this to make yourself feel worthwhile, you need to get a hobby.

I love that you added the I didn't mean people with disabilities only when pulled up on it by more than one poster.

What sort of 'buckets' do you have that everyone has three buckets?

Where do you have space to hang up enough washing to dry for everyone, unless you use a dryer or a heated airer? Those both cost, and with the cost of living crisis many people can't afford to do that.

You do sound really smug, sorry.

I wfh. I have a basket of dry clothes to take upstairs and put away. I don't have time during the day to do that. How do you manage it?

I have adhd and asd and physical disabilities. Even taking the basket upstairs is a challenge for me, then getting it into my bedroom and putting the stuff away from it is physically difficult. Then add in adhd and it becomes overwhelming.

But you are faster and efficient than everyone else here it seems 🤔 I mean if that's all you've got to brag about, your life must be pretty boring. I've never personally timed my laundry nor felt the need to make an entire post dedicated to how good I am at it.

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

We are two adults, two kids. Generally one whites and one or two colour washes a week. Don't use the drier unless absolutely have to. Additional bedding wash once a fortnight. We will rewear tops and trousers unless actually dirty. Obviously underwear is only worn once. Everyone has their own towel which gets washed after 3 uses - just hung up in between to dry.

If it is a dry day we may do two loads in one day to get ahead and get stuff on the line. If weather crap will stagger it to give other stuff chance to dry on airers.

I started being more conscious with usage with energy in April 2022 with the energy cost spike. Took my usage from near 8000 units to 3500 a year saving about £1500 a year In electric costs. The laundry was a large part of that particularly the tumble drier

ie. everyone has their laundry equipment in the kitchen

The dinner aka the pasta you boil whilst doing your laundry?

What are you hoping to achieve with this weird bragging thread exactly?

@Viohh
You've made many assumptions on this post, so yes do so

Ah, now I see why you posted. It’s clear as day now.