Ironing before packing - am I wasting time?

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Flounge · 27/05/2026 17:51

Going on holiday at the weekend. I saw DH putting several unironed shirts and t shirts into the case.

I told him he should iron them and he looked at me like I have two heads. He said why would he iron them when they get creased in the case and he has to iron them on holiday before he wears them anyway.

I then said he should get the car cleaned before we go and he looked really confused. Not a priority and it’s just going to sit on the drive for 10 days, and he’ll take it if there’s time.

Who is right here? Am I wasting time on pointless tasks and making life more difficult for the sake of it?

AIBU?

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BashfulClam · 27/05/2026 18:07

I don’t iron anyway and I always refused to be like my mum knocking her pan in ironing everything before packing it all whilst my dad sat on his arse. She’d then iron when she got on holiday too as the case had creased things. Service told me off for not ironing DH’s hoodie, I asked why would I iron it and she snapped ‘because you’re a bloody woman!’ Well I didn’t know we operated irons with our vaginas!!! I work 40 hours a week, the ironing can go and fuck itself.

DH is responsible for his own packing so if he forgets his knickers that not my problem.

tiramisugelato · 27/05/2026 18:00

I've never ironed a thing in my life. I seem to have managed just fine.

I also never clean my car unless it's in for a service and the garage do it for me.

tinyladybird · 27/05/2026 17:59

I did this for the first time ever this year..... Dare I say it the clothes were less creased in the case than usual 😂 my husband would wear something creased within an inch of it's life so I started with his stuff and ended up doing everything!

likelysuspect · 27/05/2026 17:58

I dont iron anything in real life but when on holiday we like to look crisp and smart

So I never book anywhere without an iron and I follow this up before booking to double check, we went somewhere once where they had an iron and no ironing board!!

We sometimes iron before going and I find that even though things get creased in the case, because they have been ironed they drop out when hung up (I also take spare hangers)

But things that dont drop out I do iron before we go out

I never clean the car no. Pointless. I dont live in it.

MrsOni · 27/05/2026 17:56

YABU to iron at all, especially casual t-shirts and things on holiday.

And yeah, what's the point of fussing about cleaning a car if you aren't going to be using it for 2 weeks? Just do it when you get back.

ThatGreenFawn · 27/05/2026 17:54

Team husband here too. Really cant see the point of cleaning the car if its going to be sat on the drive.

noworklifebalance · 27/05/2026 17:53

Team husband.
Pre iron your things if you want to.
Really don’t see the point of cleaning the car.

mynameiscalypso · 27/05/2026 17:52

Well, I don’t iron anything so I wouldn’t bother at either stage. If he’s going to iron on holiday though (although I can’t imagine anything worse), then I agree with him.

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