to iron my hubbys boxer shorts?

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Just doing the ironing and wondering if everyone irons boxers or I can get away with not ironing them hehe.

They are the loose fitting they do look slightly creased

Takes all of about 5 seconds to iron a pair.

Pension, read Billy's thread, will you?
You should be more careful with such broad statements.
Also, ironing is one way of killing bacteria, and worm eggs that may not be killed in low temperature washes.

I agree with you, Pensioner, in principle, but yes, read the Billy thread - there are very valid exceptions.

DH brought out iron in to the marriage
He is a very good ironer, but better than I will ever be, but even he now outsources - he does, I just don't iron.

Never iron anything that isn't on show. I suppose they might be in a gym changing room or similar. No I wouldn't.

This has to be a joke, right.

Please tell me this is a joke.

Ironing fucking underwear?!

I'm with meglet, haven't ironed in approx 3 years!

I iron underwere, kills bacteria and fungus, stops thrush.

For those moaning about the word 'hubby', how is the twee 'DH' any better?

DH is ironic I always thought. And sometimes it means dick head

'why isn't he ironing them himself''

At the risk of thing sexist is there a bloke in the world who would bother ironing pants. If his wife is obsessed with this kind of this he is being perfectly reasonable to think 'let her get on with it'

Yabu op, unless you really love ironing.

'I iron underwear it kills bacteria''

Put it on a hot wash or in the tumbledryer then

Shirts, t shirts and trousers need ironing. Pants, towels, bedsheets, duvet covers and pillow cases do not.

'I iron underwear it kills bacteria'' Put it on a hot wash or in the tumbledryer then

Surely it's up to each person to choose to do a hot wash or iron.
Why should people be dictated NOT to iron????

nobody's dictating anything, just pointing out it is in no way necessary . You can iron whatever you like

I had worms once in about 1969, Mother always said it was people sticking their fingers in their mouths and biting their nails and ingesting worm eggs, no idea if true. Does anyone know? I don't want to google worms.

It's true for some worms. The ones that put their eggs around your bottom, so you have to scratch it, then put your fingers in your mouth. Or the eggs stick to the clothes (including bedding, if you don't wear underwear in bed...) and can get airborne, even. Nice. Which is why if you have those worms you should treat the whole family.

My Auntie irons her pants because "they lie flat in the drawer".

I imagine these energetic knickers bouncing around with wild abandon.

As I said, OH irons tea towels and I have no idea why. If I was living on my own, the only thing I'd iron would be T shirts and shirts. I'm lying, I'd pay someone else to do it.
But I'm not going to be a dictatorial arse and say he can't iron whatever he likes and however he likes. He's doing it, up to him how.
It's one of the things that makes me about a father caring for his children, and how their partners get annoyed and nit-picking about how they've done it, if it isn't exactly right.

Oh, and ironing seams apparently kills body lice and their eggs. Don't ask me how I know that.

Why do so many of you regard people who like ironing/keeping a nice home/as somehow brain dead.
I had a very successful business, so successful that I was able to retire at 55, dept free with several properties, mortgage free.
But in all those years I loved keeping my home and garden a lovely place for all to come and enjoy.

'Why do so many of you regard people who like ironing/keeping a nice home/as somehow brain dead. '

OH has a PhD and regards ironing in the same way as others regard yoga, a destressing and relaxing activity he does to music.
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I like keeping a nice home. Ironing doesn't factor into this, I know how to dry and fold.

An iron would be unlikely to kill many bacteria in the pants, while the temperature may be hot enough on the iron, the heat that would be imparted into the underwear on the tiny duration that it's there isn't really long enough.

Of course there won't be any bacteria on a washed pair of underwear, or are your ironing dirty ones from a partner who can't wipe?

Ironing is a pointless task for all but a few clothes, most of which are only worn rarely outside of a few professions. Underwear is never seen, it's braindead because it achieves nothing. Of course lots of people do braindead things that achieve nothing 'cos they enjoy them - crosswords, angry birds etc. but as soon as you call them a chore then you're just bonkers.

Mind you, there is some evidence that ironing does lengthen the life of clothes (the same as fabric softener) but it's unlikely to be significant compared to even the cost of ironing in power, let alone time.

As if!!!
I used to iron loads of stuff but have pulled back from doing everyone's grunt work and now only do my work clothes and D's school uniform. Everything else goes unironed or the owners do it themselves.

I have NEVER ironed any item of underwear and rarely iron any bed clothes either. I figure they are mostly not seen by other people.

DH actually does all our ironing but he never does either.

Why do so many of you regard people who like ironing/keeping a nice home/as somehow brain dead.

Nobody said that!

Some people enjoy it, some don't. I could iron but I have to watch some paint dry instead.