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To iron my clothes

111 replies

VinegarTits · 24/11/2016 23:59

Why be creased?

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HowToTrainYour · 25/11/2016 00:13

Yabu. I am not creased.

someonestolemynick · 25/11/2016 00:18

If you hang your clothes up properly you wob' t be creased. Hth.

GiddyOnZackHunt · 25/11/2016 00:34

Yanbu

I line dry and ironing softens the clothes

UrethaFranklin · 25/11/2016 01:09

I iron, I hate doing it but would look like a bag lady otherwise. Disclaimer - I don't own a tumble dryer (nowhere to put one) and items do not come out of the washer uncreased or needing minimal ironing.

VinegarTits · 25/11/2016 06:57

Creases do not magically fall out of clothes they need ironing

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SpuriouserAndSpuriouser · 25/11/2016 07:00

Of course YANBU to iron your clothes, you can waste your time however you like Wink

wowfudge · 25/11/2016 07:00

If you don't use the highest spin speeds and tumble dry or hang up a lot of things, they don't need ironing and don't look creased. Sometimes it also depends on the fabric.

AmberEars · 25/11/2016 07:00

Each to their own! I'd rather be creased than spend time ironing, but no worries at all if you're the other way round Smile

SheldonCRules · 25/11/2016 07:35

YANBU, creased clothes look awful and scruffy. Most things need ironing.

TheNaze73 · 25/11/2016 07:44

I didn't think anyone still ironed.

BadKnee · 25/11/2016 08:01

I iron. Then I know things are properly dry when I put them away. I also like doing it. It is satisfying and I watch tv while I am doing it.

I wish I could treat the rest of the housework in the same manner - I hate everything else.

dementedpixie · 25/11/2016 08:02

Creases fall out with body heat and if they don't, who really cares?? I only iron school wear and dh's shirts and that takes away enough of my time so I refuse to do any more

toomuchtooold · 25/11/2016 08:05

I can see why you like wearing ironed clothes but practically, no, not gonna iron anything unless one of us is getting paid to wear it Grin

Confusednotcom · 25/11/2016 08:05

I only iron cotton items that are really creased, I'm another line dryer. I don't iron non iron school shirts even tho I prob should. There's plenty of things I'd rather do.

MissClimpsonsTypingBureau · 25/11/2016 08:05

DH irons helpful

Sixisthemagicnumber · 25/11/2016 08:07

YANBU. I have a tumble dryer and I still find that lots of clothes need ironing. I fold anything that doesn't need ironing but some clothes look very creases unless ironed. I don't iron much myself though - DH does 95% of the ironing Smile

NicknameUsed · 25/11/2016 08:10

Ah the old MN competitive smug non ironing thread again.

"If you don't use the highest spin speeds and tumble dry or hang up a lot of things, they don't need ironing and don't look creased"

Cotton shirts look creased regardless of how I dry them - tumble dryer, on the line on a windy day or in the house. DD wears shirts to school that need ironing as well, and OH does hos own ironing.

I don't want to look homeless so I do iron, but it isn't a chore to me because I watch something I have recorded while I am ironing.

NavyandWhite · 25/11/2016 08:16

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SinglePringle · 25/11/2016 08:16

Same as NickName here. Always iron my clothes.

GoofyTheHero · 25/11/2016 08:18

Errr no? Do what you want to your own clothes.

GoofyTheHero · 25/11/2016 08:20

DH does our ironing.

TheProblemOfSusan · 25/11/2016 08:22

I avoid buying things that need ironing and I'm very good at hanging things up so creases fall out/don't form. Cannot be arsed with it, think it's dull and a total waste of time.

But if others get satisfaction from pleasingly smooth and flat clothes and no one is forcing them to do it, have at it and enjoy yourself. I'm sure I do stuff other people would find deadly.

PinkSwimGoggles · 25/11/2016 08:23

yanbu if that's what you want.
I don't, hanging up smoothly to dry and not buying fabrics that crease easily.

NapQueen · 25/11/2016 08:24

As long as you don't whinge about having to do it. I've a relative who does the whole "woe is me and my pile of Sunday evening ironing" - she lumbers herself with her dp's as well even though they both work ft.

I iron nothing, and just wonder why she bothers tbh.

latebreakfast · 25/11/2016 08:42

YABU