to think surely I'm not strange

[Aprillygirl]

for not ironing my undies.
I have just been told,by a stranger online,that knickers would not be worn in her house unless ironed and asked for the reason I don't iron mine. Wtf?!!!

I haven't seen my iron in months.

She is the strange one!

Weird. I guess if you go to her house you have to go commando.
My iron hasn't seen the light of day since last summer.

I don't own an iron and I don't wear knickers.

Maybe she starches them as a weird form of contraceptive?!

What on earth would be the point? Or the need? Is she ironing patterns into them? Does her DP refuse to get hot'n'bothered if she isn't in perfectly pressed knicks?

I literally never iron. On the very rare occasions I wear a pressed shirt to work, DH irons it with his.

How in God's name did this conversation come about? Lol. Sounds like someone with a fetish getting their rocks off. Block the nutter.

IF YOU IRON YOUR UNDERWEAR YOUVE GOT TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS

It's not still April Fools' Day is it? Can't think (at the moment) of a more colossal waste of time!! 🤣

My auntie still irons her son's pants, he's in his 40's...

I did a favour for a friend once of a large bag of ironing while she was recuperating from a procedure.
In there were a few pairs of knickers. I figured they were in the bag by accident and didn't iron them (though I did fold them nicely.) Perhaps I was supposed to iron them too? No chance! WHY the hell would you?

Body heat and a little patience - just as good as ironing.

I don’t iron shirts never mind underwear

My nana irons her underwear. We tease her (gently) about it.

Blimey, what does she wear? Down to the knee bloomers or something?

I've just done my yearly ironing which consists of a few cotton dresses that I've just taken out of storage. I'm hoping this move brings better weather.

My granny irons her knickers. But they do have roughly the same amount of fabric as her blouses, so I suppose that might have something to do with it.

You are definitely my kind of people lol. The convo came about because I mentioned that I couldn't resist buying an upright steamer (even though I already have an unused handheld one) because it was on special offer,and said that I might gift it to my sister who even irons knickers! I did not expect there to be another person in the world who does this,yet alone one so incredulous that I didn't,hence my coming on here for some reassurance

Many years ago, my mother was told at an ante-natal class that it was okay to skimp a bit on housework when heavily pregnant/a new mother. The example given was not ironing underwear.

Up until that point, I don't think it had ever occurred to her that anyone ironed underwear at all. I certainly don't.

Well, it could be that the person online is a knicker fetishist or you are

I thought my mother was the only person on earth who ironed underwear! She even attempts to iron socks too. Plus towels and teatowels, despite me pointing out that it affects absorbency.

Whereas my iron only comes out for special occasions. Not sure where it is right now.

RoombA are we sisters? We seem to share the same mum !
She used to iron babygros as well

My mother irons underwear. Also pyjamas, towels and even DUSTERS ffs!
I iron nothing. Well, that's a slight lie. I have 2 tops that have to be ironed because no matter how quickly I take them out of the machine etc, they're still a mass of wrinkles.
I normally hand them to Fr Dowling though when he's ironing his work shirts

And you should tell this paragon of dubious domestic virtue not to get her knickers in a counterproductive twist about other people's undie ironing laxness.

My nana used to iron everything. Knickers, socks, towels, bed sheets, scarves... I don't iron anything! She'd be horrified if she knew