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?!!!

Doesnt it damage the lace? I suppose I dont bother because I dont have a drier so underwear is hung out and dries pretty crease free...
I understand why people iron bedding... I do not personally bother though... it's creased but not that badly because its line dried from wet. Lifes too short.

I don't iron anything. Life is too short for that kind of shit.

I iron everything - and use copious amounts of starch too on bedding, shirts, dresses etc. My nan always used to say it was more hygienic and, as she taught me how to iron, I've just carried on. :)

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

No I am definitely not some weird perv. Christ I didn't realise the 'knicker' word was so dubious

Really Annie? Blimey I wouldn't even know where to get starch from!

I have’t ironed anything in years. The rare item that would need ironing, like a dress shirt DH is wearing to a wedding or funeral just goes to the cleaners.

Surely it’s not good for them?

This thread has made me realise I need to invest in a better quality undie! My shiny man made fibres would most likely melt under the iron

I moved house and can’t find my iron but the ironing board came in handy as a dog gate for my Dsis little dog

She would keel over and did if she knew me then.

Iv ironed twice in 17 years, both shirts one for a funeral and the other for another big event.

Ironing can fuck off.

She’s the weirdo!

I’d have asked her, how she irons studded leather thongs

I don't iron anything and if I did, knickers would be at the bottom (!) of the list.

My sis irons boxer shorts, pants, tea towels , cloths babygrows anything really. She is a freak of nature. I iron nothing, I would consider ironing a shirt if i was in court for murdering dh but that’s about it.

My exMil used to do this, something to do with the heat getting rid of any lingering bacteria no idea if she still does it but I remember being quite surprised she would even bother!

I ironed my undies very thoroughly when I lived in Africa as there is a fly that lays eggs in damp clothes which when warm burrow into your skin!! Never since though!!!

What kind of weirdo irons underwear??? No she is the one being unreasonable

I’d have asked her, how she irons studded leather thongs

Lol I so wish I'd thought of that one!

Don't take any notice of anything someone says to you online.

Righteo I will totally ignore what you just said then Harry

Op you may of been speaking to my mother.
She irons pants socks and towels

I haven't seen my iron in months

I don’t buy clothes that need ironing.

Currently sat in a hotel room about ti go down for dinner and they have a charge sheet for ironing. Underwear/socks are 50p per item/pair. I didn't know it was a thing till just now.

Oh no, I'm a weirdo!

@Twotinydictators
Don't invest in new undies, invest in a really nice steam generator. Don't know if they're all the same but mine doesn't have to have the temperature adjusted so I can glide effortlessly from towels to woolly socks to my shiny man-made knickers.

You can buy starch in all supermarkets or pound store / savers type shops.
It's about 1.50 or less and great for tough cotton shirts as it makes them a bit damp so easier to iron. I do have to iron shirts /,t shirts but underwear and towels I just fold.
I'm a weirdo as I don't mind ironing. Rather that than cook!

Bluelonerose are you my niece? My sister does all that because she says that she has the iron out so she may as well. Erm no,you do what is absolutely necessary when it comes to ironing,which is not a lot. Why prolong the agony?