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Husband and "ironing" his shirts with the shower 🙄

81 replies

Balaur · 04/12/2020 13:26

Instead of getting out the ironing board and iron (which lives in our bedroom), he hangs his shirt up in the shower and leaves the shower running for 10 minutes while he makes coffee. Then turns it off and has his coffee. Shower back on to actually have a shower. This annoys the shit out of me. It seems lazy and completely energy inefficient. He has also flooded the bathroom several times when the plug has not been draining well. And no, it does not make for a crisply ironed shirt but he doesn't give a shit about that either! Aibu?

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Thehop · 04/12/2020 13:27

Tell him to buy a hand held steamer that’s mad

Funny though

Nacreous · 04/12/2020 13:28

I understand not ironing his shirt, I hate ironing. But there's no need to have a shower running only for his shirt, he can be in it at the same time! The crispness is a bit irrelevant.

I think some of the new "non-iron" shirts from places like m and s and Charles tyrwhitt (sp?) are almost entirely cotton now and are meant to be quite good.

PegLegTrev · 04/12/2020 13:30

That is lazy to the absolute extreme!

Janegrey333 · 04/12/2020 13:31

@Balaur

Instead of getting out the ironing board and iron (which lives in our bedroom), he hangs his shirt up in the shower and leaves the shower running for 10 minutes while he makes coffee. Then turns it off and has his coffee. Shower back on to actually have a shower. This annoys the shit out of me. It seems lazy and completely energy inefficient. He has also flooded the bathroom several times when the plug has not been draining well. And no, it does not make for a crisply ironed shirt but he doesn't give a shit about that either! Aibu?
Why doesn’t he get a steaming machine gizmo?!
Janegrey333 · 04/12/2020 13:32

And yes, I laughed. Men!!!!

SmudgeButt · 04/12/2020 13:32

What annoys me is that when my DH does the laundry he leaves all the shirts in the machine which means they all end up a real mess. If he gets them out immediately when the wash finished then they can be put on the drying rack or hung up and will be nearly completely wrinkle free. It would save me going to work looking like I don't care. (I don't care but I'd rather not shout that out to everyone at work.)

CoronaIsWatching · 04/12/2020 13:32

How does he dry it after

Original poster
Balaur · 04/12/2020 13:43

@CoronaIsWatching

How does he dry it after
It's not wet, just "steamed" from the heat of the shower.
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Balaur · 04/12/2020 13:44

Well, a hand held steam gizmo might be a sensible choice but that involves actually DOING something and my dh will always take the passive route if he can!

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brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 04/12/2020 13:45

I do that but only in shit hotels with no ironing facility in an emergency. At home ? Nooooo !

IndecentFeminist · 04/12/2020 13:46

That is so extraordinarily wasteful it's not even funny. If he is genuinely that lazy he can't iron, or impractical that he won't buy a non iron shirt (which are very good now) then he at least should just do it while he is actually having a shower. That would be wholly logical. But firing up a boiler and wasting 10 minutes of fresh, clean water? Totally uncool.

Beamur · 04/12/2020 13:46

Running the shower for 10 minutes is wasteful.
Steaming it while he is in the shower is genius.

giantangryrooster · 04/12/2020 13:48

But Why, why doesn't he 'steam' the shirt while in the shower, why 10 minutes of running water in an empty shower?

(Actually this is good advice when traveling, but while you are showering ffs Smile).

LakieLady · 04/12/2020 13:49

I often hang creased clothes in the bathroom while I shower, as the steam helps the creases drop out, but no way would I run the shower expressly for that purpose. And I'm seriously lazy!

northbacchus · 04/12/2020 13:50

Non iron shirts or he could pay for an ironing service.

Alternatively he could just use the iron!

Moo678 · 04/12/2020 13:50

Why doesn't he just hang it in the shower while he is having his shower? That's what I do with my work dresses - I don't even know where the iron is....

Cocomarine · 04/12/2020 13:55

I do this - but only when I am in the shower!

What haven’t either of you sorted out a drainage problem that can flood the bathroom in 10 minutes? You’re both lazy there!

Brefugee · 04/12/2020 13:57

Why doesn't he hang the shirt up while he showers? (in fact why doesn't he just bloody iron it - it's a 2 minute job)

helloxhristmas · 04/12/2020 13:58

Why can't he do it when he's in the shower? Are you on a water meter😂

NoSquirrels · 04/12/2020 14:00

@Balaur

Well, a hand held steam gizmo might be a sensible choice but that involves actually DOING something and my dh will always take the passive route if he can!
Buy him one for Christmas.

And some non-iron shirts.

Lockheart · 04/12/2020 14:00

There is method in the madness but I agree that he should only be doing this while he's actually in the shower; anything else is wasteful.

NoSquirrels · 04/12/2020 14:01

I’m very petty and would turn it off every time.

giantangryrooster · 04/12/2020 14:02

Actually on second thought your dh simply has a dw problem. He wouldn't have to waste water if you just behaved like a good little wifey and ironed his bloody shirts 🤣.

Seriously suggest steaming while showering, obviously he is not sharp enough to have realized this by himself Hmm.

Ivy455 · 04/12/2020 14:05

I'd divorce him.

LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow · 04/12/2020 14:08

that's taking the men cannot figure out how to multitask to a whole new level

he see that shower steam will drop creases out of things but cannot join the dots enough to realise he can use the shower too. Hmm