To hang my bl**dy MIL...

[Lunar270]

.....for re-hanging my washing on the line.

It was a nice(ish) day for hanging out the washing so there I am, pegging it all out. MIL pops round, sees me finishing the last of the washing and precedes to unpeg and hang it out again.

Now, a question for MN. I honestly don't spend much time thinking about it. However, I tend to peg garments using the strongest part of the garment. So for a tee shirt I'll peg the seam at the arm/shoulder as this also minimises peg marks. But nope, MIL turn the tee upside down and pegs the bottom seam, which results in the tee drying out of shape as it then droops (plus peg marks 🙄).

So I call her out on her ludicrous behaviour. First why the hell she's re-hanging my washing and also that she's doing it incorrectly (for me). I should bite my lip but no-one can ever do anything right in her eyes.

"Oh I've been a housewife for over 30 years so know what I'm doing". I could've hung her out with the washing too. AIBU?

If I seen a T shirt hung up by the shoulder/arms I would seriously struggle to not turn it the correct way 😂

Well you will know in future when she pops over to hand her a basket to go out, putting her skills to good use and all. I would.

This!!

Your way is the correct way, I fell out with my MIL when she rearranged my cupboards and linen cupboard to her way. One day We had a dance of moving the chopping board around where she wanted it in my kitchen to be stored.
But to unpeg your washing is a bit shit,

T-shirts should be hung up either from the bottom, peg on the side seams or under armpit depending on material misses whole point of thread

I would be tempted unpeg and re-hang it all again in front of her, but I know that’s childish!

She was rude to change it but I’m with her on hanging t shirts from the bottom.

My DGM used to do this to my DM.
Baffling, can you imagine having that much free time / fucks to give to rehang washing.

If you wear it on the top, hang it from the bottom.
if you wear it on the bottom, hang it from the top.

We have a glass fronted cupboard for glasses in the kitchen, my MIL unloads the dish washer if she thinks I haven’t got to it quickly enough but puts all the glasses away upside down so I KNOW she’s HAD to do it.

I do it your MIL’s way. But she is being completely unreasonable to rehang your washing. How intrusive! She clearly has too much time on her hands.

some of these comments are ridiculous. you're hanging YOUR washing. you peg it how you want. i too hang it upside down, works for me, but if your way works for you and is the most convenient for you, that's your way and no one needs to correct you on that.

would be a whole other situation if you were hanging out some of her pieces and she asked "would you mind hanging this differently as i'd prefer..." now with your own clothes, politely go do one xx

I don't care which way you hang it, it is your washing and she should not be re-arranging things.

Tell her not to touch your washing or tell her to let you know when she is coming and you’ll save it for her to do as she likes doing it.

YABU. Tops from the bottom, bottoms from the top!

Haha fair play. I get if you're pegging the seams but she just pegged the front of the tee so the back was flapping about. When dry there was peg marks and it was mis-shapen.

But why peg upside down? Interested to know genuinely.

Whatever is deemed the "right" way, your way is right for you, so MIL should butt out.

I'm with your MIL, but she didn't have to change it.

No, not at all. I'm being educated and for the sake of science will try the armpit, upside down and my usual method next time!

What? Jeans are pegged at their ankles or the waist and would never dry!

DP says to peg tops upside down and bottoms vice versa. This is so that the peg marks don’t show when you’re wearing your clothes.

But I like to peg them the other way around!

*waistband

I always peg at the ankles too.

Agree that would be infuriating (although I also hang T-shirts from the bottom!)

MIL is clearly appalled by the state of my container drawer and tidies it up whenever she stays.

I hang tops from the bottom too.

But I can’t imagine caring enough about it to unpeg someone else’s washing and hang it up again the right way round!

Plus it’s rude behaviour.