To not unroll DHs filthy socks before washing?

[pontipinemum]

This is meant to be light hearted!

DH said the other day that one of his socks was still wet after being in the tumble dryer. Not giving out just a comment.

He takes his socks off balled up and throws them into the washing basket. I've told him loads of times that how they are in the basket is how they go into the machine! A lot of the time they seem un 'un-ball'

He can and does use the washing machine but I do pretty much everyone's to keep on top of it. There are lots of jobs he does too.

DH is a cattle farmer and does a lot of welding/ mechanical work.

AIBU to leave them balled up?

Could have written this myself 😬

If I put a wash on and he’s here I have been known to chuck his balled up socks at him to unpick, whilst telling him to stop taking his socks off like a toddler (which is actually a disservice to the toddler because even he knows how to take socks off properly 😂). He also has a hands on job & his work clothes are filthy so I’m not doing it!

Unzipped hoodies in the wash basket are another pet peeve of mine 🙄

The thought of unrolling someone else's socks makes me feel sick. I have an aversion to feet though, so I'm extra yuck on that one.

I have two teens and a DH. Everyone in my house does their own laundry so if they want to wash balled up socks that's their own business.

To add I don't want to explain endlessly how our laundry set up works. It just does.

I don’t even wash them let alone unball them, he does his own washing. I was not put on this earth to wash a man’s horrible socks.

Oh god, mine too. I refuse to touch them!

To be clear, dirty socks are paired and put in the laundry basket? Then you separate them to wash?

Nothing petty about it. I trained both my teen DSs that balled up socks go back in the wash basket. The lesson was learned very quickly.

I've never had a problem doing everyone's laundry (back in the day I had DH and three boys at home so it was a bit of a chore) but I always insisted on unballed socks, unrolled sleeves and most importantly a pocket check before clothes went into the laundry basket. And needless to say, if it wasn't in the laundry basket it didn't get washed.

It's much easier now it's just me and DH. DS3 who's still at home does his own.

My DH does this too, I don’t know why, I’ve asked him why, he says he doesn’t know he’s doing it.

I hate socks, washing, drying and pairing up.

I don't mind doing it either. It is pretty easy for me since I work from home. Put a wash on before work. Then either hang it or tumble dry it at lunch. I do a wash most days! Between clothes, sheets, towels.

Yep. Balled up socks come out the way they go in.

On another note, does anyone else have a little girl that takes off her leggings, socks and knickers all together and inside out, so the knickers are stuck on the inside and socks stuck in the legs?

I have a 3yr old son whos boxers, track suit pants and socks are sometimes all still 'stuck' together.

Just don’t wash them. That’s what I do. If they’re rolled up etc they won’t wash well so I wouldn’t want them in the tumble dryer

I don't unroll my own filthy socks tbh. They unroll themselves in the machine.

There are washing nets that are made specially for socks. I won’t name the company but let’s say they come from the Lake District. The nets have 8 compartments with zippers and can go straight into a dryer, too. I haven’t lost a sock (partner’s) or a knee high (I wear them) since I have been using them.

Absolutely. If he wants them washing and drying properly then he puts them in the washing basket unrolled. I don't do any preparation for washing, things go in the washer as they are put in the washing basket - socks rolled up, socks in leggings, tissues/ wallets in pockets. It depends how the washer feels in regards to how it comes out.

I wash my stuff and the kids stuff separately to DH as he is completely incapable of emptying his pockets, unrolling sleeves or unrolling his muddy socks. So when the washer shreds tissue or spreads mud all over everything it's not my problem. I do not spend any time lint rolling the tissue off his clothes. If he doesn't want tissue covered clothes then he needs to empty his pockets.

Ditto with stinking gym clothes, if they are not in the washing basket then they don't get washed. I am not my husband's mother and I am not going through his gym bag like it's a child's PE bag.

I leave socks balled up too. They go in the machine that way, are hung up that way and returned that way, probably still damp. Zero shits given.

No idea why my other half takes their socks off and balls their socks up. I have asked him repeatedly not to.

I am massively unreasonable.

I ask my family to fold their dirty clothes. If they don't, they can iron their own.

I would much rather do my own laundry. OH does the laundry most of the time. Keeps the peace.

My husband recently commented that I pair his clean socks together but leave them inside out. I told him if he behaves like a toddler and religiously puts his socks in the wash inside out then that’s what he gets back! At least they are clean and paired. I mean what adult takes their socks off in a way that turns them inside out ???

Oh I sometimes find my husbands gym kit all taken off together and thrown in the wash including boxers. 🤮 I do feel like I have an extra child sometimes.

The washing goes in the wash then is put away however it goes into the basket. If he wants it done differently, he sorts it properly before putting it in the basket. That’s the rule in my house.

If my husband had complained about a damp balled up sock, my response would be “is that how you put it in the washing basket?”

I solved this problem by telling my husband that every time I found a balled up sock of his in the laundry basket, I would leave 1 second remaining on the microwave (drives him mad!). Ive not had a single balled up sock since. Feel free to adapt to suit your husband's pet peeve!

Have another convo and then you could try balling them all up, maybe even together

I do. I can’t see a problem with it. I hate the feeling of doing it any other way. As long as they are put the right way round before they go into the basket.

Today I washed 2 t-shirts that had been worn together and then put together in the basket.

I am of the opinion that if I have to take stuff out of the basket, wash it, dry it and put it back in the wardrobe, then the least he can do is put it in the way he wants it back out. And if that isn't done, then tough.

My Dad used to do that. Drove my mum mad! I only opened this thread because I thought that was what the OP meant and it made me smile.

Sadly my Dad died many years ago now, so I'm unable to ask him 'why????'

My Dad did a lot of things for my Mum too & it definitely wouldn't have been any kind of deliberate power play. I really can't work it out, maybe too many missing socks growing up??

but @pontipinemum & @FunnyOrca

thsnk you both for reviving a 'Dad memory' today 💕

@pontipinemum maybe a few more 'still wet' socks will sort this annoying habit out (if deliberately take them out of the drier early' (I'm not as patient as my mum!!)