to think that all these people who say they 'don't iron' much be walking around looking crumpled and welll.....a bit scruffy?

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You must iron some things, like shirts and uniforms?

go on admit it

Why would I want to stand out from these supposedly scruffy people? Do I get extra biscuits or child benefit from looking less scruffy?

I have one pair of jeans and a few pair of linen trousers that I have to iron, everything else is tumble dried. I don't look crumpled nor do I wear fleece!

DH's uniform needs ironing, he does that.

I'll iron the DC's uniform when they go to school though.

No one in their right mind irons duvets and sheets do they?!

'As being a bit smoother. Which is better because...?'

It makes you look smart, as opposed to scruffy and a bit un-cared for

I like my dc to look smart, i iron uniforms

Ah it's a judgey thread! Yes I am lazy, if that's all you wanted to know you could have just asked....

'You dont iron because you must be lazy'

Yep. Or because I have 6001 more important things to do than stand with a fecking iron.

Flatsheets,no,duvet covers yes.If non ironed they don't fold up and fit in cupboard neatly (Anal emoticon)

Ok i dont iron my bedsheets, i just threw that one in

You mean you dont get on your hands and knees and polish your wooden floors reality? you slattern

Yes, our clothes sometimes look a bit rumpled.

But you know what ....? IT DOESN'T MATTER..

I am not defined by the fact that my/my familiy's clothes are all pressed and smooth.
I am a bright, kind mother/wife, who is mainly concerned to ensure that we have a roof over our heads, food on the table, and in our home and life we feel happy, secure, loved and fulfilled.

So whether our clothes are ironed or not comes a LOOOOOONG way down in my list of priorities.

I'm with Libra - if dh likes the feel of 100% cotton next to his skin, then he can enjoy the feel of 100% cotton under his hands as he irons it.

dcs learned to iron by the time they went to secondary school.

I iron about 3 times a year.

PS I work in a smart business environment, so not desperately scruffy

I don'tiron bed linen either... life is TOO short.....(unlike my mother who irons EVERYTHING!). The only things that get ironed in this house are dp's shirts, the occasional top of ds's and some linen trousers/shirts of mine. I'd say I iron once a month if that, and only because dp runs out of shirts...

I am exceptionally lazy around the house and could do with a visit from Kim & Aggie, but when it comes to ironing I quite like it, so everything gets ironed - down to knickers and tea towels.

And yes, sheets & duvet covers DO go in the tumble drier, how small would a drier have to be to not fit sheets ffs? Do not see the point of a drier that doesn't fit sheets really. Surely the drier's main purpose is to dry stuff that's too big/awkward to dry indoors in the winter (summer it's on the washing line obviously). The idea of drying sheets by draping them around the house makes me feel a little bit sick tbh. They would smell of dinner. And make the house all damp. Yuk.

Your all killing the ozone with your tumble driers

Before children, I dry-clearned

Now, I try to avoid clothes that need ironing (wrap dresses for work, jeans for home); I shake out and hang everything up carefully; I don't have a dh and if I did he would be responsible for his own ruddy shirts; I sleep in a crumpled bed.

Works for me!

'Your all'

How about we do a swap - you do my ironing and I'll do your apostrophes?

I iron everyday, i iron what i will be wearing the next day + ds2 uniform

We look smart we do

Mavis sees the light and vows to iron nowt but school uniforms and work uniforms.Have been sadly conditioned by uber neat and tidy yet lovely mother.

I dont love ironing, same as i dont love cleaning the bog, but i still do it

Takes me 5 mins to rub the iron over my work clothes

ironing whats that

I live in a fashion capital, i have to look smart, i only iron my shell suit on low

My Mum ironed loads. She ironed t-shirts that my Dad was going to be wearing for work under overalls.

Actually that is a lie. I ironed loads, once I was old enough to reach. School shirts I understand, but t-shirts for doing a manual job whenyou will have overalls on top? Madness!

I don't iron anything: dh's workplace is casual (works in IT), has non-iron shirts if meeting clients (suit is sorted out by dry-cleaning). I don't buy anything which would need ironing, ds's uniform is polo shirt and sweatshirt, and dear old M&S kindly make teflon-coated non-iron trousers. Sorted.

I am probably not as well turned out as some, but I don't think I'm scruffy. Do people make judgements on you depending on how flat your clothes are?