I'm a shift worker, if my husband is off and I'm working then he does the ironing likewise I do the ironing when I'm off and he's working. Been married for 34 years and it's always been give and take.
Results:Do you Iron your wifes/ husbands clothes
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269 (68.80%)
no
122 (31.20%)
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Ladies and Gents would you Iron your partners/wife's/husbands shirts?
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak:
“I give mine to the ironing man that knocks on Thursday and he delivers it all back on hangers on Monday LOL!
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“I give mine to the ironing man that knocks on Thursday and he delivers it all back on hangers on Monday LOL!
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Monday...
Hangers!!
Originally Posted by sycamore:
“I do all the ironing, it's too painful to watch Mr S trying to do it and I just meddle and take over anyway.
Perhaps he's smarter than I thought...”
“I do all the ironing, it's too painful to watch Mr S trying to do it and I just meddle and take over anyway.
Perhaps he's smarter than I thought...
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I thought Luisa was a bit stiff when she said no she would not, nothing wrong with ironing for someone you love, after all they do things in return.
Some people here seem to have missed the point that Luisa made that she had no problem with women ironing their husband's shirts, but that it should not be expected or assumed of them.
Just thought it worth throwing in for the sake of balance and all that.
Just thought it worth throwing in for the sake of balance and all that.
I always did the ironing when I was first married and the children came along but once I went back to my full time work my husband helped out a lot, he made a lot better job of ironing shirts and blouses than me well that's what I told him as I hated ironing.
Originally Posted by Whitiamin:
“he made a lot better job of ironing shirts and blouses than me well that's what I told him as I hated ironing.”
“he made a lot better job of ironing shirts and blouses than me well that's what I told him as I hated ironing.”
Ha ha, you've got to love that tactic. I remember living in student halls ages ago and us all telling one of our housmates that he should do the washing up (we all hated it and instead would do vacuuming etc) as he was the 'best at it'. He nodded sagely, agreed he was the superior dishwasher as he looked down his nose as us 'useless' washer uppers and did it every time!
Sorted.
I did all the ironing at home from the age of 15. But factuality many women will do the ironing because they have made the choice to be homemakers, which is a perfectly valid life choice. And many will prefer that if their partner (male of female) earns enough to allow it.
My OH and sons mean well and have tried to iron themselves but they start moaning when they can't get a crease out of a shirt so i'm always having to take over to stop their moaning. I do tell my OH that he is better at cooking beef though so I make sure we have a beef roast every other Sunday.
Originally Posted by AOTB:
“ Ha ha, you've got to love that tactic.
I remember living in student halls ages ago and us all telling one of our housmates that he should do the washing up (we all hated it and instead would do vacuuming etc) as he was the 'best at it'. He nodded sagely, agreed he was the superior dishwasher as he looked down his nose as us 'useless' washer uppers and did it every time!
Sorted.”
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Ha ha, you've got to love that tactic. I remember living in student halls ages ago and us all telling one of our housmates that he should do the washing up (we all hated it and instead would do vacuuming etc) as he was the 'best at it'. He nodded sagely, agreed he was the superior dishwasher as he looked down his nose as us 'useless' washer uppers and did it every time!
Sorted.
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lol you see a little ahem praise does wonders and gets you anything.
No I don't iron anything if I can help it - especially sheets. My husband irons his shirt before work every morning and if I need something doing I sneak it onto the ironing board and he'll do it for me.
Originally Posted by Whitiamin:
“lol you see a little ahem praise does wonders and gets you anything.”
“lol you see a little ahem praise does wonders and gets you anything.”
Ha ha. I remember trying the same trick re ironing shirts on an ex girlfriend, 'but you're so good at doing them, far better than me' but alas this time it didn't work. Damn.
Clearly I need to work on my delivery!
Originally Posted by sassysteph1990:
“I'm too lazy to iron my own clothes so I certainly wont ever be ironing a guy's shirts”
“I'm too lazy to iron my own clothes so I certainly wont ever be ironing a guy's shirts”
Me too
. My husband doesn't expect me to iron his stuff either
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Originally Posted by ScreamingTree<3:
“I would and did and I iron anything that can be ironed.”
“I would and did and I iron anything that can be ironed.”
Whats your address??
Originally Posted by BMLisa:
“I would and he would, but that was not what was happening in the house!
Jim was saying that most women iron their husbands shirts, as in he expects them to do it!
In fact he probably irons more than I do, I point out how much better he is at it :-p”
“I would and he would, but that was not what was happening in the house!
Jim was saying that most women iron their husbands shirts, as in he expects them to do it!
In fact he probably irons more than I do, I point out how much better he is at it :-p”
Exactly he expects it as his due and women should iron because they are women. This was Luisa's point. Wtf with the sheet ironing, life is too short for that for sure and what was the lads mags remark.
These days both partners work so surely housework should be shared equally. In Jims opinion he can lounge after his days work but his wife must turn into another days work of ironing, cooking etc. The guy is a chauvinist and proud.
Originally Posted by MissDeeBlue:
“Yes I would iron my partners things. Not out of duty, but out of love
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“Yes I would iron my partners things. Not out of duty, but out of love
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I would, only because he doesn't expect me to. I iron my clothes; he irons his and we both iron our son's.
Originally Posted by Cranberryapple:
“I keep saying I am going to do this, BS. I will get round to arranging it”
“I keep saying I am going to do this, BS. I will get round to arranging it
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Worth every penny Cranberry. Just take delivery take it upstairs and straight back in the wardrobe. Job done LOL!
Originally Posted by AOTB:
“Ha ha. I remember trying the same trick re ironing shirts on an ex girlfriend, 'but you're so good at doing them, far better than me' but alas this time it didn't work. Damn. Clearly I need to work on my delivery! ”
“Ha ha. I remember trying the same trick re ironing shirts on an ex girlfriend, 'but you're so good at doing them, far better than me' but alas this time it didn't work. Damn.
Clearly I need to work on my delivery! ”
you were trying it on the wrong sex
women are wise to this type of flattery 
Originally Posted by AOTB:
“Ha ha. I remember trying the same trick re ironing shirts on an ex girlfriend, 'but you're so good at doing them, far better than me' but alas this time it didn't work. Damn. Clearly I need to work on my delivery! ”
“Ha ha. I remember trying the same trick re ironing shirts on an ex girlfriend, 'but you're so good at doing them, far better than me' but alas this time it didn't work. Damn.
Clearly I need to work on my delivery! ”
Women aren't so gullible maybe?
Originally Posted by AOTB:
“Some people here seem to have missed the point that Luisa made that she had no problem with women ironing their husband's shirts, but that it should not be expected or assumed of them.
Just thought it worth throwing in for the sake of balance and all that.”
“Some people here seem to have missed the point that Luisa made that she had no problem with women ironing their husband's shirts, but that it should not be expected or assumed of them.
Just thought it worth throwing in for the sake of balance and all that.
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This, Luisa point has been missed completely.
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