I think he has quit a busy life outside, just that he is not on TV or Radio. Didn't his wife used to be a hairdresser? My husband and son both iron better than me, but I happily do it because I want to and the same with husband. He would happily iron for me, because he wanted to.

You would think someone of her superior intelligence could recognise that she is being reeled in like a fish. Bet her mum did her ironing!!!

Jim said, next time his wife asks him to close the gates to stop the dogs going out or put the bins out....he would and not moan about it - It sounds like a normal marriage to me

Probably - do you mean random creases here and there ? or down the edge of the sleeve.. but now you are worrying me - should there be no creases at all ?? How do you do that ?

Blimey I am officially incompetent.

LOL I bet she did too, her mum said that she loved having her own way, yet apparently if Jim feels the same he's a sexist chauvinist pig ! Double standards from Ms Motormouth

Yes,it's no big deal....he does loads for me,the least i can do is iron his shirt lol

I always did (I am a widow now) - he didn't iron them properly

The one down the edge of the sleeve.
I'm just joking, I really don't like the crease people put all the way down the sleeve so I iron the sleeve without one.

Same with trousers if there is the crease down the middle I will iron it out or make sure I buy trousers with no crease. Even in suit trousers I will iron it out.

I must have a crease phobia.

all I can say is STARCH - my nan swore by it - giving razor sharp creases
The trick is to lay the trousers so the stitching is either side of the trouser leg, so you don't get the crease down the middle, hate them , - (or just get a trouser press and be done with it)
Everyone should pay someone to iron for them, it's just the most boring thing in the world with washing manually a close second.
Perhaps their are self help groups for crease-phobics

She's just bitter and twisted cos she doesn't have a man at home to iron shirts for, and I'm not in the least surprised the way she carries on....

Gee what do you know...JIM was right about the majority

Of course it was - this was a nice light-hearted thread until some peeps came in and took it too seriously

Why? She said women should only iron for their husbands if they choose to, but it shouldn't be assumed that all of them will. That seems fair to me.

Facts! Oh no! And people were having such a lovely time with their prejudices.

No she didn't. She said he shouldn't assume that sll women iron their husband's shirts.
She said that Jim is a male chauvinist! Next thing, she will be saying that the Pope is a Catholic.


Why? How can you tell the gender of the people who have voted, and the gender of their partners?

Now I live on my own I find that, if you fold clothes carefully when they are dry, and leave them in a pile the weight flattens all the crease so very little needs ironing!!

I know right? How very dare I.

It's all very well talking about equality and how Luisa is a freedom fighter for women's liberation but behind closed doors many women do iron their husband's clothes. This is not the cause of social inequality between men and women and couples do tasks like these for one another.

I suspect if Luisa is always fighting the little things (as opposed to the big things) in a relationship she will always push her partner away and never have a long term relationship.

We do our own ironing, but I'm ex army and particular about anyone ironing my stuff and he's still serving so he's as bad as I am. He's better at sewing than I am so he does all of that and I'm a dab hand at bulling boots so do his when he's got a parade coming up

Nope! I never iron. Easy iron stuff in, hang it, fold it away.

Yes I do all the ironing, except for the odd time when the ironing basket is overflowing! It's not about which sex you are , it's about who has the most time

Used to always iron everything, until I stopped doing it, as it was a waste of time. My husband would crease his ironed shirts afterwards, and as he's not a chap for hanging up clothes, then no use ironing them. But if he wants a shirt for a funeral or wedding to be ironed I'd do it.

Ooh, been there, done that. My husband always did his own uniform, said that if he was going to be pulled up on parade at least it would be his doing. I did all the other stuff. Mind you, he still makes the best eggy bread.

I thought exactly the same myself. He's a wind up merchant and knew what buttons to press with Luisa. I thought it was quite funny - shows she's not quite as bright as she likes to think she is

I think the women who moan about ironing a mans shirt, haven't got a clue how to iron a mans shirt..

That's what I used to say and what my other half says too lol. He peels the veg, chops up and washes up and I do the cooking.

Thank you everyone for your lovely responses. I expected the thread to die off real quick but I've loved reading your stories re who does the ironing etc.