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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 295581" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>DaisyFace, I'm lucky in that my husband is a gem who was raised to know how to fend for himself. His mother housetrained him for me. He still sorts the washing into coloureds and whites even though we now cold-wash and all our stuff is colour-fast!</p><p></p><p>However, accidents do happen now and then.</p><p></p><p>WHat I would do in your shoes - there's nothing like the present. It would be ABSOLUTELY NO SERVICE until that clothesline was up. He gets home form work and wants his cup of tea and finner - sorry mate, I NEED that washing line in place before you get anyrhing. DO IT NOW. It's dark? Well it wasn't when I asked you the first five times...</p><p></p><p>As for the sheets and the comforter - by now they must be in fairly awful state. They've been wet, singed, stained and sodden. I'd put them on the bed as they are (still damp if necessary) and if the clothesline isn't up, guess what he has to sleep under?</p><p></p><p>There's nothing like the smell of singe and mildew to get your point across.</p><p></p><p>My mother raised me well - my father could be passive-aggressive at times. She learned to fight fire with a fire extinguisher. I watched.</p><p></p><p>But I agree - a lot of men do seem to be domestically challenged. WHen I was at uni and living in residential college, we had communal laundry facilities with washing machines and dryers bought from funds raised by the students. In other words - WE had to look after them and some kids were not pulling their weight. The machines kept having to be repaired and the student council were seriously considering pulling it all out and making us use the town laundromat. I mostly took my laundry home on weekends so it didn't matter to me.</p><p></p><p>But one afternoon I was walking past the laundry room and I heard the sounds of machines choking. There was smoke/steam (not sure which, I went to investigate) and it turned out to be a load of dripping wet bloke's jeans CRAMMED into the dryer. And I mean crammed. and DRIPPING wet. When I investigated, it looked like the washing machine had been shut off before the spin dry (possibly it was out of balance and the bloke responsible didn't know to turn it off, rearrange the jeans so they are not all on one side of the machine, then start it again. When we later questioned him it turned out to be exactly the case.</p><p>But the dryer - it was a tumble dryer but so overloaded that it could't even turn! The motor had been about to seize, things were so bad.</p><p></p><p>He was lucky I saved his washing and the machines, or he would have been hit with the bill.</p><p></p><p>I did find in general - it was mostly the rich kids who were the worst culprits. And ALWAYS the boys. They had always had someone else to do their laundry and had no idea. One rich kid who was the exception - he was an old classmate of mine from high school and president of the student council, I was there when he gave the idiot responsible in this case, a thorough dressing down and a lesson in how to use the laundry facilities.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 1 can be thick sometimes, but we taught him how to use the washing machine. He has broghut over his and daughter in law's washing sometimes, he can do it all by himself these days. I also taught the kids the best way to hang out washing in order to avoid having to use an iron.</p><p></p><p>My main failing - I never taught them how to iron. Because I haven't had to iron for years.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 295581, member: 1991"] DaisyFace, I'm lucky in that my husband is a gem who was raised to know how to fend for himself. His mother housetrained him for me. He still sorts the washing into coloureds and whites even though we now cold-wash and all our stuff is colour-fast! However, accidents do happen now and then. WHat I would do in your shoes - there's nothing like the present. It would be ABSOLUTELY NO SERVICE until that clothesline was up. He gets home form work and wants his cup of tea and finner - sorry mate, I NEED that washing line in place before you get anyrhing. DO IT NOW. It's dark? Well it wasn't when I asked you the first five times... As for the sheets and the comforter - by now they must be in fairly awful state. They've been wet, singed, stained and sodden. I'd put them on the bed as they are (still damp if necessary) and if the clothesline isn't up, guess what he has to sleep under? There's nothing like the smell of singe and mildew to get your point across. My mother raised me well - my father could be passive-aggressive at times. She learned to fight fire with a fire extinguisher. I watched. But I agree - a lot of men do seem to be domestically challenged. WHen I was at uni and living in residential college, we had communal laundry facilities with washing machines and dryers bought from funds raised by the students. In other words - WE had to look after them and some kids were not pulling their weight. The machines kept having to be repaired and the student council were seriously considering pulling it all out and making us use the town laundromat. I mostly took my laundry home on weekends so it didn't matter to me. But one afternoon I was walking past the laundry room and I heard the sounds of machines choking. There was smoke/steam (not sure which, I went to investigate) and it turned out to be a load of dripping wet bloke's jeans CRAMMED into the dryer. And I mean crammed. and DRIPPING wet. When I investigated, it looked like the washing machine had been shut off before the spin dry (possibly it was out of balance and the bloke responsible didn't know to turn it off, rearrange the jeans so they are not all on one side of the machine, then start it again. When we later questioned him it turned out to be exactly the case. But the dryer - it was a tumble dryer but so overloaded that it could't even turn! The motor had been about to seize, things were so bad. He was lucky I saved his washing and the machines, or he would have been hit with the bill. I did find in general - it was mostly the rich kids who were the worst culprits. And ALWAYS the boys. They had always had someone else to do their laundry and had no idea. One rich kid who was the exception - he was an old classmate of mine from high school and president of the student council, I was there when he gave the idiot responsible in this case, a thorough dressing down and a lesson in how to use the laundry facilities. difficult child 1 can be thick sometimes, but we taught him how to use the washing machine. He has broghut over his and daughter in law's washing sometimes, he can do it all by himself these days. I also taught the kids the best way to hang out washing in order to avoid having to use an iron. My main failing - I never taught them how to iron. Because I haven't had to iron for years. Marg [/QUOTE]
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