do you wash your own clothes?
By kayedanda
@kayedanda (1850)
Philippines
October 23, 2008 7:00am CST
whether at your house or at the laundromat? or do you have a house help to do it for you? or do you send it to the cleaners and just pick it up or have it delivered afterward? my husband washes our clothes, once or twice a week. ever since we lived together, he was the one in charge of that task.
what about you? who washes your clothes?
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11 responses
@SViswan (12051)
• India
25 Oct 08
I do the laundry at my house. I have a washing machine...but before we had a washing machine..there were times when I did it myself and there were times when I had help for it. My husband NEVER does the laundry even when I am not at home. He doesn't know how to operate the washing machine and doesn't like to do it the old fashioned way. It's very rare that he does it himself when I am not in town.
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@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
25 Oct 08
oh. i suddenly feel so lucky that my husband does the laundry. 
@aseretdd (13729)
• Philippines
24 Oct 08
Yes, i do wash my own clothes... because if i don't no one else will... and i do it once a week... usually during sundays... when there is no work... and my daughter and i just stay in the apartment... sometimes i hand wash... but when i am too tired or lazy... i just put everything on the washing machine...
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@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
25 Oct 08
i think everyone hardly hand washes their clothes nowadays. i mean it is really a great deal easier to just dump everything in the washing machine. it must be a wonder how people coped up during the days without that machine. oh well, i guess people do what they can when there's no option available. anyways, thanks for the input!
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@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
27 Oct 08
yes and oh yes!
i wash all of our dirty clothes every weekends, i get tons of them since i get three babies and boy they really know how to make the clothes very dirty and yes its up to me to wash and clean them...i wash clothes for 5 people...my husband sometimes want to do it but then i never really get contented with him washing because the clothes are still like dirty and with so many stains...me i make sure that it is clean and no stains especially the kids clothes.
@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
27 Oct 08
yes, generally women wash clothes more thoroughly than men. but there's always an exception to the rule, and in this case, i am the exception i admire you for your being able to handle three kids by the way. 
i admire you for your being able to handle three kids by the way. 
@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
26 Oct 08
lemme just repeat what SViswan said: you should, you should (wash the clothes when wifey's not around)
@anne12d (676)
• Philippines
27 Oct 08
We have a helper that washes our clothes twice a week and even Iron it. I have 4 uniforms and 4 scrubsuit, I have 3 days staight duty then Day off then another three days of duty so when I cant make it to her scheduled day of laundry, I do the washing of my uniforms and iron it aswell. Its hard especially when I came from duty at the hospital then I have to do my laundry so that I will have my uniform to wear on my duty. And my 4 uniforms are colored white so its hard to get rid of the stain and it sometimes rain so all the mud is all over my pants. LOLs!!!
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@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
28 Oct 08
oh, so you're a nurse/nursing student, eh? yep. i can imagine how hard it is to get the stain off a beautifully white piece of clothing. makes me wonder how you deal with stains from your period. my cousin was a nursing student too (graduated and already an RN now) and i admire her for being able to keep off stains most of her college years
@iamcdy (1119)
• Philippines
23 Oct 08
As of now, no. But I did when I was living in a boarding house for almost a year, that was five years ago. We have a household help to do it for us, thankfully. She also the ironing. At least I had experienced washing my clothes although I remember it resulted to some rashes on my hands. Maybe I did it wrong the first time. =)
@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
23 Oct 08
or maybe the laundry soap/powder was much too harsh for your skin.
@bowtieguy (5915)
• United States
25 Oct 08
I always do my own laundry, besides things I send out to be dry cleaned I wash everything else myself.
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@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
23 Oct 08
that's a good thing to know, that you know how to wash your own clothes. most other people depend on others and don't even know that when washing clothes, coloreds need to be separated from the whites
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
24 Oct 08
who washes mine? oh can you do? ha ha. well do i really have to answer, but Ok out of the importance of a cent I would, (you know the saying a penny for your thought, maybe that's the motto of mylot no?)
Oh back to the question, I do of course. who else will, and though there was a time when my sister used to lived with me, I still do the laundry and even their clothes I wash them, it's a household chore that I like doing ( never mind the folding)
@missybear (11391)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Good for you,I do my laundry once a week and my boyfriend helps me.
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@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
23 Oct 08
well at least he lends you a hand. most guys i know absolutely loathe the task. just make sure he still helps you if and when you two get married a lot of guys just do that in order to impress their girlfriends, but when they are already married or living together, they transform to another person 
most guys i know absolutely loathe the task. just make sure he still helps you if and when you two get married a lot of guys just do that in order to impress their girlfriends, but when they are already married or living together, they transform to another person 
