the endless pile of clothes

By C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
Sterling, Virginia
January 28, 2016 11:56pm CST
For a house of 5 people it seems that there is always and endless pile of clothes. I'm sure if you have a big family or several little kids the clothes go into the basket where they stay even after you clean them they most of the time don't find there way back to the right place they belong. The endless piles of clothes and when you finally have time to take the clothes from the basket to fold it you really tired and it's midnight. All you really want to do sleep but you know you won't sleep well because you'll be thinking about that basket you started working on but didn't finish and it'll haunt you like a ghost. I'm not ashamed of this I know I'm a busy mom of three very young kids and rather spend time with them because I know one day they will all be in school and I can spend as much time as I want on fixing these endless piles of clothes or better yet make the kids do there own clothes.
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Kevin
@kevin1877uk (36987)
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29 Jan 16
Yeah when you have 3 kids the washer never off
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
30 Jan 16
yep, it's always running some times even when I'm sleeping. It'll get better one day.
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Kevin
@kevin1877uk (36987)
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30 Jan 16
@ShyBear88 Lol yeah when they leave home maybe.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
31 Jan 16
@kevin1877uk or go to college what ever happens first right!
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Tiff Gray
@T_gray (7772)
• Salina, Kansas
29 Jan 16
I can only imagine what it would be like. It is just me and my roommate and it seems like the washer is always going between the two of us.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
30 Jan 16
our washer is always going as well but the clothes just keep coming. Small kids like I said they some times need more then one set of clothes for the day.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
31 Jan 16
@T_gray as long as no one has an accident we are okay.
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Tiff Gray
@T_gray (7772)
• Salina, Kansas
30 Jan 16
@ShyBear88 Oh I bet, yours being way worse. I can only imagine what your laundry room looks like
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carlaabt
@carlaabt (3504)
• United States
29 Jan 16
I only have one child. It still seems like laundry is never ending at our house. Haha. He's almost ten and does a lot of the laundry himself now. We're bad about waiting until we have 6-7 loads of clean laundry before we bother to put it away. Yes, I realize that means we both have way too many clothes. Haha.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
30 Jan 16
I think it's okay to have way too much clothes then not enough. Then you have to run out and buy more clothes. Yeah even with one kid it can be a lot. I remember when it as just my daughter for those first 18 months of her life it was hard keeping up with her clothes. I had to wash a set nearly every day.
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shameigene
@shameigene (159)
• Philippines
30 Jan 16
My problem too, we were only too at the house, my husband and I, but we are still experiencing pile of clothes. I could not wash the laundry cause of my work at night shift. I need to sleep and we visit our baby at her sister's who's taking good care of him. I could not find to do that. Most of the time, my husband did or I would send it to my mom's house and ask my sister-in-law to do the laundry with pay. Last option is do bring it a the laundry shop.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
31 Jan 16
Good thing I'm home all day with the kids so I can wash the clothes around them but it still takes a while to do it. My husband would wash the clothes but he doesn't it wrong every time and I like washing the clothes. He does know how to wash clothes but it irritates me the way he does it.
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sishy7
@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
29 Jan 16
Oh yes, it does feel like an endless cycle... Once I thought I'm done with everything, the laundry basket will be full with dirty clothes again...
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
30 Jan 16
lol, i hate when that happens. I always manage to get all of the clothes washed before we go on vacation then come back and it starts all over again.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jan 16
I think you're right saying that it won't be long before you'll have more time to do these chores. I'd be playing with my kids if I were you.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
30 Jan 16
I normally wait till they are all in bed to do wash clothes. the matchine is in the basement. I try to get some done in the day time around them need and wanting mommy to play with them. Most of the day nothing get's done because I'm doing things with my monkey's and babysitting. entertain little ones first then clean what every it is.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
30 Jan 16
@JudyEv Oh yes, I have to go all the way down stairs. There are some town house that have it on the top level with all the bedrooms but ours was made in the 80's so all of them where put in the basement. My parent's town house is the same way.It drives me nuts.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Jan 16
@ShyBear88 For years many Australian homes were only one storey so it wasn't so hard to put on a load of washing while keeping an eye on the kids. This changes if you have to go up and down stairs.
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maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
29 Jan 16
That sounds like a lot of work. I only have a house of 2 and the laundry piles up as it is. It's like you have to spend at least one full day doing laundry - washing, drying and folding. It's a huge project!
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
30 Jan 16
yes it is. Thus the reason I can't wait till all three are big enough to do it themselves.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
29 Jan 16
That's how it i to be a mom to growing kids . You cannot let them help you since they are just kids . But when they grow up , you could train them how to be of help to you in the house already .
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
1 Feb 16
@ShyBear88 Oh those tasks with knives , like slicing veggies shouldn't be given to them yet .
C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
1 Feb 16
@SIMPLYD nope. They are sticking to just putting the dishes in the sink for mommy or daddy to wash at the end of the day. But they will try to cut there own food if you give them a kid knife witch we don't have.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
30 Jan 16
yep! right now the older two can put there clothes in the dirty basket, put toy's up, and put there dishes in the sink and if they spill food or drink they know for the most part how to clean it up depending on what it is. Slow to start but by middle school I think they will all know how to wash there clothes, fold them, pick up there rooms, and clean dishes all but very sharp knives.
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louievill
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
29 Jan 16
My kids are like that cause my wife spoiled them out of too much love but now they are a little bit bigger, we are slowly teaching them that they have responsibilities.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
30 Jan 16
When my kids get old enough they will have to help out more. Right now they pick up toys, put there dishes in the sink, and put cothes in the dirty basket.
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
30 Jan 16
Now there's only my husband and I at home, but the laundry gets out of hand if I miss a single day washing clothes! We're either very clean or very dirty.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
30 Jan 16
haha same thing happens where but with kids the house is nearly always dirty.
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