Working on folding and hanging up the laundry
By NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (124473)
United States
June 22, 2025 8:11am CST
I have a confession--I RARELY fold my laundry. I do it (wash/dry) on a regular basis obviously but after many years of working at The Gap I simply cannot force myself to fold and hang clothes even 20+ years later. I would agree that it sounds insane but my sister (who is a much better housekeeper than I) is the same way. She won't fold clean laundry--at least hers. It is a real sort of form of PTSD. 
I started looking for my new bikini last night and couldn't find it in the heaps of clothes on my dresser. I looked again this morning and nothing. So I've been doing short shifts of folding/hanging. I want to wear the new one today at the pool. I'm about half way through the pile and I still haven't found it. I have found that I need to get more hangers though.
Wish me luck on Operation Bikini Rescue.
I started looking for my new bikini last night and couldn't find it in the heaps of clothes on my dresser. I looked again this morning and nothing. So I've been doing short shifts of folding/hanging. I want to wear the new one today at the pool. I'm about half way through the pile and I still haven't found it. I have found that I need to get more hangers though.
Wish me luck on Operation Bikini Rescue. 10 people like this
11 responses
@snowy22315 (195272)
• United States
22 Jun
Folding clothes is horrible, and mind numbingly boring. I don't blame you. The only time I fold is when I want to put something in the drawers. I do stick stuff on hangers though when I can.
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@FourWalls (78273)
• United States
22 Jun
When I got my shirt at the Jimmy Stewart Museum I folded it at the counter, and the man said, “If you hadn’t told me you were in the military I would’ve known by the way you folded that shirt.” 
The great thing about my life is that I don’t have a lot of laundry under most circumstances (the exceptions being the winter clothes and bed sheets [and yes, I can fold a fitted sheet]).
Glad you found the bikini.
The great thing about my life is that I don’t have a lot of laundry under most circumstances (the exceptions being the winter clothes and bed sheets [and yes, I can fold a fitted sheet]).
Glad you found the bikini.2 people like this
@Juliaacv (54748)
• Canada
22 Jun
Good luck on the rescue.
I have to force myself to put my clothes away after I fold them or I would have far too many of them.
I have my husband put his clothes away that I have folded.
We bought him 5 new shirts yesterday, so I had better see some old shirts make their way to the rag bag for cleaning or I know that his drawers will be stuffed too full to keep the wrinkles away.
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@Traceyjayne (4738)
• United Kingdom
22 Jun
I fold the laundry ....ironing though is another matter ....that rarely gets done !
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@Ineeddentures (13313)
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22 Jun
I already know that you found the bikini
I saw the post.
No picture though
Anyway folding laundry,
Yep and out it away
Takes a minute or so
I don't fold socks or pants though or joggers
Just put them away where they go
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@DaddyEvil (158351)
• United States
22 Jun
Pretty makes a pile of clean clothes on her bedroom floor and puts dirty clothes in a basket in her room. I fold and hang my clothes, normally, as soon as the dryer shuts off. I don't like wrinkles in my clothing.
When Pretty was teens and younger, I hung her clothes on hangers and folded the clothes that go in her drawer and told her to put them away.... I stopped doing that when she came home from college. I do make her keep her bedroom door closed so I don't have to see the mess in her bedroom, though. 
Have fun finding your bikini. 
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@LindaOHio (199423)
• United States
23 Jun
Good luck finding the bikini. Fortunately cousin #3 washes and folds my laundry.
