Laundry Rules

[cashhound]

I'm thinking about adding the one about turning long sleeves right side out before putting them in the laundry. That one would be directed to DH. I HATE unrolling balled up wet sleeves!!!!

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1. Pajamas - Do not put pajamas in the dirty clothes after only one wear. It is a scientific fact that you do not get dirty while you sleep. Pajamas can be worn many times before they smell bad enough to warrant being thrown in the dirty clothes. Exception: You may put pajamas in the dirty
clothes if you throw up on them or something else that may be deemed disgusting, but only if they stink.

2. Socks - Unroll your socks before putting them in the dirty clothes.Otherwise, I will start washing and drying them in their original rolled up little balls. Special note: Unroll socks before throwing them down the laundry chute. If you don't, the law of physics causes them to bounce off the washer and land behind the washer or drying, and Mom is getting too old to crawl back there and fish them out.

3. Clothes Hung Up - Clean clothes can be easily removed from the clothes bar by gently lifting up on the hanger and pulling towards you. The clean item can now be removed from the hanger for wearing. The wrong way to remove clean clothes is to YANK on one corner of the garment. This causes the hanger to go flying around the clothes bar, scratching the wall and becoming impossibly entangled with the neighboring hangers. Special note: This makes Mom want to choke children. So far, she has been able to refrain
from this action.

4. Dirty Clothes Rule - If you have made the decision to put something in the dirty clothes, do not later decide that you, for some reason, now need to retrieve it by digging through the clothes baskets, leaving behind a mess
that looks like a small tornado whipped through the laundry room, leaving a scene of devastation in its wake. Special note: The only thing worse than having to put stinking clothes in the laundry baskets is having to do it over
and over and over.

5. Pockets - Check your own pockets before you put dirty items (again, make sure they are dirty first) in the laundry room. Have you ever tried to pick tiny pieces of white paper off an entire load of dark clothes? No? I
thought not! But the next time this occurs, you will have the pleasure of this experience. Special note: In the future, all money found in pockets becomes the property of the laundry-doer, and that most assuredly will be Mom, who hopes to be able to save up for a Caribbean cruise, which she will go on alone. She has heard that you don't have to do laundry while you are on a cruise!

6. Folded Clothes Rule - When those clean clothes miraculously appear on your bed or chair, graciously thank the saintly person who lovingly placed them there and PUT THEM AWAY! Special note: Failure to do this in the future will result in a generous contribution to the Goodwill.

7. General Dirty Clothes Rule - If they aren't dirty, why the heck are they in the laundry room? Put them back in your closet or drawers. When you decide to try something on and decide that it will not make the fashion statement you were looking for that particular day, think twice before you make that conscious decision that it is easier to throw the item in the dirty clothes rather than hanging it back up. Again, the Goodwill would love to have these items, as their fashion standards must not be as high as yours.

8. Laundry Sharing - In the future, each of you will be required to do one load of laundry a week. Instructions will be provided. Mom feels that the joy of this household chore should be shared, and she has been very selfish about this in the past. She also feels that this is a necessary
life skill, and without it, you may not ever want to leave home. This would not be in the best interest of your parents.

Note - Rules may be added or modified at any time by Mom.

I, (sign your name) _______________________________________ agree to abide
by
the above rules, as I actually have no choice in the matter and do not
wish to further anger my mother.
Date:______________

[TeresaD90]

This one had me giggling, then I printed a copy for both my son and hubby. (they both need it) Will add something about finding clean FOLDED clothes in the dirty clothes hamper, and finding dirty clothes in front of the washer outside the bathroom six feet from the hamper. Mine will sign or else!!

[bradedit]

Do you think you could add Do not turn the clothes inside out, I just hate to have to turn them right side in out every article of clothes.

I have to print this for my family!

[hmsram]

For my DH I would add this :::

Do not cry to me that you have no clean socks when I
find 10 dirty pairs under your part of the sofa.....

LOL

[pandybat]

Originally posted by hmsram
For my DH I would add this :::

Do not cry to me that you have no clean socks when I
find 10 dirty pairs under your part of the sofa.....

LOL

I second that addendum! LOL

[verwon]

I love this. My rules state that the DH is NOT allowed to do laundry. I can mess it up quite fine itself. For instance I know have some lovely pink shirts that used to be white because I did not realize that my son tossed his new pair of pants that he has never worn and I told him to pick up off the floor into the load of laundry. I guess that follows with the one about clean clothes not needing to be in the dirty clothes.

I also will not hunt the house for dirty clothes. They had better be in the basket or hamper or you are out of luck!

[kennedy8989]

too funny

[ftmom]

That is a great post! I love it! Thanks!

[tasker109]

I have a rule that some people find disgusting but thats too bad! hehe.....if a shower or bath is properly taken, the only thing you will be wiping on a towel is clean water..hang that sucker up and let it dry out! I only wash towels twice a week. There are extenuating circumstances I understand, but as a rule, this IS the rule in my house!

[The Bunny]

tasker, DH and I always re-use our towels a couple times. I agree, you are generally just wiping clean water off of yourself. During the summer, DH takes a shower when he gets up in the morning, another when he gets home from work, then another before bed (because he usually gardens at night). Too many towels for a 2-person household if you don't re-use them.

[KensLuv22]

My DH is not allowed to touch the laundry either. He did the laundry one time to help me out. Well, when we came home and I went to the basement to put the clothes in the dryer, I found my basement flooded! He overloaded the washer and a pair of his boxers that he sleeps in went over the tub and into the drain tube clogging it.

I fixed the "throwing clean clothes in the laundry". My daughter has to do her own laundry now.