Mack Weldon recently sent me some underwear, which is kind of him as I wanted some. It’s also dutiful that he did so as I paid for the garments including shipping and handling. There is no lack of nether-drawers in my dresser but the purchase was justified that some of the usuals are ready for the rag drawer. I am most grateful for Mr. Weldon for lending me his underwear which are of the boxer type – my preference.
Someone prefers a different sort of shorts – a good thing as two men sharing the same dirty duds drawer it gets a bit blurred who owns and wears what. Our sock style also differs so the sorting of socks is an easy chore. In contrast we wear the same oh-so-practical white T-shirts which we merely divide 50-50.
I have long suspected Someone doesn’t like the way I fold clothes. My Swiss-German genetics can’t abide piles of clean clothes sitting unfolded so I generally fold everything my way and later he refolds his. As an aside I recently saw on Youtube how to fold a shortsleeved shirt in a few seconds. I don’t quite have the hang of it but it’s jolly good fun. The jury is out if Someone approves.
There is a silent agreement we iron our own shirts. It’s a pleasure for me to iron my Spo-shirts. In contrast ironing my dress shirts is terribly tedious. I admit I am no great with an iron but what I do is ‘good enough ironing’ as it were. On the other hand Someone needs his dress shirts precisely ironed and he does this very well. Think of The Buddha on Adderall. He can to let the ‘to iron’ pile grow as high as Fafner’s hoard while I see the ironing like an old man jumping for the weed killer at the first sign of a dandelion in his otherwise precise lawn.
We may have our differences in folding and ironing but we are in agreement there is always a lot of laundry. It never ceases to amaze us how two men generate so much in a week. The washer and dryer seem to be in a continual use.
Thus is laundry a metaphor for life: no matter how much you do you it is never enough to keep up.
16 comments
May 8, 2019 at 4:31 AM
Hugh's Views and News
Same here. Where does all the laundry come from when only two guys are living in the house? I may have the answer, though. My niece confessed to me that she will wear a dress at least twice before it goes in the laundry. Heavens forbid, is that even legal?
May 8, 2019 at 7:40 AM
Urspo
I feel the same as your niece so never wear the same dress twice.
In my house I may change from office work to gym clothes to ‘evening wear’ thus generating three sets of dirty duds per day.
May 8, 2019 at 4:53 AM
David Godfrey
My first spouse, did my laundry once, that was enough, what a mess, I do my own. Jay did my laundry for a month when I was in the hospital 4 years ago, the minute I was home – I was pushing a laundry basket to the machine with my walker. We have very different folding styles, I fold as soon as things come out of the dryer, quick and simple, he waits and folds precisely – like there is one right way to fold laundry. I have sent my dress shirts out to be done for the past 35 years.
May 8, 2019 at 7:42 AM
Urspo
I sense most people seem to prefer their way to another’s when it comes to the laundry. I wonder though if this applies to straight couples where (usually) the wife does all the laundry/folding. Maybe the husbands don’t care; maybe the wives can’t abide the spouses’ lousy laundry habits and are obliged to do it themselves.
May 8, 2019 at 7:44 AM
anne marie in philly
ok, first step is to cut down on the clothing worn. no undershirts or shorts or sox necessary. less laundry that way. I wash, RTG folds.
May 8, 2019 at 7:47 AM
Urspo
I try to reuse ‘slightly worn” things a few times before putting them into the washer machine. There is debate whether or not to reuse cloth dinner napkins a few times or not.
May 8, 2019 at 8:27 AM
Old Lurker
Willym would appreciate if you modelled Mr. Weldon’s underwear on your blog, to confirm if the fit/styling/etc is appropriate.
I imagine that living in Arizona necessitates changing one’s clothing frequently.
May 8, 2019 at 8:29 AM
Urspo
Turns out I ordered the wrong size! They are quite ‘roomy’ and almost look like Bermuda shorts. No modeling these clown costumes, alas.
May 8, 2019 at 4:53 PM
Steven
Don’t you wear your Palm Springs thongs when at home? 😉 My husband caught me refolding our bath towels a different way than he did that same day and since then, I’ve been the folder of all laundry.
May 8, 2019 at 7:42 PM
Urspo
Dear me! Another case of two people living together finding each other’s laundry rituals deficit or appalling.
I don’t wear underwear at Palm Springs
May 8, 2019 at 10:49 PM
wcs
I am loathe to toss the fraying undies with elastic properties long gone. I just hate parting with them. I have so many pair, neatly folded in drawers (drawers in drawers!) and never worn. Some are not worn out, just of a style that I no longer fancy. I mean, really, what was I thinking with those long billowing boxers that just bunch up under my jeans? Still, I can’t get rid of them. They do come in handy as jammies when traveling.
May 9, 2019 at 7:34 AM
Urspo
I too have a collection of nethergarments in the undies-drawer that sit there unused. However I am quite willing to give them away in the next clothing charity drive. Funny how we are a bit squeamish to by used underwear when used shirts don’t raise an eyebrow.
May 9, 2019 at 3:33 AM
Moving with Mitchell
I’m not much for boxers. No support for the Crown Jewels. I’m a 32 inch waist, Jerry is… well, let’s just say Jerry is not. So no problem telling our underwear apart. We figure whoever folds and irons does it correctly and we’re grateful. When we worked we dropped our shirts off at the laundry on our way in and picked them up on our way home.
May 9, 2019 at 7:36 AM
Urspo
Here is the ardent Southwest boxers help keep things dry.
May 15, 2019 at 4:55 AM
Ron
Your blog posts are so good. Who would have thought of laundry as a subject? Might have to steal another one of your subjects for a future blog post.
May 15, 2019 at 6:33 AM
Urspo
Please do so!