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I do the laundry in our home of 4 people, and not counting the time spent in the washing/drying machine, I probably spend (at most) an hour a week folding.

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scandox 7y ago
Yes but this is an argument about the whole job. Washing, drying, folding and ironing. It's basically the worst thing in the universe. I can be philosophical about death...but not about laundry. In my Utopia everyone wears a kind of biodegradeable body wrap...and slippers.
- sgt101 7y ago
  Ah Ah! Solution --> stop ironing! Get "no iron" clothes. Avoid tumble drying sheets and duvet covers (if you can) but don't dry them to crispy dry if you can't do that - instead let them be just dry and then fold them. Ignore wrinkles.
new299 7y ago
As far as I can tell, based on the statistics I can find, you are somewhat of an outlier: https://www.bls.gov/TUS/CHARTS/HOUSEHOLD.HTM https://www.bls.gov/TUS/CHARTS/HOUSEHOLD.HTM This data doesn’t break the statistics down by family size, but it still comes out at 2h a week for woman. The data includes all individuals older than 15. I suspect that the a average amount of time spend by families (particularly families with young children) would be much higher. Possibly up to an hour a day. I would be interested in seeing statistics on this.
- JohnFen 7y ago
  I must be an outlier as well. When my children were small, I was doing the laundry for the household. Two adults, two kids. I certainly wasn't spending more than an hour a week folding clothes. (My total time doing laundry was much higher, of course, particularly when the kids were diaper-age).
  - new299 7y ago
    The parent comment seemed to suggest that they spent less than an hour was spent per week on all activities not including the clothes were in the washing machine. That’s what I was suggesting was low.
    - JohnFen 7y ago
      The parent comment was talking about folding specifically: "I probably spend (at most) an hour a week folding."
      - new299 7y ago
        “not counting the time spent in the washing/drying machine, I probably spend (at most) an hour a week folding.” This is unclear to me but implies that “folding” includes all laundry activities except “time spent in the washer dryer” (otherwise why mention it). I guess if you fold and put away everything, this could be the case.

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scandox 7y ago

Yes but this is an argument about the whole job. Washing, drying, folding and ironing. It's basically the worst thing in the universe. I can be philosophical about death...but not about laundry. In my Utopia everyone wears a kind of biodegradeable body wrap...and slippers.

sgt101 7y ago
Ah Ah! Solution --> stop ironing! Get "no iron" clothes. Avoid tumble drying sheets and duvet covers (if you can) but don't dry them to crispy dry if you can't do that - instead let them be just dry and then fold them. Ignore wrinkles.

new299 7y ago

As far as I can tell, based on the statistics I can find, you are somewhat of an outlier: https://www.bls.gov/TUS/CHARTS/HOUSEHOLD.HTM https://www.bls.gov/TUS/CHARTS/HOUSEHOLD.HTM This data doesn’t break the statistics down by family size, but it still comes out at 2h a week for woman. The data includes all individuals older than 15. I suspect that the a average amount of time spend by families (particularly families with young children) would be much higher. Possibly up to an hour a day. I would be interested in seeing statistics on this.

JohnFen 7y ago
I must be an outlier as well. When my children were small, I was doing the laundry for the household. Two adults, two kids. I certainly wasn't spending more than an hour a week folding clothes. (My total time doing laundry was much higher, of course, particularly when the kids were diaper-age).
- new299 7y ago
  The parent comment seemed to suggest that they spent less than an hour was spent per week on all activities not including the clothes were in the washing machine. That’s what I was suggesting was low.
  - JohnFen 7y ago
    The parent comment was talking about folding specifically: "I probably spend (at most) an hour a week folding."
    - new299 7y ago
      “not counting the time spent in the washing/drying machine, I probably spend (at most) an hour a week folding.” This is unclear to me but implies that “folding” includes all laundry activities except “time spent in the washer dryer” (otherwise why mention it). I guess if you fold and put away everything, this could be the case.