Do you iron your sheets?

I hate ironing and until I took very early retirement I paid my daughter to do it. Seemed reasonable to me, if she hadn't done it I would have sent it away to be done !!

Now I have no income , and no job lol I feel obliged to do it myself. Luckily himself has retired too so no more uniform shirts which I loathed . Pyjamas are now a dress option for me , so that cuts down on the volume too. BUT I do iron sheets, duvets, pillowcases and tea towels. I've been spoils and I like them pressed so if it means I have to do it myself so be it lol

I never iron the fitted bottom sheet but do prefer the 'feel' of properly ironed pillowcases. The duvet cover is a pain to iron but I it looks so much better if I do. DS1 irons his shirts and the GCs' school shirts and blouses. DiL does the cleaning.

Afraid I'm a rebel ..... I iron just about everything, if it's got any wrinkles it gets ironed. I particularly like my bedding to be nicely ironed, nothing like getting into a nice smooth freshly pressed bed.

Oh well, I'm probably going to shock everyone. The only thing I DON'T iron are my tights.

As previous members have said, sheets are so much more enjoyable to sleep in when ironed, also the duvet cover slides onto the duvet easier.

Towels, tea towels etc all take up less room in the drawer and knickers are so much more comfortable to wear if ironed. It's nice to have the crutch nice and flat and not all crunched up, and no I don't wear 'big' knickers, I've only just got rid of all my g-strings. Socks too are less likely to get into folds inside your boots if ironed.

My parents had a guest house and I was brought up to iron everything, so I suppose It's stuck with me, but there is very little I could be persuaded to stop ironing. I can't say I like it, but I used to do it while listening to The Archers every Sunday when I was working, but now I don't listen to it any more and since retiring I can iron when I feel like it. So watch this space, I feel a change might be on the way

Yes, I iron bedding, teatowels, table linen. My younger daughter, who I childmind for doesn't iron, how I'd love to do it for her...but wouldn't dare offer.

I can't remember when I last used the iron either. I have invested in a lovely tumble dryer which dries the clothes so that they don't need ironing. However, when I used to iron, I used to put the sheet on the ironing board and ironed other clothes over the sheet - turning the sheet every so often, therefore ironing two things at once.

Incidentally, my eldest son once had a girlfriend who ironed his socks !

No, definitely do not iron bed linen. There really is no need. If you hang them up straight to dry, they don't crumple. With fitted sheets they stretch out flat anyway.

The same goes for clothing. I only iron summer stuff which you can't get away with not ironing, shirts etc. the rest, if hung out to dry will generally not crease. I may occasionally iron my jeans if they are crumpled, but that's about it. Also I don't have a tumble dryer so have to make sure that clothing is laid flat when drying.

Bedbugs perhaps? As many men/boys used to sleep in underpants?

My mil was a very tough cookie- but she had to to keep that family together. Dad served in the medical corps during WW2 in Italy and Africa- and was never the same. When the boys where young teenagers, she go them nylon school shirts so they wouldn't need ironing. DH asked for some 'proper' shirts for Xmas and that he would iron them himself- anything to avoid those nylon shirts- and same for his sheets. Cool crisp top quality cotton, you can't beat it- and ironed of course.

My dear departed aunt used to iron pants. She said it killed any left over bugs!! Ants in the pants are one thing, but bugs?!


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Ironing is a bore but some of it is necessary. I did do all the ironing before my husband retired but we now split it 50/50. I agree with others you don't have to iron everything these days, leggings certainly wouldn't benefit from being ironed, but I think shirts/blouses, depending on material can look crumpled if they aren't. As far as bed linen is concerned, I only iron the pillowcases, I'm tending to buy more fitted sheets of late and I don't think ironing them is necessary. I don't tumble duvet covers but hang them out on an airer and find the creases drop out. All my bed linen is white or cream. I think creases don't show up so much on white material.

It's interesting to read GNs varying views on ironing!

I also started doing ironing for my mum when I was about 13 she hated it and still iron almost everything, I catch up with all tv programmes I have downloaded so I quite enjoy it

J52- glad to hear your DH does his share. My (Swiss and French) neighbours are horrified that he does his own shirts ;) When we retired here he just said one day, leave my ironing, only fair that I do it now I have time- and he does, hurrah.

I like ironing pillow cases and tea towels and handkerchiefs. Someone up thread mentioned a frozen shoulder. That happened to me and now DH supports the local economy by taking shirts and duvet covers to a local ironing place with the lovely name of Crease Relief.

I've taken a leaf out of DD's book, and now iron far less than I used to. I still iron my DH's work shirts and trousers, and anything for smart wear. As for everyday clothes, bed linen etc., then no I don't, I take them out of the dryer as soon as they are finished, fold them and put them in the airing cupboard. I used to enjoy ironing, not any more!

I quite like. ironing and so iron almost everything.Do those who don't do it have a tumble drier as that would make a difference?I don't so there is no way l couldn't iron shirts that come in from the clothes line.

I don't but DH does! .

We iron most things except for underwear and towels. We both like ironing, find it quite therapeutic and sometimes it's a rush to get there first. Strange but true!

I iron most things still. It's worth it for bedding in particular. I don't iron stretchy cami-type things any more, or leggings/jeggings, but I still do ttowels and towels.

Things look so much better ironed. I can't believe there are people who don't iron (comes out in hives..)

I used to hate ironing when I was working full time and I paid my cleaner to do it , most of it was DHs work shirts. Now I have a steam generator iron , smart TV to watch , and my DH has retired so there's far less ironing to do. I actually quite enjoy my weekly session watching some programme on catch up that my DH doesn't like, cup of tea and ironing the lovely bedding we've got. It does look so much nicer.

I iron bedclothes, tea towels, shirts, blouses, trousers etc!

I love cotton bedding, nothing nicer than cool, freshly ironed sheets!

I do watch catch up TV when ironing and set the ironing time to the programme. DH does his share as well.

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Synonymous There is no fIipping way I would iron anyone's handkerchiefs. I would suggest that if he wants to use them tell him to iron them himself. They are not exactly difficult to iron.

I iron my sheets, pillow case and duvet. I iron most things including underwear. I never used to iron anything but since kids come along I have become more domesticated and I thinks it's Boredom when they go to sleep! Need to get out more!

I iron as little as possible and have recently taken to finishing off DH's shirts in the dryer and quickly putting them on hangers BUT - DH refuses to use tissues and so it is ironing his hankies that drives me nuts!

I iron all bed linen, the beauty of getting into bed, everything all crispy smooth is wonderful. I also invested in 'good' fitted sheets with a high thread count and the bliss of those, especially after ironing, has to be believed.

Tea towels are also ironed, you can get more into the cupboard that way.

Towels are tumbled, if air dried outdoors then I do iron them. Takes up less room in the linen cupboard.

However I do try to get away with doing less than I used to regarding clothing, it does mean you have to be quick to get them out of the tumble dryer.

A steam generator iron helps a lot

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