• betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    At least when you kill bad guys and dragons, they stay dead. The trouble with folding dishes and washing clothes is that it keeps needing to be done.

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    1 month ago

    Folding laundry is basically like fighting a dragon. These damn fitted sheets, man.

    But I gotta do what I gotta do. These dragons aren’t gonna fight themselves.

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      1 month ago

      Do adults really not know how to find fitted sheets? You fold it basically like a regular sheet, but tuck the corners inside each other.

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        I prefer the “fold it haphazardly, stuff it in the drawer, and I don’t care if it’s wrinkled when it goes on the bed next time” method, myself.

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        Whenever I tuck the corners into each other I end up with a lumpy irregular polygon which can’t be folded neatly like flat sheets

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            “Pull up” like three dimensionally? I do the best I can to square the blob up but always end up with too much fabric on the fitted corner to get a clean neat fold.

            I’m the designated one who “knows how to fold fitted sheets” in our household btw 🤣

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              Yes, three dimensionally. Pull it up, and make a fold from the sewn point of the fitted corner parallel to one folded edge, and then the other edge likewise parallel to the remaining side. Now that you have a nice rectangle, lay the bunched portion down as flat as you can, and continue folding. Ta-dah.

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        I’ve learned how; can’t speak for everyone though. But they’re the ones that take the longest time due to the intricacy.

        I’m also very meticulous about folding laundry, so everything fits nice and tidy in the linen closet.

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        Or you can do the parachute fold. And then fold it regular after it’s a tube

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    How often will you ever fight a dragon? Once, maybe?

    Fuck folding sheets because someone else wants it done, 3 times a week for the next 40 years.

    Not even close to being the same.

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    1 month ago

    I do all the laundry, clean the kitchen and empty/fill the dishwasher. I’ve got a bit of a routine and it works. She cooks and does the bathrooms. Division of labour is the key. Took us a few years and many arguments to settle into our lanes and now it’s fine.

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    There aren’t many dragons around here. We’re too quiet to attract the attention of bad guys. However, I both do laundry and load the dishwasher. I’m also the cook. Been doing this since well before I retired. One of my sociology students actually told me it was “gay.”

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    I enjoy the cleaning. It gives me purpose and makes me feel useful.

    You could ask far, far worse of me.

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    Mmm love it when the straights air out their middle school level problems on social media