OKay, the UK doesn't have alot of pre-pressed clothes. The USA does. I iron my clothes and am thought of as a freak by my fiance .

What do you all do?

I don't iron my clothes but I sometimes iron my husbands dress shirts or pants...

he would like me to iron most of his clothes but I told him before we got married that I don't do ironing

I don't iron....and I find most things don't need ironing as long as they are transferred from washer to drier and removed from the drier quickly and folded or hung.

My husband's mother ironed EVERYTHING and I know he thinks I should do the same....yeah right!!!

He wants everything ironed....then he can iron it!

Oooh, another very important poll!

I specifically buy clothes that I will not have to iron.

I very rarely iron a thing -- if you pull it out of the dryer in time, then no worries!

My mom irons everything, and she wonders why she has a bad back

Very important poll, more so cos you're doing laundry!

An iron doesn't fit my hand.

The results are making me feel much better about my aversion to ironing.

Yeah, but I AM a freak after all!

i dont iron mine at all but i iron my husbands. he dresses up for work where i dont.

I will iron some things, but it has to be *really* wrinkled and/or for a very important reason (of which I am unable to think of right now ). I rarely dry any of my clothes but if I leave them hang long enough they're usually fine.

I iron some clothes.

I won't iron. I'll iron if I'm traveling and it's to something important and an ironing board is convenient. This perfect storm of ironing conditions does not often occur in my life, however.

An iron will will never....ever...touch my clothes. Ever.

Do you wear wrinkled clothes to interviews?

This reminds me of that Ricky Gervais Show podcast where they discuss how embarrassing it is to buy an ironing board because you have to carry it home and everyone can tell what it is because you can't put it in a bag, and then people know you didn't already have one.... and... I guess you had to be there...

Some comedians can make the dumbest things sound so funny. Sign of true talent, I guess!

Ricky Gervais IS a comedy genius...

I iron most of our clothes. I hate the thought of wearing jeans that just aren't soft - even with drier sheets they somehow seem hard. My husband and son think it's hilarious that I iron t.shirts that they just wear to work on the car or to go camping in. I just like the feel of clothes when they have been ironed. I iron all bedding too - I love the feel of clean, pressed sheets.

So, if you are mad, mags, then I am just totally off the scale!

Me too! Especially if they have been drying outside. Smells so heavenly!

Psssssttttt... I will tell you a secret: one can pay others to do the ironing.

This falls under the heading of "little luxuries in life".

I dont iron either, i told the hubby we only buy clothes that dont require ironing

Luxuries? I wouldn't know nothing about no luxuries, sir.

When I was growing up my Mum would pay me to do her ironing. All my Dad's work shirts and the sheets etc. She paid me £1.50 p/h. I used to do it in my bedroom. I'd charge her for about 4 hours work, one hour I would be ironing, the other three were spent lounging on my bed listening to music....

So I guess I WAS her luxury in life, albeit one that was ripping her off!

I see you were destined to land up in the United States, having already mastered the American style of doing business!

Look out everybody...I'm a comin' home!

I iron some of my clothes if they need it. One really weird thing is I like to iron my sheets. It makes them smell really good for some reason. I don't know...maybe it's just me.

Another ironer here though I draw the line at undies. I also don't use the dryer and hang my washing out. Even if it's -15c and sunny they still get dry. I iron all of my clothes and the ole man does his own. He never owned an iron until he met me. Now he loves doing it. I taught him well.

Eh, I iron if it's totally necessary, as in the dryer didn't get all the wrinkles out.

I don't iron either, I buy clothes wrinkle resistant or wrinkle free and my iron is the dryer

sounds familiar... hubby's mom used to iron all his clothes... and now he thinks I should do the same.. he knows better then to force the issue though

Yessirree, I iron my clothes every time that I unpack them (been about every two years or so since 1982) and not at any other time. Usually, I don't wear them between packs and unpacks---or, I didn't until I started the office contract in early July. Now, I am expected to wear the "office casual" M-R, but not F 'cause they do Casual Fridays. However, I still don't iron the clothes---I take 'em outta the dryer hot and fold them or hang them while still hot with the hopes that my mother's advice will never fail.

And, it hasn't yet. ;-)

I iron it makes the clothes look new.They give a person a finishing touch. I know i'm mad. Micheal says no one irons here. I do. Relaxing.

Kath

I hate ironing, I usually try to buy clothes that doesn't require ironing, but of course hubby does not operate on the same theory (since he's got me) he doesn't have to iron anyway.

Maybe its because I find ironing so darn frustrating, the water leaks form the iron, and by the time I'm done one area..I managed to magically make a crease in another area, that's a real B@#$% to get out.

I ironed our wrinkled going out clothes/handkerchiefs(love it when nicely folded). I love to wear ironed jeans. Ohhh my undies (for sanitary purposes). Linens too (nice to look at in bed and very comfy).

This may sound weird but I make sure our whites are very white so after washing the clothes i checked if the whites are like new if not i soaked it in vinegar for at least 24 hrs then soap again and rinsing. I am not happy if we are not looking neat and clean. It's very important to me so my fiance' was now happy to do the hand washing of white shirts too. I'm surprised he doesnt resist or get upset when he do manuals too I told him if u dont want this DONT buy white clothes.



Lily

My way of getting the wrinkles out is throwing whatever in the dryer for 5-10 minutes! I think I've ironed MAYBE 5 times, which was usually a frilly little dress my daughter had to wear.

My way of getting the wrinkles out is throwing whatever in the dryer for 5-10 minutes! I think I've ironed MAYBE 5 times, which was usually a frilly little dress my daughter had to wear.

oh man! Anthony's from the UK...and before we got married, his mother ironed EVERYTHING, including his underwear! of course, they hang all their clothes out on the line instead of using a dryer...but wow. i will iron if i'm wearing something to a very nice occasion. most everything i own, though, doesn't need ironed.

oh yeah...and i LOVE this stuff!

I iron everything ..linens,clothes underwear..etc..At first Gary wonder why I do that-(he never ever iron his clothes all his life as well as his ex) and I just explain to him ..I told him that he never wear wrinkled clothes ever when I get there..
I do my ironing every sunday and I made Gary iron his clothes also, he promoted as a supervisor at work and I just want him to wear clothes wrinkled-free,oh he really look so pogi! we do the ironing together while the webcam on..and its fun to do the chores with my baby..

Don't feel bad -- Brits iron their clothes, Americans don't. It's that simple.

I iron all my clothes....it's actually a chore I don't mind doing. Set the iron up in front of the telly, and that's me for a few hours

I iron in America, I iron in England....doesn't really matter where I am, cept when I lived with D, I had more ironing to do

adding: I iron the tea towels!

Well LisaD you're almost a Brit anyway - just proves my point.

I iron only if it really needs it. Sujeet irons his clothes for work because I am not very good at it, and he actually likes ironing. I have tried doing it for him a few times but it takes me 2x longer than him and is not as nice looking afterwards as when he does it.

Woo hoo! We should set up an ironing club!

My darling Brit wanted to iron something this past weekend and gave up the idea after we couldn't find the iron!

Lol, where's my badge?


But Imma throw a monkey wrench in yer theory cos I was like that even before D...so booyakkashah



Mags, lol I could totally be down with just ironing all night...there's summat really calming to me. Ironing, and sewing...like nowt fancy, just mending things...but yeah I find them to be very tranquil

I've never used an iron in my 21 years of life. If it gets wrinkley I throw it in the dryer for a while and then hang it up.

do any of you ironing lovers wanna do my ironing? I have a pile that's about 4 months old

In Brazil everything was ironed except the underwear. Now that's just hubby and me I iron the going out clothes and just fold right after drying the stay home clothes.

I iron my clothes if i have some important gatherings to attend.

I only iron clothes if im going to the club. Gotta be fresh.