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Men and women do laundry differently. That’s just a given. So of course some of his habits drive me nuts.

On the plus side, at least he’s willing to do a bit of laundry here and there.

1. Laundry is sorted by white versus any color at all, and parents’ versus kids’ clothing. I don’t really care about the first, but why sort the kids’ clothes separate?
2. What starts inside out, stays inside out, if it’s not his. This includes when folding laundry.
3. It makes sense to him to lay out the clothes that need to be on hangers, then leave them out for days until he or I get tired of seeing them, and puts the hangers in. He insists this doesn’t add any work. I prefer to hang them right away, so they get put away.
4. All loads must be washed with baking soda. This includes when I buy detergent that has baking soda in it already. More needs to go in.
5. If I’m lucky, he’ll put his clothes away after folding. Very rarely anyone else’s.
6. I’ve finally got him folding the kid’s clothes, rather than just stacking them for me to do later.
7. Dirty clothes go on the nightstand as often as the laundry basket. I guess that’s better than the middle of the floor.
8. The lint trap rarely needs cleaning. Once again, he’s gotten better, but still needs improvement in this area.
9. I finally have him turning the water to the washing machine off after we’re done with it. This isn’t necessary with most machines, but is with ours, as the water line leaks into the machine otherwise. This habit probably saved us from a flooded garage the day the line burst.
10. Children’s clothing needs to only be laid flat, not folded. Actually this one has improved tremendously of late.
11. The clothing sizes of a 5 year old and a 2-1/2 year look almost identical. I finally have him checking the tags, but before I would regularly find the kids’ clothes mixed up.
12. All loads must be washed on the Cotton/Sturdy cycle, regardless of the materials.
13. What the heck. He does laundry occasionally. It could be worse, right?

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