I iron my husband’s pants and if I’m going out. I only iron his pants because I refuse to pay the dry cleaners $4.50/pant to do it. Otherwise, I learned in college that if you lightly put some water where the worst wrinkles are, they will be gone after you wear it for a little while.
The assumption, Elly, comes from the idea that John works a full-time job and therefore presumably doesn’t have time to do the ironing (not to mention the fact that very few men in John’s age bracket have ever learned HOW to iron, since that was something that their mothers did for them until they got married.) Boys didn’t take Home Economics in school on a regular basis back when you were growing up (in fact, boys didn’t even get the chance to take it until around 1975; until then, it was a girls-only course!)
(Scoffs!) I think Boys/Men should take a Home Economics in High School or community college to learn how to do the simply regular basics for example, the clothes that need to be ironed. I learned when I was a teenager at my parents’ home. I did not take the Home Economics at High School or Community College either. Boys/Men should not rely on Girl/Women to do anything for them. Com’on! Men can learn how to do that.
I do not think that saleman who looks like John. Why? Because the eyeglasses frames look different. The last panel is so hilarious! LOLs!
I don’t iron either, and I wear cotton and wool almost exclusively. I take things to the cleaners. Yeah, it’s an indulgence, but I neither smoke nor drink, and I rarely eat out.
I look at it as my way of keeping people employed, and helping locally-owned small businesses to STAY in business.
Plus, I get to wear some really cool, breathe-able fabrics…
I agree Wildmustang and Burgandy2. I learned most of what was covered in home economics from my mother. I always thought it would have been more fun to learn to use tools and do woodworking. Still do.
Well, as one who knows how and does iron, my X thought you wore things out of the dryer. Then I came along…
AND, they don’t/didn’t teach you how to iron in Home Ec. You knew how before you got there. And I’ve taught myself to use wood working tools–and still have all 10 to show for it! Vehicle goes to the dealership for service.
I think what set me off was Elly’s rather self-righteous tone when she lectured the sales rep about making sexist assumptions. Not everyone was brought up with feminist ideals, and if she wanted to make the point, she could have done so in a way that was less of a lecture. She simply could have said that John ironed his own pants without making a self-righteous aside about how she couldn’t get over “the fact that people automatically assume that the wife does these things.”
And, for what it’s worth, I was one of the first boys to take Home Ec after it was opened to boys at my junior high in 1975 (at the same time that Industrial Arts was opened to girls.) Of course, since no boy would ever have admitted to taking Home Ec for Boys (since it was specifically aimed at boys, only boys were in this particular class), it was simply renamed “Bachelor Living.” And it WAS where I learned to cook, wash clothes, sew, and yes, iron.
I can iron but don’t like to … so I don’t. Therefore, I carefully check all labels before buying any item of clothing. If it isn’t wash and wear, I don’t buy it.
My husband irons his own shirts and pants whenever it’s necessary.
I’ve come to enjoy doing a lot of home maintenance projects ever since I married a man who owns his own construction company. Everything we’ve ever done to our home to improve it, we’ve done together and he explains everything in detail so that I have a complete understanding of how things work and why they’re done in the order they’re done. I never thought I would really enjoy something like that but some of the things I’ve learned has actually been very interesting.
Ironing is silly, and a waste of electrical and human energy. Just pull stuff out of the dryer before they are 100% dry, and put them on hangers. They look fine. I don’t even put shirts in the dryer, just put them on hangers on the shower bar over night. I have an iron around here somewhere- I use it for seaming plastic bags.
I love to wear silk and linen, so I DO iron things for dress occaisions. I graduated HS in 55 and never took a home ec course (I taught myself to cook when I was about 7th grade and did all family dinners from then on). I now use all my old “bigshirts” of silk just to keep warm around the house and garden so they have become “wash and wear”. I went to a 4 hour outdoor event today and the high was predicted @61F so I wore a heavy silk knit short sleeved shirt with a woven silk big shirt and a hooded cape of good silk noile lined with polyester to break the wind (because it was so windy that my hair was in knots when we got home) but aside from the wind, I was fine.
magnamax almost 14 years ago
What, me iron? If it comes out of the dryer too wrinkled to wear, it goes into the donations bag.
ejcapulet almost 14 years ago
Iron = hang it in the bathroom while I take a scalding hot shower. Presto!
summerdog86 almost 14 years ago
He sure does look like John.
I iron everything. This is from someone who waxes her vacuum cleaner.
W6BXQ, John almost 14 years ago
summerdog,
Nothing like a shinny vacuum cleaner!
lightenup Premium Member almost 14 years ago
I iron my husband’s pants and if I’m going out. I only iron his pants because I refuse to pay the dry cleaners $4.50/pant to do it. Otherwise, I learned in college that if you lightly put some water where the worst wrinkles are, they will be gone after you wear it for a little while.
Gigantor almost 14 years ago
Does any manufacturer use the term “permanent press” anymore? That’s so 1970s. I thought the marketing term since around 1990 was “wrinkle-free.”
Nelly55 almost 14 years ago
my hubby irons all my business attire…..
well, he did
until I retired too
notinksanymore almost 14 years ago
My BF does the ironing. If he doesn’t iron my clothes, I’ll wear them wrinkled. It drives him nuts.
legaleagle48 almost 14 years ago
The assumption, Elly, comes from the idea that John works a full-time job and therefore presumably doesn’t have time to do the ironing (not to mention the fact that very few men in John’s age bracket have ever learned HOW to iron, since that was something that their mothers did for them until they got married.) Boys didn’t take Home Economics in school on a regular basis back when you were growing up (in fact, boys didn’t even get the chance to take it until around 1975; until then, it was a girls-only course!)
Wildmustang1262 almost 14 years ago
(Scoffs!) I think Boys/Men should take a Home Economics in High School or community college to learn how to do the simply regular basics for example, the clothes that need to be ironed. I learned when I was a teenager at my parents’ home. I did not take the Home Economics at High School or Community College either. Boys/Men should not rely on Girl/Women to do anything for them. Com’on! Men can learn how to do that. I do not think that saleman who looks like John. Why? Because the eyeglasses frames look different. The last panel is so hilarious! LOLs!
gofinsc almost 14 years ago
Ever read “Gil Thorp”? All the men there are exactly the same. They are only differentiated by haircuts and beards.
BuzzDog almost 14 years ago
I don’t iron either, and I wear cotton and wool almost exclusively. I take things to the cleaners. Yeah, it’s an indulgence, but I neither smoke nor drink, and I rarely eat out.
I look at it as my way of keeping people employed, and helping locally-owned small businesses to STAY in business.
Plus, I get to wear some really cool, breathe-able fabrics…
serenasakitty almost 14 years ago
I agree Wildmustang and Burgandy2. I learned most of what was covered in home economics from my mother. I always thought it would have been more fun to learn to use tools and do woodworking. Still do.
SillyStuff almost 14 years ago
Well, as one who knows how and does iron, my X thought you wore things out of the dryer. Then I came along…
AND, they don’t/didn’t teach you how to iron in Home Ec. You knew how before you got there. And I’ve taught myself to use wood working tools–and still have all 10 to show for it! Vehicle goes to the dealership for service.
Shikamoo Premium Member almost 14 years ago
ejcapulet said, about 6 hours ago Iron = hang it in the bathroom while I take a scalding hot shower. Presto!
Great minds think alike. I iron that way too.
legaleagle48 almost 14 years ago
Point taken, fellow posters.
I think what set me off was Elly’s rather self-righteous tone when she lectured the sales rep about making sexist assumptions. Not everyone was brought up with feminist ideals, and if she wanted to make the point, she could have done so in a way that was less of a lecture. She simply could have said that John ironed his own pants without making a self-righteous aside about how she couldn’t get over “the fact that people automatically assume that the wife does these things.”
And, for what it’s worth, I was one of the first boys to take Home Ec after it was opened to boys at my junior high in 1975 (at the same time that Industrial Arts was opened to girls.) Of course, since no boy would ever have admitted to taking Home Ec for Boys (since it was specifically aimed at boys, only boys were in this particular class), it was simply renamed “Bachelor Living.” And it WAS where I learned to cook, wash clothes, sew, and yes, iron.
trekkermint almost 14 years ago
only time i see permanent press is on the laundromat washers
Gretchen's Mom almost 14 years ago
I can iron but don’t like to … so I don’t. Therefore, I carefully check all labels before buying any item of clothing. If it isn’t wash and wear, I don’t buy it.
My husband irons his own shirts and pants whenever it’s necessary.
I’ve come to enjoy doing a lot of home maintenance projects ever since I married a man who owns his own construction company. Everything we’ve ever done to our home to improve it, we’ve done together and he explains everything in detail so that I have a complete understanding of how things work and why they’re done in the order they’re done. I never thought I would really enjoy something like that but some of the things I’ve learned has actually been very interesting.
andymeijers almost 14 years ago
Ironing is silly, and a waste of electrical and human energy. Just pull stuff out of the dryer before they are 100% dry, and put them on hangers. They look fine. I don’t even put shirts in the dryer, just put them on hangers on the shower bar over night. I have an iron around here somewhere- I use it for seaming plastic bags.
vldazzle almost 14 years ago
I love to wear silk and linen, so I DO iron things for dress occaisions. I graduated HS in 55 and never took a home ec course (I taught myself to cook when I was about 7th grade and did all family dinners from then on). I now use all my old “bigshirts” of silk just to keep warm around the house and garden so they have become “wash and wear”. I went to a 4 hour outdoor event today and the high was predicted @61F so I wore a heavy silk knit short sleeved shirt with a woven silk big shirt and a hooded cape of good silk noile lined with polyester to break the wind (because it was so windy that my hair was in knots when we got home) but aside from the wind, I was fine.