<p>Yes ,friends , I am Talking about LOW LAUNDRY MOTIVATION . Since becoming an empty nester , I have no desire to fold laundry . For a year or so ,I would truck down 2 flights to the basement laundry room and do the laundry ,drag it back up 2 flights of stairs ,and dump it on a nicely made bed in a vacant kid’s room . My Dear Husband has even taken over the dragging it -down-and-back-up part ,but I can’t find the desire to fold it and return most of it to our bedroom . Today he promised me dinner out if I can get it all folded ,but I ended going back to sleep for 2 hours ! A maid is not an option . Am I destined for LI ? (Laundry Intervention ? ) Can anyone offer any ideas to make laundry a more pleasant task ? I would become a better person if I could only keep my LLM under control !!! PS- None of my clothes are dry clean only ,and I generate a lot of laundry due to my hospital volunteering ,and work with young inner city kids (when I am fully recovered from my surgery )</p>
<p>Hmmm, you either need a good therapist, a house remodel to move the washer/dryer upstairs, something really fun on the other side of the door that will entice you to enter the dreaded rooms (is your H gone ALL day???), something higher than a bed to use as a folding table or you need to fold as you remove from the dryer.</p>
<p>Any routine task is a drag. I don’t want to do laundry, dishes, cook, etc night after night, week after week, year after year. </p>
<p>How about your hubby take over for awhile to give you a break and you take on something he does? </p>
<p>We do laundry all the time here so there isn’t mount laundry to tackle. I can handle a load that I fold right out of the dryer, I can’t handle the thought of 3 loads to fold.</p>
<p>Oh my gosh - yes! I have so much less laundry to do and so much more trouble doing it. I did not know this disorder had an “official acronym” but now that I do … well, I feel better knowing I’m not alone. I leave clean clothes in the dryer and fluff as needed until forced by more laundry to move it along. However I do fold it and put it away when it eventually leaves the dryer. (How sad that I’m saying that with pride.)</p>
<p>Every trip down the stairs and up the stairs gets rewarded with a small piece of delicious chocolate. After completing 10 loads of laundry (including folding and putting the clothes away) you can reward yourself with a little something–such as a new top, a mocha frappaccino, a glass of wine, etc. </p>
<p>Better yet, turn the duty over to your husband. After fully completing a set number of loads, he earns a little something special :). It could be fun–hahahaha. </p>
<p>Time for me to get off this computer. I’m getting a little wacky :). I’m going outside to play now–bye.</p>
<p>YES !!! My husband’s no iron shirts have to be put separately in the dryer so they come out w/o wrinkles . I CAN’T ask my husband to FOLD the laundry as he has taken over yard and grocery shopping and I am physically able to do this - I just HATE it !!</p>
<p>Folding laundry is one of the few tasks my husband and I do together - we dump it all on the bed and fold while talking stuff over - it’s much more conducive to doing while chatting than most household chores, which either involve the noise of running water or dashing hither and yon in and out of chatting range. So maybe that would work for you?</p>
<p>Yes,memake we sometimes do this ! Just now ,I folded and put away a 1/3 of a load of laundry . Only 2/3 to go for today !</p>
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<p>No you aren’t!! Has your doctor said so? If yes, find a new doctor. You need more time to fully recover and during this time you should not be doing any laundry… doctor’s orders! sheesh! My dermatologist always prescribes flowers (not sure why, I am the husband) and chocolate following the most minor procedure… :D</p>
<p>I used to find folding laundry physically difficult, as if I had to wade through high density matter to make myself approach the laundry basket. A great force of will required to get the task done. I would as a young mom do just about anything else first. Thought to myself one day, this will probably get easy just when I don’t have to do it any more. And so it is - now that the kiddos are gone and DH does his own it’s a snap for me to do it. Which does not mean it doesn’t sit in the basket for an inordinate amount of time, but does mean that it doesn’t sit on my head like a giant rock of a task to be done through molasses. Helps me to do it in stages. Towels first - there goes half the load. Pants next. Another half done. Shirts. I will admit the socks often see another load or two before the spirit moves me…</p>
<p>This is my solution to laundry, cleaning the kitchen, cooking, all tedious tasks: audiobooks. I either borrow CD versions or download e-books from the library. Listening to a good book makes any boring job tolerable. </p>
<p>I am still in the major-laundry mode. My housecleaner/babysitter does the laundry mid-week, and I do it on weekends. Each time, it is 4 loads in a huge capacity front-loader.</p>
<p>I fold laundry on my bed in the master BR while I watch TV. Usually, Investigation Discovery shows.</p>
<p>Most of the time, I seldom watch TV, but I’ll watch it while I fold laundry as sort of a “reward.” However, I actually don’t mind laundry too much. What I hate is doing dishes.</p>
<p>I just had a thought. When the kids were home it was nice to get some time alone And actually enjoyed the quiet of my laundry room. Now I find myself bringing the pathetic little folding pile to the kitchen island where the dogs keep me company.</p>
<p>My husband has always done his OWN shirts…I have nothing to do with them. He either launders them himself or he has the option of taking them out. Not my concern…never has been…never will be.</p>
<p>Our washer and dryer are upstairs near the bedrooms. We have very little to carry up and down (a few hand and dish towels…and occasional table clothes). </p>
<p>Honestly, laundry is not something I give much thought to because it’s so easy to do while other things are happening in our house.</p>
<p>In my next life, I too will have a laundry near the bedrooms. :)</p>
<p>Why isn’t a housekeeper an option? Some people get nails/hair done regularly, Starbuck coffee, why not save some of your money to get someone to do something you hate doing. I assume your family financial situation isn’t that tight that you couldn’t afford 50-100 every other week. Yoru daughter’s annual Sweden trip could be cancelled to fund this.</p>
<p>I have someone who comes in 3 times a week because it is so inexpensive where we are right now. She even irons our under shirts. Sounds bad, but I do miss doing some chores around the house, and I do like doing laundry. I do it sometimes (like today), and it drives the housekeeper crazy (it’s a sign that I don’t like her work).</p>
<p>Weird – I hadn’t thought about it before, but I don’t mind washing clothes; I just don’t like folding/hanging them. I also don’t mind loading the dishwasher, but don’t like unloading it. Hmmmm…</p>
<p>Anyway, if I’ve got a bunch of laundry work to do, I haul the laptop to the laundry room and turn on a podcast or the NPR broadcast, and that seems to work okay.</p>
<p>I often think of hiring cleaning help, but decided it was too much work and stress to “prepare” the house for the helper!</p>
<p>What about sending the laundry OUT to be done. Or Faux…isn’t your daughter home? Maybe she could help out.</p>