The pile swarms in front of my eyes. Twisted, tangled socks taunt me. So do pants with no knees. It’s laundry day for my 10-year-old. And here’s what I think:
1. How many times have I told him to turn his socks right side out?
2. How many socks can one ten-year-old wear anyway?
3. Does he have ANY pants with the knees still intact?
4. Which one of these pairs of pants is the one that’s too short? I need to pull them out for the donation pile.
5. What’s that? Blood! What happened? Oh, it’s ketchup.
6. Why are there pen marks all over this sweatshirt? Who draws on his sweatshirt?
7. I’m washing every pair of sweats he owns. But what happened to all those jeans I bought him? Why does he hate the “feel” of jeans and refuse to wear them?
8. Ooo! A five dollar bill! Finders keepers!
9. This laundry hamper is bottomless. The clothes just keep going and going.
10. How many years left do I have to teach him how to do laundry before he goes to college?
Can you relate? Or do you have deeper thoughts when washing your kids’ clothes?
Finders keepers for sure! I’m confused by the fact that your 10 yr old has so many socks…my 10 yr old seems to go through them as though they are disposable.
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You just caught me on a good month sock-wise. We recently stocked up!
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haha I can totally relate. My son just turned 13 and he has been doing his laundry for a couple of months now. Which makes me one very happy mommy but my 9yr old is still the same. 🙂
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Part of our family economy is that Jeremy has to do the laundry. Ha! I totally get out of it.
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Finders keepers! My motto too! Clean clothes always find their way into our never ending laundy pile too!
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Yes about the clean clothes! Or a sweatshirt he wore for 20 minutes before bed because he was cold. Yea, that makes it dirty.
A 10 year old goes through lots and lots of socks! And somehow, they always end up on the living room floor… And there’s also a good chance that none of their pants have knees left. I know Lena’s don’t!
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Oh my gosh, every time my kiddo wears a new pair of pants he comes home with a hole somewhere, always different places. Sigh. And his socks all have holes and he wore the heel of his boots! He tells me he plays soccer 3 times a day so maybe that’s why. And in the winter, I have to wash WAY more, the laundry basket really fills up fast! Amazing how much thought can go into this simple thing 🙂
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My recent laundry question is: Why are all these damn beans in the washing machine and dryer!?!?! Turns out my first grade son has been smuggling beans home in his pocket from his math lessons at school…
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Beans! Priceless. That’s a sweet if loud & rattling memory.
My boys hate jeans too. I don’t understand it. My daughter does her own laundry but my 16 year old son pretends to not know how…then he told me the other day, it’s not that he doesn’t know how, it’s more that he just doesn’t want to. Don’t even get me going. Thankfully he doesn’t generate a ton of laundry, because he has to wear a jacket to school (private school) and his sports stuff gets washed by the school (I like that!).
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I was talking to my husband’s aunt this weekend. She said her teenage son did his own laundry since age 13, but wouldn’t do his laundry until he had absolutely nothing left to wear. Ha!
So, so true! My favorite part of the laundry is the twisted, half inside out jeans with the underwear tangled around the legs! And the inside out socks stuffed in the couch cushions. I suppose these are the things we will miss someday?
I think we will miss them someday, Janet. 🙂
Hopefully he can learn soon! Does 11 work? I sure hope so for your sake. I have toddlers,so it will be a while.
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I have a TON of hand me down jeans that my son will NOT wear because of the exact same thing!!! He HATES the feel of them. It’s all about sport pants and sweat pants. That I HAVE to buy no less…
I am thinking the very same deep thoughts my friend. Every stinkin’ day…
Shall we talk about my daughter too? Oy.
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You should see Carrie’s comments about her daughter’s laundry. We’re in trouble, Chris, trouble!
CAN I RELATE??
Dear God. I am new at this mom crap and she’s 15. And she’s a delight and a small piece of heaven.
But her room and laundry has to be as close to “hell” as I’ve come in a long time.
Bras. Socks. Blouses I should have never paid that much for. Kotex wrappers. More bras. And then there’s the 3-day old Sonic cup on her nightstand.
Yep. And even more bras. How many damn bras can one barely-boobed girl have??
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Ha ha ha ha ha! I see my future (my daughter’s 6) and it ain’t pretty!
Only moms can do this! I don’t know how many times I re-arrange my toddlers clothes because I keep wondering if he has enough clothes for the coming season!
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