tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post6737259045799272712..comments2023-11-03T07:29:16.334+00:00Comments on The Potty Diaries: Spitting in the windPotty Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-10480645796646072232008-12-16T20:45:00.000+00:002008-12-16T20:45:00.000+00:00Mr B irons his own shirts and does the kids stuff ...Mr B irons his own shirts and does the kids stuff too. I do everything else but he's the ironing man. And I would love it if my mum-in-law offered to do it. Sighhhh.Jo Beaufoixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957369658590225971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-43865306992037680552008-12-16T14:11:00.000+00:002008-12-16T14:11:00.000+00:00I have to admit to ironing the occasional shirt - ...I have to admit to ironing the occasional shirt - similar reasons to Sharon. But I do draw the line at boxer shorts http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2007/07/30/life-is-too-short/<BR/><BR/>And I reckon that if everyone could agree to stop ironing all at once, and didn't sneak in the odd ironing session, we could close a multitude of power stations and save the world at the same time. How about that for a plan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-57611497403789585932008-12-16T13:25:00.000+00:002008-12-16T13:25:00.000+00:00As with many women commenting here, I can so relat...As with many women commenting here, I can so relate to what you said. Some of it for me is just knowing that what i do IS notcied and IS appreciated. Pathetic but that goes a long way for me.<BR/>Just because we made a certain choice doesns't mean a. its wonderful all the time or b.) easy much of the time.<BR/><BR/>I show my husband bits in books like that to PROVE I'm not mad/batty/unhinged, really really strange & a one off, as he makes me feel sometimes when he looks at me with blank incomprehension..<BR/><BR/> I must also confess I even put food in the freezer for my husband when I go away (becasue we're livign abroad & I go back to england for 6 wks in the summer. And I feel guilty...) it' s the guilt that's the killer. I don't iron hi sshirts tho, the cleaner does, and he moans about how badly they've been ironed!Paradise Lost In Translationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507703496080523959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-86587513237986862942008-12-15T05:11:00.000+00:002008-12-15T05:11:00.000+00:00I have read a couple of books like this and I do t...I have read a couple of books like this and I do the same thing to Hubby...running to tell him "That's me!" and he looks at me like "OK. Whatever."<BR/><BR/>In other words...like I"m crazy. Because I am.<BR/><BR/>I don't iron his shirts either. He does it himself. Of course, he also washes the clothes (but doesn't fold them or put them away) and the dishes and scrubs the floors and vacuums from time to time so I can't complain very much.Lisa @ Boondock Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430994283914399581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-44459665151750600122008-12-14T20:31:00.000+00:002008-12-14T20:31:00.000+00:00Sharon, don't hesitate, I know the day will come w...Sharon, don't hesitate, I know the day will come when I won't be able to avoid it any longer (for my boys at least). Luckily Boy #1's primary school has polo shirts as uniform, so no ironing clothes for him yet - but I know it's just a matter of time!Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-11517685917818223792008-12-14T00:57:00.000+00:002008-12-14T00:57:00.000+00:00I have hesitated to comment on this one but have g...I have hesitated to comment on this one but have gritted my teeth and am confessing! I used to iron a minimum of 15 shirts a week during term time and at least 5 on most other weeks. If I hadn't done it they would have happily gone out in un-ironed shirts but in my anal-retentive perfectionist soul I just couldn't deal with it! Now none of us wears much that needs ironing (and anyway the boys have left home) and DH does all of the plain ironing. One of his new skills learnt since he retired ;-)sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247276433803886670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-72663760014999613642008-12-13T22:59:00.000+00:002008-12-13T22:59:00.000+00:00Tara, you are a better woman than I. Bring on the...Tara, you are a better woman than I. Bring on the cleaner and gardner, that's what I say...<BR/><BR/>Irene, I don't have a lawn but if I did...<BR/><BR/>Grit, it's something you pay someone else to do when you're foolish enough to buy something that you didn't read the care label for... (as if)<BR/><BR/>NVG, I guess we'll always wonder what might have been. Not that I would change my decision - and given the current financial climate I probably would have been in exactly the same situation now, just not of my choosing!<BR/><BR/>Thames, good advice. I'll take it. (I may moan a little now and again though. I'm not that perfect.)<BR/><BR/>Iota, I know. As more of my friends reach that stage in their family lives I hear it more and more. God only knows what the answer is...Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-90390738283654723692008-12-13T18:37:00.000+00:002008-12-13T18:37:00.000+00:00There just should be more flexibility in the workp...There just should be more flexibility in the workplace, which would generate more part-time work for intelligent educated women.<BR/><BR/>What nobody tells you is this (and this isn't going to be very cheering, sorry). You think it's just when the children are little that you can't combine family life and work. You think that when they're at school, you'll go back. But it's not that simple. Who is going to look after them in the holidays? Can you fit your hours into school hours? If not, what is the after school club like? (Don't know about round you, but here, they're pretty grim.) Is it more important to you to work and earn, than to give your children a nice evening vegging out at home, or being taken to life-enhancing activities? I think it's the holidays that are the killer, though.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-86973937769953762062008-12-13T17:43:00.000+00:002008-12-13T17:43:00.000+00:00First, the shirts, I agree your sister is nuts.Sec...First, the shirts, I agree your sister is nuts.<BR/><BR/>Second, enjoy your fulltime job, yes, your 24 by 7 on call girl Friday job.<BR/><BR/>It will be over before you know it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424852811523341436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-37722910909835686172008-12-13T17:03:00.000+00:002008-12-13T17:03:00.000+00:00I gave up on ironing several years ago and like yo...I gave up on ironing several years ago and like you, now pay my cleaner to do it. But The Doctor never expected me to iron his shirts. And if I ever did, I would have made a hash of it. <BR/><BR/>But you are right, there are plenty of women who do, and there is still a lot of completely wasted female talent out there doing menial tasks (while mediocre men rise to the top jobs as their female colleagues fall by the wayside). I feel strongly that I shouldn't work full time while the children are young, but sometimes I wonder what my career would be like now if I had chosen differently....nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-79970871791081428432008-12-13T15:20:00.000+00:002008-12-13T15:20:00.000+00:00ironing? ironing? what is ironing?ironing? ironing? what is ironing?Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-26280663087838643512008-12-13T13:26:00.000+00:002008-12-13T13:26:00.000+00:00My first husband wanted his button down dress shir...My first husband wanted his button down dress shirts ironed just so and since he wouldn't iron them himself, and I wouldn't do them just so, he took them to the dry cleaner's once a week and had them also lightly starched. It solved everyone's problem. Can you imagine me turning out shirts that were done that perfectly? No way! We also had a gardener to mow all the lawns.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-78497732449193683972008-12-13T01:35:00.000+00:002008-12-13T01:35:00.000+00:00Gah, I know where you're coming from. Have had the...Gah, I know where you're coming from. Have had the travelling husband myself. I've ironed for him sometimes, but he'll mostly do it himself. I think the realisation that when he was away he had to do his own ironing helped with that resolve. But don't be too hard on the sister in law. There would be nothing worse than the interfering mother in law finding a way in to take over. In her shoes I'd probably be doing the shirts as well.... but then I'm stupid. (When husband went to China for a 3 month stint back in about 2001 we agreed that I'd get a cleaner, and/or someone in to mow, but I was too proud. I wanted to prove that I could manage on my own.Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906909599853950560noreply@blogger.com