My son was getting his shoes on and I noticed that he had one pair of clean socks sitting on one side of him but putting another pair of clean socks instead.
I questioned why he had two pairs of socks. He told me that the first pair he chose were not nice on his feet. They were hard and rough.
"Well, we can throw those out then. No point in keeping socks you won't wear," I said.
"No, don't do that. You just need to iron them. That will make them nice and soft," he suggested.
Oh, yeah, of course.
I will just add all the socks to the ironing basket.
It was at that point that I let him know, in the kindest possible way, that sock ironing was not something I would do as a rule.
Well, okay, I have ironed socks in the past.
And also underwear.
It looks nice and neat okay!
Not any more - not much anyway.
I would hate to let my son think that his future wife had to reach that standard.
Ciao
LC
my son is funny about his clothes like that too. and he REFUSES to ever let us throw anything out.. i just dont get it.
ReplyDeleteKevin has this thing about his socks being soft. He likes (well, we both like) to wear socks to bed when it's cold out - it soothes you to sleep - honest!) He turns his socks inside out to make them feel better. Tell your son.
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Slyde: My son tells me to pack his special clothes away, school uniforms that don't fit etc. I can NEVER get rid of his toys, just shove them in cupboards and boxes. What a hoarder he is.
ReplyDeleteKat: I ended up rewashing the socks, used fabric softener and then put them in the dryer - now they are soft. No ironing involved. Bed socks - he he, how cute. I get hot feet if I wear socks to bed - then again, it never gets THAT cold here.
I didn't thin k*anybody* ironed *anything* nowadays. Most humans I know only buy stuff that says "wrinkle free" on it. But then again, I wasn't aware of the whole "iron it and it gets soft and supple" phenomenon.
ReplyDeleteBaba: I iron nearly everything (sheets, towels etc). You know, you could wear a little sock to keep you warm up in the snow. Just cut some holes for your wings and feet. It would look quite sweet.
ReplyDeleteI love this post!!! LOL! I have a thing about clean clothes. Even though I live on my own, I usually have a mountain of washing and ironing to do each weekend, as I am forever putting clean clothes on. And I love the smell of clean bedding too, so usually do that each week too. I know exactly what your son means about ironed socks feeling softer (not that I iron mine as a rule - I feel lucky if I am able to find two that match in the pile of odd socks in my sock drawer). Once, I actually made a New Years resolution to pair up my socks as they come off the washing line, but that was one resolution that lasted about 2 weeks...lol!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGraham: Well, you would be the first male I have heard of who changes his sheets more than twice a year! I love washing my sheets, hanging them out to dry on a sunny day and then ironing them and putting them on the bed. Just like slipping into a little envelope, all smooth. Gosh, that makes me want to go to bed right now.
ReplyDeleteSocks, oh what a joke. I try to pair them as I go, to no avail. Now I just sort the socks into three bags - mine, son and husband. At least I am not digging through the wash basket searching for them in the morning.