Apr 16, 2009
Chauvinistically packing for Pennsylvania
Prepping for vacation, I packed several shirts I haven’t worn for months because they need ironing. We’re visiting my mother-in-law, after all.
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The packing is chauvinistic. The blog post might be a death wish.
do you KNOW your mother-in-law?!
i can’t wait to see you guys.
We just came back from a trip to my in-laws. That’s one thing I always love about it. No matter what condition my shirts or pants are in, they will always need ironing on the other end due to the standards set by certain people I love for letting me marry their daughter. It saves worry about how to pack on this end.
wow, either you’re really brave, or Molly is a saint! :-)
You should always pack extra for Pennsylvania. It’ll be colder than you expect in the spring.
Ha, ha, ha!!!
Is Molly not an ironer either? Jen hates ironing my shirts!
Of course, the unspoken assumption in the previous post is that I couldn’t possibly iron them myself.
I see I haven’t trained you as well as I thought. An iron should NEVER be required. Let me remind you.
Re-wet. Throw into dryer again. Remove when barely dry. Hang up. Repeat as many times as necessary until you remember to remove from dryer in time.
If it’s a material that can’t be de-wrinkled following those instructions? Get rid of it.
haha… I like your mom’s way of ironing! That’s how I taught my boys! I’ll have to ask if that’s how they do it!
Where in PA are you going? I grew up in central PA, worked near Philly, and now live in Pittsburgh, so I’ve got the state pretty well covered.
Have a great trip!
Haha that’s awful!
I’m with your mom – avoid ironing at all costs :) I’ve also found that spraying shirts while they’re on a hanger, kinda smooth it out, and let it dry works great with most wrinkledy shirts.
Or you can always throw a wet towel in the dryer with a wrinkled shirt for about 15 min. Comes out wrinkle free every time!
i love that your mom isn’t offended by your pseudo-chauvinism. hey…and you ARE packing aren’t you??? not leaving ALL the packing up to the ol’ lady like a real chauvinist.
How will you get them back home without being wrinkled again? That would be my problem.
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So I don’t get it. Are you actually expecting your mother-in-law to iron your shirts?!
(And how do you bring it up? “Oops, Mother, this shirt looks like it needs a little touch-up. Would you mind? Oh, and how about this one and this one?)
Or are you planning to actually wear wrinkled shirts when you visit her?
But, as has been previously commented, at least you’re packing. I don’t usually get around to it until the last minute (so my wife often does it).
“Honey, how many pieces pieces of underwear do you want?”
“Uh, I don’t know. How many days are we going to be gone?”
You are a brave one Abraham!
Wearing wrinkled shirts in the presence of one’s mother-in-law is risky business.
That is delightful! I hope my daughters and their future spouses will feel free to bring home wrinkled shirts for me to iron.
I will add to your mom’s advice and a few other commenters’, there is also Downy Wrinkle Releaser to help. (If my sons-in-law bring wrinkled shirts over, I might be using that on them, too.)
I hope she doesn’t read your blog! : )