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[sabrinamari]

Ironing is a perfect blend of evils. You have to focus totally and completely on what you are doing so you can avoid adding in new wrinkles which are twice as hard to remove as the old ones. At the same time, the thing you are focusing on is utterly tedious. It's sort of like enforced attention to abject boredom.

*headdesk* headdesk* headdesk*

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[justusgirlz.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's enforced attention on creating beauty. I love to iron because I can take a wrinkly, misshapen garment and bend the fabric to my will, smoothing out cloth to it's glorious flowing ways, which show off the cut and style of the piece. Also makes for a good meditation and sharpening of one's attention to detail.

[showingup.livejournal.com]

All in the focus. Wise.

[sabrinamari.livejournal.com]

1. I totally see how this is true for you. I can't quite go there yet. : )

2. This day will improve soon, probably.

[showingup.livejournal.com]

I find radio drama or audio novels fantastic for this sort of thing. Takes just enough of your attention to be entertained while leaving enough to focus on what you're doing. Really, though, my Mum seems to love ironing. If I could get her over here to do it, minus her tutting and casting a critical eye over everything and wanting to "help" (ie. organise the house the way she wants it), I'd invite her over to do it for me. This is a woman who irons jeans. JEANS! My sister and I reckon there is not enough time in life for ironing jeans.

[sabrinamari.livejournal.com]

Ironing jeans...that's hard to believe.

[showingup.livejournal.com]

Grandma used to iron bedlinen. I am serious about this. Mum used to grab the linens off the washing line and fold and put them away before Grandma got to our house so she couldn't do it. Also, Grandma got huffy when Mum told her that ironing underwear really wasn't a priority.

I would happily never iron anything again in my life.

I see a pattern emerging...

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I love having a boyfriend who is AT LEAST as good as ironing as I am, so that when he has time to do it and I don't, I can just trust him to do it RIGHT without instruction. It's awesome. I love military men. :D

[puckmls.livejournal.com]

This is why I now put my damp shirts on hangers and let them air dry. I straighten the seams, plackets, etc., but don't do anything else. It's usually good enough ... But I do sympathize with your ironing woes.

[wgseligman.livejournal.com]

This is why dry cleaners are the third greatest thing the Goddess ever invented. (The first two are sex are sarcasm.)

My two cents

[vervain13.livejournal.com]

"Ironing jeans...that's hard to believe."

You'd *better* believe it, girlfriend. I am *such* the 1950s housewife when it comes to ironing...including jeans. I am especially in my bliss when I'm ironing a shirt for my man.

Color me quirky, ;P

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

I think justusgirlz is on the right track...

OTOH, monsteralice and I belong to the comfortably wrinkled clothing set. Let's hear it for linen and cotton! ;-)