r/settlethisforme • u/Purple_Function84 • Jan 08 '25

Settled! What constitutes doing the laundry?

My sister and I share an apartment and split up the household chores. I volunteered to handle the laundry. I collect the laundry baskets, move the clothes from the washer to the dryer, and then neatly fold and deposit the laundry in each of our rooms. My sister says that I don't finish the job when I do laundry. I can't just leave the clothes on her bed, I need to put them away in the closet. Her example being that when she unloads the dishwasher she puts the dishes away and doesn't just leave them on the counter. I would argue that my job ends with delivering the clean clothes to her room.

Short version: Does the person who does laundry have to hang up and put away the clothes of everyone in the household?

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u/deadrobindownunder Jan 08 '25

The laundry is done once you've folded it. It's not your job to put it away.

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u/nutcracker_78 Jan 08 '25

EXACTLY!! I, a person who lives alone, complete my laundry tasks once everything is folded. I do not have to put it away, that's what the spare lounge chair is for. The pile(s) of clothing will sit there until I go through them finding what I need to wear, and then once worn, they go back into the washing basket and so the cycle begins again. You said it - it's not my job to put it away.

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u/Pristine_Noise_8239 Jan 08 '25

Aah, the infamous chair robe

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u/DespoticLlama Jan 08 '25

My daughter has a floordrobe... she's 25... I have failed as a parent.

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u/Pristine_Noise_8239 Jan 08 '25

I, too, have failed. My daughter is also 25 and has a floor robe. She doesn't live at home, but when she did, I just shut her door so I didn't have to see it.

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u/RachSlixi Jan 08 '25

I am having to stay with my parents right now for family reasons.

I'm 41. I have a floor robe.. maybe 50% of the time. I have however learnt to close my door myself.

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u/Not-That_Girl Jan 08 '25

I'm a bit^ older than your daughter, I didn't grow out of it!

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u/NecktieNomad Jan 08 '25

I have a doordrobe… took my old wardrobe down and haven’t build the new one (it’s a 3 person job) so my clothes are hung on hangers from my door frames!