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(94,261 posts) Sat Apr 23, 2022, 10:31 AM Apr 2022

Folding stuff used to be a precision exercise [View all]

...folding sheets, blankets, tarps, used to be a two-person, precision operation with my parents. Sheet folding required sort of a two-step dance, to and fro, toughing slightly and then releasing to the partner and a step back for the next maneuver.

I still try sometimes, but end up just molding the lump into a reasonably square shape and shoving it away in the closet. Nothing in my house is folded correctly anymore.

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Folding stuff used to be a precision exercise [View all] bigtree Apr 2022 OP

Definitely a two-person job. It's hard to even make the bed when you live alone like I do Walleye Apr 2022 #1

I leave the lumps underneath bigtree Apr 2022 #8

So do I. Sometimes the lump underneath is a cat, though Walleye Apr 2022 #9

I never make a bed alone. wnylib Apr 2022 #30

This was my Patches during a thunderstorm the other day Walleye Apr 2022 #31

Looks like my bed when Ember eagerly sits in wnylib Apr 2022 #41

And when you open them next time, you find a lost sock.. question everything Apr 2022 #50

Not me... 2naSalit Apr 2022 #2

I've seen it done bigtree Apr 2022 #7

I can understand! 2naSalit Apr 2022 #17

Just goes to prove that no task is small if it has value. Totally Tunsie Apr 2022 #29

Amazing how I ended up... 2naSalit Apr 2022 #32

When I was a kid first conscripted for bed-making, we didn't have fitted sheets. Ocelot II Apr 2022 #3

I was a very naughty boy bigtree Apr 2022 #5

" the bedding equivalent of a Mbius strip " cos dem Apr 2022 #10

Ha! 2naSalit Apr 2022 #34

Have you tried a "folding board"? MerryHolidays Apr 2022 #4

I'm going to find out who's selling them bigtree Apr 2022 #6

Sheets get stuffed into the matching pillow case and tossed into the closet. Binkie The Clown Apr 2022 #11

just adding to my anxiety bigtree Apr 2022 #12

Best answer yet. patricia92243 Apr 2022 #14

THat's an interesting approach... 2naSalit Apr 2022 #36

I'm just lazy that way. The only reason I make the bed each morning.... Binkie The Clown Apr 2022 #38

I like to have... 2naSalit Apr 2022 #42

I never could figure that out either Skittles Apr 2022 #39

After you've slept on fresh ones for one night, they... 3catwoman3 Apr 2022 #43

I remember the "hospital corners" in the military Skittles Apr 2022 #46

I roll sheets, towels, underware, etc. Makes it take up way less room in a patricia92243 Apr 2022 #13

I have compulsive need to simulate folding bigtree Apr 2022 #16

you want I should kick your compulsive ass, bigtree? Skittles Apr 2022 #40

Yes! We did it with military precision! Bed linens are so odd these days- contour sheets Quakerfriend Apr 2022 #15

I actually enjoy folding. MontanaMama Apr 2022 #18

Me too! Quakerfriend Apr 2022 #19

My mom used to iron everything including bras. LakeArenal Apr 2022 #20

I was relegated to the task of ironing Bayard Apr 2022 #21

I remember the ironing. Still have the godawful board bigtree Apr 2022 #22

My mother used to "sprinkle" items needing to be ironed and put them... 3catwoman3 Apr 2022 #24

Ironing is almost an archaic art form. LakeArenal Apr 2022 #26

Today's all synthetic bras would melt/// 3catwoman3 Apr 2022 #28

Nosecones on torpedoes - LOL wnylib Apr 2022 #33

I told our sons, when they were old enough to start working out... 3catwoman3 Apr 2022 #44

Good motherly advice. wnylib Apr 2022 #45

We had all of those things... 2naSalit Apr 2022 #37

So did mine. Laffy Kat Apr 2022 #35

Me, too. I had to iron handkerchiefs, underwear, pillow cases, Ocelot II Apr 2022 #25

Ah, hospital corners! I was an expert before I was 11. Another "my mom was a nurse"... 3catwoman3 Apr 2022 #23

Side note: Between the Folds: The Art of Origami cbabe Apr 2022 #27

I am 5'1" tall. No way am I going to wnylib Apr 2022 #47

HOW TO FOLD A FITTED SHEET. PAY ATTENTION!! A HERETIC I AM Apr 2022 #48

I don't have a cat, but that's pretty much my technique. tanyev Apr 2022 #49