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I just don't own hardly any clothes that require ironing. I think it does come from your mother though. My mum always just ironed as she wore, and same as me, didn't have many clothes that needed it.:
I think less people iron now because the fabrics are different these days.
I have a friend, who lives in a share house of 4 young people. And they don't have an iron! In the whole house! I couldn't get by with that, I do need to iron a garment maybe every fortnight or something.
whats an iron?? lol
no ironing in this house! everything is folded straight form the line (that includes knickers/boxers, hankies) t-shirts/my tops are hung on the line on a coat hanger, so they're fine. nothing gets thrown into a pile which causes it to crease. when i hang stuff up on the line, i give it a good shake to get rid of any creases!
in the 3 years wehave lived out of home together, i have ironed DD's birth certificate when it got a little wet, a pair of jeans that i had tried on but wanted to return(skinny jeans that were baggy.. they just crumpled!) and i have ironed a shirt for dp when we were going out ONCE (that tells you how many times we have been out somewhere that requires something other than a t-shirt to be worn!)
like someone mentioned, when dd goes to school, and her uniform needs ironing, i will iron it. we dont look scruffy.. our clothes just dont need to be ironed!
I think it really depends on the style of clothes you wear, and therefor, the fabric. Also, like you said, whether you have a clean washing basket where the clothes sit. I hang mine straight away too.
I hate ironing so I'm glad I don't have to do it much!
I think your either an ironer or your not.
I loathe it, I iron DH's business shirts and that's it. I take great pleasure in being a horrible ironer and have no desire to iron a shirt that doesn't still have at least one crease in it :)
Most times DH will iron his own in the morning before he leaves for work, he used to be in the Army so does a way better job than I do and that's just the excuse I need ;)