I married my wife in 1981. I bought her this exact W&D combo a week before the corona craziness, so even fuzzy I can tell you that is the washer. Over the years my wife who is 4’11" has had around 10 different types of those grabbers to reach top shelf grocery’s and clothes closet shelfs. Approaching 70yrs. our bodies aren’t quite as limber as they were on say our wedding night. Constantly bending over to get ANY laundry from the basket is a challenge. Instead of saying " take your stuff to the Chinese laundry I’m not doing it anymore" she finds the tools to help her continue do do it the way he likes. This picture says a lot and shows just how much she loves that man still 50 years later. …like I know mine loves me
@MrLehan You must have been out that day when they taught subtraction arithmetic, 2021-1981 = 40. Unless you married in '71, which means you have more problems than we thought.
That’s the dryer. Your underwear is hot thermally, and she doesn’t want it to collect permanent wrinkles by leaving it inside the dryer to cool down.
Now, if she uses the grabber to pull it out of the laundry basket and put it into the washing machine, that’s a different matter, and does not bear further investigation.
@werehatrack She was taking them out of the laundry basket and putting them in the washer. Haven’t asked her but assume she would touch them to put them in the dryer after the “sanitize” cycle on the washer.
Maybe you should change your underwear more often…just sayin’…
If she is wearing a Hazmat suit next time, it is definitely time to a) get a bidet, b) switch to Charmin (which seems to work for cartoon bears on TV), or c) work harder at cleaning up your…ahem…act.
@bryane 100/100? As a millennial, I can’t even afford 20/20. Which in hindsight would probably be a good thing, as a divorce would leave me with 0/200.
@bryane@ShotgunX As an older millennial myself, being married has been a huge financial positive so far, though my wife and I are on the same page financially.
For the first several years of our marriage we were able to live in a tiny apartment. Small for a married couple, but way too small for roommates. This saved on rent and utilities.
That savings, combined with two incomes, meant we could get a reasonable down-payment for a house sooner.
Two people saving for retirement means we can save twice as much in tax-advantaged accounts.
Kids are crazy expensive, though. And no, pets aren’t children.
I can’t stop laughing!!! I’m so getting a grabber for the Englishman’s underwear though it will probably only be funny to me as he’s never actually in there. And then my kids will find it and probably begin doing nefarious things with it so nevermind!
@Kyeh@phendrick We tried that. Since our house backs up to the 12th tee, there was a ball washer right outside our back door until Covid hit and it was taken away. Now she has to wash my balls by hand.
@medz By reciprocating equally in the fulfillment of her needs. Win-win for both of them. Hence the married for 50+ years part. Happy wife, happy life.
@medz It’s not that I get her to do my laundry. That’s part of what she does to show her love for me. Of course, when I do the laundry it’s a disaster since I’m colorblind
@bryane@medz I’m colorblind and I manage…
I’m not allowed to do my wife’s laundry because I would probably mess up which items need to hang dry versus tumble dry.
Honestly she probably uses that because it’s easier to reach smaller items at the back without bending over and sticking the entire top half of her body into the machine.
@ELJAY
It is for his wife to have nearby for whenever @Felton10 has a complaint about the laundry service. To at least provide lubrication for the clear instructions she provides to him in response.
I married my wife in 1981. I bought her this exact W&D combo a week before the corona craziness, so even fuzzy I can tell you that is the washer. Over the years my wife who is 4’11" has had around 10 different types of those grabbers to reach top shelf grocery’s and clothes closet shelfs. Approaching 70yrs. our bodies aren’t quite as limber as they were on say our wedding night. Constantly bending over to get ANY laundry from the basket is a challenge. Instead of saying " take your stuff to the Chinese laundry I’m not doing it anymore" she finds the tools to help her continue do do it the way he likes. This picture says a lot and shows just how much she loves that man still 50 years later. …like I know mine loves me
@MrLehan So I should focus on the fact that she is still doing my laundry!!!
@MrLehan You must have been out that day when they taught subtraction arithmetic, 2021-1981 = 40. Unless you married in '71, which means you have more problems than we thought.
Or maybe it just seems like 50 years.
@Jackinga @MrLehan you must have skipped those years they taught English. Since the quote is
“This picture says a lot and shows just how much she loves THAT man still 50 years later. …like I know mine loves me”
That man. Not this man. FFS
That’s the dryer. Your underwear is hot thermally, and she doesn’t want it to collect permanent wrinkles by leaving it inside the dryer to cool down.
Now, if she uses the grabber to pull it out of the laundry basket and put it into the washing machine, that’s a different matter, and does not bear further investigation.
@werehatrack That doesn’t look like the dryer to me… I mean, it’s out of focus, but the unit to the right of it says, “Sensor Dry.”
I’ve only been married sixteen years, but I always do my own laundry.
@werehatrack She was taking them out of the laundry basket and putting them in the washer. Haven’t asked her but assume she would touch them to put them in the dryer after the “sanitize” cycle on the washer.
@werehatrack Definitely the washer on the left. Door seal and perforated drum are visible.
Maybe you should change your underwear more often…just sayin’…
If she is wearing a Hazmat suit next time, it is definitely time to a) get a bidet, b) switch to Charmin (which seems to work for cartoon bears on TV), or c) work harder at cleaning up your…ahem…act.
I’m thinking it says less about your marriage, and much more about you
ITT: boomer low-key bragging about having a wife who does his laundry.
@ShotgunX “praising”, not “bragging”. We’re a team. We split the work since a marriage isn’t 50/50, it requires 100/100.
@bryane 100/100? As a millennial, I can’t even afford 20/20. Which in hindsight would probably be a good thing, as a divorce would leave me with 0/200.
@bryane @ShotgunX As an older millennial myself, being married has been a huge financial positive so far, though my wife and I are on the same page financially.
For the first several years of our marriage we were able to live in a tiny apartment. Small for a married couple, but way too small for roommates. This saved on rent and utilities.
That savings, combined with two incomes, meant we could get a reasonable down-payment for a house sooner.
Two people saving for retirement means we can save twice as much in tax-advantaged accounts.
Kids are crazy expensive, though. And no, pets aren’t children.
@ShotgunX right? He was probably standing there waiting for her to get him a beer when she was done. (only teasing, OP)
I’m more wondering how much time she spends in the laundry room that she needs a phone installed!
@j2 we have a TV installed in ours.
@j2 @MrMark Really-then you spend more time in your laundry room than my wife does in ours.
I can’t stop laughing!!! I’m so getting a grabber for the Englishman’s underwear though it will probably only be funny to me as he’s never actually in there. And then my kids will find it and probably begin doing nefarious things with it so nevermind!
What does she use when she needs to wash your balls?
@phendrick
@Kyeh @phendrick
Definitely have to watch out for that “internal overflow sending excess liquid down the interior of the pipe stand”.
@Kyeh @phendrick We tried that. Since our house backs up to the 12th tee, there was a ball washer right outside our back door until Covid hit and it was taken away. Now she has to wash my balls by hand.
@Kyeh @mike808 @phendrick I hate when that happens don’t you?
@Felton10 @phendrick
SHE has to???
@Kyeh @phendrick Yes-rather than put them in the ball washer to clean them.
@Felton10 @phendrick The emphasis there was on SHE -
as in why her and not you???
She’s a smart one. A keeper!
Wow. How did you get her to do your laundry?
@medz By reciprocating equally in the fulfillment of her needs. Win-win for both of them. Hence the married for 50+ years part. Happy wife, happy life.
@medz It’s not that I get her to do my laundry. That’s part of what she does to show her love for me. Of course, when I do the laundry it’s a disaster since I’m colorblind
@bryane @medz I’m colorblind and I manage…
I’m not allowed to do my wife’s laundry because I would probably mess up which items need to hang dry versus tumble dry.
@medz Marriage 101: it only takes a couple carefully staged “laundry mistakes” to get permanently banned from doing laundry*.
(*Do I need to explicitly say this is only a joke?)
@mike808 hmmm… So I should do less for my wife to increase equality levels…and then she’ll do my laundry…
@medz Division of duties (Not that type of doodies).
I take care of Walter and his doodies.
@Felton10 I handle the dog and cat doodies even though getting the pets was her idea…
@medz Bird doodies are unique unto themselves.
Honestly she probably uses that because it’s easier to reach smaller items at the back without bending over and sticking the entire top half of her body into the machine.
Question asked and answered
ngl, I often think something like this would be useful, but then I get lazy and just dump them and wash my hands.
Felton10,
What is your wife using the WD-40 for?
(There’s a can on top of the clothes dryer.)
That’s NOT the ideal place to store a pressurized can of flammable liquid, and for your wife’s safety, she should consider relocating it…
@ELJAY
It is for his wife to have nearby for whenever @Felton10 has a complaint about the laundry service. To at least provide lubrication for the clear instructions she provides to him in response.
@ELJAY Actually it fell behind the dryer and I fished it out with the grabber and put it on the dryer temporarily. Will relocate it-thanks.