[PEP]

lol ive never had an allowance in my life
My mom wont even tell me how to set up the washing machine.... if i try to talk to her she tells me shes not there

well the weekend is almost here.... and since i have only one pair of socks left... not same by the way, only similarity is that theyre white...... i have to wash some socks... im guessing high cycle to punish them.

[teengeekgrrl]

My mom hasn't gone off the deep end and I don't have to pay for my own food or anything, but she has been (mostly) making me do my own laundry since I was about twelve or thirteen.

I loathe it, honestly... generally I wait till I'm wearing my last pair of clean underwear before I put in another load.

But I do it, lol, and I'm okay at it.

Never EVER forget to put detergent in it, because then your clothes will reek and you'll have to do it all over again. *says that from experience*

Next time you go to the store, see if you can buy either a box of disposable color catchers or one color catcher rag good for thirty washes (preferable but hard to find). If you do that, then you shouldn't have to worry about colors much... wth that I can wash red shirts with blue jeans and green shirts and blue shirts and I don't have problems.

But always wash white things separately with just whites (and maybe a pair of khakis), no mater what color catcher you have. And never wash new blue jeans with any color that's not close to blue.

And you have to fill up the machine with water first? That's weird. You shouldn't have to do that... next time watch your mom somehow to see how she accomplishes that... or something. I've never had to fill up the machine with water before, so I can't help you much on that front.

Wash socks and underwear in hot water when you can. It's not a necessity, especially if you're washing them with other things, but the hot water does a better job of killing germs and whatnot and makes them cleaner.

Read the label on something before you toss it in, and if it says machine wash cold gentle cycle dry flat... then machine wash cold gentle cycle dry flat. Don't try to toss something delicate in with a load of blue jeans and then dry it... doesn't work that way.

You'll learn from experience more than anything.

Good luck to you.

[lexmarks567]

Originally Posted by PEP

lol ive never had an allowance in my life
My mom wont even tell me how to set up the washing machine.... if i try to talk to her she tells me shes not there

well the weekend is almost here.... and since i have only one pair of socks left... not same by the way, only similarity is that theyre white...... i have to wash some socks... im guessing high cycle to punish them.

beat her at her own game then.She might me playing the landlord or renter so try to get to her that way like MISS and say her last name see if she answers.But hey if you break the washer blame her saying you woudn't tell me how to work it. if shes really nuts then find help

[Chava]

Originally Posted by valley

consider yourself lucky.

I have 3 kids...none are teens yet and 2 of them do more work than you do!

I'm only eight and I have to do everything!!!

[lighthouse]

Of course - the question I ask is why an apartment built in 1974 didn't have the facilities to be able to install what - by then - had become an essential item.

[Blackmirror]

My son bought a very expensive designer jumper ..... and asked me to wash it .. well i had my dizzy head on that day and popped it in the washer and didnt check the setting .. it shrank .... it would have fitted a 2 year old .. oopppsssssss

and never try to tumble dry a jumper lol the same thing happens

[KMW]

Originally Posted by Chava

I'm only eight and I have to do everything!!!

you paw thing and you don't even take your things of to wash em

[Gibble]

Originally Posted by valley

LOL...maybe its because he sleeps a lot then!

Hey Pep...it might help you to know that young ladies will be impressed with a guy that can do laundry! This new ability could very well help you to attract a Mrs. Pep some day!

LOL, trust me, it doesn't help you pick up the ladies...

Originally Posted by valley

consider yourself lucky.

I have 3 kids...none are teens yet and 2 of them do more work than you do!

My daughter (12) cleans her room, empties the dishwasher every night, sets the table and cleans the small bathroom every week.

My son (10) cleans his room, burns the papers every night, clears the table and fills the wood box on the porch every week.

My second son (15 months) has learned how to pick up his megablocks and put them in the container when hes done and he helps me to carry the laundry from the laundry room into the living room....one piece at a time, LOL!

Both older kids are expected to help out with other chores if I need the extra help. They also have to save a portion of their allowances and give a portion to the charity of their choice each week.

My husband and I are terribly mean parents, arent we?

Can I borrow your kids for a week...I mean...if they clean washrooms?

[Bush Lady]

Originally Posted by Gibble

if they clean washrooms?

Ah.... it isn't hard to clean the bathtub while the dirty water is draining out. All they need is a rag to clean it up as the water goes down.

[Rockn]

Originally Posted by PEP

Rockn the average american teenager until ur 18 does not really wash their own clothes. I know this because I surveyed about 120 students in my school about the type of chores they do and none of them wash their own clothes. Most of them just clean their room...which I do.

Don't know where you grew up, but I was doing chores like this when I was 13. Just shows how spoiled most teenagers are now days. My kids (7 and 9) help out around the house. Maybe your mom finally got tired of your lazy butt!

[PCG342]

By the age of seven I was mowing the lawn. Pretty sure I could wash my clothes at 10. Cooking - I mean really cooking, not just throwing some frozen crap in the oven/microwave - by 13.
You can handle a washing machine.

[Bush Lady]

I suppose mom does all the cooking. He doesn't even look to see what she is doing. What happens if mom suddenly is hospitalized. "Who is going to do the cooking.".

That's not a problem, there is always take-out.

[lexmarks567]

Originally Posted by Bush Lady

That's not a problem, there is always take-out.

PIZZA yummy

[PCG342]

Bleh. Rather make my own!! Completely worth the effort.

[PEP]

RESPONCE TO ROCKN
naaa.... she says its because i paly games.... i even mentioned to her that maybe shes trying to teach me a lesson or something and she said no....