Damn. You were my ideal net crush until I found out about the fabric softener. I don't like the way it smells; worse, it's bad for your clothes and, especially, linens. Over time it destroys the absorbency of sheets and towels.

At the chez nous, we each do our own laundry, but I try to be the one to launder the sheets so that they don't get Bounced.

I get (unnecessarily) worked up over the olfactory assault that our culture subjects me to. I'm constantly seeing ads for air fresheners. I'm not into the whole man smells thing, and I don't mind a small amount of cologne on a guy, but it needs to be so subtle that I don't notice it until we're in an intimate situation. Mostly, I prefer my laundry cleaned with unscented products and my men regularly showered and using deodorant.

Not that you asked, or anything.

You know, I got all tingly in my area just thinking about your BO...

I was the laundress in our domestic arrangement. Loved it. And I, too, made a tidy pile of cash on occasion.

Thank you, TJ, for being a gay man who doesn't wear cologne. I personally can't stand it. Who wants to lick that? Makes your tongue twist up.

SHHHHH....dont' spill the secrets. My hubby reads your blog too and he's going to know why I choose to do the laundry now.

I took on the role of launderer because my hubby was too liberal with the bleach. EVERYTHING got bleach, whether or not it needed it. I can't tell you how many navy blue shirts are now pink because of it.

And the cash ain't bad either.

My Mom claims to have put me though college with the loose change she found in the dryer over 15 years of doing my laundry!

As for scent... I'm a GAIN man through and through. Powder, not liquid. LOVE the smell of that stuff (original scent), and I am completely devistated that they stopped making the GAIN scented bounce sheets!

Very funny!!! I live alone, so I get the thrill of making money from myself when I do laundry. Another cool trick I did was to see how many quarters I had in my box of coins. I was shocked it added up to $80 worth just from picking up coins from my desk, kitchen counter, and from my own pockets. Now, if you REALLY want to make mucho dinero... swipe some quarters every week from your hubby's coin stash. I am not advocating stealing. Just trying to get you to think more entrepreneural. ;)

I am the launderer, and all I ever find is used tissues... :(

Speaking of laundry...I've often looked over at that picture of you and wondered, "what exactly are those stains on your shirt?" No matter what they are, I like them just the same.
I would take BO over cologne anyday too. Bleh.

DB: It's sweat. It was about 100 degrees that day. Then again, that photo was taken during a cruise of the Mediterranean, so it could be jizz.

And my hubby told me it was because I don't fold properly...........Just wait.

I'm reminded of an old Italian song I was taught a long time ago (I think this is how it's spelled):

"La bella lavandaria,
che lava facioletti,
per i poveretti,
della citta,
della citta!"

You, DB, are "la bella lavandaria" (which translates as "the beautiful washer-woman)! Hehehe...

Don't you mean "manties" instead of man panties?

My hubby is a laundry Nazi. Did you know your not supposed to dry jeans all the way? Or dress shirts. They have to be removed from the dryer when they are 'just so'. After I moved in, I made sure to do a horrible job of folding the laundry. After that I was relegated to sock balling. Just as I planned.
Of course, its all irrelivant for the time being, seeing as the hubby is overseas for a while. Now the laundry mostly sits in a chair until its needed.

My ex taught me to fold t-shirts just like they do at the Gap, his former employer. At least I got something out of that relationship.