Broken promises

[bobleponge]

I hate them, and will rarely promise to do anything for anyone, just in case I cant.
Just before leaving the army I promised myself 3 things, I would move to France ASP (done) I would grow a goatee (done) and I would never iron anything else ever again (don........ nooooooooooooooo).
I am just about to set off for a meeting down at the embassy for a visa related issue, and I just couldnt decrease enough the top I wanted to wear, so I had to iron it.

Oh the shame!!

[Nicos]

Shame on you laddy

Good luck with the visa..will your 'pal' be there????

[maytreefrannie]

Take heart, M. leponge, I am a woman who doesn't iron - at least, unless something is so creased it can't be worn, then I'd iron it quickly, but only just before I wear it.

I was banging on to friends about this one evening, telling them about the time they 'waste' on ironing, when one quiet lady spoke up and asked: "what do you do with all the time you save?"

Stopped me in my tracks, that did. Because I realized I don't have loads of spare time to work on inventing a better mousetrap or making a better world. I hadn’t proven that you don’t have to iron to be happy. I’d only proven that people who don’t iron don’t do much else either. The ironers all smiled back, their confident belief fully justified. And we opened a bottle of red, so win win all round.

[scarey55]

I agree Bob, I very rarely make promises. they are very serious things and I hate breaking them but... I hate un-ironed clothes even more

Good luck with the meeting.

[SueA]

Did you think they wouldn't let you stay if you had a creased top Bob?
I buy things which I think won't need ironing & only iron something if it looks too creased at the front to look respectable, I'm hopeless at ironing though!

[Hans Mum]

get yourself one of these
Steam Generator Iron Guide - Home Electrical - Buying Guides - Tesco.com - Tesco.Direct
i got one in the sales a couple of years ago, and if something is really creased just give it a blast with this whilst its on a hanger, technically its not ironing

[Flummery]

I found that the amount of ironing I 'needed' to do dropped dramaticaly when we turned the spare room into a sewing room and I moved the ironing board and iron upstairs. If I have to make the decision to go up there and start ironing I suddenly notice how much can be carefully folded and put away as it is!

[TonyF]

Was helping out a chum with his seeds and greenhouse, nipped into his house for something and his wife was ironing his socks! I mean, ironing is one thing but socks?

J doesn't let me iron things, not because I can't and haven't in the past (have always ironed my own shirts from 15 when I joined the police until we came to France) just because she now finds it so therapeutic.

As for promises, I've stopped making them, still make arrangements and also take on some committments tho much looser than they used to be.

[Nicos]

his wife was ironing his socks! I mean, ironing is one thing but socks?

.

WHAT?????

[lynda66]

i don't own an iron

[Florence Fennel]

My mum used to say "Promises are like pie crusts, made to be broken", so I never make promises. Having done the ironing for a family of 5 for over 25 years, I also don't do ironing any more unless my granddaughter is unavailable to do it for me as she loves ironing!

[snohare]

Think of it as a temporary "de-crease" in effectiveness, Bob...

I'm with you on the promises thing. Someone promised to have me as a lodger for the summer this year - then reneged on the promise. I had real difficulty getting my head round the idea of un-making a committment.
If I make a promise, I will do all that is humanly possible to fulfill it. My word is my bond. But I drive others around me bananas by not promising to do the smallest of things sometimes...because when my chronic fatigue is bad, I don't know if or when I will manage.
I too do not own an iron. Cheaper on electricity if you put your trousers under the mattress.

[lynda66]

I too do not own an iron. Cheaper on electricity if you put your trousers under the mattress.

it was my gift to my son when he left home lol .... he was the only one to have used it in 7 years

[Alison]

I iron a couple of things about twice a year although I do use the iron for pressing curtains and hems after they've been sewn. To be honest I'm always amazed it still works . I don't find it an enjoyable task and make sure I buy stuff that doesn't need it much and anyway if you smooth things down when they're drying there isn't much that needs it anyway

Re promises, don't really make them but never really thought about it before.

[binley100]

Hang it in the bathroom while you have a shower.......The only things I iron regularly are
my work shirts as they crease really badly.