Dear Folks, As I was folding the laundry tonight, of course I made certain that all of my underwear was folded with the seams in. I had been doing it all my life. But tonight I wondered why that was so important. After all, no one was going to see my underwear and frankly I thought it would be more comfortable for the seams to be on the outside. Of course that doesn't apply to slacks or blouses or sweatshirts and anything else we wear on the outside. Oh my goodness, how embarrassed we'd be if anyone noticed our seams! Who knows but what the next time I do the laundry I won't be so fussy in folding my underwear. But I have to admit that it would be a daring thing to do! :-) vee

> ...and frankly I thought it would be more comfortable for the seams to be > on the outside. =================== Vee, the odd part about your writing this particular message is that I have an elderly sister-in-law who *has* to wear her panties inside out. She is allergic to the threads that are used in the seams. So, hey, if you want to wear them inside out... I say, "Go for it!" BTW, I also have the compulsion that every pair of panties has to be folded right side out. Someone can see the dust in my house, but Heaven forbid that someone might find my underwear inside out! <G> I also have a compulsion about folding the pillowcases and the towels "correctly". I grew up in a home where this was stressed; and, old habits die hard! Leslie

Leslie just said, > Vee, the odd part about your writing this particular message is that I > have an elderly sister-in-law who *has* to wear her panties inside out. > She is allergic to the threads that are used in the seams. So, hey, if you > want to wear them inside out... I say, "Go for it!" Hey I might actually do that! (gasp!) > BTW, I also have the compulsion that every pair of panties has to be > folded right side out. Someone can see the dust in my house, but Heaven > forbid that someone might find my underwear inside out! <G> I also have > a compulsion about folding the pillowcases and the towels "correctly". I > grew up in a home where this was stressed; and, old habits die hard. I know, I feel the same way but when you mentioned folding pillowcases, I have a feeling that we may have come from the same "school." My mother always taught me to first fold the pillowcase in half crosswise and then crosswise again. And from there I was to fold them into thirds so that the hem edge of the middle of the pillowcase was face up. The reason for that was that just about every pillowcase was elaborately embroidered or had fancy handwork on it in the middle of the hem edge of the pillowcase. With the middle showing face up, you were able to keep the pair of pillow cases together and in addition you could pick out just which pillowcases you wanted to use the next time you changed the bed linen. Any other folding of a pillowcase now would be almost sacrilegious to me! :-) vee

I fold mine in thirds the long way and then in quarters. Just the opposite of the way you do it. I think I learned that in nursing school. Ruth At 11:47 PM -0500 2/28/05, Vee L. Housman wrote: >I know, I feel the same way but when you mentioned folding pillowcases, I >have a feeling that we may have come from the same "school." My mother >always taught me to first fold the pillowcase in half crosswise and then >crosswise again. And from there I was to fold them into thirds so that the >hem edge of the middle of the pillowcase was face up. The reason for that >was that just about every pillowcase was elaborately embroidered or had >fancy handwork on it in the middle of the hem edge of the pillowcase. With >the middle showing face up, you were able to keep the pair of pillow cases >together and in addition you could pick out just which pillowcases you >wanted to use the next time you changed the bed linen. > >Any other folding of a pillowcase now would be almost sacrilegious to me! >:-) >vee -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

Leslie, At least you don't IRON them, do you????? Ruth At 9:34 PM -0700 2/28/05, Leslie wrote: >Vee, the odd part about your writing this particular message is that I have >an elderly sister-in-law who *has* to wear her panties inside out. She is >allergic to the threads that are used in the seams. So, hey, if you want to >wear them inside out... I say, "Go for it!" > >BTW, I also have the compulsion that every pair of panties has to be folded >right side out. Someone can see the dust in my house, but Heaven forbid that >someone might find my underwear inside out! <G> I also have a compulsion >about folding the pillowcases and the towels "correctly". I grew up in a >home where this was stressed; and, old habits die hard! > >Leslie -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

> Leslie, At least you don't IRON them, do you????? Ruth Ruth, nothing at my house gets ironed unless absolutely necessary. And, part of my shopping strategy is that if it has to be ironed, I DON'T BUY IT. <LOL> Actually, I think I got lucky. Mother didn't care much for ironing, so most of hers was either done commercially or by our maid. I cannot afford either of those options. So, I feel very glad that Mother did not stress ironing. ~Leslie~