Ladies,I Need Some Info,Please

Ok,as many of you know,I'm an old widower.I finally used a fitted sheet on my bed,well,after sleeping on a bunch of wrinkles for a month,I decided to wash 'em.Now,here is the problem,how in heck do you fold them so that they are flat?I finally just twirled them around into a big ball and stuffed 'em on a shelf.Help! Or should I not worry about it and continue to sleep on wrinkles?The wife always had them folded flat somehow??

Ok,as many of you know,I'm an old widower.I finally used a fitted sheet on my bed,well,after sleeping on a bunch of wrinkles for a month,I decided to wash 'em.Now,here is the problem,how in heck do you fold them so that they are flat?I finally just twirled them around into a big ball and stuffed 'em on a shelf.Help! Or should I not worry about it and continue to sleep on wrinkles?The wife always had them folded flat somehow??

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      Step 1

      Wash and dry your sheets before folding and storing them.
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      Step 2

      Remove sheets from dryer while they are still warm so that they do not wrinkle. If the sheets are already cool, put them back in the dryer with a moist cloth for a couple of minutes.
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      Step 3

      Put your right hand in the right top corner of the sheet, and fold the left top corner of the sheet over your right hand.
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      Step 4

      Keep holding the sheet with your right hand and gather up a bottom corner, folding it over the right hand as well.
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      Step 5

      Take the remaining corner and fold it over your right hand.
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      Step 6

      Fold the sheet into a square, then continue folding in half until you have reached the desired size.
 

Warsaw, you should have been helping out the little lady in doing laundry and other domestics. I've found that helps convince them to help me with projects around the house and yard.
That's how I found out about how to fold things.
However, one day my wife at the time was at work and I decided to do the laundry. I washed everything, hung them on the clothesline, and folded them when dry and put them up. During this time I also vacuumed, dusted, and did the dishes so that when she got home she could just relax. When she got home, her only comment was, "You folded the towels wrong." I said that it would never happen again. It didn't. I never did laundry again as long as we were married.

Now that I'm "single" again, I never seem to fold anything wrong!  

Scott

Thanks T,but with that elastic in the corners,I can get the top two together but no way can I then get the bottom elastics together and still hold the tops,let alone fold in half while still holding all four elastics,they just snap away.But I'll keep trying,maybe not today though,I'll think about it tomorrow.

     Really, the wrinkles bother you? Kinda reminds me of a story that had something to do with a pea. Good luck getting them to fold flat

HH Charlie

BINGO! Think I have an idea.I'll try it tomorrow.I'll take some spring clothespins and pin the corners as 'T' said and pin the middle and then if they hold,I should be able to fold 'em flat.I'll just leave the pins on them until I use them again(if ever).

BINGO! Think I have an idea.I'll try it tomorrow.I'll take some spring clothespins and pin the corners as 'T' said and pin the middle and then if they hold,I should be able to fold 'em flat.I'll just leave the pins on them until I use them again(if ever).

Yall will get it....While we were at the "hospital resort" for 41 days...lol   the nurses had bottom sheets that were soft and kinda stretchy...it would have been a folding nightmare...they rolled them...it worked wonderfully.

And a real hint for women that only find something wrong with something a man does for them.....If you make an effort everyday to build a man and his confidence...you will build a man who loves you and will do anything for you.  If they simply pick up their clothes...something all of them should do...tell them how much it means to you....and they will always do it...If they help you make the bed...tell them it has never looked better...also try and do some things they like...if it is fishing...go and at least try it....you might like it.  When I worked 15 years in a hardware store in CA.  women would see me rescreening, putting lawn furniture and BBQs together and say "Can You come over and do mine? I can't get my husband to do it"  I would tell them "why are you even asking them...do it yourself...if you show up tomarrow at a certain time and bring your screens in I will show you how for free and you can do them right here."  I taught many woman how to do things around their home that they normally would have bitched at their husbands to do...All I asked in return was that the took the same amount of time to do something fun with their spouse.  It worked out real well and I had lots of thank yous!  Same for men...notice when something your wife does....It is like honey on skin to here from your husband that they noticed the clean house, or the meal that she has cooked...do you realize that 3 meals a day for a year is 1093 meals a year..give or take?  Try coming up with something different everyday....it's a choir.  Notice her hair...tell her to rest while you do something for her even if it is to just rub her tired feet....enough of my ranting....sorry.

Texastee2007

GREAT advice.  Of course, I guess I have been doing these things for years, so maybe it just feels natural, but I know, there are women who don't know, and women who don't want to know.  There are also men who want to be the only one who does this stuff, and men who would like it if the woman could do it too - or instead.

Au24k - in a "little" defense of your ex-wife - when I first get home from work, I am crabby - and I need about a 1/2 hour to unwind and become human again. (when you are in a public job, you have to be something you are not - pleasant all the time, which is not really how people are).
After a wind-down period, I'm ok.  Even my kids knew to leave me alone for a short while.  

I don't know about the clothespin trick - it might come out flat, but I suspect what you will find is clothespin shrivels and marks.  You'll have to let us know how it works.

My mother-in-law used to iron her sheets, and would iron the corners flat!  (I never did that - I use the "hand in the corner" method).

Mr. Oro used to be able to sleep on wrinkles, but I am the "princess and the pea" (as he used to call me), because my bed sheets have to be unwrinkled and no "foot dust" on them before I can sleep comfortably.  Which is absolutely ridiculous, because, I can sleep out on the trail on anything - tree roots, wrinkled bunched up sleeping bags, the back of the the truck - pretty much anywhere.  Just not in my own bed!  


B

Mrs. O as always...well put.

     Really, the wrinkles bother you? Kinda reminds me of a story that had something to do with a pea. Good luck getting them to fold flat

HH Charlie

These wrinkles are like wrinkles on steroids!The fitted ends go down on the corners but there is nothing to 'tuck' in.In the morning I look like I've been beat with a bullwhip.The corners are about halfway up and the sides are up.I pull the sheet as flat as I can where I lie down,but one roll-over and there they are again.Ok,I'll drop the subject.

     Really, the wrinkles bother you? Kinda reminds me of a story that had something to do with a pea. Good luck getting them to fold flat

HH Charlie

These wrinkles are like wrinkles on steroids!The fitted ends go down on the corners but there is nothing to 'tuck' in.In the morning I look like I've been beat with a bullwhip.The corners are about halfway up and the sides are up.I pull the sheet as flat as I can where I lie down,but one roll-over and there they are again.Ok,I'll drop the subject.

tread count matters in sheets,  make sure you take them out of drier as soon as it stops, don't let them get cold in drier.

Thought I'd jump in and make a contribution to this complex issue regarding bed sheets...

Myself, I prefer the ball-em-up method and then jam them into a linen closet...

I used to get up and had more wrinkled that the sheets...I found that a hot steamy shower solved the problem...washed the sheets while I showered...no more wrinkles

For those baching it, I find that this subject is better left to the house keeper...she can wash, dry and change the bedding as needed

     Really, the wrinkles bother you? Kinda reminds me of a story that had something to do with a pea. Good luck getting them to fold flat

HH Charlie

These wrinkles are like wrinkles on steroids!The fitted ends go down on the corners but there is nothing to 'tuck' in.In the morning I look like I've been beat with a bullwhip.The corners are about halfway up and the sides are up.I pull the sheet as flat as I can where I lie down,but one roll-over and there they are again.Ok,I'll drop the subject.

     Ok, thats an easy fix, after you get the sheet on the bed just staple the corners

BINGO! Think I have an idea.I'll try it tomorrow.I'll take some spring clothespins and pin the corners as 'T' said and pin the middle and then if they hold,I should be able to fold 'em flat.I'll just leave the pins on them until I use them again(if ever).

sorry I can't take credit for using clothes pens...

     WD, I apologize for making fun of your situation. I did a little googling and it seems this is a pretty common issue that several people have. They actually make products to remedy this situation, here is one but it looks like there are several options...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017RH6MU/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000BFWFJ8&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0RNERJZD2SKKBQVPHFD4

Charlie

BINGO! Think I have an idea.I'll try it tomorrow.I'll take some spring clothespins and pin the corners as 'T' said and pin the middle and then if they hold,I should be able to fold 'em flat.I'll just leave the pins on them until I use them again(if ever).

sorry I can't take credit for using clothes pens...

T,I meant that I would pin the corners after I got them together as you said to do.

     WD, I apologize for making fun of your situation. I did a little googling and it seems this is a pretty common issue that several people have. They actually make products to remedy this situation, here is one but it looks like there are several options...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017RH6MU/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000BFWFJ8&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0RNERJZD2SKKBQVPHFD4

Charlie

Thanks Charlie.Those just might work if the corners come all the way down to bottom of mattress.I'll have to check,seems like they may not come all the way down?

Super easy remedy.

1. Wad them up an put them away.
2. When you need them, put them on the bed and then iron the wrinkles out.

There are a few how-to videos covering this essential (not) task.
Try getting your head (and arms) around this one.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/GanQ2mq1LwE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/GanQ2mq1LwE</a>

personally, I think folded sheets are evil.  The devil invented them.

evil=devil....coincidence>  I think not.

I think snake handlers LOVE fitted sheets.

There are a few how-to videos covering this essential (not) task.
Try getting your head (and arms) around this one.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/GanQ2mq1LwE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/GanQ2mq1LwE</a>

Good video I guess,but don't think I have that patience and don't think my sheets are that cooperative,not so far anyway.The elastic corners of mine will not lie flat like that.They spring up and draw bottom and top together is the best I can describe it.Think I'll settle for the wad up method and stuff between two shelves,never to be moved again.

HMMMMM  Beth posted---->

 I am crabby - and I need about a 1/2 hour to unwind and become human again.
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