Really, I don't think they're meant to fold. The idea that they should is Of The Devil.
I learned to fold them while watching BBC America's Perfect Housewife (something like that). Mine do not come out as well as hers, but waaaaay better than they used to. H thinks it's witchcraft.
When the art of folding/ironing/laundering/and sewing becomes something both genders are expected to understand then maybe younger generations will give two shits about it.
Fuck this study.
Here is where I am.
That said, my father is the one who taught me how to fold a fitted sheet.
I'm confused. The 18 to 33 demo are not really the kids of boomers. They're Gen Xer's kids. So at what point can we stop blaming the boomers for everything?
As for not learning these "domestic maintenance tasks", aren't millennials the rulers of the technology age? Tell them to fucking YouTube it and quit their bitching.
I'm 30 and my parents are 60. They are boomers. The younger end of that range are likely gen x kids.
I'm confused. The 18 to 33 demo are not really the kids of boomers. They're Gen Xer's kids. So at what point can we stop blaming the boomers for everything?
I am 35, a Gen Xer and most definitely the child of boomers. I would think most of the folks in 30s part at least are the children of boomers since they are only just barely not Xers themselves.
Post by sparrowsong on Oct 20, 2014 16:57:57 GMT -5
I think people just don't NEED to know those things becaus our disposable society has created ways for us to buy clothing so cheap. We don't darn socks with holes, we trash them and buy new ones. We don't make clothing because besides not knowing, it actually costs more to buy fabric and notions and a pattern than it does to buy a dress at Old Navy. I totally believe that people even buy new shirts rather than sewing a button. I bet a lot of people, and definitely not just millennials, wouldn't even know where to get a new button.
I do know how to sew because multiple family members sew as a hobby, so i grew up around it. I'm definitely way better at quilting than clothing though but I know enough to get the basics done. I'll consider it one of my special skills when the shit goes down, zombies come, whatever it is that means children in Bangladesh can't make our Capri pants anymore.
I learned to fold them while watching BBC America's Perfect Housewife (something like that). Mine do not come out as well as hers, but waaaaay better than they used to. H thinks it's witchcraft.
Enlighten us?
I tuck the corners into each other inside, outside, inside, outside. Then I've almost got a square. Then I make it a square by folding the off part. Then fold as you would something normal.
I'm confused. The 18 to 33 demo are not really the kids of boomers. They're Gen Xer's kids. So at what point can we stop blaming the boomers for everything?
As for not learning these "domestic maintenance tasks", aren't millennials the rulers of the technology age? Tell them to fucking YouTube it and quit their bitching.
High? I'm 30 and my parents are 60. They are boomers. The younger end of that range are likely gen x kids.
I'm almost 32, my parents are 65 and 66, definitely boomers. I'm super early millennial, but I qualify.
What the hell do you people who don't fold fitted sheets do? Ball them up?
Fold them extremely badly and cram them in the chest/trunk I use for linens and feel glad I don't have a linen closet shelf that gets all messed up by fitted sheets.
My mom taught me how to sew, but that's because she used to sew all the time. Her clothes, my clothes, costumes for plays and musicals in high school and college. She always loved to.
Do I *really* remember how? I mean, I guess I could eek by. But really, even simple fixes, like a missing button or torn hem, are way easier to bring to my mom because I don't have thread, needles and buttons lying around. She has an entire sewing room in her house!
My brother learned how to do buttons and hems when he was in US Naval Sea Cadets, which is like Jr. ROTC.
I'm confused. The 18 to 33 demo are not really the kids of boomers. They're Gen Xer's kids. So at what point can we stop blaming the boomers for everything?
the 18-33 set are more likely late Boomer's kids (parents born in the late 50's/early 60's) or early Gen Xer's kids (parents born mid 60's)
I'm GenX (born in 1974) and I've got a 5 year old. I wilt at the idea that I should be a parent to an EIGHTEEN year old .... 22 year olds should be doing things OTHER than breeding at that age !
I'm confused. The 18 to 33 demo are not really the kids of boomers. They're Gen Xer's kids. So at what point can we stop blaming the boomers for everything?
As for not learning these "domestic maintenance tasks", aren't millennials the rulers of the technology age? Tell them to fucking YouTube it and quit their bitching.
While some millennials are the children of Gen Xers a very large amount of them are the kids of boomers. Baby boomer timeframe goes until 1964, so my mom (1963) was only 22 when I was born in 1985. So not weird/crazy for boomers to be millennial parents.
And I don't think it's that millennials are bitching about not knowing how to do these things, it's just us saying we don't know the skills/don't have practice with them. Most of us are smart enough to know to google/youtube/watch BBC America programing to figure it out lol
I'm confused. The 18 to 33 demo are not really the kids of boomers. They're Gen Xer's kids. So at what point can we stop blaming the boomers for everything?
As for not learning these "domestic maintenance tasks", aren't millennials the rulers of the technology age? Tell them to fucking YouTube it and quit their bitching.
Really? I don't think so. I'm 34, my younger siblings are 27 & 23. Our parents were boomers. Our older siblings are GenX though. I think my 44 yr old brother could have fathered my 23 yr old brother, but def not me.
My baby boomer mama can't sew. Neither could my grandmas, beyond sewing a hem or a button. My mama does none of that housework/home ec kinda shit. If you want some curtains she will buy you some. Want a dress? She will buy you one. Need some cookies, she will buy you some. Need a cake SHE WILL BUY YOU ONE. I think my mother has made maybe one, two cakes her whole entire life.
My grandma can't sew, knit, bake, or do much more than your basic cooking. She did not get those domestic skills from her mom, who stories say could do all these things. Hell, there's a story of my grandma burning kraft mac and cheese.
My mom says these skills skipped two generations and have made a comeback with me.
My baby boomer mama can't sew. Neither could my grandmas, beyond sewing a hem or a button. My mama does none of that housework/home ec kinda shit. If you want some curtains she will buy you some. Want a dress? She will buy you one. Need some cookies, she will buy you some. Need a cake SHE WILL BUY YOU ONE. I think my mother has made maybe one, two cakes her whole entire life.
That said, she can throw a bomb ass party and she will play makeups and high heel shoes and nails with you. LOL!
To be fair, we already knew you were bougie as fuck. (None of this little bit bougie nonsense.)
My baby boomer mama can't sew. Neither could my grandmas, beyond sewing a hem or a button. My mama does none of that housework/home ec kinda shit. If you want some curtains she will buy you some. Want a dress? She will buy you one. Need some cookies, she will buy you some. Need a cake SHE WILL BUY YOU ONE. I think my mother has made maybe one, two cakes her whole entire life.
My grandma can't sew, knit, bake, or do much more than your basic cooking. She did not get those domestic skills from her mom, who stories say could do all these things. Hell, there's a story of my grandma burning kraft mac and cheese.
My mom says these skills skipped two generations and have made a comeback with me.
my mom's mom was absolutely WORTHLESS in a kitchen BUT was handy w/ a needle, thread, cloth, sewing machine and any other hobby that involved crafting something. my mom, the oldest of 4, was taught how to knit and crochet at age FIVE to stay out of her mom's hair. it was my dad's dad who taught my mom how to cook when she was in her early 20's.
my mom's mom was absolutely WORTHLESS in a kitchen BUT was handy w/ a needle, thread, cloth, sewing machine and any other hobby that involved crafting something. my mom, the oldest of 4, was taught how to knit and crochet at age FIVE to stay out of her mom's hair. it was my dad's dad who taught my mom how to cook when she was in her early 20's.
My mom's mom used to cross stitch. That's the only crafty/domestic thing she really did. She could do a basic ham, green bean casserole, rolls from a package, and watery pecan pie thanksgiving, but that was about the extent of her domestic-ness. My mom learned a few things from her grandma, homemade noodles, cakes, etc but most of it didn't stick around. My dad's mom was basically the same ham dinner kind of cooking, so not much help there.
The first year I made homemade rolls for thanksgiving my mom kept saying it was something my great grandma would do.
I don't think anyone on either side of my family knit or crochet, which is sad cause I wish I had that skill in my genes, lol. Online videos only help me so much.
I'm confused. The 18 to 33 demo are not really the kids of boomers. They're Gen Xer's kids. So at what point can we stop blaming the boomers for everything?
As for not learning these "domestic maintenance tasks", aren't millennials the rulers of the technology age? Tell them to fucking YouTube it and quit their bitching.
I'm on the younger end of that range and I still have Boomer parents, since I was born around the time they were 30.
not only can I not sew, I gave up on owning an iron years ago lol. the first time I threaded a needle was for a craft project for the kids, like the kids were supposed to do it but it taught me!
I'm in my early 40's and learned to sew because my mom made some of our clothes until I was about 10, but I don't know much people my age range who sew. There are tons of reasons why we don't all sew and clean clothes. Times change. We don't wash our clothes in a creek, or have to boil water. I remember my grandma had a machine that you wrung out the clothes through rollers. I'm glad mine has a ton of different cycles, temperatures, steam etc.
Fabric is more diverse than standard cotton, and constructed with sergers that probably help with faulty seam problems. Buttons are sewn on with a machine and probably come loose less. I specifically look for wrinkle free clothes so that I don't have to iron. It's called technology or now people have the option to pay someone for us. I don't want to live in the 50's. I'm sure people cook less today too.