Is there a more onerous household task

[eddy]

Ugh I have to go pull Leo's duvet out of the dryerright now.

[bittybomb]

Maybe. Changing sheets on a bunk bed is a fucking bitch. But the duvet sucks too. Toss up.

[honeychai]

Ugh that and folding fitted sheets.

[bittybomb]

Jan 3, 2016 19:33:39 GMT -5 honeychai said:

Ugh that and folding fitted sheets.

Lol.

[honeychai]

Jan 3, 2016 19:36:39 GMT -5 tillie said:

Jan 3, 2016 19:33:39 GMT -5 honeychai said:

Ugh that and folding fitted sheets.

My MIL can fold them perfectly. Not one wrinkle. She has shown me multiple times and I still cannot do it right. Argh.

I've you tubed it and have NO luck!

I, too, roll them into a giant ball and stuff them in my linen closet.

Just call me Suzy Homemaker ; )

[Deleted]

I do not mind any of the aforementioned tasks. But getting that shit into the wash, dried and back in place on the bed or in the closet is another story.

[Elsa]

Changing a crib sheet on a crib that has a bumper on it. I fucking hate that task.

[moonriver]

Jan 3, 2016 19:38:19 GMT -5 artichokie said:

Yes. There certainly is. That would be ironing.

People still iron things?

[Deleted]

God, I hate putting the bed back together after washing the bedding. First the mattress cover, then the stupid fitted sheet that always flips up on one corner. The duvet cover is forever flipped inside out, so then there's that before stuffing the stupid thing inside and shaking it. Just when you think you're done, there's the pillows.

Hate it.

[artichokie]

Ha! I refuse to. I will not, I shall not.

Dry cleaners.

[Deleted]

Just yesterday DH and I were putting the duvet cover back on and I was telling him I was going to invent one (if it doesn't already exist) that opens like a book. Then you can just lay the comforter down and snap/tie/zip it up.

[sapphireblue]

No, it is THE WORST.

[moonriver]

We have an iron, somewhere, but I do not know where. I do not own an ironing board however.

[killercupcake]

Our old duvet cover sat, clean and dry, on top of my washer for 7 months for this reason.

[moonriver]

Seriously though, I have been much happier since purchasing a comforter, rather than using our duvet.

[05heel]

That would be replacing the bed skirt, Bob. I've had one in a laundry basket for months. I tried to be cheap but I think I'll just buy a whole new bed frame instead. That's how much I hate it.

[spartyfan]

Oh I hate putting the duvet cover back on! Awful task.

[isabel]

This is why we have slept with only the duvet cover over our sheets for the last year. The duvet finally got folded up and stuffed in a closet when I came to the conclusion that I was highly unlikely to bother putting the cover back on it.

[okla]

This is why I don't have a duvet cover. I hate putting sheets on the bed in general. If I had to put sheets on my bedding, I think I would flip out.

[papie]

Have you seen those youtube videos that show how to do it in like 0.05 seconds? FUCK YOU YOUTUBE JERKS, IT DOESN'T WORK, AND THEN I FEEL INCOMPETENT ON TOP OF IT ALL.

[sproctopus]

Fucking nothing is worse (pssh, ironing? NOT EVEN CLOSE.)

It's like a goddamn high intensity workout that's been forced upon you.

And at the end, you're too sweaty to lay down to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

[sproctopus]

Jan 3, 2016 20:20:51 GMT -5 teeah22 said:

Jan 3, 2016 19:31:10 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

Do you do the thing where you lie the duvet cover inside out on top of the comforter and tie the ends together, then flip it right-side-in? I find that slightly less terrible.

Yes!!  This makes it a million times easier.  You place the duvet on top of the comforter inside-out, upside-down, but right side-up.  Each person takes a hand, puts it inside the duvet and grabs one of the bottom corners of the comforter.  Then pull the duvet+comforter corner up to the top of the bed.  The comforter places itself inside the duvet as you're turning the duvet from inside-out to right side-out.

This explanation probably makes no sense but I bet there's a YouTube video.  It's easiest with two people but not a big deal to do it alone.

I am already confused and angry.

[sarahswim]

This was my job today too. I wanted to throw the whole thing out the window. Why is it so challenging?

[pixy0stix]

I'd rather put a duvet cover on than clean the toilet.

[poppyseed]

This ruins my life every week. I hate putting the bed back together with a duvet and cover. And yet, I keep buying them. I just bought a new duvet cover for M's new room. I must hate myself.

[poppyseed]

Jan 3, 2016 20:20:51 GMT -5 teeah22 said:

Jan 3, 2016 19:31:10 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

Do you do the thing where you lie the duvet cover inside out on top of the comforter and tie the ends together, then flip it right-side-in? I find that slightly less terrible.

Yes!!  This makes it a million times easier.  You place the duvet on top of the comforter inside-out, upside-down, but right side-up.  Each person takes a hand, puts it inside the duvet and grabs one of the bottom corners of the comforter.  Then pull the duvet+comforter corner up to the top of the bed.  The comforter places itself inside the duvet as you're turning the duvet from inside-out to right side-out.

This explanation probably makes no sense but I bet there's a YouTube video.  It's easiest with two people but not a big deal to do it alone.

*eye twitch*

[kaycee]

I hate it still, but the roll technique makes it so much easier.

meredithvieirashow.com/videos/something-you-should-know-duvet-cover-roll/

[eb777888]

Jan 3, 2016 19:30:36 GMT -5 bittybomb said:

Maybe. Changing sheets on a bunk bed is a fucking bitch. But the duvet sucks too. Toss up.

Yessss!! David has a ladder bed and it's a fucking PITA.

[cleo29]

Jan 3, 2016 19:41:32 GMT -5 Elsa said:

Changing a crib sheet on a crib that has a bumper on it. I fucking hate that task.

These are the best things ever. And they have a waterproof backing, so if they pee or vomit, it is a much easier clean up.

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[rageragerage]

I don't know, cleaning the ceiling fan above the bed ranks pretty high up there with shitty household chores because it fucks up everything else in the room.