Do you fold your underwear before you put it away? Or is it just a pile of underwear in the drawer?
Do you fold your underwear before you put it away? Or is it just a pile of underwear in the drawer?
144 votes
grapefruit / 4278 posts
I do, and they were always folded growing up. But standing over a pile of laundry last night, folding what seemed like a mountain of underwear, I really wondered if it was worth it.
pomelo / 5129 posts
Noe of the above. I lay them neatly on top of each other facing in the same direction and put them in my drawer that way.
I was taught to fold (in thirds, then fold the crotch up in half), but that's too silly and time consuming.
Also, most times, I just rewear the same 7 pair each week and don't ever put them away.
I do laundry on Sundays and hang 5 outfits for the week in my bathroom so I don't have to worry about what to wear in the morning. I hang my underwear over the hanger with each outfit. I don't end up having laundry left (because I put away hanging stuff...so only a couple camis, underwear, and pjs) so I leave them in a pile until the pile gets too big.
grapefruit / 4278 posts
@Anya: I just had to youtube that. That's pretty intense undie folding, lol.
grapefruit / 4278 posts
@MaryM: I guess a neat stack would be a good compromise between the two.
pomelo / 5129 posts
@Anya: I guess my mom was doing that way before Mari Kondo got famous! That's how we were taught.
I do still fold DH's boxers that way, even if I don't do my own
pomelo / 5129 posts
@kiddosc: I have canvas boxes in my underwear drawer so a neat stack works. There are separate areas divided up for bras and other things, so the flat underwear fits in fine.
squash / 13199 posts
haha! love this poll. I never used to fold pre marriage but DH likes to fold and since he does it I dont care
nectarine / 2784 posts
@kiddosc: I used to fold them the way @marym described but this way is so much neater and easier. I think it really depends on your laundry though! I'm pretty good with keeping up with the laundry so there are never more than 8 or so pairs of underwear to fold at a time.
nectarine / 2280 posts
Before kids - I used to roll them and put them away.
After kids - I just shove them in the drawer. Sigh.
grapefruit / 4278 posts
Oh my gosh, I'm genuinely surprised there are so many balls of undies you guys!
nectarine / 2784 posts
@MaryM: the way I do it is slightly different than what you described (which is what I did growing up too!). It's kind of hard to explain but I fold up the crotch and then fold one half over and then in thirds so they sort of stand upright with each other.
Ok that doesn't make it sound different at all. I guess it's hard to capture the nuance of panty-folding in words.
pomelo / 5129 posts
@Anya: I looked at a tutorial, and the only difference I saw was that I only fold the crotch up once, not in thirds.
http://becomingpeculiar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/underwear-collage-final.jpg
nectarine / 2784 posts
@MaryM: now that is different than my way too! I guess I wasn't doing the "real" konmari style.
grapefruit / 4278 posts
@Anya: @MaryM: I fold the crotch up, then in half, and then in half again. So many ways to fold your panties, who knew!
pomegranate / 3858 posts
I barely have time to sort and put away laundry, so no folding for me! I also don't fold my baby's or 4yo's clothes
pomegranate / 3127 posts
Hahaha! I used to fold mine, back when I wore makeup and did crafts. Now I've got three drawers worth of stuff crammed into one, the toddler has taken my art supplies, and the 18 month old has run off with the makeup kit and hidden bits of it in her toys. My life is so disorganized.
I keep telling myself I'll see better days yet
pomelo / 5573 posts
I fold them the way @MaryM: was taught, although I do the crotch first and then the sides over in thirds.
clementine / 756 posts
I did a study abroad in Costa Rica where my host mom ironed and folded all underwear! I never ironed underwear, but it did get in the habit of folding them into neat little packets (fold in thirds horizontally, then in thirds vertically and tuck the crotch into the band, so it's all folded up together. I did that for a decade, until I had a baby, then I gave up and all underwear just gets thrown into the appropriate drawer!
clementine / 935 posts
@JenGirl: Oh my gosh, my Chilean host mom would iron, fold, and sort by color!
kiwi / 556 posts
I always just throw them in the drawer. My husband's get thrown in too, but he takes the time after I've put away laundry to fold his underwear. His mother also folds hers. Weird thing to know, I guess, but we lived with them briefly when we first got married so we'd sort of share laundry duty sometimes.
I didn't even start wearing matching socks until my husband insisted, lol. I was raised in a barn!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Omg, folded...and in piles according to color and fabric. If you guys came in and saw my drawers you'd think I had some kind of issue but I can not stand a mess of things.
honeydew / 7504 posts
Mine get thrown in to the drawer in a ball. Hubs folds his. I fold D's and imagine I'll fold A's when she's old enough.
pomelo / 5257 posts
Team shove-in-drawer I also just shove my socks in a drawer. I don't really worry about matching them because you can't see them in most of my shoes.
honeydew / 7235 posts
haha... I was always a folder. But lately with 4 of us and seemingly endless amounts of laundry, I'm moving more into the throw-it-all-in-a-pile category.
cantaloupe / 6086 posts
I don't fold them but it's more a pile than a ball? I mean I make sure they're right side out and not balled up or something. I do fold DH's as he's a boxer brief guy and that seems more worth folding somehow.
pomelo / 5791 posts
Pre kids, I was a definite folder, in color order.
Post kids....thrown in the drawer is as good as it gets. Heck, I'm lucky if they make it into the drawer.
grapefruit / 4278 posts
@MrsSCB: Ahh, I'd go crazy looking for a matching pair of socks each morning. Team fold undies and pair socks!
@ValentineMommy: The underwear is folded, but if I'm being honest, it's usually stacked on the loveseat rather than put away in a drawer.
pear / 1558 posts
I just toss them in the drawer. DH likes his boxer briefs rolled up, so I do that for his. If he folds my laundry, he likes to dramatically crunch my underwear up in a ball & throw them in a pile. Lol!
grapefruit / 4584 posts
@kiddosc: @Anya: @Anya: I do this too, but had no idea it was a specific method! I actually tuck the crotch in so it's a perfect little envelope. We lived overseas and had a housekeeper who did this for me, and after that, I was hooked (and still do it for myself). I don't bother for the kids, though - they get stacks b/c I try to have them do their own.
honeydew / 7230 posts
I do the neat stack that @MaryM: does. Or I just pull them directly out of a laundry basket of clean clothes.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@twodoghouse: because who folds clothes these days anyway? Lol
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