Barbara Gordon went to church with us today.

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

To answer your question, I don't know which I prefer. I think most women still dress up regardless. I prefer that the guys dress up, too, but not if I'm the one that has to do the ironing for my three boys.

We can relate and have found that a sweater vest covers a multitude of sins.

[Archaea]

My boys now dress themselves and we're not too worried whether some minor crinkles creep in.

[Detroitdad]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Well, I can see both sides.
I Samuel 16:7
"But the Lord said to Samuel, 'Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.' "

On the one hand:
1. You want to facilitate visitors as much as possible so you emphasize a come-as-you-are atmosphere.
and
2. You don't want to risk a modern day pharisaicalness in which we get so caught up in the rules that we lose sight of the goal.

On the other hand:
1. If we encourage casual dress we're cultivating an atmosphere of casualness. Is that really what we want to do?
and
2. How casual is too casual? At this point kids are going to church in shorts.


To answer your question, I don't know which I prefer. I think most women still dress up regardless. I prefer that the guys dress up, too, but not if I'm the one that has to do the ironing for my three boys.

What is ironing? Neither I nor my wife has ever heard of it.

[tooblue]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Well, I can see both sides.
I Samuel 16:7
"But the Lord said to Samuel, 'Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.' "

On the one hand:
1. You want to facilitate visitors as much as possible so you emphasize a come-as-you-are atmosphere.
and
2. You don't want to risk a modern day pharisaicalness in which we get so caught up in the rules that we lose sight of the goal.

On the other hand:
1. If we encourage casual dress we're cultivating an atmosphere of casualness. Is that really what we want to do?
and
2. How casual is too casual? At this point kids are going to church in shorts.


To answer your question, I don't know which I prefer. I think most women still dress up regardless. I prefer that the guys dress up, too, but not if I'm the one that has to do the ironing for my three boys.

I do all of the ironing for myself and four boys. My mother made certain I knew how to iron by the time I was 12 and ready to wear a white shirt and tie to pass sacrament.

I or my boys do not leave the house without cothes being ironed -even the 3 year old!

[mpfunk]

Originally Posted by tooblue

I do all of the ironing for myself and four boys. My mother made certain I knew how to iron by the time I was 12 and ready to wear a white shirt and tie to pass sacrament.

I or my boys do not leave the house without cothes being ironed -even the 3 year old!

You sound like the type that would iron a t-shirt. I remember seeing one of my roommates get out the iron and start ironing his white t-shirt. I sat in amazement that someone would actually iron a t-shirt. He then put the t-shirt on and put a sweater on over the t-shirt.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by mpfunk

You sound like the type that would iron a t-shirt. I remember seeing one of my roommates get out the iron and start ironing his white t-shirt. I sat in amazement that someone would actually iron a t-shirt. He then put the t-shirt on and put a sweater on over the t-shirt.

If it's not drycleaned, it's not going to be ironed where I come from. Plus, you can buy this new fabric from China that doesn't wrinkle.

[MikeWaters]

I ironed a shirt a couple of months ago, and Farah said, "I thought you didn't know how to iron?"

I said, "Whatever gave you that idea?"

[marsupial]

Originally Posted by mpfunk

You sound like the type that would iron a t-shirt. I remember seeing one of my roommates get out the iron and start ironing his white t-shirt. I sat in amazement that someone would actually iron a t-shirt. He then put the t-shirt on and put a sweater on over the t-shirt.

I know a woman who ironed T-shirts and even her husband's boxers. My grandma ironed her bedsheets.

[Venkman]

Originally Posted by marsupial

I know a woman who ironed T-shirts and even her husband's boxers. My grandma ironed her bedsheets.

Them are some good women.

[creekster]

There are certain tasks in life that just aren't worth the time they require. Ironing shirts or blouses is one of them. For about $1.00 you can have a shirt washed, pressed, with or without starch, and put on a hanger or folded in a box. There is no way it would ever be possible to justify your own time for doing this, not to mention that the shirts done at home very, very rarely (I suspect tooblue will argue abotu this) look as good as the ones done in the laundry. Now I am only talking about dress shirts, as t-shirts and casual shirts I ususally don't mess with at the laundry, but for work or church shirts, you could never convince me that it isn't worth it to have someone else do it for me.