Barbara Gordon went to church with us today.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by 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.

some of us are poor. we would rather have our wives do it.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by 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.

You mean to tell me shirts don't come out of the drier pressed? They do in my house.

[BigFatMeanie]

Mrs Meanie does all the ironing for me - any shirt with a collar and all pants except jeans.

That being said, I do know how to iron. I ironed all my own white shirts from the day I turned 12 (forced to do my own ironing by my mom) to the day I married Mrs. Meanie. Since I married Mrs. Meanie, I think I've ironed maybe a total of two shirts in the last 12 years - she rocks.

On dressing up for church:
My thoughts are similar to Archaea's on this point. I prefer that people dress up. I always dress up myself. That being said, if anyone starts to make any types of policies about dressing up then I'm the first one to speak out against them.

For the grapevines among us: Yes, I'm against them even when GAs give talks about wearing a white shirt to pass the sacrament. Sorry Mr. GA, but Juan in the Philippines who just got baptized last week and was just ordained a priest this week simply DOES NOT HAVE a white shirt and needs to spend his subsistence farming income on rice/beans so he doesn't starve to death rather than on a white shirt. Now, if the good Relief Society sisters in the Bountiful 734th Ward did some service project where they rounded up used white shirts and sent them to the Philippines then Juan would be happy to wear one - until then it's "counsel considered, counsel rejected".

[Solon]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

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.

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As long as I teach Sunbeams (and maybe forever), the tie stays off. Nobody in the ward has ever even insinuated that it bothered him/her.

[FarrahWaters]

I'm used to it, so dressing up doesn't bother me. I do refuse to wear nylons ever, which still scandalizes my mother.

[Venkman]

Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

Mrs Meanie does all the ironing for me - any shirt with a collar and all pants except jeans.

That being said, I do know how to iron. I ironed all my own white shirts from the day I turned 12 (forced to do my own ironing by my mom) to the day I married Mrs. Meanie. Since I married Mrs. Meanie, I think I've ironed maybe a total of two shirts in the last 12 years - she rocks.

On dressing up for church:
My thoughts are similar to Archaea's on this point. I prefer that people dress up. I always dress up myself. That being said, if anyone starts to make any types of policies about dressing up then I'm the first one to speak out against them.

For the grapevines among us: Yes, I'm against them even when GAs give talks about wearing a white shirt to pass the sacrament. Sorry Mr. GA, but Juan in the Philippines who just got baptized last week and was just ordained a priest this week simply DOES NOT HAVE a white shirt and needs to spend his subsistence farming income on rice/beans so he doesn't starve to death rather than on a white shirt. Now, if the good Relief Society sisters in the Bountiful 734th Ward did some service project where they rounded up used white shirts and sent them to the Philippines then Juan would be happy to wear one - until then it's "counsel considered, counsel rejected".

White shirts are fine, but it's more important to look your best. Lots of guys wear white shirts (more like light gray after repeated washings with dark colors) but look like crap with their wrinkled shirts and khakis, scuffed shoes, and loony tunes ties.

Have some pride in your appearance people!! And it doesn't take expensive clothes to look semi decent. Buy some shoe polish, hang your pants up when you get home from church, and iron your freakin' shirt!

[Detroitdad]

Originally Posted by Venkman

White shirts are fine, but it's more important to look your best. Lots of guys wear white shirts (more like light gray after repeated washings with dark colors) but look like crap with their wrinkled shirts and khakis, scuffed shoes, and loony tunes ties.

Have some pride in your appearance people!! And it doesn't take expensive clothes to look semi decent. Buy some shoe polish, hang your pants up when you get home from church, and iron your freakin' shirt!

Why?

[MikeWaters]

No, BG, Mormons are not obsessive about what is or what isn't worn to church on Sunday.

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

No, BG, Mormons are not obsessive about what is or what isn't worn to church on Sunday.

That's pretty good Mike. You must be feeling better.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by marsupial

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

When my grandmother moved over from Germany (war-bride), she ironed the underwear, socks, and diapers. I don't know where the ironing gene went....I can't remember the last time I plugged my iron in.