November 16, 2007
Oh, the tangled web we weave
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” Sir Walter Scott
If I were still young and perky I wouldn’t need enhancements. Perhaps there are women in their fifties who don’t need the “slightly padded” look supported by straps of iron. I’m not one of them. Giving birth while still in my teens gave me a lucious fullness which promptly deflated to a reasonably firm but slightly sagging chest once my mammaries were to longer needed for their designed purpose. I fooled myself for a while, but my mirror refused to allow me to live the lie. I gave up strapless in my thirties and never went back. I’ve gotten a little fuller in the last ten years or so, but without support you certainly can’t tell it. So I have straps, nice sturdy hardware to hoist the slightly padded feminine features back up to where they belong. Straps that dance around each other inside their net bag on laundry day, pair up and entangle their fates one with the other. An hour of so of frustrated pulling and tugging and tracing of sources usually restores order without the need to resort to scissors. I’m tempted to chuck them all, but as I approach the possible need for plus size lingerie I suspect I’ll need more rather than less of them. Yeah, I could handwash them separately and solve the dilemma, but I’m not quite aggrevated enough to make that change yet.
How do you do it? Toss them in loose with everything else? Throw one in each washload to minimize the risk of permanent melding? Net bag? Surely there’s a solution that won’t require me to go the handwashing route? Isn’t there?
[tags]bras,laundry nightmares, lingerie[/tags]
Posted by skeet @ 4:47 pm • Just stuff
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November 16th, 2007 at 4:51 pm, Ann Says:
yikes! that looks messy. I’m not sure what else you could do, other than wash by hand (which I hate doing myself!). If you think of a solution, let me know.
I definitely need the extra lift and, uhhh enhancements. After having Son, the girls just aren’t nearly as perky. Victoria helps me keep my secret.
November 16th, 2007 at 6:15 pm, sweetisu Says:
You are so funny.
I don’t know what solutions to offer, as I don’t have “the girls” problem. I have the opposite problem, as in FLAT. So on days that I don’t have to leave the house, I don’t wear any! Oy this is the first time I’m admitting this to The Internet..
Btw, thanks for the lovely comment on my blog about uhh 10 days ago. (I try to write funny stuff, but most of the time it doesn’t come out all that great or even funny, so I really appreciate the kindness) I know, I’m way behind and trying to catch up. The newspaper article did bring a nice increase in traffic. Then this Monday we got featured on coolmompicks which brought even more traffic. So things are going in the right direction at least!
I hope you get a grandkid soon so you can buy cute little clothes, and TOYS!
Btw, how come there is a crohn’s forum link on here? …
November 16th, 2007 at 11:18 pm, skeet Says:
The things we do to maintain our perkiness, Ann! i spent almost an hour untangling straps this time and getting hooks out of the net bag. Maybe someone will come out with papmpers-style bras we can stick on & then toss away after one use, lol.
November 16th, 2007 at 11:23 pm, skeet Says:
Oh, sweetiesu, I always let the girls breath when I’m at home, too. When I come home I take my shoes off at the door and unhook my bra under my clothes as I’m walking down the hall so I can rip it off once I get to my room.
I’m so glad to hear your business is doing well. The publicity helps, I’m sure, but you’ve got a great product line, an attractive, easy-to-use site and a good business plan, so of course you’ll do great!
I don’t really go to the Crohn’s forum anymore, but it’s a great place where people with digestive disorders can talk openly about their frustrations, treatments, symptoms - whatever. I have SBS (short bowel syndrome) as a result of a gut rupture that left me a few feet shy of what’s needed to do the job.
November 17th, 2007 at 2:06 am, TW Says:
My mother was a big fan of the hook them in the back before just tossing them in the laundry method.
November 17th, 2007 at 6:57 am, skeet Says:
All of my hooks are closed whenthey go into the laundry, TW. They don’t stay tht way.
November 17th, 2007 at 7:49 am, Cass Says:
Hmm, I used to have mine wrapped around the agitator, but since I have a front loader, that’s no longer an issue. If I have several for a load, I use a bag, if not, I just hook it and throw it in. If I feel particularly virtuous, I hold off and do a load of delicates, but it takes a long time to gather up enough bras to justify that.
November 17th, 2007 at 9:29 am, Whim Says:
I have actually seen these bra balls things. You put your bra in this sphere and it helps it to keep its shape and seperates it from the rest of the wash so it doesn’t get tangled. Here’s the link:
http://www.harrietcarter.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/_/BraBABY/productID/30539d0b-1ea1-4b10-ba57-118f5f07fbe5/categoryID/5ab6875b-cf4b-4b10-8f4b-f3e5ff483a83/searchString/bra/
November 17th, 2007 at 12:56 pm, skeet Says:
I’m always going to wait for a whole load of delicates, Cass. I just doesn’t happen.
November 17th, 2007 at 12:58 pm, skeet Says:
That is a very cool toy, Whim, but yikes! $20.00 and you can only put one bra in it. I’d have to do at least six or eight loads to wash a week’s worth of bras. That ain’t happening, but mahalo for trying to help me solve the problem!
November 18th, 2007 at 3:53 am, Angie Says:
ROFL! I use the same holey bag for my wranglers as well. I hook all of the hooks in the eyes before putting them in there. Sometimes they stay put, sometimes they don’t. But throwing them in willy nilly is asking for your hooks to turn into twisted, useless wire whose only purpose shall now be to poke into your flesh. (Pliers always looks like they’ll work but once they’re warped, they’re never the same!) Let me know if you come up with a solution for this one!
November 18th, 2007 at 9:03 am, skeet Says:
Angie, one of mine came unhooked inside the bag while in the dryer recently. The hook grabbed one of those little holes in the dryer wall and the whole mess continued to tumble. When I went to take the clothes out, the whole bag was all twisted around and firmly affixed to the dryer wall. It took major manipulation of two pair of pliers to get it out and the hook became, of course, a torture device. We gotta find another way that doesn’t require individual washings or expensive devices, lol!