| Contrary to popular teen perception,
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| | fishy. I guess they didn't do their
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| parents don't like to rag endlessly. It's
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| | laundry either. Where were their mothers?
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| just a necessity due to our knowledge of
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| | Complimenting the kids' fleecing of foul
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| basic scientific principles like that
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| | odors were clothing "extensions." The
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| germs can make you sick, or even worse,
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| | kids were supplementing their wardrobes
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| smelly.
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| | with clothing items begged, borrowed or
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| While we are mildly entertained by some
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| | bought new, rather than putting the dirty
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| excuses our children use for not doing
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| | ones in a machine, adding soap and
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| what we ask, most leave us lukewarm. Like
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| | pressing a button. After all, lifting a
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| my children's latest, "But Mom, we're
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| | finger might bring on a debilitating
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| concerned for your finances and we're
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| | condition, like developing personal
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| saving you a fortune in water bills by
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| | responsibility or breaking a nail. I also
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| not doing laundry."
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| | found out that my children and their
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| What a load of ….dirty laundry.
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| | friends were in a conspiracy, passing
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| The concern for finances was touching but
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| | their clothing back and forth to support
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| it didn't hold water. I should have been
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| | their bad habits for weeks. (It all says
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| tipped off when I passed my son's room
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| | Old Navy - how was I supposed to know?)
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| and had un-explicable high school
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| | To keep our kids clean, we moms have
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| flashbacks. Now I get it. My locker was
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| | started our own 12 step program. Twelve
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| near the boy's gym for four years.
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| | steps to the washing machine, every
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| My bad for not conducting weekly room
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| | weekend. And like 007, we use special
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| inspections or checking laundry soap
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| | intelligence tools: laundry pen markings
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| bottles for changes. I missed the
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| | to identify our own kids' clothing in
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| sledding hill-sized pile of laundry in
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| | secret locations that only we are privy
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| the corner and the impacted laundry
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| | to. Not very high tech but we don't have
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| hamper needing the "Jaws of Life" to
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| | access to a spy lab and Money Penny won't
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| extricate the clothing crammed inside.
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| | put our calls through to Q.
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| I'm hoping the wrinkles from being
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| | Now I conduct unannounced hamper
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| semi-permanently pressed through the
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| | inspections, routine spot checks and have
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| lattice work sides like meat through a
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| | a designated laundry day schedule. It's a
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| grinder will work out in the wash.
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| | strict regime, but I'm hard pressed to
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| I fell for the oldest trick in the book -
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| | find a better method.
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| disguises. Apparently, if you use enough
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| | As for my kids' money saving excuse, they
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| body spray or perfume, it works like
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| | need to learn to spin a bit better. We
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| olfactory whitewash. My dad hated perfume
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| | have well water and don't pay a dime for
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| and if anyone used it he would say they
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| | it. I broke the good news, and they
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| smelled like a French whore. Once I asked
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| | looked very relieved. Or was that
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| him how he knew what they smelled like. I
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| | reviled? At any rate, those drips are
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| never got an answer so it was all very
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| | going to wash and dry all weekend. Sweet.
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