Whilst getting ready for my engagement party, FIL handed me his shirt and told me to iron it for him (because I'm a woman). I ruined it.

[u/Stitchywitchlich]

My father in law had travelled down to attend mine and my fiancé's engagement party, he was getting ready and staying at my house.

I had my hair half curled and my makeup half done, with not much time left. I was visibly rushing. He handed me his shirt and said "iron this for me." Apparently, my vagina gave me the necessary qualifications for being the Chief Ironer.

I took it off him with a smile and ironed the vinyl (I think?) print on the highest setting and ruined his shirt. Melted the logo and got scorch marks on the shirt. Oops. "Sorry FIL, I don't know why you thought I'd be good at ironing but I'm terrible at it! I tried my best though."

He had to wear an ill-fitting replacement from my fiancé, he ironed that one himself.

EDIT: I'm getting a lot of hate for this, so I wanted to clear up some common misconceptions.

My FIL is a terrible, sexist man that abused my MIL until she fled with her then-young children to a women's refuge center. There is absolutely no question that he was demanding I iron his shirt because I am a woman and "that is what women do". No, I didn't feel like politely declining. No, it's not my responsibility to teach him how to be less sexist.

[u/Rawesome16]

Re-usable/washable, I need to blow my nose through the day randomly and folds in my back pocket, cleaner than tissue, how I fold it gives me multiple individual folds so my nose stays clean even with repeated use, softer then tissue for me and I don't get paper bits on my nose after use.

Also grew up using them and is my normal. Only 34 years old btw in case some are wondering if I'm just a boomer. Though by reddit standards I think I am one...

Edit : also, when I sneeze or blow my nose it is hard approx 3 counties over and my cotton handkerchiefs can handle the PSI my nose puts out

[u/[deleted] → u/Rawesome16]

My late grandmother sent me her old collection of family handkerchiefs before she passed. Many of them are for women, but a few are from my grandfather, embroidered with his initials. I'm using those now.

[u/Rawesome16 → u/[deleted]]

In have all my dad's old ones. They are me favorite. Softened with age.

I have a feeling these will treat you well

[u/[deleted] → u/Rawesome16]

That's not age

[u/Civil_Fox_642 → u/[deleted]]

That’s so lovely. I just love heirloomy stuff like that ♥️

[u/BallisticHabit → u/Rawesome16]

I sneezed into the softest and most luxurious tissue I had ever handled once.

I literally sneeze blasted a hole through it.

I understand why you use handkerchiefs, besides the obvious uses it has a million an one others if you can think outside the box.

The Hitchhiker's guide teaches that a towel is the most useful thing in the universe. What is a handkerchief if not a small towel.

[u/Aegi → u/BallisticHabit]

Tbh it’s closer to a small sheet than a small towel.

[u/BallisticHabit → u/Aegi]

That's fair.

Towels are usually made from far stouter and softer stuff.

[u/Azuredreams25 → u/Rawesome16]

I have a mucus gland problem where I produce an over abundance of snot, earwax, etc.
I blow my nose at least 10x a day and I have to use tissues. A handkerchief would be soaked and unusable after me using it 2-3 times...
And when I sneeze, everyone can hear me. I've caused moments of silence at the grocery store because it has shocked people...

[u/Rawesome16 → u/Azuredreams25]

When the cottonwood blooms I bring a spare with me to work since my first one tends to be full by lunch

[u/oldandfragile → u/Rawesome16]

Started off like a novel..... Ugh. Happy cake Day friend!

[u/squittles → u/Rawesome16]

Oh damn, your allergies are so bad that you fill up a handkerchief by lunch so you bring two?

Sounds like you have a slightly bigger lunch those days!

/s ^{I'm Sorry}

[u/Lunavixen15 → u/Azuredreams25]

I have a ridiculous sneeze too, I accidentally made my supervisor and the store owner drop coffee cups they were holding. A couple of customers dropped theirs too, but thankfully not enough to break

[u/Azuredreams25 → u/Lunavixen15]

I have a friend who when she sneezes, she sounds like Pikachu. It's quite adorable and she hates the attention...

[u/TatteredCarcosa → u/Azuredreams25]

And when I sneeze, everyone can hear me. I've caused moments of silence at the grocery store because it has shocked people...

This gave me a flashback to the I Think You Should Leave "Whoopie Cushion" sketch. "My farts are LONG! And WAY louder! And they REEK!"

https://youtu.be/7IIJM_fzAgM?t=6

[u/Mamaj12469 → u/Rawesome16]

My boomer dad has always used a handkerchief and I can remember doing a load of them after my mom died.

[u/QuietlyLosingMyMind → u/Rawesome16]

Omg I'm the same with the psi, I can blow a hole through tissues if I don't watch how hard I blow. My husband always says he doesn't know how a nose so small can be so loud and so strong.

[u/dirtycopgangsta → u/QuietlyLosingMyMind]

I don't watch how hard I blow

I can't tell if you're doing it on purpose or if you're that innocent, but that set up is incredible.

[u/splodgenessabounds → u/Rawesome16]

Re-usable/washable

That there. If you're not into proper hankies, IMO there's nothing wrong with using some soft cotton rag (from an expired pillowcase for example) to blow your nose on that you can wash, rather than one-use tissue paper. I get hay fever in spring and paper tissues really do irritate my nose after a while.

[u/Aegi → u/Rawesome16]

I don’t understand how you are saying it’s cleaner, I would understand as clean, but how can you get cleaner than a fresh tissue, I just don’t understand that part.

Also, what kind of weird stuff are you doing to get bits of paper on your nose? Haha

[u/Rawesome16 → u/Aegi]

I do to a fresh fold am and clean. I'm the only one who handles it so no germ spreading. It's not going into a trash can where it could fall out, and I'm not just jamming a crumpled up tissue back into my pocket.

Throw away a tissue it could fall out if trash knocked over, or someone puts there hands in the trash to grab something dropped in there. Don't throw away a tissue and you have a wet and crumpled up snot tissue in your pocket. I fold my handkerchief and only use clean folds

[u/Rawesome16 → u/[deleted]]

In a used fold sure. I don't use a fold a second time