Quite a few of the Languish population are parents, so I thought I may as well find out if you have had the same problem as me re chidren's clothing. The problem is that the clothes keep on shrinking :mad: !
Every season I dig out the clothes they wore the previous year, find that they are too small and have to go out and buy new ones. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong, using the wrong cycle on the washing machine, over-enthusiastic use of the tumbledrier, the wrong laundry liquid?
It certainly costs a lot of money. Have any of the other Languish parents had this problem? If so, did you find a solution?
:lol:
Find some friends or family that also have kids and pool your resources.
It's not the clothes shrinking, it's the boys growing up :P ;)
L.
Shrink th kids... be careful though, I hear backyards are terrible for little ones...
V
I started a meme. :bowler:
Once a year change your kids for smaller models.
Quote from: Gups on September 30, 2011, 02:54:41 AM
Once a year change your kids for smaller models.
That's not such a bad idea actually. Parents would raise kids for a year, then give them away to parents who would raise them for another year, and so on. That way you would create parents who are experienced in raising children within a specific age bracket (e.g. 11-12, or 15-16), and who have equipment and facilities for them. It would be a very efficient way of dealing with the current mess, where each family has to manage the entire production process, rather than specializing in a single stage of it.
Quote from: Pedrito on September 30, 2011, 02:06:10 AM
It's not the clothes shrinking, it's the boys growing up :P ;)
L.
Don't be daft, people don't grow.
Tricky, are you sure your kids aren't just americans & getting fatter? Were you trick at the Hospital?
Contact the coach of the former Soviet gym team for some human growth hormone suppressant.
Quote from: Gups on September 30, 2011, 02:54:41 AM
Once a year change your kids for smaller models.
:D
This.
Quote from: Martinus on September 30, 2011, 02:37:22 AM
I started a meme. :bowler:
It started the whole world groaning.
My 6 yo clothes dont shrink. She just outgrowns them in short order.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 30, 2011, 01:45:09 AM
Every season I dig out the clothes they wore the previous year, find that they are too small and have to go out and buy new ones. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong, using the wrong cycle on the washing machine, over-enthusiastic use of the tumbledrier, the wrong laundry liquid?
It certainly costs a lot of money. Have any of the other Languish parents had this problem? If so, did you find a solution?
You aint doing anything wrong in the wash other than being a tight wad.... :D. I bolded the error in your thinking.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 30, 2011, 01:45:09 AM
Quite a few of the Languish population are parents, so I thought I may as well find out if you have had the same problem as me re chidren's clothing. The problem is that the clothes keep on shrinking :mad: !
Every season I dig out the clothes they wore the previous year, find that they are too small and have to go out and buy new ones. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong, using the wrong cycle on the washing machine, over-enthusiastic use of the tumbledrier, the wrong laundry liquid?
It certainly costs a lot of money. Have any of the other Languish parents had this problem? If so, did you find a solution?
:lol: :thumbsup:
Languish is turning into Mumsnet :(
Why don't all you parents of different-aged kids pass on your hand-me-downs?
:secret:
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 30, 2011, 01:45:09 AM
Quite a few of the Languish population are parents, so I thought I may as well find out if you have had the same problem as me re chidren's clothing. The problem is that the clothes keep on shrinking :mad: !
Every season I dig out the clothes they wore the previous year, find that they are too small and have to go out and buy new ones. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong, using the wrong cycle on the washing machine, over-enthusiastic use of the tumbledrier, the wrong laundry liquid?
It certainly costs a lot of money. Have any of the other Languish parents had this problem? If so, did you find a solution?
You forgot to mention that the clothes you buy your kids are very expensive - more expensive then the clothes normally bought by the average languishite, and therefore should be expected to expand as needed.
Quote from: Brazen on September 30, 2011, 09:38:18 AM
Languish is turning into Mumsnet :(
I don't know what you are talking about:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg17.imageshack.us%2Fimg17%2F6557%2Fdavid8f.jpg&hash=d4294f431388867a5949402dc454806050dd2438)
In any case I have noticed this problem already. Clothes from just a few months ago have shrunk so much they are now laughably tiny.
I fully support the Longhorns indoctrination I see going on there. :thumbsup:
Do your children have a tuxedo?
Quote from: Brazen on September 30, 2011, 09:38:18 AM
Languish is turning into Mumsnet :(
Why don't all you parents of different-aged kids pass on your hand-me-downs?
I do, at least. We have a whole network of older cousins from whom Carl gets clothes, and younger cousins to who Carl gives clothes. Some clothes have been through a number of kids by the time they go to Goodwill ...
Quote from: Zanza on September 30, 2011, 11:03:30 AM
Do your children have a tuxedo?
Yes and he ties his own bowtie.
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 30, 2011, 09:40:26 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 30, 2011, 01:45:09 AM
Quite a few of the Languish population are parents, so I thought I may as well find out if you have had the same problem as me re chidren's clothing. The problem is that the clothes keep on shrinking :mad: !
Every season I dig out the clothes they wore the previous year, find that they are too small and have to go out and buy new ones. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong, using the wrong cycle on the washing machine, over-enthusiastic use of the tumbledrier, the wrong laundry liquid?
It certainly costs a lot of money. Have any of the other Languish parents had this problem? If so, did you find a solution?
You forgot to mention that the clothes you buy your kids are very expensive - more expensive then the clothes normally bought by the average languishite, and therefore should be expected to expand as needed.
Yes, sorry about that oversight, I was tired this morning from drinking too much madeira with my stilton the previous night.
Quote from: Valmy on September 30, 2011, 10:55:43 AM
I don't know what you are talking about:
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In any case I have noticed this problem already. Clothes from just a few months ago have shrunk so much they are now laughably tiny.
Since you are both wearing the same outfit, I can only conclude that you are growing as well and simply passing down the smaller versions of your wardrobe to your son.
BB, You need to send Valmy a Jets jersey. Valmy wears it, takes a picture & then BB replaces a picture of him by Valmy's in Jets jersey. How long will it take Lady BB to notice that it isn't BB?
Ah, the laugh we will have.
Quote from: fahdiz on September 30, 2011, 11:25:04 AM
Since you are both wearing the same outfit, I can only conclude that you are growing as well and simply passing down the smaller versions of your wardrobe to your son.
Growing? Nobody is growing here. The clothes are shrinking!
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 30, 2011, 11:45:22 AM
BB, You need to send Valmy a Jets jersey. Valmy wears it, takes a picture & then BB replaces a picture of him by Valmy's in Jets jersey. How long will it take Lady BB to notice that it isn't BB?
Ah, the laugh we will have.
I wish I could get my hands on a Jets jersey. Damn things still aren't for sale yet. :mad:
Quote from: Valmy on September 30, 2011, 11:48:49 AM
Quote from: fahdiz on September 30, 2011, 11:25:04 AM
Since you are both wearing the same outfit, I can only conclude that you are growing as well and simply passing down the smaller versions of your wardrobe to your son.
Growing? Nobody is growing here. The clothes are shrinking!
No matter how expensive the clothes might be, if one spills too much port on them they will shrink.