Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Laundry is so controversial

While I was home for Thanksgiving break, the transmission fell out of our dryer.  So, while my dad was attempting to find a new fanbelt for it, my mom and I had to take our wet laundry to be dried at my grandparents' house.

This seemed harmless at the time, until we came by to collect the dry clothes and saw that my grandma, bless her heart, had already folded all of it. 

Sitting on top was one of my favorite sleeping shirts.  And it looks a little something like this:


Raising Awareness in Interactions and Sexual Encounters

Now, you may not think this is so bad, and really, it's not terrible.  I got this shirt as a participant with RAISE at IU, and we educated people about sexual assault, rape and general safety practices.  It's a fantastic organization and I was very proud to be involved with it!


The best part, however, is the back:



Good sex is consensual and safe


Sorry, Grandma.

31 comments:

Christina said...

Hahahaha I LOVE it!

And I love your grandmother for just neatly folding it for you... depending on which grandmother, I would've discovered it missing or been sat down for a chat about sex.

And I mean a gossip session about sex, not the birds and bees and free milk lecture you expect from 80-year-old women.

heisschic said...

I love it. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Where can I get one?




my grandma would be praying over it. yap. for my damnededed soul.

2Wired2Tired said...

Oh man, that's one of those moments that you never bring up but hopes goes away fast! Funny.

Shell said...

OMG! LOL

That's where you hope that she wasn't paying attention and was just folding!

SurferWife said...

AHHHAHAHA!

Poor grandma probably wanted to poke her eyeballs out with a hot poker. But then she started thinking about her little grandbaby and didn't want to associate hot poking with said grandchild.

Anonymous said...

LoL!

That's great... I have a similar story about the time my best friends thong somehow ended up in my laundry and my stepdad washed it.

He handed me my laundry basket with a neatly folded thong on the top of it with a smirk on his face.

Thanks, awkward.

Jenn said...

Oh the best laid plans...
Your grandma is still pretty cool for just folding it, although she may have been trying to send you a message by placing it on top.

Dee at Pedestrian Palate said...

Great shirt. I'll bet granny never even stopped to read it.

Jess @ Frugal with a Flourish said...

Haha! Great story!

Masala Chica said...

Too funny - its a hot shirt. I am sure grandma was impressed with your style.

Anonymous said...

I don't know which is worse. Grandma or Grandpa folding that shirt? Me thinks both. :oP

My best, Lynn

Carrie said...

LOVE it!

and i love that you managed a "my grandma, bless her heart, ..."

made my day.

ps- in the last picture your face has a "whoops" sort of look. hopefully that doesn't correspond with the message on the shirt...

Organic Meatbag said...

Good sex is loud and messy...hahahaha

Anonymous said...

I.Would.Die.

Although, I don't think my gram would bat an eye. Even though she's 94, full-blooded Italian and VERY Catholic.

Judearoo said...

Nothing to be ashamed of, doll.

Bet grandma would tell you so herself.

Also Organic has a point... ;)

Cathy said...

Classic!

Love the shirt.

Sara said...

Christina,

I think I would very much enjoy meeting your grandmother. Perhaps we could go to McDonald's and order only coffee.

Carrie,

The "whoops" look was definitely for my grandma, not the shirt. Although, thinking about it now, I can't help but smile.

Anonymous said...

Poor Grandma! LOL

MJ said...

I just died a little inside. Had this happened to me, I'd be begging Santa for a time machine so I could go back and swipe the shirt from the laundry before Grandma could lay her poor eyes on it. Do your Grandma's eyes have any permanent scarring?

Julie said...

thank god my grandma speaks zero english and prob would've nodded and smiled at the shirt!!! so funny!

Unknown said...

Hi there!

I came over to visit you from Surferwife's blog. I'm your newest follower!

Would love to know how Grandma felt about this shirt--priceless!

Unknown said...

ah grandma... so glad you fold laundry for me.

sorry you had to fold my sex shirt.

It could have been worse... she could have folded your thong underwear, that said "tasty"... now that would have been awkward.

lol!

Sara said...

Ok so I found my way here from cassagram's blog...because I too am a sara spelled with no h! as a matter of fact my first hotmail email was something along the lines of sara no h (sad i know)and so I just wanted to say I know what its like. Mind you I'm half italian, so no h is the correct spelling.

So cheers! and I love your blog, don't mind if I follow it!

SPEAKING FROM THE CRIB said...

oh my. this reminds me of the time my mom washed my bra that i got at the sex shop, ya know, the one THAT HAD HOLES WHERE THE NIPPLES ARE

awesome

G said...

i think Grandma would be proud!!

JP said...

One of my favorite sayings is:

"Sex is like pizza. When it's good, it's great! When it's not so good... hey it's still pizza!"

Didi said...

OMG! That's too funny. Hi from SITS!

Kelsie said...

hahahahahahahahahah. this made me laugh out loud!

teamBoo said...

I didn't know bangs could get thicker than mine....but I pass the torch to you my friend :)

I have been MIA...looking forward to catching up on your posts. Just look at all your new friends!! It must be the bangs...(and the sex shirts ;)

Courtney said...

haha, pretty sure my grandma would sit me down and have an incredibly awkward talk about why I own such a shirt.

I love that she put in on top. Nice.

Courtney said...

haha, pretty sure my grandma would sit me down and have an incredibly awkward talk about why I own such a shirt.

I love that she put in on top. Nice.