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3catwoman3

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46. I have semi-joked many a time that if I were raising our sons again, I wouldn't bother...

Reply to Polly Hennessey (Reply #37)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 10:25 PM

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...with dressers. Get 2 giant laundry baskets. One for clean, one for dirty. When the dirty clothes one is full, wash them and switch the baskets. They seldom put anything in the drawers anyway, so why spend a lot of money on a dresser?

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