Stop Using My Towel
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Bacterial infections, warts and HPV can be spread by sharing towels.
If you're worried about catching STD's from your husband/wife, I think you have much more serious issues than using a "dirty" towel.
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I'll dry my hands on it and he on mine. It's the full-body wipe down that bugs me.
And, again, no one has said this is a rational thing. It just is. We all have our quirks. I don't understand the anger in this thread.
Someone else had said they didn't want to dry their hands on the towel. I was just pointing out a similar scenario, no anger here.
Not you specifically, but there have been a few posts that are a little more emotional than I think the subject calls for.
I don't care if other people share towels or that it doesn't bother them. It bothers me. It's silly. I recognize that. But it bothers me. There are things other people do and that bother other people that I find silly and they don't bother me, but I don't get all worked up over it.0 -
I may have to join the use the washcloth/towel once club. I grew up in a female dominated house where you didn't have to worry about anyone using your washcloth/towel. You get a new washcloth and towel every 3 days or so. When you finish showering, you take soap and wash out your washcloth and hang it up to dry. You never use the washcloth that you use on your body on your face. I do dry off my face with my large towel so I usually dry off my privates with a papertowel. Yes I may sound picky, but I know my husband isn't. He will use whatever washcloth or towel he sees on his face, nuts and *kitten* during and after he's showered. He will use a washcloth or towel that I just used, that is still damp from when I used it. That just grosses me out. And to all those making the sexual references, yes women we put things in our mouth, but we don't lay it against our face. Your face is very sensitive, you shouldn't even touch it with your hands, let alone dingdong residue and sh*tbits.0
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I'll dry my hands on it and he on mine. It's the full-body wipe down that bugs me.
And, again, no one has said this is a rational thing. It just is. We all have our quirks. I don't understand the anger in this thread.
Someone else had said they didn't want to dry their hands on the towel. I was just pointing out a similar scenario, no anger here.
Not you specifically, but there have been a few posts that are a little more emotional than I think the subject calls for.
I don't care if other people share towels or that it doesn't bother them. It bothers me. It's silly. I recognize that. But it bothers me. There are things other people do and that bother other people that I find silly and they don't bother me, but I don't get all worked up over it.
I love quirks. Its what makes us all unique and different.
Along with my no sharing towels, tooth brushes and face cloths, I like to weird people out with my personal dislike of bar soap...ugh really? you will rub a soap that has been rubbed on somone elses *kitten* crack on your face or body?? (mind you I would never use bar soap on my face but my BF sees no issue with this....:s)
Just think how one uses the soap and what where you start and where it ends up......:sick:
We have liquid body wash, face soap and hand soaps.....
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Quirky and proud! lol0 -
let alone dingdong residue and sh*tbits.
:laugh: that is awesome you just made my day!
Im using this phrase today as often as possible lol0 -
some people's hang ups really make me wonder how they get by on a day to day basis without combusting.
this **** is way beyond me.0 -
My husbands penis has been in my mouth, the faq do I care if he uses my towel?
This is what I am thinking.0 -
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some people's hang ups really make me wonder how they get by on a day to day basis without combusting.
this **** is way beyond me.
Seriously? Not being willing to share a toothbrush or towel makes it questionable how someone can get by day-to-day? Seriously? I can promise, it impedes me in no way.0 -
Love It!! I need to buy that0 -
It may be a bit irrational, but I realize that it is about respect. The very last line of your post... that is what you need to say to him and not to us.
BTW... I will use the same towel for a week or more, and I'm not bothered if anyone else uses it. My ex-boyfriend, on the other hand, didn't mind reusing towels, but didn't think anyone should share towels or washcloths. My personal opinion... no one has ever passed a disease to a family member by sharing towels and washcloths, but if someone I care about has a hang-up, then I try my best to accomodate them.0 -
that was kind of my thought too. Lots of questions but I won't ask. Seems to put passion to the side cuz sometimes you touch just about everywhere....Your sex life must be downright freaky.0 -
that was kind of my thought too. Lots of questions but I won't ask. Seems to put passion to the side cuz sometimes you touch just about everywhere....Your sex life must be downright freaky.
Dirty sex and sharing dirt isn't the same thing. If you can't see that maybe you need to shower again before you go to bet with your SO0 -
I think I must be the only one who doesn't care.
Nope, same here. I was like "I...don't see the point here?!" And then I read the whole thread and thought "Okay, I guess I'm gross" because I couldn't relate to anything. Ah well...
And me....I even share towels with my teenage sons!!!
Me too!0 -
I'm not a germaphobe so I'll be ok0
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i didn't read all the replies, but this is my take ::
i don't even use a washcloth anymore.
get a scrubby shower poofy thing. men won't use those.
i use a clean towel for my body each time, but hair can be one that was used a time or two (especially after i've dyed my hair)
if i'm going to reuse a towel, i hang it over my bedroom door (not the bathroom, because that is usually what people grab first)
problem solved, you're welcome0 -
That's amazing.0 -
I never had my own towel (other then my gym towel).
I can NOT use a towel more then once, that grosses me out.
But my family, we all share the same towels... Just we do a lot of laundry.
If my significant other had his own towel that he didn't want me using...
I'd feel a little insulted, but I wouldn't use it.0 -
i don't even use a washcloth anymore.
get a scrubby shower poofy thing. men won't use those.
If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.0 -
I'm not a germaphobe so I'll be ok
I am by no means a germaphobe, but women we take dumps too and we have TOM. You washing your face with the washcloth I just washed my *kitten* with is nasty. That is a level of intimacy we don't need. If you doesn't bother you, than more power to you.0 -
Sound like you need seperate bathrooms or what the hell, seperate bedrooms. Obviously, he may use your pillow one day and drool on it.
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DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT SOMEONE DROOLING ON MY PILLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My kids even know my pillow is hallowed ground!!!!
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I am by no means a germaphobe, but women we take dumps too and we have TOM. You washing your face with the washcloth I just washed my *kitten* with is nasty. That is a level of intimacy we don't need. If you doesn't bother you, than more power to you.
I'm on your side. This is why we have color coded loofa sponges... also, towels. My husband has athletes foot...I don't want to dry my freshly washed hair with that!!!
ps we have separate bathrooms too though...0 -
And you thought internet strangers could help you how?0
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Hm. I live alone and I don't use a towel or washcloth twice.... coincidence?
That said, my place is far from spotless. Just like fresh towels for every shower. I like my bathroom to feel like being at a hotel. ..except maybe for the cat water dish. :ohwell:0 -
I don't see what's so bad about it. If you're worried he'll dirty your towel after he just bathed, then you think hes just dirty naturally. which shouldn't be the case at all. Me and my boyfriend use each others towels pretty often, and we see nothing wrong with that. Were both getting clean so why should it be gross?
besides.. who wipes their face off with a towel? I never do that which is probably why its irrelevant to me.0 -
I'm not a germaphobe. I sit on public toilets and flush with my hands not my feet and even open the door to leave without a paper towel. I refuse to use antibacterial soap and you won't find sanitizer in my purse.
But I have a hang-up about sharing towels, toothbrushes and now that someone brought it up, someone else's drool on my pillow. I'm not worries about catching something. It just bugs me.
In fact, in a movie it bothers me more to see someone spit in someone's face than to shoot that person in the head (which bothers me, too, but in a different way).
If I were a germaphobe, I wouldn't French kiss someone. I do that. But I don't want to share food or drink with that same person. Again, it's irrational, but it's my personal quirk.0 -
I just don't use a towel, just walk through the house and drip dry.0
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My ex fiancee and I have shared a toothbrush on occasion when we had gone away and one of us forgot to bring it. Im sure we have shared a towel at home at some point as well. LOL Its better than having stinky breath and getting dressed while soaking wet.0
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This bothered me too, but then I realized that my husband was only pulling towels from the rack closest to the shower. We have two racks, so I started pulling towels from the farther rack. Fixed that problem without an argument...0
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get a scrubby shower poofy thing. men won't use those.
I use one every day!0
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