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AIBU?

To find it gross that some couples share a toothbrush?

87 replies

odowdandproud · 25/06/2014 20:47

I honestly think this is a step too far.

Also are you that poor that you cannot afford a second toothbrush?

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MrsTerryPratchett · 25/06/2014 20:48

How do you know?

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ppplease · 25/06/2014 20:49

gross gross

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StealthPolarBear · 25/06/2014 20:49

Do they?
Dh and I do if we go away or something and one of us has forgotten but we dont plan it that way!

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londonrach · 25/06/2014 20:50

Yuck....

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LoveBeingInTheSun · 25/06/2014 20:50

Boak, I hate washing our clothes together

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StealthPolarBear · 25/06/2014 20:51

Lovebeing do you have children?

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CMOTDibbler · 25/06/2014 20:52

Really? Because, you know, its not like we don't exchange body fluids so sharing a toothbrush isn't any worse

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LIZS · 25/06/2014 20:52

surely not , how grim Shock

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missknows · 25/06/2014 20:52

No one in real life does that! Do they? Please day they don't.

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usualsuspectt · 25/06/2014 20:52

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MegMogandOwlToo · 25/06/2014 20:52

YABU. Unless you don't kiss or have any physical contact with your partner, you are sharing germs all the time!

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MrsTerryPratchett · 25/06/2014 20:53

usual eeeeeeuuuuuuuuwwwwww. You have cooties.

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Bunbaker · 25/06/2014 20:54

"Boak, I hate washing our clothes together"

Oh come on. You're not serious?

Sharing toothbrushes is really not recommended for dental hygiene, but being squeamish about not sticking clothes together in the washing machine is going way too far.

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ShakeYourTailFeathers · 25/06/2014 20:54

But it's no different than a good snog, if you think about it

We have our own but share in an emergency and he sometimes uses mine by mistake



not even going near the clothes washing comment

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Pumpkinpositive · 25/06/2014 20:54

I have a visceral reaction to it but doesn't that mean they'll share antibodies, immunity, all that science shit?

If their relationship is healthy they'll be sharing saliva and bodily fluids anyway.

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daisychain01 · 25/06/2014 20:58

I'd share DP's toothbrush if I had left mine at home and that's all I had to clean my teeth with. Let's face it, by the time people have shared their lives, their 'flora and fauna' have comingled enough times that it's no big deal.

But not to save 2, that's a bit ridiculous.

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Monmouth · 25/06/2014 20:59

One's partner's toothbrush is often not the most unsavoury thing to have gone in one's mouth.

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daisychain01 · 25/06/2014 21:00

Sorry that should say GB Pounds 2 Grin

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WowserBowser · 25/06/2014 21:01

I am not a germophobe but i am weird about sharing.

I wouldn't share a toothbrush with Ds as i smoke.

I wouldn't share one with dh as he sometimes has stinky breath.

Would share one with my best friend though. Only one of them.

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Bowlersarm · 25/06/2014 21:02

YABU. We don't as a rule but do if we are are away and forgot one etc.

If you are exchanging bodily fluids with someone, I don't see a problem with borrowing his/her toothbrush.

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MsRinky · 25/06/2014 21:02

We use an electric and in theory have separate heads for it. But we both just use whichever one comes to hand, and only bother taking one if we go away. Flossing does the grungy sort of cleaning before brushing anyway.

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ToAvoidConversation · 25/06/2014 21:02

Ewh just no! The electric bit of mine is broken just now and I have to use my head with DH's electric bit. That's annoying me enough. Just no!

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frames · 25/06/2014 21:02

Quite agree with monmouth. OP is missing out.

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PasswordProtected · 25/06/2014 21:03

Some couples have sex without a condom. Surely that is much worse than sharing a toothbrush Grin

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BanjoKazooie · 25/06/2014 21:03

It's not my first choice to share a toothbrush but if I gave forgotten mine then I would borrow my DH's. I'd rinse it carefully. It doesn't bother me.

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