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I can't be the only person who does this...

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Jedbartletforpresident · 30/12/2017 10:27

Help settle something for DH & me. DH is laughing at me again (before anyone jumps on accusing DH of emotionally abusing me - this is lighthearted!) because when I get out of the shower or bath I like to sit wrapped in my towel until I'm dry. I hate rubbing myself dry with a towel and would rather sit for 10mins until I dry naturally. DH thinks I am utterly odd for doing this and thinks that everyone else in the world Hmm dries themselves with a towel "the normal way".

Tell me I'm not alone in this!

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Coolaschmoola · 30/12/2017 10:28

Me too!

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FiveGoMadInDorset · 30/12/2017 10:28

I sit as well, as do both my children so DH is the odd one in our house

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Singlebutmarried · 30/12/2017 10:29

I prefer to dry sat in the towel. You are not the only one.

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TeaBelle · 30/12/2017 10:29

I'm a lazy dryer too

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fantasmasgoria1 · 30/12/2017 10:29

No you are not alone! I always do it. If I rub myself dry I itch terribly, so badly that I use a hairbrush with sharp bristles to scratch myself sometimes until I bleed. Drying naturally minimises or eliminates this!!!!!!

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AllTheWayDown · 30/12/2017 10:29

My dh does this and I don't get it. He will sit there for 20 minutes just 'drying'
I think it's an excuse for him to sit and do nothing Grin

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Nikephorus · 30/12/2017 10:30

I'm with DH, though I wouldn't laugh at you - I'd be more Hmm and wondering if you were getting whatever you were sitting on damp through the towel (ever practical)

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Jobjobjob · 30/12/2017 10:30

No you are not alone! I always do it. If I rub myself dry I itch terribly, so badly that I use a hairbrush with sharp bristles to scratch myself sometimes until I bleed. Drying naturally minimises or eliminates this!!!!!!

OMG. I thought I was the only person in the world that happened too. It's awful isn't it!

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Bluesheep8 · 30/12/2017 10:30

You are not alone op! I do exactly the same, towel wrapped round and sometimes a towelling robe over that. Never thought about this before.

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Hassled · 30/12/2017 10:31

But what do you do in the 10 minutes you're sat there in a towel? Isn't it really boring - and cold? I'd much rather get dry quickly and get on with things.

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Poshindevon · 30/12/2017 10:31

I sit in the towel too. You are not aloneGrin

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JonnaSilvie · 30/12/2017 10:31

I use it as an opportunity to read a book with a cup of tea for ten minutes!

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Jeffers3 · 30/12/2017 10:31

Haha I do this too! If I'm really naughty I get into bed damp! Hate going swimming or something where I have to dry myself and put my clothes straight on.

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FiveGoMadInDorset · 30/12/2017 10:31

I also never feel that I dry properly by rubbing

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LokiBear · 30/12/2017 10:32

Currently sat in my bathrobe doing the same thing!

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RosesInTheHospital · 30/12/2017 10:32

I dry in my towel but I don’t sit. I do my make up, make a brew, sort the baby etc.

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EnglishRose13 · 30/12/2017 10:33

I sit on my bed wrapped in a towel too.

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Bluesheep8 · 30/12/2017 10:33

And as others have said, I do it for the avoidance of itching too as the heat from the shower or bath makes my skin itchy (itching also to do with my MS though) but Anyway, it helps so I think that's why I do it.

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confusedlittleone · 30/12/2017 10:33

Yup I do my hair and makeup while I dry

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NC4now · 30/12/2017 10:33

I only dry myself properly at the gym.

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thepatchworkcat · 30/12/2017 10:33

I do it if I’ve got time. Just lazy really!

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Jedbartletforpresident · 30/12/2017 10:34

Yes Jeffers - that is the low point of swimming for me too! I never feel quite fully dry afterwards either! Drip-drying is much more successful at actually getting dry I feel!

I am ever so glad I am not the only one - haha! Now I shall laugh at DH and his insistence that he is normal and I am not!

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ItMadeMyEyesWater · 30/12/2017 10:34

I like to sit with a nice warm towel wrapped round me, but not until I'm completely dry. It would be a really boring world, if we all did the same, so you do whatever makes you happy, Jed

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mscherry · 30/12/2017 10:34

Totally with op! I usually put my makeup on or do my hair whilst I dry in my towel and sometimes robe over the top. Much prefer it

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ShirleyPhallus · 30/12/2017 10:34

I thought that everyone ends up sitting on their bed, wrapped in a towel, staring at the wall for a good almost hour unless you’re motivated to actually do something else

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