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TowelQuestion · 2023-05-14T14:15:19+00:00

Sorry all - I've posted here for traffic! Do you use the same towel for all areas of your body (face, feet, general body area, genitals, bum) when you have a shower/bath or not? If you do, how often do you wash them?

HironsBirons · 15/05/2023 08:28

tallcypowder · 14/05/2023 18:10

How do you keep on top of the washing and drying? Not to mention the ultility cost.

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Whack a load in the washing machine and dryer every day. Haven’t really noticed utility bills going up much.

Justontherightsideofnormal · 14/05/2023 19:07

Hair towel. And body towel, I also use a fan heater to dry my roll on deodorant. My towel gets washed maybe every 5 days, unless I've left it screwed up if this is the case and it's still damp then I either give it a quick tumble or get a new one.

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TowelQuestion · 14/05/2023 19:00

savoycabbage · 14/05/2023 18:39

*Nobody is being mean or rude.

Just highlighting that it really doesn't matter*

So, just like most of the threads then? I've been on MN for nearly two decades and I've seen many a repeated question but there is no need to criticise people for asking questions that 'don't matter'.

Thank you! I did try looking but couldn't find them, I obviously didn't look properly as many seem to know it's been asked before 🙈

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SliceOfCakeCupOfTea · 14/05/2023 19:00

I climb out the shower, wrap my body in a bath sheet (hair towel thingy for hair) and then sit on the edge of the bed contemplating my life, slurping my coffee for about half an hour then I get dressed and blast my hair with a hair dryer.

So towels really just act as the barrier between my arse and my bed

kingtamponthefurred · 14/05/2023 18:40

At Tampon Towers we have separate bathrooms for each section of the body, with a set of colour coded towels in each.

savoycabbage · 14/05/2023 18:39

*Nobody is being mean or rude.

Just highlighting that it really doesn't matter*

So, just like most of the threads then? I've been on MN for nearly two decades and I've seen many a repeated question but there is no need to criticise people for asking questions that 'don't matter'.

pecantoucan · 14/05/2023 18:37

thenightsky · 14/05/2023 18:21

But washing two towels every day will give you two wet towels hanging around the house anyway. If you don't wash them, you just have two slightly damp towels instead, which are much quicker to dry. 🙄

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I can only imagine that poster tumble dries them and must have money to burn

SchoolShenanigans · 14/05/2023 18:37

Same towel for all of the body and shock partner and I share one! I figure we're clean having just gotten out of the shower.

kitsuneghost · 14/05/2023 18:35

Yes and we both use the same towel for about a week. Nothing bad has happened.

Calmdown14 · 14/05/2023 18:34

I normally dry my face and shoulders with the hair towel.

I don't really see it matters which way the main towel goes.

TheGoogleMum · 14/05/2023 18:22

1 body towel, 1 hair towel (microfiber). I reuse a few times, not a set amount just when i think its had enough use. I don't really towel dry my face just let it air dry. I just wrap body towel around me I don't rub it into my bum or whatever you're worried about!

thenightsky · 14/05/2023 18:21

HironsBirons · 14/05/2023 17:31

Fresh bath sheet and hand towel for my hair every day. I don’t want soggy towels hanging all over my house every day. 😷

But washing two towels every day will give you two wet towels hanging around the house anyway. If you don't wash them, you just have two slightly damp towels instead, which are much quicker to dry. 🙄

Bathroomlove · 14/05/2023 18:14

@TowelQuestion

I use a towel for my face then my hair, another for the rest of my body. One goes on the bed and I 'air dry' for a while (I have fatigue & need to lay down for a bit after I have a shower). I use them about 3 times before they get washed, depending on the weather as I prefer to line dry.

my friend uses a small travel towel, but I like to wrap my towel around me!

Ffsmakeitstop · 14/05/2023 18:14

One towel for everything and washed when I think about it. And shock horror three of us use it.
I remember my mil on the rare occasions she stayed with us having 3 flannels and the kids asking me why? That could have been mortifying but at least they asked me and not her.

tallcypowder · 14/05/2023 18:10

HironsBirons · 14/05/2023 17:31

Fresh bath sheet and hand towel for my hair every day. I don’t want soggy towels hanging all over my house every day. 😷

How do you keep on top of the washing and drying? Not to mention the ultility cost.

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TowelQuestion · 14/05/2023 18:10

Glad my question has entertained some of you on this rainy Sunday evening (at least where I am) 🙂 have lovely evenings! ✌🏻

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TowelQuestion · 14/05/2023 18:08

2chocolateoranges · 14/05/2023 18:05

I have a hand towel I use to dry hair and my face and a bath towel for the west of my body. They get used 3 times then washed.

Thank you 😊

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2chocolateoranges · 14/05/2023 18:05

I have a hand towel I use to dry hair and my face and a bath towel for the west of my body. They get used 3 times then washed.

PinkButtercups · 14/05/2023 18:04

Allwelcone · 14/05/2023 17:52

I'm double jointed so I actually use my arse to dry my face?

🤣🤣

LookOutBandits · 14/05/2023 18:03

That's a bit grim
How very dare you! My EYFS class love this song.

louderthan · 14/05/2023 18:00

AnyMucca · 14/05/2023 17:39

Heads, shoulders, arse and mouth, arse and mouth.

Brilliant.

louderthan · 14/05/2023 17:59

I just roll around outside in a pile of straw.

Allwelcone · 14/05/2023 17:52

I'm double jointed so I actually use my arse to dry my face?

pecantoucan · 14/05/2023 17:40

AnyMucca · 14/05/2023 17:39

Heads, shoulders, arse and mouth, arse and mouth.

That's a bit grim

AnyMucca · 14/05/2023 17:39

Heads, shoulders, arse and mouth, arse and mouth.