Do you have a separate towel?

[Flower777]

My husband is using my en suite this week because we have a guest. Every morning he uses ‘my’ towel which obviously means it’s wet when I want to use it which is irritating.

I just told him that I was annoyed that he just uses ‘my’ towel and he said ‘it’s a family towel. I don’t think people have separate his and hers towels’

Surely they do? I thought it was basic good hygiene practice to have a designated towel?

I know, I know, first world problem! But This has come up before and it pisses me off when he takes my towel!

We all have seperate towels here. The kids are colour coded so they know which is theirs.

Ours are the same colour but I put mine on one side of the heated towel rail and dh's are on the other side.

I have sensitive skin with mild flare ups so would hate to use other people's towels so assume the family feel the same and we have separate towels.

I do all the washing so its my choice to do extra laundry.

We have separate towels here too, they’re all colour coded. DH is orange, I’m grey and DS is yellow.

The towels we use are guest towels, lightweight cotton and 30 x 20cms so not really any different to washing a bath sheet once a week to washing the guest towels every use. I just don't want to dry my face with the same towel that I dried my fanny on the day before. I also do lots of things to try to help the environment @PetrichorRain

Semi separate. They are all one stock but one put out they become "his" and "mine" until washed. They are all identical and once they've been washed at 90 I don't care whether it was his last time but we don't share in between washes.

I use the downstairs bathroom and have towels I use. I never expected ds and dh to share towels but they do and I’ve never said anything since it means me washing less towels! Ds once remarked the towels smelled and I said well take a fresh one, then, I’m not stopping you!
He did but they continue to use the same towels...

Separate towels and different colours so there’s never a mix up!

Jojo, I have a small face and hair towel and a bigger body towel. Job done, no fanny-face.

Absolutely separate towels but I'm not a MNetter who washes it after every use

For those thinking it’s ok to share used towels, have a read

www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/molluscum-contagiosum/symptoms-causes/syc-20375226

kidshealth.org/en/parents/impetigo.html

This article is pretty gross. Time and time, sharing towels is listed as a culprit in spreading these skin conditions between people.

www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/ss/slideshow-contagious-rashes

We were on holiday last week and our bedroom had an en-suite with one hook on the back of the door and one hook on the back of the bedroom door. Dp couldn’t for the life of him work out which of us was using which hook leading to him using mine
Absolutely gross, I watch that man towel dry himself every morning and almost flosses his arse crack with the towel. I do not want to be rubbing that arsey bit of towel on my clean face ever!
As a side note, en-suites are also gross - it’s like having someone shitting in the wardrobe next to the bed

Thing is, if DP had one of these illnesses and we didn't know, I would also likely catch it from kissing, sharing a bed etc. It just doesn't seem like a big deal

Always had separate towels. Ugh to even think otherwise.

We have our own towels. I also have my own face flannel, fanny flannel and foot flannel.
When the kids lived at home they also had their own towels.
I usually wash them once a week.

Adorethebeach.....those articles say you shouldn't share towels while you have those particular infections. Doesn't say you shouldn't share if there's no infection though.

Separate towels always. I know a family who used to use the same towel between mum, dad, DD & DS. Kids were only little but the parents🤦

Colour coded here. Mine are white😊

Why don't the posters talking about drying their face with a towel used to dry a bum just use a separate towel for their face?

Surely when you step out of the shower you want to wrap a bath towel around you not dry your face on it first?

Me and DH have shared towels for almost 40 years and not caught anything off the other.

We don't have separate towels but we do wash towels after every use. I grew up with family towels, I just don't see it as a big deal.

I swap bodily fluids on a regular basis with my husband why would I get prissy about sharing a towel? Towels aren't damp as they're hung up on the radiator to dry or slung over the banister.

We have loads of them and they get washed every few days so it's not like they're breeding grounds for germs.

No separate towels here! And we definitely don’t wash after every use either.

Now I’m going to blow your mind but I even on a few occasions have had my DHs penis in my mouth😱😱😱

@DameDiazapam & HappySpud.
I often take my DH Penis in my mouth after its been up my arse, but i still wouldn't want to use his dead skin flaked, pube laden soggy towel.

Well I was going to explain why I don’t have a separate face towel (not enough towels basically).

But that seems a little too vanilla for where the thread is now going

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We have colour coded towels ie. blue DD1 purple DD2 etc.
This was done so I knew who to fine for towels left on bathroom floor when they were young. Just continued now they are grown.
$1 fine per towel on floor stopped that behaviour pretty quickly by the way 😁

‘Family toweks’ Several kids and parents sharing towels is bloody grim. Share what ever you like with your partner, but don’t inflict that on your kids fgs.