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Imagine putting a hand towel back on the rail after being down the toilet!

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curiousitygotthebetterofme · 21/08/2022 20:34

Was washing my hands tonight in the bathroom after I got home and went to dry them on the hand towel that was on the bathroom radiator.

Towel was soaking wet so I just used my own towel to dry my hands, I thought maybe he had dropped it in the sink or something but I didn’t think it would be anything gross.

I went down and asked him if he knew why the towel was so damp and he told me that he had accidentally dropped it down the toilet and had left it there to dry!

I am fuming! I dried my hands with a towel that had been in dirty toilet water! I told him that in future can he maybe leave the towel to dry elsewhere and replace it with a clean towel!! I despair sometimes!

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curiousitygotthebetterofme · 21/08/2022 20:36

Sorry, my head is away, I am referring to DH!

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Penguinfeather781 · 21/08/2022 20:37

Who is “he”? Grown man should have put it in the wash and got a new one.My child would just hang it up, but they have zero common sense and are under ten.

Octomore · 21/08/2022 20:37

Jesus. Is he normally this incompetent in other areas of life? Is this part of a pattern?

If so - what do you see in him?

onepieceoflollipop · 21/08/2022 20:38

That’s lazy and disrespectful I’d be very angry.

DillyDilly · 21/08/2022 20:38

How could you dry your hands on a towel that was soaking wet??? It’s not something to be fuming about really, is it ?

vodkaredbullgirl · 21/08/2022 20:40

Depends if it was before he flushed the loo or after. Still should have put it in the washing basket.

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curiousitygotthebetterofme · 21/08/2022 20:46

DillyDilly · 21/08/2022 20:38

How could you dry your hands on a towel that was soaking wet??? It’s not something to be fuming about really, is it ?

I had already rubbed the towel all over my hands by the time I felt it was damp. It’s a dark coloured towel so I didn’t see the dampness beforehand.

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curiousitygotthebetterofme · 21/08/2022 20:46

vodkaredbullgirl · 21/08/2022 20:40

Depends if it was before he flushed the loo or after. Still should have put it in the washing basket.

It was flushed but even so it disgusts me.

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liveforsummer · 21/08/2022 20:59

If it was flushed the towel was probably still cleaner than the screen of your phone. Obviously he should have put ot straight on the way but it isn't a huge deal

Bangarang · 21/08/2022 21:11

I think your DH was reared the same as mine. He thought nothing of using my best kitchen scissors to chip away at the mega limescale in our manky toilet bowl.

I'd be boke about the towel. It's not that it can't be fixed, it's the fact he thinks that's ok.

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curiousitygotthebetterofme · 21/08/2022 22:51

His justification is that we need exposure to germs to be able to become immune to illnesses!

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ozymandiusking · 23/12/2022 16:28

I'm sure you wouldn't want a wet towel putting in the laundry basket. It would need hanging up to dry before doing that. You neeed to tell him where to hang it to dry first. This obviously depends on your house, ie utility room, radiator in the bedroom,
Just in case this happens again, tell him where.

AreOttersJustWetCats · 23/12/2022 16:30

ozymandiusking · 23/12/2022 16:28

I'm sure you wouldn't want a wet towel putting in the laundry basket. It would need hanging up to dry before doing that. You neeed to tell him where to hang it to dry first. This obviously depends on your house, ie utility room, radiator in the bedroom,
Just in case this happens again, tell him where.

This is why I would put it straight into the actual washing machine. That's what I do with things that are too soaked or too filthy to go in the pub, not hang them up to dry!

AreOttersJustWetCats · 23/12/2022 16:31

Tub, not pub!

thereisonlyoneofme · 23/12/2022 16:43

You said in your post you used your own towel to dry your hands not the wet one, now you say you used the west one ?

thereisonlyoneofme · 23/12/2022 16:43

wet one !

Winterfellismyhome · 23/12/2022 16:44

This is from August. Im sure the towel is dry now

thereisonlyoneofme · 23/12/2022 16:45

Well spotted Winter !

ozymandiusking · 23/12/2022 16:52

We all have diffferent systems. If you put the wet towel in the washing machine does thst mean you are going to wash it straight away, as an item on its own, or are you going to do an actual towel wash there and then.
If it was a coloured towel I wouldn't wash it with a light or white towel wash. To wash it on its own would be very uneconomical, hence my reason to hang it up to dry.

AreOttersJustWetCats · 23/12/2022 20:05

ozymandiusking · 23/12/2022 16:52

We all have diffferent systems. If you put the wet towel in the washing machine does thst mean you are going to wash it straight away, as an item on its own, or are you going to do an actual towel wash there and then.
If it was a coloured towel I wouldn't wash it with a light or white towel wash. To wash it on its own would be very uneconomical, hence my reason to hang it up to dry.

I do an actual towel wash there and then.

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