To think toothbrushes do not belong in a kitchen...

[unlucky83]

My DP has terrible teeth - childhood neglect - and has to brush his teeth a couple of times a day, goes to dental hospital.
I don't think he ever brushes his teeth in the bathroom ...he walks around brushing them - and often leaves toothbrushes in the kitchen - drives me mad - but I am resigned and just chuck any he leaves hanging around (in the cutlery drainer sometimes- yuck) in a drawer he has in there for his things.
He also has his own toothpaste - after much fuming by me - usually cos I've been running late and not being able to find it - he has stopped taking the tube out the bathroom and leaving it in random places around the house.

The other day he came home with an electric rechargeable toothbrush.
Great -that's nice - where are you going to plug it in?

I suggested he could use his bedside single socket - he already has a radio, clock and plugs his netbook in there too - behind his bedside table so a bit of a hassle -but only spare sensible place anyway.

We have a 1960s built house -with the normal shortage of sockets - except in the kitchen refurbished and rewired a couple of years- we have lots of sockets - but really only one spare because we charge our phones/ipods in there ..(I have phone charger holders -so they don't sit on work top)
Got up this morning (he's gone to work) and the toothbrush unit is plugged in in the kitchen - next to the kettle - worse he was showing it to DCs and suggested they might want to use it - DD2 came downstairs to get hers this morning...
AIBU to say no way is it staying there ...toothbrushes don't belong in a kitchen (and we have enough clutter on our worktops anyway)...

Brown - should have made it clearer - he brushes them lots (more than normal people should) - like 5 or more times a day - 30 min (I think) after he eats...has special mouthwashes and toothpaste etc
(Not only was he not made to brush his teeth as a child - but he is a chef - and that is really bad for your teeth cos you are constantly taste stuff)
His gums were knackered - bleeding really badly after he brushed and embarrassed to go to dentist (he had been a year or so before and the dentist said 'oh my god' - took a lot of persuading to get him to go back to be referred to the hospital 5 yrs+ ago)

Off track - he didn't have tooth decay (or bad breath) but still nearly lost his teeth - go to the dentist regularly and take bleeding gums seriously!!!

Chargers - only one is mine! (He has 2 and the radio - dd1 has 1) And the wire on the holders mess up if you keep unplugging them - but I guess he could use one of his own and deal with it!

Liquid - socket shortage is a real real pain isn't it?
We are renovating a house to move in to - have had it rewired - it has eg 4 or 5 double sockets in each bedroom! Even my brother (electrician) was at the amount I wanted ...if we ever get it finished - when we move I'm going to have a bonfire for the double, triple, quadruple adapters/extensions I have to deal with at the moment! (Stupidly decided not to have a shaver socket in the bathroom...but guess I could still get one in - bathroom is still an empty shell at the moment!)

I think you might have your answer there. Get a shaver socket put in the bathroom, give his toothbrush a home there and it might stop him wandering around with it.

My DH went through a bit of a phase of wandering around the bedroom, putting pyjamas on, trying to have a conversation with me etc etc with his toothbrush hanging out of his mouth - he had a set time in his head of how long he had to brush them for and thought he could multitask - I found it really revolting and asked him to stop, it took a while but he doesn't do it anymore.

I would fancy looking at his toothbrush every time I made a cup of tea throughout the day. No real reason, I'd just find it a bit unpleasant.

I keep mine in a pot on the bedroom windowsill as we have an en-suite and I don't want my toothbrush near the toilet. It's mainly behind the curtain so not on view!

A tip for getting children to brush their teeth in the morning was to keep toothbrush in the kitchen so you're not sending them upstairs to do it. Ds has about 5!
But adults toothbrushes in the kitchen is a bit strange

Another solution - I only need to charge my electric toothbrush once a week, they don't have to be permanently plugged into the charger. Can he not just charge when it needs charging, then leave it in the drawer where he keeps his manual toothbrush.

We didn't have a bathroom, so toothbrushes would have been by the only sink in the kitchen so not that strange.

Bathroom much less hygienic, IMO. Our loo is near the sink, yuck.

Mines in the kitchen in a plastic toothbrush holder, so O can keep an eye on baby whilst brushing.