7 yo DD told by teacher she had to share her towel with another girl - AIBU to be unhappy about this?

[VelvetEmbers]

Y3 have just started swimming, and this week it's every afternoon.

Last night DD's towel was so sopping wet it looked like she'd thrown it in the pool. She told me she'd "had to share with Anna" (not her real name). Apparently Anna only had a small towel so the teacher told DD she had to share her larger towel.

Wouldn't have been quite so bad had she dried first and handed it over, but apparently they "both dried together".

Sharing towels is an absolute no-no as far as I'm concerned, for hygiene reasons, but I've been on MN for many years and I know some of my views are odd. I also realise that what a 7 yo reports as the truth can be a different version to that of the teacher. BUT assuming this is what happened, WWYD?

I would chill out

I wouldn't be thrilled but I wouldn't do anything unless it kept happening. It's kind of yuck but kind and kids can be yuck in so many ways.

I'd ask the teacher what happened.

If it happened as your dd described I'd tell the teacher it is not to happen again.

Hygiene?

You're clean when you dry off?

I wouldn't do it as an adult but little kids before puberty with no deodorant needed, yes

It may not be a big deal until someone has scabies or something else that can be passed on.

I wouldn't do anything, as I don't think it's a big deal.

You do need to get a grip. Seriously. Absolutely seriously.

I'd say "how nice of you to share darling" and wash the towel.

I wouldn't care at all. It's a towel, clearly done as a one off because Anna forgot to bring an appropriate towel.

To me it seems as innocuous as asking them to share a pencil.

Id be cross, and i would be politely asking the teacher not to do it again.

I think sharing towels is pretty rank too. I wouldn't even share with my own family members. Can't things like worms and scabies be transferred by towels?

YANBU Urgh!
And worms can get passed on from towels. I would check this really happened and say you don't want it to happen again.
Are you sure DD didn't offer?

I would be freaking out and be having a word with the teacher tomorrow. But I am a bit (a lot?) anal about sharing towels. No sharing of towels in this house and we are related so certainly no sharing out of the house.
Each to their own though

I really hope no harm was done and your daughter didn't pass on anything potentially nasty to Anna. Much Ado About Nothing.

I wouldn't like it and I would request it didn't happen again (after finding out exactly what did happen). It's not like Anna didn't have a towel of her own at all.

We do share towels in my family, but sharing outside the immediate family is a no no.

Maybe your dd misunderstood? Anna had a towel even if it was a "small towel". Maybe it would be best to clarify events with dd's teacher.

I wouldn't do anything. It's not a big deal.

Obviously it isn't something you would want all the time, but surely its as bad as going home in the wrong school jumper or putting the wrong socks on after PE. Really minor.

Must admit I am pretty chilled about most things but I wouldn't like this! I would be saying that I wouldn't want it to happen again

Worms can be passed on in a huge number of ways - holding hands for a start, or sharing toys. Ditto scabies.

It's not great hygenie but not, as a on-off, a big deal either.

I think it is gross but would be too timid to actually raise as an issue with the teacher.

hygenie??? wtf?

I'm not bothered about sharing towels at home though. All towels are fair game in this house.

What do the non towel sharers do about hand towels in the bathroom?

Id be pretty pissed off too. Sharing towels is pretty rank. Would you want your child to wear pre-worn borrowed knickers? And there are lots of things passed on by sharing towels, athletes foot/ringworm, worms...

What do the non towel sharers do about hand towels in the bathroom?

We all have separate towels, and dry our hands on our own towels. Worth pointing out that people tend not to vigorously dry their anus/genitalia on shared hand towels I hope