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To put a lock on the Hot Press?????

43 replies

Indulgingmum · 02/10/2015 14:50

We have 4 kids, my teenage son and daughter shower at least once a day. On training days which are three times a week they shower twice. My daughter uses 3, yes 3 towels for each shower. One for her hair, one wrapped around her and one over her shoulders. Despite me asking repeatedly that they use the towels more than once, they continue to dump wet towels on the floor and so need new ones each time they shower. I don't have time to chase after them to hang towels to dry and come the winter it will be a nightmare trying to dry all those towels! So my suggestion, is to put a lock on the door of the hot press, which is where we keep the clean towels. Is that unreasonable????

OP posts:
TheSkiingGardener · 02/10/2015 14:52

Of course that's not unreasonable! Blimey do they think they live in a towel factory!!!!

Justbatteringon · 02/10/2015 14:54

Go for it. Although I do remember as a teenager being horrified when dm told me towels could be used more than once.

Or get them designated towels that are kept in their rooms and are either to be washed by themselves or only collected for washing once a week.

cailindana · 02/10/2015 14:54

You should not be doing laundry for teenagers. Put towels for yourself in your room, let them do as they please sith the towels in the hot press (nice to hear that Irish phrase!)

Toastedteacakewithbutter · 02/10/2015 14:54

YANBU Give them their towels to keep in their rooms, and lock the door. Tell them it's their responsibility to hang them up to dry if they don't want to reuse a wet towel off the floor, and you will wash them at the weekend.

wigglesrock · 02/10/2015 14:56

My mum used to guard our hotpress like it was the biscuit tin when we were teenagers Smile. No YANBU, mind you we reuse towels all the time.

Tarzanlovesgaby · 02/10/2015 15:01

yabu
put her on laundry duty for the forseeable.
if she doesn't do it deduct the cost of a service wash from her pocket money.

Katinkka · 02/10/2015 15:50

What is a hot press ?

NadiaWadia · 02/10/2015 15:53

airing cupboard I think?

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 02/10/2015 15:56

Press - irish for cupboard. Hot cupboard - airing cupboard.

I rhink getting/giving them own towels that they are responsible for. Is the way forward. I had my own towel even if it was ontge wash my mam would give me a spare out of the hot press.

Katinkka · 02/10/2015 15:57

Ok. What makes the cupboard hot then? I have a cupboard but no heat source in it.

howtorebuild · 02/10/2015 15:59

Ah, hot press that takes me back. Smile Airing cupboard is the English.

PseudoBadger · 02/10/2015 15:59

DP is from NI and the first time he spoke of the 'hot press' I had no idea what he was on about. I thought he was saying hot place; when I found out it was the airing cupboard I thought that 'hot place' fitted pretty well. Nothing is pressed in there...?

IceCreamBandit · 02/10/2015 15:59

Buy them a bath robe each.

JellyBabiesSaveLives · 02/10/2015 15:59

Katinkka - it's hot if it has the hot water tank in it. Warm, anyway.

Own towels is the way to go.

Original poster
Indulgingmum · 02/10/2015 16:00

Phew! Was half thinkin I'd log on again and be told I'm a dirty minger for making them use towels more than once! Ok. I'm going to go with two bath sheets each and two hand towels. For the teenagers. I'll wash and dry at weekends only! Thanks for the advice.

PS. Sorry for the "Hot Press" yes it means Airing Cupboard. Right I'm away for a big fade feed soiam! Wink ??

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howtorebuild · 02/10/2015 16:01

We're you born in the age of combi boilers Katin?

Katinkka · 02/10/2015 16:04

I'm 37. The water tank in our cupboard was massive. No room for towels and stuff besides it. As I remember anyway. At my house now the combi boiler is in the loft.

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 02/10/2015 16:06

Yeah the hot water tank is generally the source of heat, which makes it a good place to finish drying or warm clothes which is why it's called an airing cupboard in English.
It's weird cos I've grown up both sides of the the sea cupboard and press are interchangeable but why is it press?!

whois · 02/10/2015 16:11

Buy everyone two towels, colour coded to them. So they can always have a clean one, and one to wash. Make them responsible for ensuring they have a clean, dry, towel.

Buy your DD two special head towels, much smaller to wash and much easier to keep ok your head.

But really, how on earth have you created such towel monsters??? They didn't just wake up like this.

NadiaWadia · 02/10/2015 16:13

'press' is a bit of a strange word. Could it be that they used to be bigger and that that's where people would press/iron their clothes?

Mind you, 'cupboard' doesn't make much sense either. 'cup-board' - you don't have to keep cups in there!

Sgtmajormummy · 02/10/2015 16:13

The Irish version of Melody Maker or NME used to be called "Hot Press"!
Absolutely BRILLIANT GrinGrinGrin

LisbethSalandersLaptop · 02/10/2015 16:13

'Hot Press' lol my dad used to say that

Katie2001 · 02/10/2015 16:13

In the 'olden days', they stored linen in a container which had a heavy, sometimes screwed down lid, to flatten it. Hence press, which became a name for linen storage cupboards, too, and I guess transferred itself to an airing cupboard, or hot press.

NadiaWadia · 02/10/2015 16:15

Thanks for the explanation Katie

Tarzanlovesgaby · 02/10/2015 16:20

I don't have wars in my wardrobe either

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