to think that sharing electric toothbrushes is revolting?

[Karrot]

When I went to a friend's house the other day, her daughter (7) was getting ready for bed, so we were all chatting in the bathroom while she was cleaning her teeth. I was to see her pick up a toothbrush head from a glass containing three others (one for each parent and her brother), and attached it to the single electric toothbrush in the bathroom! Her mum explained that they thought buying a toothbrush each was too expensive (they are both in good jobs and not particularly tight for cash) and that it was easier to share. Apparently each toothbrush head has a little coloured ring thingy to tell them apart...???!

Surely that's fine? You don't stick the whole thing in your mouth. It's quite sensible actually.

It's a different head so what's disgusting?

They don't shine the handle in their mouths I assume

Not problem as there is separate heads. It's just the handle they are sharing

Shove*

That is totally normal behaviour.

Why is that revolting? The handle bit doesn't go in your mouth.

My parents did this with us as kids. Can't see the issue.

Surely that is the point of them having interchangeable heads?
Or are we doing it wrong for all these years?

But we have two, one in use and one on charge!

why on earth is it revolting if each uses a different head? we do this, they do have coloured rings. it's very simple.

It's a different head! Really struggling to see the issue here?

Yes, that's what we do. Though each head is kept in its own container.

Why is it revolting? I share one with DH. Can't see how it would be revolting.

So they're just sharing the battery part, not the bristles?
How is that revolting?

And the problem is...?

I expected something different but this situation seems perfectly ok.

YABU and a bit dramatic

Btw, apart from being cheaper, it's also more environmentally friendly. Why the need for three separate batteries?

Weird and YABU. In what way, shape or form is it revolting?

DH and I do this, different heads with little coloured rings and neither of us licks the handle! We do snog though with tongues and everything!

I also share a water bottle with my DS while out a bit of germ sharing builds the immune system (I don't always drink from things after he has had them as he is 3 and backwashes and I'd rather not have textured water).

I've never seen it before! Never occurred to me... It is just the battery bit, not the bristle, but is just all that toothpastey dribble going down the handle and then the next person using it.....

thats the whole point surely?

We have four electric toothbrushes but I often forget to charge them and one or two will run out.

Switching your own toothbrush head to someone elses base is common here.

The only thing your post made me think was what a bloody brilliant idea and I wish i'd thought of it before forking out for 4!

We share as well, I thought that was the point and sometimes we remember to wipe the dribbley bits off

We also share a flannel here

I think i'd be a bit of a hypocrite for damning someone for sharing a toothbrush base.

It isn't the germs so much as the caked on white toothpaste. But I'm clearly a very unhygenic electric toothbrush user. I don't think any of you would want to share mine....;-)