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About dh using my toothbrush?

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IdentifiesAsASloth · 08/08/2017 20:20

I got a really nice toothbrush for Christmas and gave DH my cast off as it was better than the one he was using.
He lost my cast off a couple of months ago and has been using my fancy new one every day since.
I asked him today when he planned on getting himself another one and he said he'd been planning on just using mine! Angry

I know this is a ridiculous first world problem but aibu to think that's really cheeky? He's drastically reducing the life span of my toothbrush!

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aspoonfulofyourownmedicine · 08/08/2017 21:14

Why don't you buy your DH one for a present this christmas, then he may take the hint that you don't want him to share......... just a thought :)

gamerchick · 08/08/2017 21:15

DH forgot to pack his toothbrush when went went on holiday so we had to share mine
After 2 weeks, the bristles are all frayed and manky, and I'm SURE it's not going as long between charges

I don't have any issue with sharing generally but I'm baffled as to what the hell he is doing when he brushes his teeth to mank up a brush so quickly

You shared an actual toothbrush head? There was no shops? Envy

Tootsiepops · 08/08/2017 21:16

That is a lovely toothbrush. I wouldn't share either.

PuntasticUsername · 08/08/2017 21:18

Ooooooooh.

Now that IS one fine looking toothbrush, I'll grant you.

IloveBanff · 08/08/2017 21:18

insurmuntable but it has separate heads so that family members can share. It's very mean spirited to refuse.

IloveBanff · 08/08/2017 21:21

I have now clicked on the link to see the toothbrush in question. I must be downright angelic because something like that would make me even more willing to share, not less. Halo

CantChoose · 08/08/2017 21:22

I'm going against the grain here, I wouldn't share either.
For years we would buy two the same - a separate unit each but could share a charger.
We've recently started sharing a fancy one that was gifted to us by a dentist friend. I'm not entirely comfortable with it but we couldn't agree whose it would be so are being forced into sharing. If it was a gift just to me DH Would be stuck with the old one I'm afraid - and would have to buy a new one himself if needed.

CantChoose · 08/08/2017 21:25

Oh I've just seen that ours is the same as yours. Not the rose gold though... maybe I should generously let DH have the original one and sneakily get myself a rose gold one to match Wink

TinDogTavern · 08/08/2017 21:26

Fuck me, people pay nearly £300 for a toothbrush? misses point

BMW6 · 08/08/2017 21:32

What the hell..........
Dh and I share the same head
We let our dog lick the plates
We don't have a dishwasher so dogs bowl gets washed after our crockery
I don't ever hoover our matresses
Bedding is changed maybe once every 3 weeks or so (but no longer than 5 weeks I'm pretty sure,,,,)

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IdentifiesAsASloth · 09/08/2017 10:45

Ok a few people agree with me, I am definitely in the right here Wink

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TwoFs · 09/08/2017 11:16

I have the same toothbrush - it's amazing! I tried to get my DH to share (with his own head) since I got it at Christmas but he didn't seem bothered. Until we were on holiday and he'd forgotten to pack his. He couldn't believe how clean his teeth felt after using it. I've been away a few weekends on my own since and he hated going back to his manual toothbrush so I bought him his own. Now there's always one charged up and we share them both.

Skittlesss · 09/08/2017 11:18

That is a nice toothbrush. I think I would be a bit grumpy about sharing, but would still feel like I had to. I would probably make sure he left it pristine after use - like wipe it down with some tissue if water ran down the handle bit, haha.

I'm gagging at the thought of sharing a whole toothbrush though Sad

sparechange · 09/08/2017 15:56

gamerchick

What's weird about sharing a toothbrush for a week?
We snog several times a day. His saliva is fairly well acquainted with mine before toothbrushes come into the equation

HipsterHunter · 09/08/2017 16:00

This. I can't understand why you would faff about trying to keep two charged etc when it's Completely unnecessary.

2 separate toothbrushes stay charged for 2x as long as 1 that 2 people are using ;-)

Also it isn't a faff to charge - just pop it into the charger in the bathroom.

What will you do if only one of you is going away OP? Would he want to take the brush?

I suppose if the life is halved there will be a new more funky one out which you will get the benefit of where as you would have been stuck on your old one.

HipsterHunter · 09/08/2017 16:03

I just feel like as it was one of my main presents and quite expensive, it shouldn't be viewed as 'ours'.

This is the thing - it was a gift to you not a general gift to the both of you.

Maybe for his birthday you could get the both of you something like a coffee machine?

p.s. we don't share tooth brushes in my house

gamerchick · 09/08/2017 16:29

gamerchick
What's weird about sharing a toothbrush for a week?

The fact you even have to ask that tells me no metter what I say you won't see how gross that it. Toothbrushes cost pennies. Swapping saliva through kissing with someone is one thing, scrubbing their gob bacteria into your own gums is something else.

You may as well tell me that you both suck bits out of each other's teeth rather than flossing.... I'll make the same face.

Cailleach666 · 09/08/2017 16:37

No I wouldn't allow it.

My OH would get the handle covered in dirt.
He is a mank merchant.

IloveBanff · 09/08/2017 17:45

Oh gamerchick I actually retched at the last bit of your post.

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IdentifiesAsASloth · 09/08/2017 17:46

He does leave the handle all manky! He changes the colours, leaves it on the setting he likes etc.

I don't feel I am BU. Maybe a little selfish at worst.
I'm buying him a cheap electric brush tonight and he can put up with it. If he wants a fancy one so badly he can ask for one at Christmas like I did.

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sparechange · 09/08/2017 18:08

Ok, then...
Have you got a few ishooos?

ToneDeafHamster · 09/08/2017 18:13

If he used the toothbrush with respect, then it would be a different matter. But it sounds like he doesn't care that it means a lot to you. In which case, he use another one and woe betide he ever touches your fancy toothbrush again!

gamerchick · 09/08/2017 18:57

I've no issues hinny, I buy multipacks of toothbrushes and suck up the extra quid. Then we all have our own Grin

I mean the average toothbrush after 2 weeks of use has the equivalent of a toilet seat of bacteria on it. If you share one, does that mean it's mutant bacteria? I don't even want to ask how often it's changed.

Me brains boggling, just buy another one!

AllToadsLeadToHome · 09/08/2017 19:09

Hide it. I wouldn't share mine, people dribble down handles and don't clean the drool off when they remove the head or look after things that are not their own.

I won't even share my hairdryer because too many of my things get destroyed. I look after my stuff.

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