To wash bath towels after every use

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Is this normal? I'm constantly washing towels.

I do 38 washes per week.

My washing machine is on all the time

I do two, sometimes three, washes per week (two adults here).

that is a preposterous amount of washing unless someone in your home has suppressed immunity or somesuch. I take it you don't work as I don't see that someone working, even part time, would have enough spare time on their hands to process that much laundry.

sorry, that was to Oliver, not Pink!

towel hooks on door
each person has their own hook.

hand towels are changed every other day, but they get a lot of use by everyone.

I wash mine after every use. I hate the thought of used towels but I do have ocd and drive dp up the wall for example by washing a pair of jeans after each wear.
Dd1 has her own towel which is washed once a week and hung on the bathroom radiator to dry between uses. The baby I use a clean towel each bath time as she’s only tiny. Dp has his own and will stick it in the wash when he thinks it needs it, I’d rather not think of when that is - not envy.
Kitchen and bathroom hand towel’s are changed daily

Fucking hell @oliver even me, with the child so obsessed with washing machines it takes over the majority of his waking moments, don't do that many washes! I do 7 a week, sometimes 8/9 if we've had a mucky day

Honestly, this thread! People showering 10 times a week and using hand towels to dry. People that wash towels daily or not till they smell. People that don’t dry certain body parts with certain towels. Families sharing towels..

A bath sized towel each.
Washed weekly.
Used to dry all body parts.

that is a preposterous amount of washing unless someone in your home has suppressed immunity

Yes they do. Dp has cancer and no spleen

Ok I am taking on board that it's ridiculous and bad for the environment and vowing to change my ways. But its AIBU so I might get told that a hundred more times of course

kind of pertinent to your 38 washed a week, then Oliver - why not mention it? It also means that your exceptional circumstances mean your situation is not really relevant to this thread.

I'm sorry about your DP, that sounds dreadful.

I can't help it, I just cannot use a towel more than once (after a shower.)

With every respect, Newnamefor this, of course you can help it. It's incredibly easy.

I wash after every use. I think your drying your personal areas on this towel, do you really want to be using it again to dry other areas again?

Why, don't you wash properly, @WhentheSkyFalls?

I'm getting flashbacks of that weird couple in the League of Gentlemen who have color-coded towels for different parts of the body.

"White for hands, brown for feet, green for torso, thighs and seat. In the cupboard 'neath the stair, you'll find a red one for pubic hair..."

Exactly RiverTam
Oliversmumsarmy clearly wanted to be asked though..

I wash mine after Every use... that's because my lot put them on the floor after they've used them and they get soaked. Plus my hair towel is usually sopping.

Wouldn't just be easier (and a lot cheaper) to make sure that your family members hang them up again?

How on earth does a towel get sopping after hair washing? Mine doesn't, and I have long hair. And even if it does, so what? It's sopping just after it's been washed, does that mean you have to wash it again?

Also, if you still had twin-tub washing machines you wouldn't be changing your towels daily either (except in special circumstances)

I have always done that much washing.

I also did that much washing whilst holding down a business.

why? Because that seems to me to be almost into OCD territory. In the absence of that or someone ill in the household, I fail to see the reason for it. And my machine takes 2-3 hours a load (quick washes being very uneconomical/environmental and thus a waste of time) so working full time I couldn't do that many a week.

It would be great if you could respond in more than single sentences as well, if you are actually interested in discussing this.

So if you've always done that much washing it's not really relevant that your husband has cancer and no spleen?
Why would you need to do 38 loads a week?

River- why are quick washes un-environmental? Surely having the washing machine on for a shorter time is better- uses less water and less electricity!

THIS IS GREAT
We have our own towels as well.
Mine get washed once a week (if they are lucky)

How can any normal household need to do 38 washes a week? What on earth is there to wash?