Do you know anyone who considers a wet sink ' messy ' ?

[perfumeri]

And has to wipe it dry after each use ? We are talking kitchen sink, as well as bathroom sink ?

Are you like this ?

My mother is like this and it drives me insane, as she gets mad if you haven't completely dried the sink after each use.

Of course, food in the sink is gross. A dirty sink is gross, but a sink with just some left over water drops in it ? It's a bit much, surely ?

Or is this a common thing ?

Well that's a different situation entirely in that case.

It takes 2 seconds with a tea towel to just wipe around the kitchen sink when you've finished washing up.
Drying a shower or bath after every use is a different level entirely!

Oh yes Twillow Method shower spray is briliant. I picked this tip up from Mumsnet a while ago. Definitely recommend it to others.

I dry around the sink but not at the bottom. It drains away in seconds. But I do dry the shower. I use the window vacuum on the sides and the bottom. Takes no time at all

I'm sure I read an interview with a famous artist , maybe a rapper, once who said that if his date didn't dry off the sink after use then that was the end of any relationship. I thought how strange. Now it seems like other people think the same 😁

My mum and dad are like this! I have no idea how they both worked full time and raised 5 kids. No idea.

Or a dishwasher.

Depends on if my kitchen sink is 114, 120 or 122 grade stainless steel.
I've never dried any sink, bath or shower.
Nor am I ever likely to.

You'll be telling me next that emptying and drying the inside of the kettle after each use is the norm next!

My MIL was like this. I had no idea, as a clueless 20-year-old, that this was a thing, and thought I'd get brownie points for offering to help with the washing up. Nope. Same deal with plumping up the sofa cushions before going to bed. I thought clearing everything up was sufficient. It was not. She thought her son had brought home a slattern. I'm not sure she ever changed her mind about that, because she often called round to find my sink shamefully wet.

I love you

I would consider myself as house proud, but drying the sick, bath or shower tray is just another level of madness. Vice them a good clean and rinse, but that’s it no drying at my house.

2 seconds several times a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks of the year, over a lifetime = too fucking long 😆

No. Life's too short, and it's more hygienic to rinse it round and leave it to air dry anyway.

Stainless steel sinks shouldn't need a polish all the time.

Sounds like an episode of Four in a Bec 😂 Seriously, DH wipes micro drops in sink area after fruit is rinsed. I’ve learnt to wipe them up myself as I only use max one piece of kitchen paper not min two

For those that do this, is the cloth used to dry the sink washed each time?
Not something I have ever done however I can't imagine reusing a cloth that was used to dry a sink. So guessing for those who do this must be a lot of clothes in laundry.

But she is lovely so I comply.

I didn't even know this was a thing OP.

It’s good to know the long journey of humanity from the cave-dwelling times has led us to a fittingly significant destination

No the silicone and grout around them will if left unclean and wet will over a period of time and also the soap scum needs to be washed off

I had a very brief relationship with someone like that. If we had coffee in the evening the cups and spoons had to be washed and dried before bed. Then the sink was washed and dried with a special sink cover put over it. Life's too short for that shit.

He also dried the bath and shower after use but had the grottiest flannel he used to wash himself that never got washed.

This thread is eye-opening.

We don't have a dishwasher, so our ancient stainless steel sink always has a stainless steel washing up bowl in it, neither of which ever get dried after use. Cleaned inside and out at the end of each day, but dried? Never. Our sink is used throughout the day ‐food and drink preparation, plant watering, laundry prep, accessing water for cleaning other parts of the house, art and craft etc. It would need drying so frequently.

Good news is, the sink is 20 years old at least, and whoever implied that stainless steel in particular was somehow in definite need of drying, was wrong.

Me neither!

MN is quite educational for the weird and wonderful. Not that this thread is THAT W&W just a bit odd and unnecessary

Drying the sink? Umm no, it's a sink it's pretty waterproof

Our shower is over the bath, so I do do a quick wipe round the edges and side after a shower.

We have a grey plastic washing up bowl in our sink, so you can’t see if it is wet.

My MIL! You're not allowed to use the kitchen sink at all for this reason - display purposes only. All the action happens in the utility room where the dishwasher is. I've forgotten a few times and filled a glass of water/the kettle. She dives right in with a tea towel... I think it's unusual.