Are these things strange

[Newuser75]

I'm just wanting some other opinions as to whether people find these things appropriate or not.

So my son will often have a quick drink of water out of the tap in the kitchen instead of getting a cup.

He also will sometimes wash his hands in the kitchen sink using washing up liquid then dry them on the tea towel. This may be after being outside or just after eating or whatever.

Are these things disgusting? My husband seems to think so, I'm struggling to see the problem.

[Beezknees]

Sounds perfectly normal to me.

[marbleeffect]

I don't see any problem with either, I always wash my hands with fairy liquid then tea towel!

[JanglyBeads]

Not really but the drinking from the tap could be seen as unhygienic. How old is DS?

[Hufflemuff]

Its a win that he's washing his hands at all to be honest.

Tap thing is a little odd, but I wouldn't mind as long as he wasn't dripping water all over the place. Saves the washing up!

Your husband sounds very high maintenance.

[Newuser75]

He is 11. How could it be unhygienic? I should have said that he will move the washing up bowl if he does have a drink out of the tap.

[Newuser75]

@Hufflemuff

Its a win that he's washing his hands at all to be honest.

Tap thing is a little odd, but I wouldn't mind as long as he wasn't dripping water all over the place. Saves the washing up!

Your husband sounds very high maintenance.

Ha yes sometimes!

[TwoLeftSocksWithHoles]

Not good for me. How old is he?

Perhaps he picked up these habits from your husband?

I hope he won't do this if he ever gets a job in a restaurant!

[PuttingDownRoots]

Can he easily get a glass?
Is there hand soap and hand towel available?

I would find it odd if he couldn't easily do these things.

[Newuser75]

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles

Not good for me. How old is he?

Perhaps he picked up these habits from your husband?

I hope he won't do this if he ever gets a job in a restaurant!

He is 11. Me or my husband don't do either of these things. He doesn't want to work in a restaurant.

[Newuser75]

@PuttingDownRoots

Can he easily get a glass?
Is there hand soap and hand towel available?

I would find it odd if he couldn't easily do these things.

Yes of course he can get a glass. There is soap etc in the bathrooms, this is in the kitchen.

[Banrion]

@Newuser75

He is 11. How could it be unhygienic? I should have said that he will move the washing up bowl if he does have a drink out of the tap.

It's unhygienic because of germs on the tap. To be honest I'm with your husband and would find it strange

[Ohffsbarbara]

Presumably he doesn’t put his mouth around the tap?

Dont see a problem with either - especially the hand washing, what on earth is unhygienic about that?

[PuttingDownRoots]

@Newuser75 if there's no soap in the kitchen, what do other people use in the kitchen, for example after handling raw meat?

[TwoLeftSocksWithHoles]

I think you should stop him doing it and explain why it is not pleasant.

Probably best not to let him see Gordon Ramsey in one of his TV programmes as there is a risk he could go really go overboard!

[MollsDolls]

My eldest does the same. Think it's a boy thing. Possibly laziness tbh

[coxesorangepippin]

Sounds good actually

Water and handwashing

[Newuser75]

@PuttingDownRoots there is hand soap in the kitchen but no separate hand towel. Just tea towels. I didn't know people had actual hand towels in their kitchens!

[Chypre]

Is he in a sports team? Drinking out of tap in changing room is (was?) quite common.

[Newuser75]

@Chypre

Is he in a sports team? Drinking out of tap in changing room is (was?) quite common.

No, only at school and they have water fountains there I believe , which actually when I think about it is just the same as drinking out of a tap so how can one be ok but the other not?

[SevenSeasOfRhye]

As long as he's not sucking the tap, I don't see an issue. Washing up liquid might be a bit drying to the skin in the long term but obviously not bothering him.

[KnickerlessParsons]

@JanglyBeads

Not really but the drinking from the tap could be seen as unhygienic. How old is DS?

In what way can it possibly be unhygienic? 🤔
I do it all the time - saves washing up a glass.

[KnickerlessParsons]

@PuttingDownRoots

@Newuser75 if there's no soap in the kitchen, what do other people use in the kitchen, for example after handling raw meat?

Washing up liquid 😁

[Newuser75]

@SevenSeasOfRhye pretty sure he isn't sucking the tap

[blubberfuzz]

If that's all your husband has to worry about with a close to teenage child then he should be grateful!

[catmomma67]

he's a boy! no more comments or explainations needed.. atleast he's keeping hydrated and is happy to drink what we used to call 'council pop' (water for those unfamiliar with the term) and hes washing his hands... to a boy of 11 soap is soap...