Step son used my bath towel

[Green0911]

Want to gauge if IABU here.

My and my husband's towels are in the bathroom. Teenage SS keeps his in his room. We each have a hand towel and a bath towel. They all get changed every 3-4 days. When it came to changing them, I realised SS didn't have his towels in his room. He said he'd put them to be laundered a few days before. When I asked him which towels he'd been using in the meantime (he'd showered at least twice during this period), initially he claimed none, then admitted he'd used mine.

I blew a fuse. Couldn't believe he thought this was acceptable. Husband has laughed it off and is accusing me of being dramatic/blowing things out of proportion.

AIBU?

It’s to be hoped you weren’t drying your arse on them.

It’s a bit irritating I grant you and has increased your need to wash towels. Its not really a huge thing though and it is the kind of thing teenagers of both sexes do without thinking.

But you pulled those down to a fresh bit. I don't care about shared hand towels at a friend's place. We use a shared hand towel at home. It's not what I use to dry my body though.

Oh those roller towels were nasty. I reckon they went years without being changed.

I would be furious too. He has a mouth and therefore could have asked for clean towels. I bet he can use that voice when he wants new trainers. For all those saying it doesn't matter, would you want to try yourself on a towel your stepson has dried his penis on ? I sure as hell wouldn't.

No wonder the planet is fucked.

True. But if I was, it would mean I’d just washed it.

I’d keep fuse blowing for something serious like drug use, disrespecting women, stealing cars, mugging old ladies. If the worst thing a teenage lad does is use a towel that’s not his then you’re all very, very lucky.
Yes it’s not the most hygienic but it’s not going to kill you. Better way round would be you keep your towels in your bedroom, teenage boy’s live in the bathroom.

What have I just read?!
You are being ridiculous and completely over the top.

We have towels in the bathroom and anyone can use them. You are being totally ridiculous. Do you think he has cooties or something?

Wow! Your reaction is OTT. Kids/ teenagers can be quite dozy about things like that. You can be teed off if you want, but your response is unpleasant and excessive.

What a weird way of thinking about it. As he’d just stepped out of the shower, his body was clean, anyway.

Really? How does anyone know if he's scrubbed every single inch. Loads of people don't actually wash their legs! They let the water run over them

Yes. But we survived.

Please don't be that stepmum who blows a fuse so easily with the step kids especially over a towel.

Did we though?

Frankly, it wouldn't worry me in the slightest if my teenage step-son used my towel to dry legs that had just had water run over them but not been scrubbed over every single inch!

OP the good news is that if your ss carelessly using your towel is enough of an issue to register on your emotional radar, you don't have any actual real life problems and can be grateful for that.

<Remembers the days when the whole family of four shared one bath towel and a hand towel>

Urgh it would bother me if my husband did that yet alone my stepkids

Even worse for the environment if you are putting them in the dryer. We all have to live on this planet and think of the children who are going to inherit our mess.

This! I have long suspected that I fall far short of Mumsnet standards. Or maybe I'm just normal.

If I was him I’d make a point of running your toothbrush under the tap every morning he’s up before you

Makes them lovely and soft though.

@Nanny0gg people used to share bath water too, with the dad usually being the last one in, and one bath a week! How would some posters have coped with that