Aibu to share a toothbrush?

[Tuthbrush]

Now before you sling me in the stocks and throw fruit at me.

I don’t mean the bit that goes in your mouth.

DH and I share the handle of an oral B IO10. He has his separate heads and I have mine, stored separately and the handle is cleaned after each use. No tooth paste slime anywhere. My sister has been over tonight and when she came out of the loo asked why there was one toothbrush so I explained and she said we were mingers.

are we manky??
no I’m not a troll I’m mortally embarrassed that I might be the grossest person known to grace mankind

Yabu to share get your own base each
YANBU to share the base only of an electric toothbrush

That’s standard practise, hence the coloured rings on the heads.

see that was my thinking too!!

We are right, ask your sister if the dental hygienist replaces their equipment for each client🦷

It used to be how they were advertised - one electric handle and a row of four heads with different coloured rings on a stand.

Absolutely fine.
If you really want to gross your sister out tell her there are people (me) who even share the whole toothbrush for a day or two when they are travelling.

Ask your sister her thoughts on kissing (obviously with tongues for the purpose of this discussion) and… shock, horror… oral sex.

It's literally designed that way. Imagine you have a family of 4 and have four handles and chargers lined up on the bathroom counter, there wouldn't be room for anything else.

Each to their own I guess but to me, the entire toothbrush is a personal item and we all have our own in my house.

It’s quite literally the purpose of having the heads with different colour rings.

Aren’t the parts that go in the mouth detachable and sterilised after each use? Actually, if they aren’t ignore me because I really want to believe they are.

I agree with everyone else, it’s normal because that’s why they have the coloured rings.

We don’t do it here though. I have a separate bathroom and the kids would find a way to make it an argument if they shared.

Those who share - what do you do when someone is away? Do you use manual toothbrushes for travel?

God I must be stupid. I thought the coloured rings were just a fun decoration 😂

I personally wouldn’t but if you’re fine with it, why worry?

However I buy non branded replacement heads that aren’t colour coded so we each have our own handset. And what happens if one of you goes away for a few days?

Yes although the equipment is reused for patients, they are thoroughly sterilised between each use so not really a comparison.

When someone is away, they take the “travel toothbrush”. We have a cheap generic electric toothbrush body which charges from a standard phone charger and uses the same heads as our normal toothbrush. Don’t want to risk losing our more expensive, branded brush. The idea that each person needs their own toothbrush body is pure marketing rubbish.

Phew! Thank you

We have our own because we prefer different brands, but it’s normal practice. I wouldn’t think twice. I’d totally draw the line at sharing the head tho, second hand bits of old food and plaque makes me feel nauseous!

Yeah I think that’s perfectly normal to do. We have separate though as we have our own bathrooms and I couldn’t be bothered either the faff of fetching it each time.

Haha, DP and I share full toothbrushes more often than not. OP's sister would collapse.

Thats what the coloured rings are for, or on the newer ones the little picture. We just use the same head, we’re both too lazy to change it twice a day.

I meant the actual electrical equipment used by hygienist. Not difficult to work out

We used to do that by dh was crap at keeping it clean and we had no sensible place for the brushes so I got myself another one.

Sounds like a faff to switch heads every time, but it’s absolutely fine.

If my toothbrush is flat, I’ll use my husband’s, including the head, and vice versa. 🤷‍♀️

Voted YANBU in error. No, one handle makes sense although I would buy two so I didn't have to swap heads.

That's the point being made by the person you've replied to - threy only have one "handle" but put a sterilised head on for each patient. Like with the OP'S toothbrush.