How old were your children when ...

[roisin]

... they stopped wiping their filthy, sticky, grubby hands on their trousers?! Boys obviously. It drives me bonkers.

They will be 8 and 10 this year, and still do it. We have napkins at every mealtime, and they still do it.

my ds is only 18mo, but I think the answer you're looking for is about 46

I think Squonk is being a bit optimistic there, TBH!

ds 12 still does it.Dp 29 still does occasionally, so does my dad almost 60 unsure it ever stops.Actually worse when older and gardening or working on cars etc.

I have no problem with my DS's wiping their hands on their trousers - it's when they leave hand marks on the walls I want to scream.

oh gee that's encouraging
Thanks a lot everybody!

my dh is 41 and still does it.filthy bugger

ds is nearly 10 and still does it
Just buy stain coloured clothes

my girls do this too

DS2 will be 14 this month and still does it (and not only on his trousers, the furniture gets hammered too )

Mind you so do I

My boys ( 8 and 7) still do it

my children wipe their hands on the sofa Roisin, which is worse, surely?

Oh yes, I think the sofa is worse. We don't eat in the living room though, so the sofa doesn't get too much of a hammering. The walls going up the stairs are filthy though.

DP is 37, the thighs of his trousers are splattered in glue/silicone/paint. I keep shredding old towels and sheets for him to use at work, but it seems i should be shredding his trousers for him to wipe his mucky fingers on.

erm... mine are 18 & 14

i can offer you no solice

except this.

teac them how to use the washing machine.

Ah well we don't eat in the living room either except that my children eat everywhere (well, not allowed upstairs, but they would if they could).