Do you use the same bath towel with your hubby or other family memebers?

@Bebs08 (10681)
United States
May 27, 2009 11:35am CST
I don't!! I have my own bath towel and my hubby has his too. Even when we travel, we have different towels and face towel. We do share soap but towels? nope!! Even when I was yet single, I don't want to share my towel to anybody. If i saw somebody using it, even if my sister? i will give it to her. I will not use them anymore. I don;t know why I don;t like it? What about you? do you share towels to anybody in your household? just interested to know your views about this.
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@UK_Shree (3603)
29 May 09
At home all the members of my family do use separate towels although sometimes when my partner stays round we end up sharing my one if I can't manage to get my hands on a clean spare one. I admit, I do prefer having my own seperate towel but I am not too fussed about sharing if we have to.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
Well, in an emergency case, I might have to share but normally? I want to use my own and I don't like anybody using it.
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
29 May 09
Hello Bebs. Each one of my family has his own towels to use. We don't share. I think that it is a good habit for one to use his or her own for the sake of hygiene.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
Exactly right!! even the kids should be taught to use their own towel for the sake of hygiene.
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
28 May 09
Hi Bebs, we don’t use the same the towel in our family. My husband and my son as well as I have our own respective bath towels. Yeah, we share only the same bar soap, but not the face and bath towel. But at the moment we use mostly the bath shower cream. We are used to have our own bath towel since childhood. We would feel uneasy and uncomfortable as well to use the others’ towel, even to use either my husband or my son’s bath towel. I think it’s more hygienic and healthy to use one’s owns bath towel. We possess our favorite colors and designs bath towels respectively so we could distinguish our own towel easily Happy posting
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
28 May 09
Yeah, my husband likes the thin type with different colors of stripes on it. He says that the thin one is easier for him to dry his inner ear parts lol ... I love the thick and plain color ones which could absorb water well and dry my body efficiently. My son always feels happy with whatever bath towel I offer him, for he is not a picky person in using bath towel. He will feel happy and content as long as he could enjoy warm water shower. Thanks for awarding the best response
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
28 May 09
Oh!! that's great.. different designs of our choice in order to distinguish our towels? that is cool!!
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@sanuanu (11235)
• India
28 May 09
Let me see, My father, brother and I use same towel, while my mum and my sister use another two. So, all in all we use 2 towels. My father always asks for another for me but I say that it is just a waste. It is okay if you dont' like sharing your towel because my sister and my mum are just like you, they don't want to share their towel with even us(men) LOL!
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
hahah that is another thing.. it's women's private thing.. Well, I don't want to share towel much more if the towel is wet? I don't like to use it.
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@sanuanu (11235)
• India
29 May 09
I even don't want to use a wet towel at all. I mean how can a towel serve a purpose of drying me, if it is wet itself!
@liviurus (190)
• Romania
28 May 09
with my wife yes! same skin, same everything (only toothbrush different) my kid has his own towel and everything else. different skin, anatomy,... when i was young i would share some of the things with my brother or even some relatives (clothes, mostly) but being such a weirdo...sorry... I guess you do not touch each other?
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
Well, with clothes, I don't mean sharing... but I will wear second hand. It is different from sharing.. because sharing means, you use it today then others use it tomorrow then the next day you will use it again and the process go on and on... I don't like to have a common thing with others specially towel.
@liviurus (190)
• Romania
29 May 09
Why? Do you know that human mouth has the most bacteria in the hole world? Or your foot? So... If you keep away from those things, someday you'll catch something nasty that you should normally be used to, but your immune system was weakened and untrained. And the others are also humans...believe me, in a hotel won't enter some very ill person, or whatever, used and rotten towels will be in a dumpster or in some poor home, which you will never get in touch with. So this phobia is useless, maybe I and you are more sick and contagious then other and we complain about used towels from a healthy person. Everything is relative!
@4u2enjoy (300)
• Malaysia
27 May 09
I won't mind if the person using happens to be my siblings or my girlfriend. But we all are using our own towels. There are times that i just need to use their towels.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
28 May 09
Well, if it is an emergency, that would be fine but if it is usual habit? I don't like it.
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
27 Sep 09
Yes i do share a towel with my parents and i don't see any problem with that as they don't have any bad habits .
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
5 Oct 09
Well, maybe you are still teen ager hahah that is why there is no problem with you sharing towels with your parents. But the older you get the more you want privacy even with your own things like towels.
@flagella08 (5065)
• Philippines
29 May 09
it's definitely a no-no to me. i don't wanna smell others' smell. my husband also just leave his towel on the table. i always remind him of that.that caused us trouble sometimes. my kid has also his towel of his own.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
Me too, I don't want to have a common used towel in the house. Each of us has his own towel.
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@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
28 May 09
We are a family of four. And each of has our own towel. Even my 5 month old. I think it is more sanitary that way.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
Correct!! I agree with that.
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
28 May 09
No, I don't share towels with anybody, all of our family members have our own towels, we all don't like share towels. It is just a thing that gross to share with I don't know why either :-p
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
hahahah me too? I don't know why I don't feel good using towel used by others? hahaha much more if it is still wet? yuck!!
@mimiang (3760)
• Philippines
3 Jun 09
I use my husband's towels because it is big.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
10 Jun 09
hahaha that's cool!!! We also have big towel bu I am the one using it. We have different towels to use.
@phyrre (2317)
• United States
27 May 09
We share towels. We only have a handful of towels and no washing machine, so we would go through them too fast if we were using separate towels. :)
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
28 May 09
Well, you can hang your towel every after use, you don;t need to wash it all the time. I am not washing my towel every after use. I just hang them dry and use it again like 3-4 times. so no problem of washing.
• United States
28 May 09
I hear that... We have three towels and no washer... We don't share a towel though... I wouldn't really care, but my beau says that girl towels get the girly part smell... Which is a grown up way of saying that a girls towel smells like her stuff... Boys are dumb, but at the same time I can see why its gross.
28 May 09
The thought of sharing a towel knocks me sick! sorry guys, i just need a clean one at all times !!
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
Right!! that's me too. I want a dry clean towel when I use it. And i want it to be my private thing.
@janebeth (2032)
• Philippines
23 Sep 09
hi bebs, i have my own bath towel, and it's exclusively for me only.. only for me, so if ever someone will borrow this oh no i will not let them borrow it, but in other case like you are already married, oh well of course i can lend him my towel, we are one so it's ok.. janebeth.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
5 Oct 09
Well, in our case, our towels are put in one place. sometimes we use the same towel but not the same time. What I mean is I will use the same towel when it is already washed and clean but when it is wet and he just used it? no..no.. I want to use dry twoel and not used by anybody even my husband.
@riyasam (16556)
• India
28 May 09
no way i will let anyone share my towel(my hubby included)thats a personal thing and i donot like it to be shared by anyone else.if suppose my hubby or somebodyelse uses it , i wash it immediately!!
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
Tht's what I am doing too or else I will the towel to them if they are one of our family members. I don't want to have a common use towel.
• Philippines
28 May 09
same here, I have my own towel and I don't want other using my towel either... :)
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
that's me too. I don't feel good using same towel that other people use. Like a common thing? I don't feel good about it.
• India
28 May 09
I use towel of my own. I don't prefer using others towels nor others using my towels. In fact everyone in my house use their own towels. A towel is meant to be a personal thing like a tooth brush. Each one in the family must have one of their own and must not use others.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
Correct!! I agree with that. Each must have his own personal use.
@becnh83 (806)
• Philippines
28 May 09
if i have a hubby? well yes i prefer to share than to use individually...mmm its not easy to wash clothes noh....hehehehe
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
Well, it is easier to wash when you have washing machine. Just damp it there and come back when it is done. Yes, it is hard when you wash it by hand. I did that for a long time and I know how it feels. I hate washing by hand..
• Philippines
28 May 09
ditto here, bebs. I don't share my towel, soap to anyone too. Even my shirts, when my cousin will suddenly decide to sleep in my house, the one she borrowed the last time she slept over will be the one she will use forever. it's always on my mind that each one of us has a different body ph and i am afraid that whatever she got will be transferred to me.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
Oh?? so then, the same with me. Well, when it comes to clothing, I wear second hand but I have to wash it clean and it is different from sharing. Once I wear it, that is mine already no body will use it except me. Not like the towel, sharing forever? hahah until the towel is ruin?
@mmm403 (7)
• China
28 May 09
I share the same towel with my husband. I don't mind using the same thing with him. If you don't like to use the same towel. It means that you won't use the same laundry, cup, anything else, even the bed. I think it is just your personal indulgence.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 May 09
Well, that is a different thing. What I don't like is using a towel that is wet and use by somebody. I want to have my personal thing... that is just the way I feel. Even glass? I have my favorite one and that is the one I am always using..