Do you share towels with family members?

I don't see a big issue with it at least for me sharing towels is like sharing clothes or food. we all share the same germs so why not. If the towel isn't soaking wet then yes I'll use someone else towel or I'll use my own and someone else will use it. A lot of times we will hang our towels out after being used till it's been used twice.

I have all the clean towels in the bathroom. If someone is taking a shower he/she will use a clean towel. After that we will wash it. There is only 1 towel we share and that is the one we use to dry our hands after washing our hands. We will only share a towel if there is just one, so in cases of high need. I also don't think it's hygenic. I would not like to use the towel of one of my daughters if she has her period and I would not let them use mine either. BTW there are plenty of other reasons why not to use someone elses towel (skin diseases, acné, herphes, etc).

I am really not that picky if it is with my husband.. i do have my own towel lol but he do get them and use them sometimes.. but i really do not mind as i know how clean my husband is and i have extra dry sets ready.. so it is ours both to share.. as for my kids, i am particular with them, i make it a point they have ones for them and i told them never to use just anyone's towel..

There's only two of us in my house but no, I won't share a towel. We have plenty of towels and I'm not sharing. I have a roll of paper towels hanging in the bathroom if anybody needs to dry their hands.

In my house every individual has his/her own towel, no one shares or uses another persons towel. While travelling also I like to carry my own towel and it is true that I don't like sharing my towel with others. I get annoyed if I come to know someone else has used my towel, especially if the person is a outsider or a guest. Generally when a guest arrives at our place we offer him/her a towel i.e. during his/her stay at our place.

i used to share towels when i was still living with my parents. my brothers and i are sharing towels that time and we had no problem about it (since we all know that all of us are not really dirty or something and we don't have an illness that can be pass :) but now, my wife's family seems to be sensitive to such issue. they don't wanna share towels with anyone from the family. everyone has their own towel and is not allowed to touch other's towel. well, i don't really care about that. as long as i have a towel to use then im fine with that :)

I don't really put much thought to it either. I will share with my husband if he doesn't have one. But I use my robe most of the time. So it really doesn't come up about sharing. I do have one towel that I have claimed as my towel and I don't want anyone else using it. Its not because I am being selfish or think that its gross. I just want to have it when I need it for drying my hair or if I don't want to use my robe. And my kids have a tendency to use something and then its NEVER seen or heard about again! This discussion did make me think about the health factor behind this so as usual I have decided to look this up using the Mylot search engine, What I came up with might just change your mind on sharing. Being that there are a great number of germs that hang out there in your towels. I found this at. www.maztags.com Sharing towels causes infections. For your health and fitness - stop sharing towels. Whether it is in the home or or gym or in a hotel - using someone else's towel can lead to catching an infection or disease that will cost you more than just being uncomfortable for a while. Bath towels, kitchen towels, hand towels and beach towels are great breeding grounds and/or retainers of all kinds of stuff, especially skin surface critters. It has been conclusively proven that infectious bacteria may be easily transferred in increasing varieties and numbers through sharing towels. Bath towels, kitchen towels, hand towels and beach towels all are carriers of infectious and contagious diseases. The number of bacteria on your body right now is greater than the number of people in the United States. Real dangers from infectious organisms exist in the common bathroom towel for at least 48 hours after primary contamination. Bacteria are readily transferred from one user to another through the medium of the bath towel and by sharing towels. It is a proven fact that infectious and contagious diseases are spread through sharing towels

Hi mommyboo, every family member having our own towels. We don't mind sharing the clean and dry towel. We just don't share the used towel for it's considered to be rather unhygienic to reuse the same towel. We are cultivated since childhood to have personal towel, handkerchief, toothbrush due to personal hygiene purpose. Even babies and small kids have their own towels. This can prevent from the contagious infection of skin disease. but not strict and ridiculous to keep one's towels under lock and key Happy posting

yup, here in my family, we share the towels. i wash towels a few times through the week, so there are always fresh ones put out but we do share them in my house.

Lol, I really don't like if someone is using my towel. That is a bad attitude. I never share my towel since I was in primary school. My mum will make sure all of us using our own towel. Then when I was in secondary school, I stay in hostel and I really take care of my towel and other belongings to make sure no one use it. You can easily infected with skin disease if someone use your towel. I will scold that person if I found he is using my towel and I will immediately wash it.

i share (a little). Reminds me of a discussion from a few years back by a guy who was advocating washing the towels after every use. After all, they are used to dry your backside....

Mommy, we don't share towels in our family. Each of us have our own sets of towels. Since from young, my parents always prepare each of us with our own towels. Only when we are on vacation and sometimes lack of towels, then me and hubby would share towel. I seldom share towel with my child. I think as long each of us don't have any dangerous skin disease, then it is alright to share towel.

I do not share towels with anyone! I won't even use my own bath towel twice.I also wash my kitchen towel every night I would not ever share a towel with anyone. I do have a hand towel that I keep hanging in the bathroom and I will sort of share that one with others - but that's just drying my hands after they have been washed.

No never... When it comes to personal hygiene I am 100% serious and it has nothing to do with being greedy at all. If I have got no choice rally, maybe I would share a towel with somebody who is close to me. But I have got a choice, i would never do it as it is not hygienic at all.

I don't share towels with family members. Though in some rare cases i share like when we are on a tour or vacation. I don't think it is hygienic to share towels with family members

No, not ever. If there aren't available towels yet that are dry I'd rather dry myself using sets of facial tissue.

We don't share our towels at home. We do have individual towels. Even my 3 year old nephew has his own towel. We used to share towels when we were young, but now that we have grown up, our mom makes sure each of us has our own towels. My sisters and I sometimes share when we travel and we're too lazy to bring our own towels since hotel towels are not the type of towels that we really want to use

Yeah we share towels with the girls in the family but the guys in the family has their own.

Hi mommyboo, those we do not share towels does not mean that they are selfish with their towels. We do not share towels as well, and we do not need to lock our towels afraid being used by others because each of us have our own towel to use. This is not a selfish act, but rather health hygiene is concern. Especially male and female should have different towels. It is better that way. We normally wash our towels every week, so we have few sets to spare. Towels for children or babies should be separated as well. Babies and children are more sensitive, so we need to ensure cleanliness for them. Their towels should not be mixed with the adults.

I never share my towels with anybody else in the house. I actually have plenty of it which i used more often to absorb sweat on the back. I find it gross knowing that I personally use it for my convenience and then someone would use it as well. No way...