#13

While I’m sure most people are ‘clean’ when they get out of the shower, when you are drying yourself you rub into the towel dead skin cells and bacteria (from all parts of your body you have touched with it) into an invitingly damp environment for growth.

Sure why ever wash a towel if you’re clean when you use them?

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#14

Yeah growing up did this because how are you going to complain when you don’t know any better. But I don’t think I took all that many showers or baths as a kid, probably can remember about… seven different baths during the entire course of my childehood

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#15

Who said we shouldn’t wash towels?

#16

Do you think the towel sharing affected you in anyway?

Do you think you’d have been a healthier adult if it hadn’t happened?

#17

Yes, sadly its affected me in a negative way. I cannot use any towel unless it is completely dry otherwise I’m filled with complete revulsion and am often left retching in a ball on the bathroom floor.

Undoubtedly I would be a healthier adult were it not for the scourge of towel-sharing.

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#18

I’m sorry to hear that, must be particularly difficult when it’s humid.

#19

Yes. and not only that, when it is cold I am often left shivering since all my towels are left drying on radiators which of course prevents the radiator from providing its heat to the room as it should.

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#20

I did not know that about radiators! I’ve been covering them with things for years! No wonder it was so bloody cold!

#21

Took me ages to work it out. Should really be in a stickied thread, but my word round here counts for very little.

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#22

It was suggested sharing was okay because we are clean when we use them, so having another family member use the same one straight after is okay because the towel will still be clean, if a bit damp.

Following that logic, the towel will always be clean no matter how many times it is used. In which case, what is the point of ever washing them?

#23

No-one’s suggesting never washing them at all, that’d be a terrible idea.

Is that what you do?

#24

I don’t use regular washable towels at all.

I only use single-use, disposable paper ones. Much more hygienic and cuts back on laundry bills.

#25

I do that at work sometimes when I’ve forgotten my towel and have cycled in.

Problem I find though is that then you smell a bit like a paper towel after, haven’t managed to find an odourless one.

It’s not an altogether unpleasant smell, but I’d prefer it if it was neutral, you know?

Any brand tips?

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#26

Sounds like these would be perfect for you. They have bicycles on them so even after you’ve finished your cycle and are wiping yourself down, you can still be enjoying the thrill of the ride!

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#27

definitely dodgy with MRSA etc these days

#28

Definitely weird. I just burst out laughing when I was crashing at a mate’s once and when I asked him for a towel he said “just use mine”. Even though you’re clean coming out there’s going to be lots of dead skin and hairs (potentially pubes) and you never know how thorough other people are when drying off, ie. do they use it to dry off their ass/genitals? Basically, I don’t want to rub something on my naked body that has been rubbed on somebody else’s naked body before (banned act etc). It’s gross imho.

#29

Yes, yes. Sharing towels is normal… IN PRISON!!!

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#30

I also find the idea gross now, but never questioned it at the time.

Wanted to see what the average DiSer made of it (and @zxvcbnm too)

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#31

You wouldn’t share a car.

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#32

Flared bowels