By Anonymous - 02/01/2010 22:27 - United States

Today, my mom informed me that my entire family puts their dirty towels on the towel rack in the bathroom instead of the hamper. I've been using their dirty towels after showers for as long as I remember. FML
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tisiphone_fml 0

I don't follow your logic, kiddo. Doesn't everybody in your household have their own towel? Or... do you expect that everybody uses a towel only once, then places it in the hamper soaking wet, and then puts a new towel on the rack? Me, I use towels for a few days before they go in the laundry, unless they're really dirty. (It would be really expensive and take up a ton of space to have a set of towels for every day of the week.) Between uses, they sit on the rack to dry. When I was a kid, each had our own bath towel, and would do the same thing. If you leave wet towels in the hamper for a few days, they're going to get moldy and gross - that's why you let them dry out, first. You're not going to die from using the same towel as a blood relative.

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chiboy44 0

Shouldn't you be clean after you shower??? Its like using a dish towel to dry your dishes after you clean them.

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navygirl8909 0

I don't get what the big deal is. I mean if your using the towel after you bathe then all your doing is wiping the water off and if it's after the bath that means youre clean so what's the problem. The towels are basically still clean just a little wet is all.

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me5 0

I have used my own towel for as long as I remember.

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LilaBear 1

a) HOW old are you? how do you not know how your family operates its laundry system? b) why do you not use your own towel? I've been using my own since I was a child. everyone in our family used their own. c) are you saying your family washes the towels every day? (seeing as you thought they were supposed to go in the hamper). Either your family is stupid for wasting water washing the towels every day, or you're stupid for thinking towels need to be washed every day

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Nerdbite 0

1. To the people saying "lol ur clean when u get out of shower lololol", that's true, but when you dry off, not only do you leave dead skin (and other stuff) that was loosened during the shower, but you also give the towel hot, moisture and leave it to bask in the hot steam from after a shower. All of these factors put together create pretty much a perfect campground for lucky bacteria, who thrive and grow on the towel. Now, take in to consideration that if OP had been using a pre-used towel without noticing, that means that said towel had to have time to dry. For the premium, completely absorbant type of towel, that takes maybe 7-8 hours. OP, seeing that she washes her towels every day (not reccomended as they lose absorbancy) and has been using the same ones "as long as [OP] can remember" , might have older, slightly less absorbant towels which take longer to dry (I know it doesn't make sense but I have both types of towels in my household and that's what I have observed) That's a lot of time for bacteria to grow. Now, just imagine that going around and under, and understand why this could gross out the more intelligent type of germaphobe. 2. Why is OP washing her towels every day? Despite it wasting water, it also affects the towels performance. I wash mine once a week-ish and they're fine for that long. As long as you keep them in a safe area where they're free from and can dry completely and evenly, your towels should be fine. 3. OP, stop being a baby. First of all, instead of ******* whining to the internet after the "horrible incident" you should have taken out action beforehand. I can't understand how you're so afraid of being dirty and shit while you use just a random towel on the rack. This is why in my house, we use this crazy concept called HAVING OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL TOWELS. And besides, you probably should have suspected something when kept seeing the same towels over and over again. Stop being a 12 year old wannabe emo (which you probably are) and suck it up. (towels)

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jrhe1101 0

Okay, true about all the dead skin cells and everything, but if that is what freaks you out, you belong in a bubble. Dust is made up of dead skin cells mainly, therefore sharing a house with your family means you are breathing in particles from the people you live with. If you have ever gone swimming with friends and shared a towel to dry off, you can get over sharing a towel with your family. Because when you were swimming with your friends, you were not clean, yet based on your comment about about the skin cells being loosened, that loosening would still happen while swimming, making that even worse. So the next time you breathe in, think about all of the people who have been in your house, and feel their dead particles enter your body. Then you will actually have a reason to be disgusted.

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FortuneFaded 0

Oh no! As if adding an extra towel or two in the washing machine is going to increase your costs considerably. A few extra pence a year? Shocking! To the guy ranting about his unfortunate situation with finances. Sorry to hear it, but just because you don't feel the need to have extra towels as you think it costs a lot more, certainly does not mean everyone else should suck it up and follow suit. Also, "regular working class people"? It doesn't matter what class you happen to fall in. Being working class shouldn't hinder your attitude towards cleanliness. I appreciate that they might not be able to afford it and so don't buy extra towels and stuff, but that doesn't give them (you) a right to say everyone else should be the same. I really don't mind listening to people talking about their unfortunate situations in life, but I seriously cannot stand it if they think everyone else should be the same as them, just because they're less fortunate. If I want to apparently "waste" money, electricity and water, then I bloody will!  Yes, I'm bored and thought I'd write a huge comment. Get over it.

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