Do you wash your towels every time you take a shower?

[GURUving]

I live in a dry area, and they air dry quickly. I re-use the same towel many times.

Is that abby normal?

[Skittles]

1. no

I figure I'm clean when I get out of the shower so . . . . but even so, fresh towels are cool. I use a towel about three times.

[bearfan454]

2. No not really.

Usually 2 or 3 times before they go in the dirty clothes.

[Booberdawg]

3. No, use the same towel a few times

[Droopy]

4. I use a fresh one every day at home

But when I was away at college I'd use the same towel for a week. Saved me some money at the coin-op laundry. I'd just throw it in with my whites and use it again. I only used one towel the whole time I was away, even though I had eight of them.

[baby_bear]

5. What would be the purpose?

If you keep your own towel, i.e., don't share it with others after its uses, then there is no reason to launder it after one or even three uses. You did hit on one good issue, and that is how fast it dries. A towel that doesn't dry is likely over the days to mildew, so maybe a few days is more appropriate. But even here in Seattle personal towels are fine for a good five days, if you hang them up such that they dry maximally.

Don't waste heat and water laundering clean towels!!

:think:

s_m

[RecoveringAsshole]

6. No, they are clean when you wipe off

[Don_G]

7. I Don't Share My Towels With Anybody

Why bother washing them until I notice a difference in color form white to grey?

[pretzel4gore]

8. my formulae:

dirty me/clean towel mix= clean me/semi clean towel mix=semi clean me/semi clean towel mix =semi clean me/dirty towel mix= dirty me /dirty towel =no mix ie laundry time/new towel!
of course i'm single
:)

[Don_G]

12. But Always Have An Option

With the occassional, unexpected guest.

Sometimes you can't call ahead and expect your cat to empty out the litter-box or do laundry with the well-shaped guest expected "that evening...."

"Stuff" takes both pre-planning too....

[Ilsa]

9. I use it about three times.

But if someone has thrush (a yeast infection) or a fungal infection on another part of the body, as a nurse I advise them to launder it every day so they do not accidentally re-infect themselves as they are finishing treatment for the yeast. Yeast is a real persistent bugger to get rid of.

[velocity]

10. Male use it more than once

and ONLY need one towel per shower. :D

[madrchsod]

11. twice

then the machine......

[Cleita]

13. I always use clean towels and washcloths.

However, if we start having a drought and water shortages, that may change. We do water our property with the gray water, so it doesn't go to waste in a sewer system.

[RecoveringAsshole]

14. Depends on how many people I showered with

[BiggJawn]

15. Why? you're wiping off something that's clean....

Doesn't make much sense, but then, I'm a guy....

[Don_G]

16. Me Too

But then, an ex-girlfriend always taught me to put the seat down too...

[ornotna]

17. I try to use them at least a couple of times

Wish I could get my kids to do the same. :grr:

[bookman]

18. Split Decision at my house

I use a new one every day.

My wife reuses hers.

I don't want to put my face where my *** has been. :)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

19. Towel every 3 days, washcloth everyday

my washcloths often smell moldy if they've been hanging around for a day.

[MercutioATC]

20. I have 4 towels for my bathroom...wash the one I use after each shower.

Hell, I do a load of laundry every day or two. Why not wash a towel?

[A HERETIC I AM]

21. When you dry yourself, you are sloughing off flakes of skin....

I use my towels twice, at the most 3 times. Even though you just got out of the shower, you still shed flakes of skin and a terry towel can collect a lot of them.

Also, i dont like fabric softener on towels. Fabric softener seems to me to make the towels LESS absorbant.

[Selwynn]

22. I'm a bachelor - when it stands up on its own, I switch it out :D

[southerngirlwriter]

23. I use towels twice, washcloths two or three times.

n/t

[scucci]

24. Towels - 3-4 days

Washclothes - once