There are two kinds of people in the world…
those who use a washcloth and those who don’t.
I am the latter.
If you are one of the washcloth people, you just audibly gasped in horror and then looked up to the upper right corner of my blog and muttered, “but she looks so clean in pictures.”
I know you people.
I married one.
Washcloth people are passionate about their
washcloth-loving ways. Â They have an elaborate system of cleanliness that often includes more than one cloth…
maybe even a loofah.
They see the non-users as un-enlightened, un-informed, un-washed.
Yes, I said it. Â
You washcloth people look at the rest of us as the unwashed masses.
How can you get clean?
What do you have against the washcloth?
Why even bother taking a bath?
It is a choice. Â I don’t feel like I need to defend it. Â I don’t need to be confined by a small square of terry cloth.
Because I have been in charge of the baths of minors within the household, all three of my boys bathe sans-cloth.
They will have to attend years of bathing regression therapy to overcome my shortcomings.
Last week we were on vacation. Â In a nice hotel. Â Surrounded by lots of linens.
Blog-Stedman had bath duty with Rhett(5) several nights in a row. Â I didn’t even consider the possible side-effects when I agreed to this arrangement until last night when I helped Rhett with his bath for the first time back at home.
Mommy, I need one of those little towels that you get wet to scrub my face and the inside of both of my ears.
A washcloth?
Yes.
Now he is one of
them.
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At least he didn’t ask for a loofah.
I don’t use one either – I feel like I am quite clean enough since I do shower eery day! And I have plenty of laundry to do already – I don’t need more. I also hate wet towels. Yuck.
I loved this post!
ewwww….wet towels are the worst. I feel your pain.
I don’t use washcloth too and my husband is also wondering. I have a nice skin and of course it don’t look unwashed. 🙂
I do use one for my face. I’m sorry… i just feel like my facewash lingers, otherwise. and then, when I’m not looking, my dog takes it off the counter (oh yes she does) and hides it… It’s ridiculous. At any rate- that’s all I use one for. Can we still be friends?
You can apply for a one time FACE ONLY washcloth exemption and then our friendship can continue :).
Ha ha love your post. I dont use washcloths as they just create more laundry. I like to use the poofy netted thing and found that my skin looks better since I made the switch years ago.
I always ADMIRE those poofy things, but haven’t gotten around to trying one on a regular basis. I think it is because it isn’t ordinary.
Ugh there is nothing I hate more than wet towels lying around, even little ones! I use dishtowels in the kitchen to dry my hands and wipe up small messes, but anything else gets a paper towel. When my MIL came after we had our youngest, she went to WalMart specifically to get washcloths to use in the kitchen. So for 10 days I had wet washcloths all over my counter and sink, and I could just see the germs breeding! Yuck yuck yuck!
ha! I do have a drawer full of washcloths for the kitchen that are specifically for the kitchen, but I change them out several times a day…the laundry is right there so they don’t have to lay around. Maybe THAT is where I get my ewww-y-ness over washcloths.
Too funny! I am a non washcloth person…oddly enough I use one for both of my kids. My husband is a loofa person.
It is good that you all can live in harmony! hahaha.
loofah girl! I feel like I need to scrub off the top layer and a washcloth just doesn’t get it.
I do like the exfoliating scrubs so I might be a loofa person and just not know it.
I totally do not use a washcloth, husband thinks I am weird…
I did when I was young though… They were fun to play with!
I’m a non-washcloth person. Only use them when someone has itchy eyes or sometimes a dirty face if we are out of paper towels. Washcloths just cause extra laundry. I feel your pain.
I never thought about that…I bet the washcloth people are NOT the laundry people.