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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My butt is burning…The Story
Some things (or husbands) should stay in Vegas
The bipolar cat with two names
This is soooo funny! My mother is a totally washcloth person and I’ve never been. She has to have a washcloth. I completely understand and relate to this post. 🙂
Thanks Heather for stopping by and for the sweet tweet!
I am so not a washcloth user. I don’t know where it came from because both of my parents use them faithfully. I guess I’ve always been a rebel. Thankfully my husband is not a washcloth person either. We discovered our mutual shunning of the cloth when we registered for wedding gifts. I picked up a few at Bed Bath and Beyond and he asked if I really used them. I admitted that I did not, and he confessed he didn’t either. We did not put a single washcloth on the registry.
You are so brave. I guarantee you some washcloth person saw your registry and bought you the cloths thinking you forgot…ha!
I am so not a washcloth person and when my husband and I got married…I converted him. Ha ha! He is doing his dead level best to get my baby girls to use wash cloths. No, he is the not the person that does laundry (or even pick it up off of the floor) around our house. 🙂
I use a wash cloth on my face and I have used only soap on my face for all my life. I feel it exfoliates my face on the cheap! Every time I see a makeup lady at a department store make-up counter she will comment on my skin….untill I tell her I have always used soap and a cloth. All the sales ladies will shriek in dismay and tell me what a bad thing that is to do. I now wash my eyes with baby shampoo as was suggested by my opthamologist. It takes all make-up off without stinging or oils. By the way, I’m 63 and have beautiful facial skin. I have lately lost about 30 lbs (gained from Prednisone) and look like an overworn gym sock from the neck down!
I am pro washrag. I was raised with a rag and I will take my last shower with a rag. The first thing I wash (with my rag) is my face the last is my rear and bottom of my feet, so if you use the bar of soap every time you bathe you are washing your face with dirty butt feet soap. Good thing your husband uses a rag or you could be washing your face with his dirty butt feet soap.I rest my case.
Oh no. I married one of those weird washcloth people too…and he taught our daughter to use one. I’m surrounded.
I don’t use a washcloth. Heck, I don’t even use soap…well, not bar soap. I’m deathly allergic. Yes, I am allergic to soap. And Bubble bath. And shaving cream.
I’m such an easy person 😉
Not a washcloth person either. But, my kids “use” them in their baths. By “use” I mean recreate all sorts of play acting or use it to suck the soapy water in-blech. My kids are gross in the bath, I guess!
Oh no!!
It only takes once! He’s…he’s…he’s gone now!
Crossed over! He’s gone to the light (colors).
I’m sorry.
I’ll send a casserole.
I am a washcloth person and your newest follower. Is there any hope for me? (ha ha)
Clay
http://tantrumstroublesandtreasures.blogspot.com/2011/01/education-children-deserve.html
uh-oh…I hope we can find some common ground.