Help me settle a debate with my wife about Towels.

[bfdd]

LOL

You'll get them to do it 80-90% of the time because what woman doesn't love to teach a man a thing or two?

 

[Baked]

You should have showed her the back of your hand and take a stance of dominance. If you had done that, you would've been correct, every time, without fail.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

You're arguing with a woman, specifically your wife, on how to clean things up? The correct answer is "I don't know, can you show me?" That's the only answer that's required for things like this.

Well said

In trivial matters the wife is always correct. Just let her win this one, it isn't worth it.

 

[l0cke]

I use cloth towels for everything.

My parents had some weird towel organization system that I never understood. A towel is a towel.

 

[twinrider1]

....I spilled a small amount of egg nog on the tile floor, and reached for a kitchen towel to wipe it up....

Whoa, I stopped reading after that. You must now watch Once Were Warriors 3 times. Then you will know how to handle this situation in the future.

Ok, I can see your wife's point. If both were handy I'd have grabbed a paper towel. But as long as you rinsed the cloth towel afterwards, I wouldn't think it would sour. Just throwing it in the hamper afterwards would be nasty.

 

[ShawnD1]

I don't use paper towels. I'd use a damp rag to clean it up. I keep 2 by the sink. One for counters and dishes, and the other for the floor.

This. Seriously what the hell is wrong with some people? I've seen houses where they don't even have kitchen towels. People would dry their hands with paper towel. Do they shower like that too? Get out of the shower and use an entire roll of paper towel to dry off?

correct answer: use a dish rag. Not paper towel, not a hand drying towel.
edit: picture

 

[pcgeek11]

I voted for you dude... However it doesn't matter who is actually correct, you will never win this or any other difference of opinion with the wife.

If you are lucky, she will occasionally allow you to "Think" that you won.

This is from 29 years married experience.

 

[eLiu]

If you only wash your towels at like, laundry time, then your wife is right. But if you clean towels (i.e., some soap, scrub it against itself in the sink, rinse, wring it out, repeat a few times) immediately after use, then you're right.

 

[PsiStar]

I get the last 2 words of every argument like this ... "yes dear".

Move on, forget about it, someday there will be real issues.

 

[clamum]

I would've used a dish rag for this. If that wasn't available, a napkin or paper towel. Wouldn't even think of using a dry towel unless it was a ton of liquid spilled.

 

[tynopik]

towels aren't for cleaning, they're for drying (hands and dishes)

paper towels are for cleaning small messes

dish rags are for cleaning bigger messes

 

[Merad]

You're both wrong. Smallish spills would be cleaned with the dishcloth. Which you would then rinse out to avoid the souring problem.

 

[Meractik]

You're arguing with a woman, specifically your wife, on how to clean things up? The correct answer is "I don't know, can you show me?" That's the only answer that's required for things like this.

Where you in the military? I can't help but remember how everyone seemed to have that mentality. acted like they had no idea how to do something just so someone else would take care of it, lol.


I believe kitchen spills should be cleaned up using a 'dish' towel, aka the inexpensive ones that are okay to clean grease/dirt/floor etc... where-as the nicer towels should be reserved for hygienic uses.

 

[DrPizza]

My rule of thumb: If it's dirty, paper towels. If it's clean (like myself after getting out of the shower), then it's a cloth towel. Any spills in the kitchen, cleaning the counters, stove, etc.: paper towels. I'm probably the least germophobic person I know, but dish clothes, etc., are the worst source of bacteria in the kitchen. After they get damp once, you really should wash them. If you're going to do that, then it's a lot more effective just to use paper towels. And for me, it's always Bounty.