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Help me settle a debate with my wife about Towels.

Who is right?

  • Turin

  • Mrs. Turin

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Turin39789

Lifer
This is not serious thread. But it is happening.

My wife just 'gave up' on teaching me the proper use of a towel followed by some good natured ribbing.

I spilled a small amount of egg nog on the tile floor, and reached for a kitchen towel to wipe it up. According to her, this is a no-no because the milk will cause the towel to sour and this is what paper towels are for.

I disagreed.

She asked me what I think paper towels for, and I came up with
A) Things that will stain a regular towel
B) Portability(picnics and stuff)

She laughed at my picnic example after I elaborated on the difficulty of keeping up with towels in the outdoors. She was not laughing with me.

I then proclaimed that the internet will decide.

Who is right?!
 
You're both right, but you're semi-wrong about the milk products thing. I agree with her that I wouldn't be wiping up a large amount of milk with a towel. If the regular towel was already dirty and I was going to wash it within the next few hours, I would use it. For small drips of milk I wouldn't worry about it.
 
blurredvision said:
Have to go with the Mrs.
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I can see some of the logic, but it just wasn't how I was raised.

Towels clean up messes. When they are dirty you wash them. I don't think about it more than that, except I know not to come in with oil on my hands and use the overpriced Bed, Bath, Infinity and Beyond things.
 
nboy22 said:
You're both right, but you're semi-wrong about the milk products thing. I agree with her that I wouldn't be wiping up a large amount of milk with a towel. If the regular towel was already dirty and I was going to wash it within the next few hours, I would use it. For small drips of milk I wouldn't worry about it.
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you are not married, are you?
 
nboy22 said:
You're both right, but you're semi-wrong about the milk products thing. I agree with her that I wouldn't be wiping up a large amount of milk with a towel. If the regular towel was already dirty and I was going to wash it within the next few hours, I would use it. For small drips of milk I wouldn't worry about it.
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This was maybe a tablespoon. But I think had it been a cup of milk I would have used the towel and then tossed it in the hamper.
 
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.
 
I'm with OP. I'd rather be less wasteful and use a kitchen rag which can be rinsed out and reused, then laundered when dirty. I try not to use that many paper towels unless it is for portability or staining reasons. But for stuff that would stain a kitchen towel, I would use a sponge to mop it up.

If you spill something that will sour the towel, then after the cleanup that towel goes into the laundry.
 
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A cloth towel is for the hands and dishes.
A rag is for a big mess.
A paper towel is for the floor or a small mess on the countertop or stovetop.
 
The wifey wins this one.

ETA - The wife doesn't win because of the souring of the towels (wtf?) but because not using a paper towel is so ridiculous not to use. Who wants to wash a towel when you can just throw away a paper towel for this?
 
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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.
 
Huh? Towels can be washed. Don't see why you couldn't use it to clean up milk. Don't see why it would matter.
 
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