Dear Bossy’s Husband,
As much as you like to plead innocent when Bossy asks if you are the one hanging wet towels and washcloths in a musty heap inside the shower, and as much as you like to feign confusion at the science of drying when everybody and his Pigeon-Fancier Great-Great-Grandfather knows heaped things never dry, and as much as you may plea bargain by explaining that this heaped-towel thing never happens except for maybe, like, once and only because of the reflux the rash the pimple the toenail issues too personal to discuss. Maybe twice tops…
Why is it this is what Bossy sees every morning when she’s standing in the shower stall?
Laura says
October 25, 2007 at 9:11 amYou forgot to include skeksis or as I’d like to say, Cousin It.
blackbird says
October 25, 2007 at 9:36 amI feel for you.
vuboq says
October 25, 2007 at 9:38 amTowel gremlins move everything?
All Adither says
October 25, 2007 at 9:50 amAh, the towels. They can never do it right, can they?
Avitable says
October 25, 2007 at 9:55 amI have a magical towel fairy who hangs them all up when I’m done. It’s amazing!
Howard says
October 25, 2007 at 10:59 amAm I getting old? What is a Red Zone product? Or is it that I don’t know sports terms. Either way, I’m suddenly exposing myself as not as cool as I brag about.
Mrs. G. says
October 25, 2007 at 11:02 amGo easy on him, bossy. At least he actually hung them up. I suggest a plea bargain.
Nap Warden says
October 25, 2007 at 11:05 amMen are so hard to live with. I keep mine in a shed out back;)
David says
October 25, 2007 at 11:14 amI don’t think Bossy would be too impressed with my towel hanging technique either. At least I live alone.
Isn’t Red Zone made to PREVENT stinky teenagers?
The Domestic Goddess says
October 25, 2007 at 11:32 amLet me know if you get to the bottom of this. It’s a good thing my husband’s cute because I could turn into a real banshee over these freaking towels.
Kristin says
October 25, 2007 at 12:19 pmAt least the towels are still white, they are turn to a dingy brown when my husband is done with them. … ew..
Theresa says
October 25, 2007 at 12:26 pmIt could be worse, they could be on the floor in a heap. I’m not even going to ask about that red zone thing.
Moi says
October 25, 2007 at 12:32 pmThis is your chance to push for a towel bar with a built in warmer. It will dry the towels so they won’t get musty, yes, but more importantly, it will warm YOUR towels for when YOU are done in the shower.
Laurie Foolery says
October 25, 2007 at 1:00 pmDear Bossy’s husband,
Dontcha hate it when those items too personal to discuss cause your arms to flail madly and towels to become heaped? Happens at our house all the time. You just stick to your story, sir — it sounds like a winner.
Laurie
joeinvegas says
October 25, 2007 at 1:06 pmCome on, they are all hanging up. What’s the problem?
maggie says
October 25, 2007 at 1:12 pmWhat Joe In Vegas said. They’re hanging up. Be glad they aren’t on the floor!
C'tina says
October 25, 2007 at 1:47 pmIt is so much better when a husband leaves a wet towel on the bed….because he knows how I love to sleep in the wet spot….
sue says
October 25, 2007 at 1:55 pmI can’t wait for Bossy’s blog the day after her family stages an intervention to get her to stop blogging embarrassing things about them.
soNOTcool says
October 25, 2007 at 1:55 pmHeaps of any sort of laundry scare the hell out of me.
flutter says
October 25, 2007 at 2:34 pmOh how the germs germinate! Germy stinky towel germs of germiness.
Oy.
Manic Mommy says
October 25, 2007 at 2:45 pmOur house:
Him: I don’t have any clean underwear.
Me: Yes, you do, it’s down the basement.
Him: Oh, that’s convenient
Me: Maybe if you didn’t heap it all up until you have none in the drawer, I wouldn’t have to wash in bulk…
and so it goes
Noelle says
October 25, 2007 at 4:43 pmNo one in your home grows mildew for a living, do they?
mothergoosemouse says
October 25, 2007 at 5:13 pmThose towels are so white. Wow.
Oh, and wet. And hung all kittywumpus. Grrr.
Leaf, probably... says
October 25, 2007 at 6:20 pmThis is one of the reasons I will never live with boys again.
That and the toilet seat.
Jen M says
October 25, 2007 at 8:56 pmWhat? The men in your life can’t hang the towels properly? Is it time to string some tampons?
I always wondered what that Red Zone stuff smelled like. From the commercials, I thought it would render me weak in the knees at any pod of testosterone.
amy says
October 25, 2007 at 9:25 pmoh dear- My peeve
Sorry fer you
I heart yr blog
Hilary says
October 25, 2007 at 9:51 pmTeenage kidlet grabs a new towel EVERY day and leaves the wet one on his bed or floor. At least he has showers every day. That’s an improvement from a few years back.
Assertagirl says
October 25, 2007 at 9:52 pmWhy don’t men understand that towels just don’t dry like that? They get stinky and yucky and I really think a man would use the same towel for a year if you let him…
Velvet Verbosity says
October 25, 2007 at 10:19 pmBossy, I’ve met the neat men of this world. Tomorrow morning when you see the heaped up towels that will never dry, be thankful that your son will not grow up to be one of the neat men.
erin says
October 25, 2007 at 10:44 pmThe problem with reusing towels, is that it’s difficult to remember which end is for the butt and which end is for the face:o
Queeny says
October 25, 2007 at 10:51 pmNo one in my household grasps this concept except for me and the dog, but he lives outside.
Manic Mommy says
October 26, 2007 at 3:01 amOoooh! We’re talking towels! I washed mine the other day and they came out stinky musty. I got online and read about using white vinegar to get that stank outta there. It worked!!!
Found you because I googled Manic Mommy and discovered JUST ANOTHER MANIC MOMMY!
JChevais says
October 26, 2007 at 9:17 amMy husband unloads the washing machine and leaves the clean clothes in a heap to moulder rather than sticking those clothes in the dryer. I have no idea why.
I feel your pain.
Scott-O-Rama says
October 26, 2007 at 10:44 amI tend to leave my wet towel on the bed. That way the sheets are nice and cool and damp when we go to bed at night. I do this on purpose to fight the Phoenix heat, or at least that’s what I tell Buckaroo. I’m actually too lazy and forgetful to hang up my towel.
Alice says
October 26, 2007 at 11:22 ami was at my bf’s house last night and asked if i could use a towel to shower. he pointed out that “my towel” was still where i’d hung it up last time. that was about 3 weeks ago. at least it wasn’t musty
Suburban Kamikaze says
October 26, 2007 at 12:06 pmI have to say, I do not feel your pain. At all.
Your towel rack is a Martha Stewart display compared to our household towel handling techniques.
In fact, if this were some kind of Low Moments in Bathroom Housekeeping Contest, I could say in all confidence that Suburban Kamikaze would kick Bossy’s ass.
Do not make me post pictures of the 11 empty toilet paper rolls that have been lined up on the bathroom windowsill like some kind of modern art installation…
dmkaz says
October 26, 2007 at 1:36 pmI totally relate to the towel syndrome. I live with two teenage boys (and one has Red Zone Aqua Reef as his ‘signature scent’) and I end up doing at least a load of laundry a day just to keep up with the towels. I am trying to impress upon them how much water this wastes when all they have to do is hand the towels up after they use them. Someday…
C'tina says
October 27, 2007 at 10:19 amLet’s hear it for the wet spot Scott-O-Rama, gmta, lol
CableGirl says
October 27, 2007 at 4:43 pmoh yeah. And mine likes to leave used and wet dish cloths crumpled in a ball stuffed into the corner nook of the kitchen counter. Oh I’ve asked/reminded/bitched at/begged him to not do it oh, say, 10,000 times. *sigh* Is it genetic?
OMSH says
October 28, 2007 at 6:20 amIN the shower?
Uggh.
Well, my daughters prefer heaps on the floor. I can’t decide which would be worse.
Liana says
October 31, 2007 at 7:41 amMy husband will usually spread his towel out on THE BED. Where of course it remains damp. Sometimes he’ll hang it up before we leave for work…sometimes I do.
But I’ve gotten used to it and think it’s kinda cute and funny that he thinks that doing that actually makes sense :).