what's the purpose of a bath mat? errrmm BATHRUG

[simba20]

Uh-oh my husband did it again......grrrrrrr.

This morning I get out of the shower (shower/tub) combo and stepped on the bathrug, to feel....squish....it was soaked with water.

My husband and I go back and forth about this, but he constantly steps out of the tub onto the bathrug, dripping wet, and then dries off. Meanwhile, I will stand in the tub after my shower, reach out to the towel bar and grab my towel, and dry off while standing in the tub. Then once I have gotten most of the water off, I'll THEN step on the bathrug.

My husband says the purpose of the bathrug is to soak up water. I am okay with that, but it's not meant to hold a flood.

What do you do?
What is the purpose of a bathrug, to you?

OKAY CORRECTED TERM

For further clarification: The little piece of decorative carpeting outside of your tub/shower.

 

[Gigi22]

We have two bathmats. If one is too wet to use comfortably, the person taking the second shower uses the other bathmat. Remember, pick your battles!

 

[Sgt Mickey]

I am more like your husband and my husband is more like you.
Right now we have a bathroom in our bedroom and a bathroom in the hall. Since living here for 5 months the one in the bedroom has been the girl bathroom(for dd and I) and the one in the hall the boy bathroom (for him and our 3 boys). So he dosen't get as annoyed at me.

 

[karibritt01]

I'm a happy medium on that one. The purpose of the bathmat is to keep the floor dry when you get out, and to prevent you from slipping on the wet floor. BUT... I hate for the bathmat to get soaked, too. I generally squeeze out my hair and tie it in a towel, wipe off excess water with my hands, then step onto the bathmat to finish drying off.

Why not throw a towel over the mat before DH gets into the shower to absorb some of the excess water?

 

[akcire]

Uh-oh my husband did it again......grrrrrrr.

This morning I get out of the shower (shower/tub) combo and stepped on the bathmat, to feel....squish....it was soaked with water.

My husband and I go back and forth about this, but he constantly steps out of the tub onto the bathmat, dripping wet, and then dries off. Meanwhile, I will stand in the tub after my shower, reach out to the towel bar and grab my towel, and dry off while standing in the tub. Then once I have gotten most of the water off, I'll THEN step on the bathmat.

My husband says the purpose of the bathmat is to soak up water. I am okay with that, but it's not meant to hold a flood.

What do you do?
What is the purpose of a bathmat, to you?

The question needs some clarification. There are two floor products you could be referring to with the term "bathmat". There is the tubmat which is made of toweling material--generally matches your towels and has no rubber backing. It is meant to be used and picked up after use--frequently it is stored by hanging it on the side of the bathtub. If a tubmat is what you have in your bathroom, then your husband is correct (all though he could take a minute to shake off some of the water before stepping out).

Now if your "bathmat" is a rubber backed rug--then it should not be near anywhere near the tub. A rug is not meant to soak up your water, but keep your feet warm. If you leave it down all the time and it is rubber backed it is a rug--you shouldn't be able to step out of your tub to your rug (if you can generally it is too big).

If you really are unhappy about the situation--throw out all your towels and rugs and send your husband to a nice linen store for an education. If you want he can come to my house and I can explain everything as we properly fold towels and iron sheets. (My in-laws still have teenagers, and this is frequently threatened as punishment--to them the idea of ironing sheets is the worst thing in the world?)

 

[MIGrandma]

I step out onto the bath mat immediately so mine does get wet.

DH and I have separate bathrooms so it really doesn't matter though.

 

[Sparx]

I dry off in the shower, and then step out.

 

[Feralpeg]

In my day, a bathmat was a rubber mat that went in the bottom of the tub to prevent a person from slipping.

 

[boyob13]

I always knew bathmats as the ones that you put in the tub so you don't slip in it. Bath rugs on the other hand are put out primarily to soak up water when you get out. (From what I learned, anyways)

 

[simba20]

Remember, pick your battles!

Oh, I do. I only grumble about it for the few seconds after my foot feels the *squish*

Anyway, to me it just makes sense to stand in the tub/shower and dry off then step on the bathmat. I always hate hotel bathrooms, because they give you that cheezy towel mat, and water still gets all over the bathroom floor -- pet peeve (ahem Disney included).

I am fine with egtting a little water on the bathmat, but when it's soaked enough that your footprint is embedded into the mat, that's mildly irritating. I want my bathmat to be soft, fluffy, comforting. Not make me jump from the shock when I step on it.

I've only brought it up to my husband once, and vented here on the DIS.

 

[NotUrsula]

The "rug" kind isn't meant to get really wet -- it will mildew between the carpet and the rubber non-slip backing.

The towel kind is meant to absorb water, but I don't like it getting really wet, either. I don't wash my towels every day, but hang them up to dry between baths for a day or two, and when they get sopping wet they don't dry properly and they end up smelling musty.

The rule when I was growing up (with a hardwood bathroom floor) was that you reached out of the tub, grabbed the towel and gave yourself a cursory dry-off, then wrapped the towel around yourself or your hair and stepped out onto the towel mat to finish drying off. Then you stepped off the damp mat, picked it up, and draped it over the side of the tub to dry.

Men drip more than women do when they get all-over wet, because the water gets trapped in their leg hair. Women are trained to wring out their long hair before getting out of the tub, and men need to use the towel more on their legs for the same reason. (I once knew a guy whose father had trained him to use a towel like a squeegee; he wrapped it around each leg at the thigh, then pushed it down to his ankle. He even did it when he got out of a swimming pool. Darndest thing I've ever seen.)

 

[dislaney]

I dry off and then step out of the shower onto the bath rug. Thank goodness my husband does the same thing. If I stepped into s soaked bath rug I would not be happy!

 

[pilesoflaundry]

I gave up on everyone in my house and the flooded bathmats.

I now put out a towel on the floor.

 

[golfgal]

My DH does this too and it drives me nuts. Dry off in the shower, THEN step out. Not only is it hard on the rug to keep getting it wet, it also increases the amount of laundry that needs to be done. Having 2 is a good solution but DH would never hang up the one that gets wet.

 

[mtemm]

that would drive me crazy. if my dh did that I would probably do what a pp does and get either a second bathmat or use a towel or something. definitely a pick my battles type of thing!

 

[pyrxtc]

I step out wet, I only ring out my hair and then get out and grab my towel. So does everyone in my family. We have a bath rug just outside the tub that we cover with a bath floor towel (like the one Disney provides) which we place on top of the rug and then hang over the edge of the tub after we dry off.

 

[AlleyKat]

Uh-oh my husband did it again......grrrrrrr.

This morning I get out of the shower (shower/tub) combo and stepped on the bathrug, to feel....squish....it was soaked with water.

My husband and I go back and forth about this, but he constantly steps out of the tub onto the bathrug, dripping wet, and then dries off. Meanwhile, I will stand in the tub after my shower, reach out to the towel bar and grab my towel, and dry off while standing in the tub. Then once I have gotten most of the water off, I'll THEN step on the bathrug.

My husband says the purpose of the bathrug is to soak up water.

What do you do?
What is the purpose of a bathrug, to you?

Everyone in our house dries themselves in the shower/tub, then steps onto the rug...drying each foot before stepping onto it.

A soaking wet bathrug is a breeding ground for germs, mold and mildew.

Unless the rug is changed daily or hubby is willing to wash/dry it daily, he should follow your lead!

 

[wdwfan16]

Uh-oh my husband did it again......grrrrrrr.

This morning I get out of the shower (shower/tub) combo and stepped on the bathrug, to feel....squish....it was soaked with water.

My husband and I go back and forth about this, but he constantly steps out of the tub onto the bathrug, dripping wet, and then dries off. Meanwhile, I will stand in the tub after my shower, reach out to the towel bar and grab my towel, and dry off while standing in the tub. Then once I have gotten most of the water off, I'll THEN step on the bathrug.

My husband says the purpose of the bathrug is to soak up water. I am okay with that, but it's not meant to hold a flood.

What do you do?
What is the purpose of a bathrug, to you?

OKAY CORRECTED TERM

For further clarification: The little piece of decorative carpeting outside of your tub/shower.

DH and I both turn off the shower, step on to the bath rug and then grab our towels to dry. The rug is never is sso full of water it squishes. How is your DH getting it so wet?

 

[Kit'smommy]

I gave up on everyone in my house and the flooded bathmats.

I now put out a towel on the floor.

We no longer have a bathmat as I got tired of stepping into the squishy mess my DH left behind. As he soaked the mat once or twice a day and never washed it, it went "bye-bye."

I dry off about 90% in the shower and then step out on the corner of my towel and finish my feet and legs with or without a mat by the shower. DH now dries off in the shower too. When we had the mat, he literally stepped out dripping wet.

Yeah, I pick my my battles, but in this case, it was easiest to make the object of contention disappear.

 

[Robinrs]

I just recently found out what my new kitten thought the purpose of mine was....

I'd PREFER water!!