Towel debate - fresh always or reuse?

This was an argument in my newlywed house .I grew up with one clean towel a week. Husband grew up using a fresh towel per day. I do the laundry for the house, so my rules apply. He is now on board but it took YEARS to get him reusing. We use about 3-4 times before washing.

A convert to the reuse camp.

Towels/bath mat get washed sunday and wednesday...unless there is a reason to do them in between.....We have the humidity going on in the summer.

Reuse. 

Agree! We live in a very dry climate. I trifold my towels and they are bone dry by the next shower. Growing up in a more humid climate, I sometimes felt like I was trying to dry myself off with a wet wipe.

Definitely we reuse, sometimes for two weeks. I'm just briefly drying water off from a clean body. The towel doesn't even leave the bathroom. I fling it over the shower bar and it dries quickly. It never smells musty, if it did I'd wash them more often. 

Definitely reuse. I just don't get why having a fresh towel every day is worth it. I know you aren't washing them every single day, but doing a load isn't good for the environment or the electric bill. Besides, why should I make extra work for myself? I guess I'm lazy and I'm not that concerned with germs, etc. I live alone, too, so it would always be a partial load for me.

I don't use a hair towel, either. I dry off my body and then wrap that towel around my hair.

If it’s hot and sunny here, Texas, it is a lot - I will hang them on the outside clothesline. The sun and air freshens them right up. Plus I use the easy dry, waffle ones. White only.

I use the same towel 2-3 times before replacing. My DH grew up in a house that used a fresh towel each shower but they use the tiniest towels ever as bath towels! Reusing his towel is one of the adjustments he made when we got married.

Reuse. It’s the one item that doesn’t get cat hair on it and helps give me a reprieve from endless loads of laundry. The exception being after I bathe the cat. Washing her is a dander stirring occurrence that requires everyone involved shower post haste and all towels, mats, etc. go immediately into the washer.

I would too. I can’t do for a household of people but probably will when the kids are grown.

Same argument.  My husband does the laundry.  Our towels are used once, then washed.  

I honestly think there's a middle ground though.  I do think towels are kind of gross after a whole week of use.  If I were to take over the laundry, I would wash towels 2-3 times a week.

Reuse twice. Hand towels are changed every day.

When the boy was young and bathing/showering himself, they were changed daily. When he proved fastidious in grooming, the towels began being reused.