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amother
Aubergine
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Sat, Mar 26 2016, 9:40 pm
Whenever my sister visits me and wants to clean her toddler's nose she washes it in my kitchen sink. I really think it's gross and no manner. I would like to know, am I too sensitive or is it by most people considered gross?
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Dandelion1
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Sat, Mar 26 2016, 9:48 pm
I don't think so... presumably you wash dishes and utensils that people have eaten off of....
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FranticFrummie
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Sat, Mar 26 2016, 9:51 pm
It wouldn't bother me, but I understand your feelings.
Next time, tell her that there is a clean washcloth in the guest bathroom, and suggest she handle it in there. Either that, or have some baby wipes and a trash can handy, so she doesn't have to use any of the sinks.
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the world's best mom
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 12:06 am
Why is that worse than washing dirty dishes or rinsing your mouth in the sink? Or washing raw meat, or washing dirty hands and faces. The sink gets germy from many things, and that's why we clean it.
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Bruria
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 1:24 am
I also think it's gross, no, you are not too sensitive.
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amother
Burgundy
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 4:53 am
Any hand or face washing belongs strictly in the bathroom in my opinion.
I also believe wiping hands should only be on hand towels and those should not be the same as dish towels.
So you are not so bad. I am worse
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cuffs
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 5:13 am
I think it's gross to brush your teeth in the kitchen sink but to wash a baby's face? I find it ok.
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causemommysaid
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 8:04 am
I think its oversensitive.
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Dandelion1
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 8:09 am
I just don't see the difference between washing a little baby's nose and washing a sink full of utensils that have been in adults' flegmy germy mouths....
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November
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 9:03 am
It's your house and it doesn't matter if you are being overly sensitive or not- kindly ask her to do that in the bathroom. Don't get into an argument about it. Call it your own meshuga'as or whatever, but if it ain't working for you and it's your home, you can set some boundaries /ground rules.
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heidi
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 9:56 am
amother wrote: | Any hand or face washing belongs strictly in the bathroom in my opinion.
I also believe wiping hands should only be on hand towels and those should not be the same as dish towels.
So you are not so bad. I am worse |
Are you my mother?
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amother
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 10:22 am
Op here. I'm not talking about a little baby and I'm not talking about washing a face.
I'm talking about taking a 3 year old, taking out the dirt of her nose, putting it in sink, and rinsing the sink afterwards.
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miami85
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 10:43 am
Soap washes away germs. Period. Not all germs WILL make you sick (can, not will). Unless you are immuno-compromised, you likely have been exposed to all of those germ already and you don't have much to worry about. Kitchen sinks are exposed to germs all the time from food that has bacteria and dirty dishes that sit in the sink.
It's probably dirtier than your bathroom sink which (unless you are a real sprayer when you wash your hands) which you don't touch while you are washing your hands--which you are likely washing more as a formality than actually having touched anything dirty, using soap, and then the water goes mostly straight down the sink and the soap makes it that it doesn't cling to the bowl of the sink.
Eggs & raw meat both have risk of transmitting E. Coli and Salmonella, that's why we cook them. Those are often the same dangerous bacteria found in the bathroom.
Besides how often do you touch the bottom of your kitchen sink anyway? I only do it when I'm scrubbing it with soap.
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ra_mom
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 10:44 am
amother wrote: | Op here. I'm not talking about a little baby and I'm not talking about washing a face.
I'm talking about taking a 3 year old, taking out the dirt of her nose, putting it in sink, and rinsing the sink afterwards. |
I didn't think it was gross, as I imagined washing a kids face, until you wrote this. Yuck.
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 11:39 am
Please tell her to take a tissue.
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greenfire
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 2:39 pm
ra_mom wrote: | I didn't think it was gross, as I imagined washing a kids face, until you wrote this. Yuck. |
me too cause I was imagining washing a kid with a dirty face - but snooty face is a tad gross
then again so long as the sink is empty & someone will comet it out
I do prefer not to use the kitchen sink for even brushing teeth
then again I take issue with people washing their hands outside the bathroom in the kitchen sink ...
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amother
Aubergine
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 3:17 pm
miami85 wrote: | Soap washes away germs. Period. Not all germs WILL make you sick (can, not will). Unless you are immuno-compromised, you likely have been exposed to all of those germ already and you don't have much to worry about. Kitchen sinks are exposed to germs all the time from food that has bacteria and dirty dishes that sit in the sink.
It's probably dirtier than your bathroom sink which (unless you are a real sprayer when you wash your hands) which you don't touch while you are washing your hands--which you are likely washing more as a formality than actually having touched anything dirty, using soap, and then the water goes mostly straight down the sink and the soap makes it that it doesn't cling to the bowl of the sink.
Eggs & raw meat both have risk of transmitting E. Coli and Salmonella, that's why we cook them. Those are often the same dangerous bacteria found in the bathroom.
Besides how often do you touch the bottom of your kitchen sink anyway? I only do it when I'm scrubbing it with soap. |
I appreciate your reply. Just let me make myself clear. It's totally not about the germs that I'm worried about.
It just grosses me out when seeing her taking out the dirt and dropping it in the sink. That's all.
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amother
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 3:40 pm
heidi wrote: | Are you my mother? |
nope I'm 25 ... unless you are 5
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Butterfly
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 3:53 pm
amother wrote: | I appreciate your reply. Just let me make myself clear. It's totally not about the germs that I'm worried about.
It just grosses me out when seeing her taking out the dirt and dropping it in the sink. That's all. |
I agree with you OP. Such a scenario would gross me out too.
Naturally the ideal thing to do is just use a tissue and throw it into the garbage disposal.
In your sister's case it's to assume that she is most likely accustomed to practice this method in her own home as well and it didn't dawn upon her to do it differently at her sister's where she probably feels at home as well...
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amother
Aubergine
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Sun, Mar 27 2016, 4:08 pm
Butterfly wrote: | I agree with you OP. Such a scenario would gross me out too.
Naturally the ideal thing to do is just use a tissue and throw it into the garbage disposal.
In your sister's case it's to assume that she is most likely accustomed to practice this method in her own home as well and it didn't dawn upon her to do it differently at her sister's where she probably feels at home as well... |
That's right
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