Is it rude to ask our kid's guests to bring their own towel to swim?

[beavismom]

I don't mind being the "go to" house for the most part, but we are going through 10+ beach towels a week here on guests. I wouldn't ever re-use a towel for a different guest and we do use ours for several days. The extra laundry is making me crazy though. So, what do you think?

 

[buzzlady]

No reason for you to provide a towel. We go to my MIL house to swim and always bring our own towels. I would never think to use her towels.

 

[goodeats]

I don't think it's rude!

 

[Becky_Boop]

That definitely wouldn't be rude. I even bring my own towel when going to a relative's house to pool. I'd ask them politely to bring a towel when they want to swim.

 

[ziggystardust]

we always brought our own towels except when we went to my grandfather's house. There he just had piles of them waiting for us. When we got a pool my parents always had extra on hand for those people who'd forget. My mom also kept spare bathing suits too.

 

[Kathring]

We have a pool & all of our guests bring their own towels - even if we tell them not to. I say - ask them to bring a towel! 10 loads of EXTRA laundry is not your job.

 

[Imzadi]

Your pool. You get to set the rules.

 

[DeterminedOne]

No, you're not running a hotel.

 

[Hannathy]

I would never think of sending my kids to swim without taking a towel. Once or twice last summer my DS 8 did come home from the neighbors then go back and forgot his towel and they gave him one but that was it and I even washed it the time he came home with theirs.

I think it is rude to send your child to swim without a towel, and you really shouldn't have to ask them it should be common sense.

 

[daisyduck123]

You've been awfully nice to give out towels.

I never would have started with that.
You come over to swim, you bring a towel or you walk home wet!!

 

[Piecey]

My parents always made me tell my friends to bring a towel. They refused to wash them if I didn't, and then I'd have no towel!

 

[Steffi]

Not a bit rude! You're letting the kids swim at your house, which is very nice of you. No need for you to have to do extra laundry, too!

 

[lyzziesmom]

If you don't bring a towel, you drip dry. And no dripping in the house, either!

 

[Mickeyluver37]

No not rude at all. I wouldn't deny them one if they forgot once in a while, of course, but they should get into the habit of bringing their own!!!

 

[DVCLiz]

While I think it's rude to expect you to provide towels, and I'd make sure my children took their own if we were invited to use your pool, I don't think 10 extra beach towels a week qualifies as that much "extra" laundry, really. And honestly, a load or two of towels is about as easy as it gets for laundry. You don't even have to fold them if you don't want to.

I'd be teaching some children how to run the washer and dryer, and I'd tell them they could swim while the towels were being washed, then they could transfer them to the dryer and swim some more until time to fold them and put them away. I'd either teach the "regular" visitors or I'd use it as a time to teach my own children how to run the washing machine. If kids are old enough to be coming over without parents to swim, they're old enough to use the washer and dryer, with supervision of course.

Just my opinion...

 

[MoniqueU]

We have guests that show up to play with my kids starting first thing in the morning, or spend the night. I have 3 kids and a whole neighborhood that swims here. There are never formal invites for swimming for us, it is more the kids are here and they decide they want to go swimming. We find them a suit to wear and send them out to the pool rather then send them home to get a suit and a towel. We have extra suits, extra towels, extra goggles and extra sunscreen. I order pizza when it gets time. Thats just me though and I enjoy the fact my kids have their friends at our house and the extra work to me is minimal. Towels are so easy to wash and dry no biggy to me.
I will say my next door neighbors when they come to swim always bring towels and that is great but it for sure is not a requirement to swim at our house.

 

[RitaZ.]

No, it's not rude at all.

 

[Nancy]

The kids in the neighborhood usually brought over their own towels (and one of the moms used to send drinks or snacks over with her kids all the time), but if they didn't have them I would give them ours to use. I do tons of laundry every week and always seem to have a lot of towels to wash too. 5-10 more wouldn't even faze me and I probably wouldn't even notice that amount.

BUT if it bothers you then you should say something. Your pool, your rules.

 

[robinb]

They bring their own suits, right? They can bring their own towels too. Just ask them. The kids probably don't even think about it.

 

[clm3]

I don't mind being the "go to" house for the most part, but we are going through 10+ beach towels a week here on guests. I wouldn't ever re-use a towel for a different guest and we do use ours for several days. The extra laundry is making me crazy though. So, what do you think?

I'm in the same situation . But its not just towels, I was spraying everyone (3 kids + plus my 2) down with sunscreen too. I finally did ask them to make sure they were covered and to bring towels with them. The kids were great about it, I really don't think they thought about it. BUT, I would think the parent/s would check to make sure before they left the house. Wonder what would have happened if they went home burnt to a crisp ?? Who would be at fault ??