pigsDOfly Sat 24-Nov-18 12:50:44

I'm not sure I'd use a washing up sponge to wipe something off the floor, but that's more about aesthetics than hygiene.



How many people have actually been ill from all the dreadful things that a lot of us do such as washing clothes in our washing machines and then putting washing up cloths in the machine without sterilizing it first? Very few I imagine.



And who the hell has the time or inclination to rinse all their underwear out before they wash it?



Most of us have pretty good immune systems that allow us to cope with the odd germ or two - I realize some people don't.



And just out of interest how many people have died from using a loo brush? Because according to MN wisdom they're poisoning your home if you have one in your loo. I've got three, one in each loo, clearly I'm going to die any day.



Have none of the pps who are so horrified at the OP's hygiene ever had small children who crawl all over the floor and then put their hands in their mouths? Children eat all sorts of crap off their hands, they tend not to worry too much about hygiene, but somehow most small children's systems manage to cope.