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A listener asked for our help, so we asked you how often to use a towel before laundering it and whether or not you should share a towel with a family member. You people are hilarious.
Dear Storm & Chris,
My husband and I listen to you guys every morning. We love hearing you and other listeners give advice. So now we want to resolve a dispute that has plagued our 10 year marriage. We were listening to everyone discuss how often you should change your bed sheets. But we have another kind of similar argument. My husband will use a bath towel until it walks to the washer by itself (he says this is an exaggeration, but believe me, it isn’t). I like to wash towels every time I use them. To me, it just makes sense. When you dry off after a shower, what comes off besides water? Not to be gross, but the fact is, you shed skin, too. And excuse me, but I don’t really want to keep using a towel that’s full of dead skin. My husband has always said I am crazy. And another thing, which I think is really icky. He thinks it’s okay to share towels. I love my husband. But I would NEVER use a towel after someone else. He says we’re married, so why shouldn’t we? But I just can’t. Gross! So how many times should you use a towel before washing it? And does everyone share towels and I’m as crazy as he says? What are the rules?
Signed,
Mrs. Crazy and Mr. Disgusting
Dear Storm & Chris,
Hopefully, you and your listeners can give me a little help here.
My 14 year old son recently had a pretty big growth spurt, and we had to go out and buy him all new jeans. Not the cheap jeans either – he wants the name brand jeans. So I spent a bundle of money on his new clothes. He had them for about a week, and then I found a pair on our back porch stained with oil and grease. He took apart a lawn mower! In his new jeans! I pitched a FIT, and now I can’t get the stains out. So I was giving him the lecture about taking care of his school clothes, and when you are going to be getting dirty, put on some funky clothes, and you know what he tells me? He thinks the stains “look cool”. I think he should have to buy a replacement pair with his own money. He says I’m overreacting and being unfair. What do other parents think?
Thanks!
Audra (aka: Mom) and James (aka: Ruiner of Expensive Pants)
2.11.10.1.A Mom Asks for Our Advice
Listen to the whole story and all of your calls:
1.29.10.1.Listener Email About Daughter and Facebook
1.29.10.2.Listener Calls about Diane’s Dilemma
Dear Storm & Chris,
My 17 year old daughter and I heard you talking about Facebook confessions and how many friends people have on Facebook. It sort of reignited a disagreement we’ve been having at our house, so we decided to write to you and see what other parents had to say about it.
My daughter recently went on a date with a young man and at the end of the evening, as he was dropping her off, I heard him say “See you on facebook” to her has he was leaving. I didn’t have much time to speak with him before or after the date so a couple of days later, I reached out to him on facebook to say hello. Well, my daughter was FURIOUS. She says I humiliated her and that I have no business talking to any of her friends on facebook and that I should never have said anything to him. All I said was hello! And to top it off, my husband AGREED with her! Is it really that big of a deal?
We’ll be listening to hear what other parents and teens have to say about this.
Thanks!
Diane
A listener writes:
Dear Storm and Chris,
My husband and I have a 9 year old son who really wants a Sony PS3 for Christmas. They’re very expensive and we told him we just can’t afford anything like that this year.
We asked him what else he wanted, and he said if he couldn’t have a Playstation, then he didn’t want anything at all. I even gave him a piece of paper and told him to write down any other things he might want for Christmas and he gave it back to us blank!
I told my husband we ought to teach him a lesson and not get him anything at all for Christmas. James, my husband, says that you teach kids a lesson some other time of year, but not at Christmas.
We always listen when other people write to you asking for advice and you ask people to call in with their opinions. What do you think? Should we get our son gifts this year or let him eat his words?
Sincerely,
Jeanette & James
We received this letter from a young lady asking for our guidance. Read on….
Dear Storm & Chris,
Maybe you can settle an argument I am having with my mom. I just turned 13 years old and I am in the 7th grade. My friends want to get together to go trick or treating this weekend, but my mom says I’m too old and she thinks I should stay home and give out candy to all the little kids. I told her if she still thinks I’m too young to have a boyfriend, she should think I’m still young enough to dress up and go trick or treating! Is 13 too old for trick or treating? What do you think? My mom says she will listen to hear what you guys have to say. Thanks! Alicia
Here’s what you had to say about Alicia’s dilemma:
10.30.09.1.Is Alicia Too Old to Trick or Treat
10.30.09.2.Trick or Treating Calls
10.30.09.4.More Trick or Treating Calls
Tell us what you think! When is a kid too old to trick or treat?
Last night, Chris’s daughter Grace found a baby squirrel that had fallen out of its nest and landed on the street. Grace and Todd brought it home and they called the local wildlife rescue organization and left a message for them. In the meantime, Chris went online to figure out what to feed the little baby. Her eyes weren’t open, she was just a teensy little furball, weighing only a few ounces. Chris went out and got the special formula you’re supposed to give baby squirrels, and fed her (the poor thing was so hungry, she took every drop!). After she ate, the baby was feeling MUCH better, so she found a warm safe place to curl up and go to sleep. Listen to what happened: 10.22.09.1.Chris Nursed a Baby Squirrel
Listen to all the funny bad parent calls we got this morning!
10.22.09.4.Listeners Confess to Being Awful Parents
10.22.09.4.More Awful Parent Calls
10.22.09.6.There Are a Lot of Lousy Parents in These Parts
And, finally, a survivor’s tale: 10.22.09.7.A Survivor’s Tale
Heather and Jared, you oughtta be feeling pretty good about yourselves today. And believe us, if you think it’s bad that your kid ate the dog’s food, you should know by now that there’s worse to come! Welcome to parenthood!
Problems? You can always tell Mother Wells and Father Roberts and we will broadcast it to the listening universe and see if we can solve your dilemma. Or at least make you feel better about it! Read further for a tale of woe from two exhausted parents….
Dear Storm & Chris,
We are first time parents to a daughter, who is now 19 months old. We always thought we would be great parents. We used to watch our friends with little kids and tell ourselves how much better we would be when we had children of our own. But now, we’re afraid we just aren’t cut out for this. You can never look away for one minute! It’s always something! Crayons on the walls, trying to put the cat’s tail in her mouth, Gogurt on the chair, drinking from the toilet, you name it! And then, finally, the other day, we didn’t hear anything for a minute and went looking for her and found her eating out of the dog’s bowl. She ate almost a whole can of wet dog food. Are we the worst parents on the planet? This is just too much! Do all parents go through this? HELP!
Desperately,
Heather and Jared
Help us make Heather and Jared feel better! Tell us your bad parent stories!
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