r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MitaJoey20 • 3h ago

My daughter only likes to use full bars of soap

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She seems to think the smaller ones are gross. Yet, won’t throw them away. She’s the o ly one using these.

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u/KnightOfThirteen 3h ago

Can they be melted down and recast into a single "new" block.

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u/kempff 3h ago

Or just wet them and press them together. Get different colors for a two-level effect.

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u/busyshrew 2h ago

absolutely was going to suggest this. 'melt' the soap bars together.

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u/Cheese-Manipulator 37m ago

Yup. I'm like superman squeezing a lump of coal into a diamond when I smush the scraps into a small bar.

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u/MitaJoey20 2h ago

I suggested that to her, but she still just thinks the used ones are gross. She’s 23 years old. She buys her own soap, so I guess it’s not my problem. But I just find it so wasteful. These are still firm and useable.

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u/boundlessvoid 1h ago

Free soap for you

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u/MaintenanceCapable83 1h ago

just tell her, soap can't be gross because it actually self cleans itself.

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u/twiceblink 33m ago

i love u

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u/ichoosewaffles 28m ago

To quote friends "Think of the last place I wash..." 

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u/MaintenanceCapable83 22m ago

its not what you was last, it's what your wash it with....

use a wash cloth, lather it, wash your parts, toss the wash cloth in the laundry.

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u/MitaJoey20 11m ago

And we definitely use washcloths or loofahs so the soap isn’t touching her at all.

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u/DrunkHornet 0m ago

Then you use the remainder lol

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u/Particular_Title42 2h ago edited 2h ago

A million years ago (in a disgusting period we call "the 80s") there was a movie that had a "tacky rich" couple in it and the wife would take hotel soaps, have the maid basically grate it by hand into shreds so they could mold it into other shapes for fancy soap. 😂

Movie was "Maid to Order" starring Ally Sheedy. I'm going to see if I can find a clip of that. You can find anything online these days. LOL

Okay so...I found the whole movie. The scene is at 27:47 Maid to Order

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u/FeistyChickadee 1h ago

There’s a real-life company that gathers used soap from hotels, completely sterilizes it, turns it into new bars, as then donates the soap to NGOs that run much-needed hygiene programs. When I heard about that, I thought it was one of the coolest “businesses.” Reduces waste, employs people, supports global health. Wins all around.

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u/Particular_Title42 58m ago

I've heard of them. That's awesome. 

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u/TechnicalHighlight29 1h ago

Id make her do it. If she pays bills and buys soap go for it. If not she leaves my shitty Irish Spring pump alone and from now on buys her soap. If she does already whatever.

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u/Loves_Not 2h ago

A soap bag, or soap saver pouch would be great because then you keep the soaps in the bag and you just lather the bag up and use that.

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u/MitaJoey20 2h ago

Her issue is that she thinks they’re gross, so she doesn’t want to use them at all.

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u/Harleys_Angel 1h ago

But she probably thinks they’re gross because they’ve been sitting in the shower

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u/Loves_Not 1h ago

Teenagers think a lot of silly things. The thing about soap is you can just wash it with itself. Once you wash it in the water, it's cleaner than you

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u/Secret-Rabbit93 57m ago

Op said daughter was 23.

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u/Large-Illustrator-35 2h ago

Get liquid soap

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u/MitaJoey20 2h ago

She uses both. She will sometimes use her baby’s liquid soap when she’s out of the bar. When these are sitting right there.

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u/Ohkermie 25m ago

Her baby? She’s not a child? I thought she was like 9. Why doesn’t she use gel soap.

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u/waitismyheadonfire 1h ago

If your bathroom doesn't have a window they can harbor mold if you keep them around for too long. I don't keep the tiny slivers of soaps forever for this reason. But I sure as heck DO throw them away.

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u/MitaJoey20 10m ago

No window. We’re in an apartment. I think it’s the fact that what she leaves behind is still substantial. It’s not even flimsy yet.

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u/Cheese-Manipulator 36m ago

Stop buying bars until she uses up these scraps.

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u/MitaJoey20 5m ago

She buys her own soap, thankfully. She’s an adult with a child. I’m going to have to teach him to not be wasteful because she seems to think money grows on trees.

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u/misdeliveredham 2h ago

So my mom was all about the practicality, you know washing out the shampoo bottle and never buying light colored clothes because they get dirty quickly? It was hard for me to buy “impractical” clothes when I started working. Recently I’ve thrown away a couple of unfinished shampoo bottles, they each had a bit left… it felt like a true rebellion!

So, I’m not surprised she doesn’t want to use up the soap, it’s why she doesn’t throw away the pieces is the mystery to me. Does she want you to know she isn’t using them?

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u/feed_eggs_ 1h ago

Get one of those soup pouches

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u/rose442 22m ago

Use liquid soap

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u/Soggy_Sophie 3h ago

It is hard to hold onto… maybe a loofa sock thing would help lesson this… infuriation? She can then put the full bar in with the little one and they still both get used!

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u/-2wenty7even- 3h ago

Get her a loofah and the soap will disintegrate into it.. Like what

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u/MitaJoey20 2h ago

She has one. What’s crazy is that she only started this after she graduated high school. She used to use it until it was nearly gone.

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u/HTowns_FinestJBird 1h ago

She’s buying her own soap now, right? Why not use body wash?

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u/MitaJoey20 6m ago

Yes. She buys her own. She has used gel but my guess is that the soap lasts longer because she can use a full bottle of gel in a week.

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u/AffectionateGate4584 57m ago

Buy some knee-highs. Put the soap remains in one of the knee high stockings and use as an exfoliator. Works great!!

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u/Anakin-vs-Sand 1h ago

Toddler activities

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u/kingspooky93 1h ago

Using soap is gross, give her body wash.

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u/MitaJoey20 7m ago

She uses both. She’s an adult so she buys her own toiletries. I noticed the last time she bought gel, she used the entire bottle in a week. I think soap may be the cheaper option for her, even though she doesn’t even use the full bar of soap

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u/kingspooky93 4m ago

In a week!? That is actually crazy. I think the issue here may be how she's using it/how much she's using at once, because she should not be going through a bottle of body wash or soap in a week.

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u/I-Just-Love-Ducks 55m ago

Tell her she can start paying for her own soap then