You be the judge: my mum says our family should share towels, but I think it’s gross. Am I right to protest?

Ava thinks everyone should have their own towel, but Lynsey says that means extra laundry and is bad for the environment. You decide who should throw in the towel

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I have firm boundaries around personal hygiene – and bacteria thrive on wet towels

Towels should be for personal use only, but my mum thinks they should be shared in our household of four. That might have been OK when I was a baby, but now I’m 21 I think it’s weird.

Mum has this thing about washing and the environment. She has been trying to wash clothes less, and uses these washing bags that capture microplastic fibres to prevent them from going out into the water supply. I support this, but not at the expense of my personal hygiene.