<p>I’ve read through all the what to bring and not to brng threads on here and am pretty happy with the list my DS and I ended up with. Just can’t decide about the bathrobe. My DS has never used one and doesn’t want one now. I think he will need one. Who’s right?</p>
<p>My son has never owned one and probably never will. I say your son is right.</p>
<p>We were just talking about that in the Parents of 2012 thread! I am confused as well, though it may wait to go with him on his trip back to school after Thanksgiving.</p>
<p>If he’s never used one, college is not the place where he’ll suddenly want a bathrobe. My own two walk around in boxers and flannel lounge pants. They wouldn’t be caught dead in a bathrobe, but they also wouldn’t care if anyone else wore one.</p>
<p>My 20 something son hasn’t had a bathrobe since he was a toddler. I would say…pass on the bathrobe.</p>
<p>most college males do not use bathrobes, in my experience… they walk to the shower in boxers, flip flops, and a towel around their neck</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! Sounds like DS won.</p>
<p>No bathrobe - just a towel for my S. He likes the extra large size for complete coverage. :)</p>
<p>a general and friendly tip, if your son has an opinion about something that only affects him, he is right…</p>
<p>A tip…my boys have all used beach towels from Target…they cover more and dry faster. They wear either a towel or gym shorts to and from the shower.</p>
<p>If he does not chose to get a bathrobe, please make sure that his towel covers himself. </p>
<p>D1, D2 (14 years old at the time) H and I went on a tour of all of the dorms during Admited Students day at my D’s college. We witnessed a nice young man coming out of the shower with the thinnest towel that barely wrapped around himself. D2 was a little shocked and turned away. The boy said “Everyone needs to take a shower.”</p>
<p>Just remember that thinner towels dry faster (which means less chance of mold when it’s left on the floor).</p>
<p>Good point on the towels Sop14’s Mom. At home I bought hooks, the kind you hook on a door or closet, to get my son to hang up the wet towel he used. I get about 50% compliance with this method. </p>
<p>My S is also not a bathrobe wearer.</p>
<p>Toddler boys in bathrobes 
My girls don’t use bathrobes either, although oldest may have when she was in college (uni-sex bathrooms)</p>
<p>Outliers here - Both S and D are very fond of their bathrobes. When S was in college, hallmates would joke about it but he said he was cultivating his Hugh Hefner look.</p>
<p>I agree with most, long towels, no bathrobe.</p>
<p>I bought my son a beautiful bathrobe that he didn’t want and didn’t use. I ended up giving it to my dad who is the same size and he loves it.</p>
<p>I sent my son off to college with a great bathrobe even though he said he didn’t need one. (I remembered the guys in my college dorm all wore them.) Sure enough, I went to visit once, and all the boys were walking around in their underwear.</p>
<p>When he came home after freshman year, somehow the bathrobe was missing. He should have at least brought it home – I could have used it.</p>
<p>D lived on a coed floor one year. Said there was one clueless guy who would walk to the shower in just his briefs! Totally didn’t get it. Rest of the guys were OK–wore boxers.</p>
<p>Another outlier here! DS, who had never ever worn a bathrobe, agreed at my urging to borrow his father’s for his first year last year - in large part b/c of coed bathrooms. Turns out he loves it, uses the pockets to carry all the shower necessities and loves the comfy terry cloth. Also feels appropriately covered which important since a private kid. Bought him his own!</p>