<p>Do the guys in dorms actually use bathrobes?? There has never been a man in my life–father, brother, husband, son, etc.–who has used a bathrobe! Maybe it’s just my weird family, but I’m wondering if college guys use bathrobes or if they just wrap their towels around themselves and head down the hall? All the checklists seem to list bathrobes! Inquiring minds want to know!</p>
<p>No bathrobes. They just wear boxers, pajama bottoms or those baggy gym shorts to and from the bathroom.</p>
<p>Thanks, MWC … I just asked this question of my son …</p>
<p>As in, “will you need a bathrobe to wear between your room and the hall bathroom?”</p>
<p>And I got a really weird look in response, so it’s good to hear someone substantiate this.</p>
<p>And yes, bathrobes ARE on the list of what to bring to college, so I wasn’t way out of touch in asking!</p>
<p>I have a funny bathrobe story. WildChild was in a VERY strict, structured boarding school for awhile and bathrobes were absolutely required. I had to go buy one (very cheap one-looked like something you would find in a nursing home) and send it. Well-to be obnoxious, he wore it over his jeans into the student lounge. The Headmaster (very strict) came up to him and said, “Who do you think you are? Hugh Heffner?”</p>
<p>Very funny, MOWC!</p>
<p>S does wear his terry bathrobe at school. It is thick terrycloth and long enough in the sleeves and length for his lanky 6’3" frame.</p>
<p>No bathrobe in son’s dorm either.</p>
<p>I don’t think my son knows what a bathrobe is. He lived in co-ed dorms for two years and always put on the nearest pair of jeans or shorts when going to the bathroom (he’s not the walk-down-the-hall-in-boxers type, even at home).</p>
<p>My daughter, who will be starting her freshman year in a few weeks, did buy a bathrobe, though, even though she has never owned one before. It occurred to her that even in the all-women’s dorm she will be living in, she didn’t want to walk down the hall after a shower in a towel, and she didn’t want to put her clothes back on right after a shower and get them wet, either.</p>
<p>Sadly, they run around in their boxers :eek: or those pajama bottom things.</p>
<p>My son very much liked the terry cloth bathrobe I got him–drying and covering at once! He was impressed with the efficiency.</p>
<p>Just asked son and he said that he always wore the big white terry robe we bought at Linen’s n Things. At home, he uses the towel around the waist method.</p>
<p>I just wore a towell around my waist to and fro the bathroom. But early in the morning I feel no shame.</p>
<p>D only wore her bathrobe at night when it was cold, while she was studying, and already in her pjs. Otherwise she said she never used it.</p>
<p>I (girl) wore mine because I was at one end of the hall, bathroom at the other, and even though I was in an all-girls dorm, guys were frequently seen in the halls. This also allowed me to use my towel on my head. This year i’m moving into an apartment on campus with 5 other girls and so I’m just going to take my big towel, and maybe a second, smaller towel for my hair. The robe just takes up wayy too much space and it’s not like the other girls don’t have anything I do in regards to bodies. I probably could’ve gotten by without it last year even, I just like to have a towel wrapped on my head and the pockets in the robe were sort of nice to stuff things in when I realized i was about to wear them in the shower (jewelry, hair things, etc).</p>
<p>As for guys, i’ve yet to meet a guy that uses a robe. Most of my guy friends just want something to dry off with, whether its a big huge towel or paper towels.</p>
<p>What? I went to school in the late 68-72.</p>
<p>^^ Hmmm. Paper towels would certainly solve the laundry problem. :D</p>
<p>My experience from a summer dorm program: girls most likely will want a bathrobe, although they could always wait and see I guess. It’s much easier than trying to hold a towel up as a lot of girls will be juggling a caddy full of hair and body products. It’s hard to hold a towel up to cover your whole boyd while attempting to open your door with one hand with a key, hold stuff, and hold your towel. I definitely used my bathrobe everyday. </p>
<p>Boys, their mileage will vary. Some will want it, some won’t. Some will be carrying one bar of soap if they carry anything or may just leave their stuff around in the bathroom. In addition they only have to cover their waist which makes thing easier. Bathrobes are going to be optional under some of these circumstances. But I think that it won’t necessarily be viewed as odd if you do choose to use one.</p>
<p>I made my daughter a bathrobe, assuming she would wear it and wrap her hair in her towel. She told me this spring that the only time she wore it was when she and her dorm-mates went into town at midnight on donut runs (a local bakery opens at midnight and sells a fresh-baked donut with a carton of milk for $1.00). Everyone from her school wears their jammies for donut runs, but my daughter, being the “modest” sort, would also wear her bathrobe…not at all what I expected to hear!</p>
<p>Son hasn’t owned a bathrobe since preschool- I have proof he had one then since he wore it to be a shepherd in the Christmas play. I thought he should have one in the dorm, was overruled (why buy it if it won’t be used?).</p>
<p>I bought my D a bathrobe…will be interesting to see if used. Thus far in life she’s refused, and only uses a towel. My impression is that her school has mixed gender dorms, which I’d think would make bathrobe use rather essential.</p>
<p>Thanks to all who have ‘spoken up’ here. I’m not going to waste the money on buying a bathrobe; my sense is that it will remain unused. Reminds me of when my mom had to go out and buy pajamas for my dad when he was going in for surgery. He didn’t own a pair of pajamas, not to mention a bathrobe! Isn’t it great to know that there are others out there who have similar questions and experiences?! I just love CC!</p>