Do you towel dry yourself before or after stepping out of the shower?

Posted by marussia123@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 212 comments

So every long-term partner I've had seems to just step out of the bath or shower then reach for a towel and pat themselves dry while standing on a bath mat. This means there's always puddles of water on the floor where it's been dripping off their body. I always try and hang my towel within reach, so once I'm done with the shower I pat most of my body dry before even stepping out. Sequence goes something like this: pat face with a face towel, then switch to bath towel and pat both my arms and front of the torso, squeeze excess water out of the hair if I'd washed it that day, put one leg on the side of the bath and dry it before stepping out, pat the other leg, back and other remaining bits once on the bath mat. Any mobility restrictions aside, why would anyone *not* do that and risk stepping into puddles of water when using the bathroom afterwards?