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[quote=Anonymous]Ok, since this thread somehow won’t die, this is the story:
We had guests. They left. Immediately after they left I went to throw the dirty linens in the wash, and the towels, which yes were “tacky, new money” grey, were now mostly pink/orange

In a moment of frustration and apparently poor judgement I posted on DCUM because of COURSE I would never actually say anything to the guests.  I assumed that a product that did so much damage would be a known towel-killer; sounds like that’s not the case which is good to know. I didn’t assume it was malice, and I didn’t expect some kind of major mea culpa, but in a similar situation I would have at least mentioned it to the host as like a “hey, this accident happened, sorry about that.” (As I posted, I personally would have felt bad and wanted to replace them, but that’s mostly because I hate the idea of leaving any place worse than when I came)

On the wedding thing- I’m sure I am in the minority here, but I get a lot of personal joy from using the gifts we received for our wedding, thinking fondly of the friends and family who gave them (yes, I know probably no one remembers that, but I do).  It’s not about the towels being particularly special towels, it’s that they were from my godmother, and when I use them I think about how my wedding shower when she gave them to me was the first time I had seen her since she was in the hospital with a major health issue and I was so grateful she was able to make it, and her classically on-brand take away from the hospital stay being that she had goat cheese for the first time (not that she had, you know, major surgery).  And yes, towels get ruined, and they were never going to last forever, but I liked them and got just a little bit of joy when I used them.  AND FINALLY, a big part of the frustration was a weekend’s worth of frustration with DH who was supposed to be handling the visit but apparently doesn’t know where we keep guest towels, or that making guest beds involves making sure there are pillow cases on the pillows, or that “shopping for food” doesn’t mean just picking up a grocery order after I have figured out a menu for/ordered all the ingredients/etc., or a million other small things. 
Thanks for coming to my TED talk, I still think it’s weird for adults (not the kids) to not give a heads up when something gets damaged, and I am sure you will all think I’m crazy and overly sentimental but it’s who I am and I own it, so maybe now we can go back to more interesting posts. [/quote]

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