NP here. Thanks. Neither my husband nor I ever experienced US college communal living. Sounds gross. This country is so rich, why on earth are dorms so uncomfortable and weird?
Oxford has a lot of private rooms and ensuite baths.

OP, I’m guessing you didn’t go to college.

They squish back down the hall in the shower shoes. It’s fine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are in for a long, long year if this is the type of stuff you are worrying about.

Not really. My kids have had three rounds of plantar’s warts. Ever hold a kid down while a plastic surgeon tries to cut out an unexpectedly deep colony of warts under a topical anesthetia? You don’t

Wrong doctor. A podiatrist is the correct doctor. IME, they inject something into the wart and your body takes care of the rest.

There will be much more unhygienic experiences your child will have in college. Don’t even waste time thinking about this one.

You wear flip flops in the shower. You towel dry after the shower. The tiny bit of water on the soles air drys quickly and with each step. It’s not a problem.

Freak

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are in for a long, long year if this is the type of stuff you are worrying about.

Not really. My kids have had three rounds of plantar’s warts. Ever hold a kid down while a plastic surgeon tries to cut out an unexpectedly deep colony of warts under a topical anesthetia? You don’t

Plastic surgeon?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are in for a long, long year if this is the type of stuff you are worrying about.

Not really. My kids have had three rounds of plantar’s warts. Ever hold a kid down while a plastic surgeon tries to cut out an unexpectedly deep colony of warts under a topical anesthetia? You don’t

College communal showers are just like the public pool - you wear flip flops, carry everything with you and pretend you don’t see anyone or anything that could be embarrassing.

Anonymous wrote:You are in for a long, long year if this is the type of stuff you are worrying about.

Not really. My kids have had three rounds of plantar’s warts. Ever hold a kid down while a plastic surgeon tries to cut out an unexpectedly deep colony of warts under a topical anesthetia? You don’t

Invest in some fungal meds

You think he'll be wearing those shower shoes on day 2?

You are in for a long, long year if this is the type of stuff you are worrying about.

Our hallways had flat institutional carpet so the bottom of our shower shoes were dry by the time we got back to the room. If not, it left footprints. Yeah, no one cared because #college.

It’s college. The floors are already wet with beer.

So, help me think this through…
My son will be in a dorm with hall bathrooms. He walks to the shower in his shower shoes, showers in his shower shoes, and then steps out, with no bath mat or rug, and walks back in his wet shower shoes?

I’m guessing people don’t dry the bottom of their shoes, because that would defeat the purpose of the shoes, but how does this not cause wet hall floors?