I'm college faculty. The constant must-have-water-bottle culture in class is actually very distracting for students (who stop taking notes to drink and refill all the time) and profs alike (CRASH every time one of the aluminum ones falls). They drink so much that they are also constantly leaving to pee. No one needs to hydrate this much unless there are medical problems or extreme heat. Leave the bottle in the backpack and drop the babyish oral fixation long enough to learn, people.

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Anonymous wrote:I am so confused. What are you asking? For a water bottle? Get a Stanley cup. Only water goes in it. No need to wash it out, just rinse and change the straw once a month, if that. I don’t get the question though…

But if I wanted to wash a Stanley cup and the straw with dish soap every few days, where can I wash them in dorms?

You can wash it in the bathroom sink, or most dorms have at least one communal kitchen.

My kid likes powerade and will usually buy a bunch of those and then reuse the bottle a few times for water.

Anonymous wrote:I am so confused. What are you asking? For a water bottle? Get a Stanley cup. Only water goes in it. No need to wash it out, just rinse and change the straw once a month, if that. I don’t get the question though…

But if I wanted to wash a Stanley cup and the straw with dish soap every few days, where can I wash them in dorms?

Omg. Why are you even discussing this with your college-age kid? Cannot even imagine.

Anonymous wrote:yeah, i wouldn't be crowd sourcing a solution for this. tell kid to wash his bottle or do without.

he is going to make a terrible husband.

Forget about husband, just adult in general.

One word: kegerator

I had a Nalgene bottle in college. The only thing that went in it was water and ice. Occasionally, I would rinse it with water from the boiling water dispenser (the one you would use for hot tea). And my mom ran it through the dishwasher when I came home on breaks.

Somehow I survived into my 40s.

Deliveries of box water. Mine didn’t have the clean bottle issue but water was so bad school offered deer park delivery jugs that she had in her room and could use whatever container she wanted to transport

Anonymous wrote:Hands down the most ridiculous helicopter parenting post I’ve ever seen

Oh OPs future DIL will be posting on here about how much her husband is a slob and doesn't ever help out around the house.

Anonymous wrote:Natural consequences, OP.

If kid don’t wash water bottle, they likely won’t regularly fill a water bottle either. Or woulf not throw away empty plastic bottles and would let them pile up. Or would not likely change a water filter.

I’d let it go. your kid survived. They don’t need to drink water constantly. And there are likely water fountains or meals or outings where they can get water when they need it.

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This is 100% something your adult child should figure out on their own. He let his bottle get so moldy he felt sick. He should have figured out a solution after that. Stop babying him.

I can't remember ever drinking water in college except from a fountain during a break in a dance class. I didn't graduate dehydrated. You absolutely do not need to worry about this.

I am so confused. What are you asking? For a water bottle? Get a Stanley cup. Only water goes in it. No need to wash it out, just rinse and change the straw once a month, if that. I don’t get the question though…

My child only drinks water and drinks a lot of it all day every day. I bought a large Brita filter pitcher and she would fill it up and pour it into a plastic cup.